Month: February 2010
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My neighbour Tony Hickey (who actually lives in our old flat!) is running against Tanya Plibersek in the next federal election. Very cool! I hope he wins. 🙂
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Geek Girl Runner Episode 003The third episode of the Geek Girl Runner podcast is now available! Right off the bat, I just have to apologise for the voice quality in this one. I caught a raging cold on Monday night, and I just didn’t want to wait any longer to record so I sound quite…
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A portrait of Liz Lemon made out of Nerds candy. Brilliant!
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This one’s for my sister: tutorial for décor sides. This is a technique where instead of writing words on a cake in icing, you actually BAKE the words INTO the cake itself. Pretty neat.
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Romeo and JulietKevin has done a mammoth post about love songs for Valentine’s Day, and you should go check it out. The big revelation for me though was that the Killers did a cover of “Romeo and Juliet” by Dire Straits. How did I not know this?! That is one of my favorite, favorite songs.…
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Darling, be my cartographic valentine…
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Oh fun! Remember the skirt I bought for my birthday last year? The designer now has her own website and label called Marcie Mai. I really like her designs. I’m tempted to email her and get a price on some made-to-order pieces.
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Kinokuniya Craft FairKinokuniya (the best book store in Sydney) will having a Craft Fair on Saturday, February 27th. The Inner City Guild group will be there giving free knitting help to anybody who drops by. The shop will also be giving 20% off all craft books! WIN-WIN if you ask me.
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Snookums: “You learn something every day.” Huh. I had no idea that was from a real quote!
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Public speaking for womenMy old London buddy Christian Heilmann (who I caught up with in Sydney last year) has a great blog post up about public speaking for women. Christian was one of three speakers at this event designed to encourage more women to get out there and do more public speaking. He’s put up…