Month: March 2010
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Easter Show disappointmentSo… the Easter Show. I didn’t win anything. I was a bit of a letdown, though it’s always nice to have your friends yell “YOU WAS ROBBED!” over and over. The Magic Pudding was nicely displayed, and apparently he was a big hit with people passing by. St. Brigid was strung up in…
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Support Joey’s efforts to Jump Rope for Heart!As he did last year, my little brother Joey is doing “Jump Rope for Heart” to raise money for heart research. Here’s his fundraising page is here. If you’ve got any cash to spare, please consider sponsoring him. My Mom is going to try to get video of…
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Free Printable Sketching, Wireframing and Note-Taking PDF Templates. Very useful if you find yourself scribbling websites on bits of scrap paper.
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Kelly McMahon sent me this year’s finalists in the Peep Diorama contest. Despite my hatred for the Peeps, some of these are really good. KLAATU BARADA PEEPTO was a personal highlight.
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Cyborg Kris, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ImplanonAs some of you may know, two Fridays ago I went to my doctor to get Implanon. While this is a slightly icky topic, sure, I figure it’s also important enough to discuss (especially for future Googlers). Implanon is the most effective form…
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Polish Easter Butter Lamb. That is awesome. I’m trying to imagine the meal where you’d get through a pound of butter though…
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I may disagree with just about all of his political positions, but full marks to Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott for finishing his first Ironman. That’s awesome. I also think Nicola Roxon should shut up about how much time he spent training. Ten hours a week for an Ironman is really very little. I also…
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The Korean Tiger. ROWR! (I have a tiger-print dressing gown.)
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“Peeps prejudice?: Easter week trial takes on bunny bias.” Hey, if that diorama-girl can be called as an expert witness, so can I. I will fully support the assertion that public display of Peeps is grounds for eviction! (Link courtesy of the Snook.)
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A sneak preview of Photoshop 5’s content-aware fill. My jaw dropped. That is some magic, magic stuff happening there. It’s the kind of thing that laypeople imagine computers should be able to do, but people who work with computers think of as pretty much impossible. And somehow they did it.