Month: May 2010 (page 3 of 8)

Manly Crochet Doilies

Manly crochet doilies. I particularly like the Superman insignia and the tighty-whiteys.

Another GGR Review

Another GGR Review
Thanks to Shayna of Chacos on the Run for a great review of my Geek Girl Runner podcast. Shayna’s an au pair from the US (I think) who’s now living in Milan, Italy. She has a blog about her Italian adventures that fascinated me, mostly because I’ve visited many of the same places. Thanks for the shout-out, Shayna!

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GGR Podcast Review

GGR Podcast Review
I have to say, Elma’s review of my podcast made me laugh and laugh. “It’s great, she warbles on about knitting and her contraceptive implant and leeches before getting around to any running talk…” Just about sums it up, really!

Which reminds me – Elma also emailed to say she was having trouble seeing my previous episodes in iTunes. So I did some investigating and found out that my RSS feed was only showing episodes for the past 30 days. Whoops! I’ve fixed it up now. So if you need to get any back episodes, you should be able to find them in iTunes. If it doesn’t auto-update, just right-click on the podcast title and tell it to “Update podcast” or “Show all episodes.” You’ll see ’em.

And hey, maybe I could even, you know, record a new show this week? I’ll give it a shot. 🙂

Airbrushing

I don’t get it. Is airbrushing school photos a new thing in Australia? It’s been offered in the U.S. for decades. I remember it mostly being there for the kids with really bad acne. (One of R.E.M.’s albums even includes a photo of Michael Stipe with perfectly smooth skin and a large caption: “THEY AIRBRUSHED MY FACE.”)

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Because every country…

Because every country is the best at something… Neat! Australia is #1 at “car thefts,” and USA is #1 at “serial killers.” This. This is my heritage. Great. 🙂

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MeFi to the rescue!

MetaFilter to the rescue! I was enthralled by this real-time unfolding drama of two Russian girls in a likely sex-trafficking scenario and a MeFite’s attempt to save them. It’s like a movie, except it’s real. And the ending is amazing. Yeah, I got a little something in my eye…