Month: May 2010

  • Shared today on Google Reader: Two weeks of travel, Ten iPad lessons – SlashGear – Interesting. File syncing seems like it would be my biggest annoyance. But then again, I tend to use Google Docs for things I need to access from multiple places. Bra that grows rice developed in Japan – Telegraph – Pay…

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  • Peeing in the road

    Peeing in the roadWe were joking around at work today, teasing one of my co-workers that she has pinkeye. (She really doesn’t.) Of course, I immediately heard my grandmother’s voice in my head saying “You’ll get a stye in your eye if you pee in the road!” I’ve actually mentioned that to Rodd a couple…

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  • Week 19The first race of the year is under my belt! Sunday was the Mother’s Day Classic 8K, and you’ve probably already read my race report. This is my taper period for the Half-Marathon, so I’m taking things easy. I’ve done two other runs: an easy 5K through the neighbourhood, and a treadmill 5K at…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: Panic Blog » An Apple //e, an iPad, and Jed – Whoa. This is super cool. Using an iPad to load cassette tape source into an Apple //e. Confirmed: 16-year-old `Jerry Joseph´ actually is 22-year-old Guerdwich Montmiere – Whoa! Scandal! A basketball-loving friend and I were talking about this last…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: It's all fun and games until someone loses their knickers – Hahahaha… Having lived with Eileen and experienced her leaving clothes everywhere, this made me smile. You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • My Daily Sydney

    My Daily Sydney – a lovely blog post from my friend Lyn with photos of her daily commute from Redfern to UTS. It’s a part of Sydney that I see every day and that never gets put on postcards.

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: So say the Star Trek transporter was invented. Would you use it? – NeoGAF – Totally, 100% yes. Also please put me down for a replicator and for doors in my house that open as I walk through them. 169 Best Illusions–A Sampling: Scientific American Slideshows – The one that…

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  • Google Docs bug

    I’ve been trying to upload a PDF to my Google Docs account but I keep getting a “Server Rejected” error. It appears to be a common problem right now. I found a way around it though. If you email the PDF to your Gmail account as an attachment, you’ll have a link to “View” it…

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  • Sewing Classes

    Sewing Classes: I just booked in for a couple classes at The Sewing Room in Surry Hills. I’ve been bookmarking all these things for years that I want to sew, but I just haven’t been confident enough to dive in. And you know me – I love to indulge my inner Hermione. So I’ll be…

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  • Pickleback

    The Pickleback is apparently the name for having a shot of whiskey followed by a shot of pickle brine. On one hand, EWWWWW. On the other hand, I do like pickles.

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