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Month: June 2010

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    Just completed a 5.41 km run with RunKeeper – So, so cold. Saw actual frost. Lots of mucus.

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  • Sewing Machine Needles

    Choosing the Right Sewing Machine Needle. Bookmarking for future reference. (Did you know that Bells is sewing now too?)

  • Racist Cat

    YouTube: Racist Cat. Hahaha, pretty funny.

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    Heading to the CBD. Goals: take MacBook for investigation of bad hard drive; buy new cookware that will work on induction!

    @stufromoz Ha! Heading there myself for same reason. Maybe see you there!

    @stufromoz just walk in! Red jumper

    @redambition Oops. You missed out. We gave old scanpan to @dancingman yesterday… 🙂

    @redambition Joke is on me! Scanpan Fusion 5 is suited for induction, and we just bought a big set! 🙂

    MacBook verdict: imminent hard drive death. New HD and trackpad being installed as we speak. AppleCare FTW!

    FYI: both Myer and Vic’s Basement have EOFY sales on. VB has better discounts on exact same brands tho! Just have to fight crowds.

    @jaguardata I took mine to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store. No point in messing around if they can just fix it for free!

    The new oven reaches 180C *before* I finish making the banana bread batter. WE ARE LIVING IN THE FUTURE, PEOPLE!

    @bellsknits I will be when this banana bread comes out! 🙂

    Shiny shiny pots. http://twitpic.com/20c4zd http://twitpic.com/20c54k

    @twelveeyes Our reward for nearly 9 years with cheapo Kmart pans. Makes me happy. 🙂

    @redambition Yeah, they have several different lines we found out. Some copper, some stainless steel, some ceramic. The Fusion 5 are SS.

    @brodrigu Nah, Scanpan “Fusion 5”.

    @gilmae It got really cold in Indiana. We had central heating and we drank a lot.

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    Just completed a 5.91 km run with RunKeeper – Right foot pain: 7/10. :(.

  • Miller’s Hat for Snook

    Miller's HatMiller’s Hat for Snook
    It’s been pretty chilly around here lately, so I finally convinced the Snook to let me knit him a hat. This is tricky business. He doesn’t like things that make his head itchy. He’s hated every woollen beanie I ever put on him. I’d have to get creative. While surfing Ravelry one day, I came across this photo of a guy wearing the unusual Miller’s Hat. Hey, I thought. That looks neat! So I bought the pattern. I decided to go with Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece (80% cotton, 20% wool) for the project, despite all the drawbacks. (Cotton isn’t as warm; knitting cables in cotton kills your hands; cotton tends to be a stiffer fabric than wool.) The main selling point was that I knew it definitely wouldn’t make his head “itch.” I ended up having to restart the hat a couple times because I kept stuffing up the herringbone stitch around the band. It’s not hard once you get the hang of it (i.e. read the chart symbols properly), and it looks really cool. I ended up adding quite a few stitches – a whole extra cable repeat’s worth – to make it looser and to compensate for my famously tight tension. I did the whole thing on a 5mm needle, not bothering to change for the cabled bit. I also skipped a couple of the plain rows towards the end, not wanting it to be too slouchy at the top. As for the edging, I just picked up a zillion stitches around the edge, not really caring about the number. (Basically, I winged the whole thing.) It looks… interesting, huh? He likes it. I think he looks like a damn hipster, but it’s unusual and slouchy and keeps his ears warm. That makes us both happy.

    More details and photos over on Ravelry…

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    New cooktop and oven are coming! Frantically cleaning kitchen in preparation. Before shot (from when we moved in): http://twitpic.com/1zyxfi

    The old cooktop and oven are out! Wow, there was a lot of gunk under there. http://twitpic.com/1zzezo

    Delivery dude said he’d be here in an hour… 90 minutes ago. Grrrr.

    @kunaal84 Ah, survived the farewell, I see! How was it? Why aren’t there photos on FB yet! I demand vicarious debauchery! 🙂

    They’re here!!! http://twitpic.com/200bds

    @Roceal Don’t envy them yet; they’re not quite in place! @dancingman has the power hooked up though. 🙂

    Finally! Oven is doing initial cleaning cycle. Cooktop boils water in < 3min. LOVING IT. http://twitpic.com/202ldl Thanks @dancingman!

    @misswired Pyrolytic. Heats really high and turns any food stuck inside to ash. Labor-saving + danger = WIN.

    Spent whole day working on the kitchen and it turned out great. Full blog post tomorrow. And I promise to stop tweeting about whitegoods! 🙂

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    New cooktop and oven are coming! Frantically cleaning kitchen in preparation. This past week has been devoted to listing all the things we’re gonna cook on it. First up: steak dinner.

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    @kunaal84 If you hadn’t been busy at lunchtime, we could’ve gotten laksa! GAH! And now I must have laksa regret as well.

    @toastman Sounds more like a baptism. Repent! Do you accept the power of Unix with all your soul?? *sploosh*

    Jazushi in Surry Hills FTW. Beautiful food – Camembert tempura was my fave – and cool jazz. Much less wanky than I feared. 🙂

    @AusVintageGrrl It was an older lady tonight with a pianist. She was great…

    @acatinatree I would give my right arm for one of their Chicken Caesar sandwiches… *reverie*

    Coffee and bacon rolls. How civilized. (@ Eveleigh Markets w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/7MG9aq