Month: June 2010

  • Carnage on Hoth

    Carnage on Hoth. This is the greatest cake ever made. I’m serious, Sis. Shredded Tauntaun innards. That’s all I’m sayin’.

  • Food Impact

    Michael has posted some news about Food Connect Sydney, who we’ve been using to get weekly fruit & veggie boxes:

    Social and Environmental Impact so Far!
    Boxes/week: 110
    City Cousins: 16
    Price to farmers: 41c/$
    Organic or chemical free: 100%
    Food miles: 252 km

    We’ve just renewed for a second subscription, this time getting a Medium box every fortnight. (We’re having trouble getting through a Small box in a week. Things are fresher though, so they also last a while.) Last night I used our cavolo nero to make a big batch of white bean soup, which was especially good on a cold and nasty day like today!

  • Sauerkraut Balls

    Sauerkraut Balls. Things like this make me think we need a deep fryer.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Finally got all Google contacts and calendars updated. For the record, my iOS4 update took less than 15 minutes though…


    @randomknits Hm. So Snook’s 3G update tonight will take a while then.


    iBooks has “Silas Marner” by George Eliot. FINALLY the Snook will know why I occasionally yell “Eppie in the coal hole!”


    @Lauren_lolly_ Are you plugged into iTunes?


    @drkknits @knitabulous @randomknits I can’t stand her, but I draw the line at joining stupid Facebook groups. 🙂


    Alfred Medical Imaging in Newtown screwed me TWICE today. Wasted 4 bus trips and 1 hour in the rain when I am sick. Nearly was in tears.


    Ice cream could be considered medicinal when you’re feverish, right? Paging Drs Ben and Jerry…


    @thepurple8 They have a store in Manly, and some delis carry the pints. I got mine in Newtown. 🙂


    @dancingman Missed your email somehow! Rodd is replying now…


    Snook and @dancingman about to turn off all power to our house. There it goes! Spooky.


    @witty_knitter Preparations to install the new cooktop and oven on Saturday. Yayyyyy!!!!! 🙂


    @mrs_sockvictim That’s because you updated your phone! They emailed to say not to update til new RK update was out.


  • Sewing 101: Zippers

    Sewing 101: Zippers. Bookmarking for future reference.

  • Roomater Down Under a little bit longer…

    Congrats to Eileen on getting her Australian visa extended! This country has a way of hanging on to people… 🙂

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @MetalheadMick You are making me even more bitter that they didn’t hire the Snook back in January! 🙁


    @dancingman @Roceal It’s picking up. The sun is shining! I can’t be a grouch when it’s sunny out. And @zedsains got me a hot chocolate. 🙂


    Woooo! Just heard that our new cooktop and oven are at the warehouse!


    @Kimchiboy0208 Oppa! Your picture is awesome – when did you change it? Very handsome. Go Korea! 🙂


    @Kimchiboy0208 I wish I could go to Korea! Rodd and I are going to USA for 3wks next month to see my family. Should be a good holiday…


    @knitabulous @Fiestywenchyone I believe you had real Libby’s CANNED pumpkin pie at Halloween last year! I should bring some back from US. 🙂


    @redambition I have mushrooms. I have frozen French fries. Please explain how to make this happen at my house.


    Last night’s poor sleep may have been a harbinger. I am coughing. My head feels hot and dizzy. Thought I was going to escape this!! 🙁


    @Fiestywenchyone DJ’s in Sydney have it! That’s where I got mine. Costs a fair bit though.


    @Fiestywenchyone Or try usafoods.com.au. They usually have it


    Wretched. Retiring to bed with a hacking cough. I think I still have some dregs of codeine around here…


    @venks79 Uh oh… You’ve got it too!


    @SMinney I’m downloading now too!


    iOS4 installed and rockin’. Looks good so far!


    @SMinney 3GS. Rodd’s 3G, but he’s waiting til tonight to do his. We’re not quite sure what will/won’t work on his yet.


    @SMinney Went pretty flawlessly. Downloaded the update, ran a last backup, then installed.


    Hm. Found a glitch. My Address Book is empty. Must have unexpectedly synced with wrong source.


    I use Google for Contacts, and they’re all still in there. I think it’s still just updating them.


    I think it’s Google’s fault. m.google.com/sync/ is giving server error! Must be everybody adding their Google accounts at once. 🙂


    Yep. Google’s fault for laggy iPhone syncing this morning: http://bit.ly/cgSsro


    I’m up to 100 of my Google Contacts now. They’re just coming in very, very slowly.


    @Kat13v I’m sorry about sending you that snippy email yesterday! Hope you realised it wasn’t you I was pissed at. 🙂


    Coughing isn’t too bad today, but head is woozy and temp is slightly elevated. Going to quarantine myself at home.


    @DDsD Huh? The update took me like 15 minutes, start-to-finish. Getting all my Google stuff synced is taking way longer though.


    iPhone users: if you use Google calendars, those might take a while to sync too. Hit your Calendar app to get it started.


    @MetalheadMick Me too. Like 15 minutes tops. The Google stuff is taking forever to sync, but phone is totally usable in the meantime.


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Happy Father’s Day to my Dad, my stepdad Joe, my brother Anthony Howard, and my brother-in-law Daniel Carbo. You guys are all awesome Dads!