Month: June 2010

  • Domain name woes

    Domain name woes: I had some problems with my domain name not auto-renewing this week, so apologies if the site was down for you at all. If you’re reading this, then goodness and light have been restored to the world.

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  • Zipper Bag

    Zipper BagTonight was my second sewing class over at The Sewing Room. It was great! Zippers are kind of my nemesis, so it was good to get to focus on them. We started by doing a sample piece on calico showing how to place a trouser zipper (like for jeans). Then we started in on…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: The Walled Garden – Neven Mrgan's tumbl – Why “walled gardens” are a bad metaphor for the App store, and why walled gardens aren’t necessarily a bad thing in the first place. You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • Granny Square PJ Pants. These are BRILLIANT.

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  • Vegetarian PastitsioWe got a lovely big bunch of silverbeet in this week’s Food Connect box that I wanted to use up while it was still fresh. I also had a couple zucchini in the fridge from last week. A quick Google search on the bus home from work (thank you iPhone!) led me to this:…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: House Republicans turn to the Internets for suggestions on new legislation. Internets reacts exactly how you'd expect. : politics – I think their tubes got clogged. 😀 the awkward lean – Bwahahahaha! Getting Things Done: A New Practice for a New Reality Distracting Shot/Feign Death FTW. You can follow me…

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  • Rules of the House

    Rules of the House. So true. Our cats don’t want to curl up with us, though. They have both figured out that the funny metal thing at the end of the bed mysteriously gets hot at the same time every night, so they’ve taken to sleeping near it.

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  • Babies, babies!

    Babies, babies!Congratulations to my brother Anthony and his wife Kara, who are expecting their third child. (Good grief! Between the Howards and the Carbos, we’ve now achieved an actual basketball team. Tall, hearty Midwestern stock, every single one of ’em!) And additional congratulations to a knitter friend of mine in Sydney, who is expecting her…

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  • Denialism

    “Living in denial: Why sensible people reject the truth.” Fascinating article about people who reject vaccines, evolution, global warming, tobacco research, and more. (And yes, Mr. Snook, I count people who think that there is a secret cabal of evil dentists promoting the removal of wisdom teeth as a money-making scheme amongst the conspiracy theorists!)

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  • iPad Magic Act

    iPad Magic Act – kinda hokey, but also charming! What a cute idea. (Link courtesy of codepo8.)

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