Month: May 2011
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Shared today on Google Reader: The Empire Strikes Bike Why writing a Software Requirements Specification is a valuable analyst skill Are you part of the 35% of people who use smartphone apps before getting out of bed? – Of course. This is how you know the Harbour Bridge is shut down before you actually leave…
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The First Four Harry Potter Books: Illustrated by Lucy Knisley. These are BRILLIANT. (Link courtesy of MetaFilter.)
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Week 19This was a fairly intense week! Sunday I had the Mother’s Day Classic, where the Snook and I actually extended the distance to about 12K. Monday I went to an after-work session at Spudds. Tuesday I did a morning run of about 6K, and I froze my butt off! (Winter is coming.) Wednesday was…
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Shared today on Google Reader: But that’s another show Spindly but Fluffy: Tawny Frogmouths for San Antonio – NIGHTMARE FODDER. This Will Be a Day Long Remembered. How much do hops weigh? Found Feminism: NASA doll from Fox News Shop – Dear Internet, I WANT THIS DOLL FOR CHRISTMAS. Tolkien infographics You can follow me…
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It’s cold. No snow in Sydney, of course, but our house feels very chilly. (We don’t have central heating.) I put another blanket on the bed last night, much to the warm-blooded Snook’s chagrin!
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Now that I’ve got the Snook successfully wearing a knitted cardigan in public, it’s time to take it up a notch: The Dude’s Cardigan. We’d have to stock up on White Russian ingredients…
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I wore my Road to Golden today, and it prompted a girl in my office to comment, “I need to get back to knitting. I mean, I know all the basics – except how to purl – but I used to knit and knit…”
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Shared today on Google Reader: Planets to align in Australian sky – Yahoo!7 Questions for Initiating Projects ACS Women: The effects of underpaying staff on the ICT industry You can follow me on Reader here.
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The 10 Worst States to be a Woman. Indiana is #4. Two things about our high school: 1) Our Sex Ed program was laughable. 2) We actually had a nursery in school so that teen moms could visit their babies while they attended class. It was well-used. Hoosier lawmakers don’t seem to see the frickin’…
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Shared today on Google Reader: Lady Gaga Releases “The Edge Of Glory” Single – IT HAS A SAXOPHONE SOLO. God bless Gaga for bringing the sax back to pop music! I really like this. Al Gore knows you didn´t clear your unused microwave time – I heart this. Of course, I don’t justify my hatred…