Month: August 2011

  • Trip to Victoria

    Trip to VictoriaThere was no Jamie Oliver post this past weekend… because we went to Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula! Eileen had been trying to get us down there for ages, so we figured it was finally time to go. We flew out on Friday night and back on Monday night, and in between we…

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  • Want to learn to cook?

    “University of Sydney joins forces with Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food.” Neat! On Friday, October 21, there are going to be cooking classes up on the quad at Sydney Uni. The Snook and I cook quite a lot so I don’t think we’ll be going. But if you have the day free and you’d like…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: For your confidential information Which is more hilarious? Woman Finds She Now Has $180 iWood Instead Of iPad – Hahaha… I am reminded of a flatmate I had in London who bought “pot” from a dodgy dude on the street and got a piece of wood wrapped in aluminium foil…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: Beer Caramel Ice Cream How to Improve Communication Between QA and Development August 26, 2011 You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • Fox Faces Socks

    Fox Faces Socks These are the fourth socks in the 2011 “Super Special Six Pattern Sock Club.” I’ve caught up! After the stupid Nutkins knocked me two months behind schedule, I’ve finally caught back up to everyone else. These Fox Faces Socks by Nancy Bush were a very quick knit for me, and I’m pleased…

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  • RunningBlog: Week 34

    Week 34A bit tired and sore this week. I’m also feeling a little depressed about my lack of speed, especially when CERTAIN PEOPLE have already massively surpassed me after just a few months’ training. (*cough* Snook. *cough*) But I continue to plug away, turtle that I am. Sunday we did a 9:45 Magic Mile around…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: Juxtapoz Magazine – Arrested Development Made of Legos Contra Sweater – WOW. I just may need to knit an NES game into a sweater myself… You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • Costco

    Costco SydneyLast month Costco finally opened their first Sydney store, and pretty much the whole city went nuts. There are no other warehouse-type stores here (unless you count IKEA), so there was massive interest. We never had Costco in Indiana; instead we had The Wholesale Club and then Sam’s Club. They’re all basically the same…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: “Geek girls” and the problem of self-objectification You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • 10,000

    File this under “Meaningless but Still Momentous”: This is officially my 10,000th blog post. Yes, really. It’s taken me just shy of 11 years to hit that milestone. Obviously my posting frequency has dropped off a lot in recent years, but I still can’t see myself ever stopping completely. I was never able to keep…

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