Embroidery With Sprinkles (And Other Cuteness) – Clockwork Lemon – Sister: This is awesome.
Month: November 2011
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Reddit: George Lucas knits at my Starbucks every morning
Reddit: George Lucas knits at my Starbucks every morning – HAHAHAHA. It makes me so happy to know that not only are there knitters over at Reddit, they’re geeky and clever enough to make funny knitting-related slams on George Lucas. (Link courtesy of the Snook.)
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Momofuku Seiobo | Terry Durack restaurant review
Momofuku Seiobo | Terry Durack restaurant review – WOOHOO! We managed to get a reservation for our anniversary next weekend. It was pretty stressful. They use an online reservation system that opens each day at 10am, and the seats are all gone within ten seconds. Today we had me, the Snook, and Kunaal all logged in and clicking madly. And it worked! Can’t wait for that pork bun…
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Shared today on Twitter
Just spotted a poster: The Pogues are playing Sydney in April! Debating with Snook whether it would be a rough crowd. 🙂
Wait. THAT was the sexy Glee? They didn’t show anything! I have more romantic moments WITH MY CAT.
@toastman I was waiting to hear somebody’s head asplode. 🙂
Laziness. On the couch. http://t.co/V9vTy1vr
@AusVintageGrrl But I’ll be there with your Patonyle! So not a total loss. 🙂
WOOHOO! Three people clicking like mad = reservation for @momofuku Seibo next Saturday night for our anniversary! HOORAY!
@MiscMarci So not “Blind Fury” Rutger Hauer then.
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Photo Post
Laziness. On the couch.
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Shared today on Twitter
@AnnaJMcDougall Other people have told me that before!
Best part of going to geeky dev conference: I get to claim smallest size t-shirt on offer. #gddsyd
Ooh! Just got special pin from +1 session! But still no green. #gddsyd http://t.co/Hey8Y3hp
@lukerides @stuartfaz I scored grey. Just looking for green now…
First session on Google+ and +1 integration was great! Now for some Android action… #gddsyd
@gilmae Before the day is out, as Cino is my witness, I will corner some poor Google employee and berate the shit out of them for Reader.
Spinning lack of Android Market review process as a feature, not a bug. Not sure I buy that. #gddsyd
@drkknits 30 seats! It’ll be a miracle if we get a table. 🙁
Amused by how Googlers are trying hard to avoid mentioning iOS or the App Store. Dudes, we know what these “other platforms” are. #ggdsyd
@lukerides I’ve got an extra. 🙂 Was hoping to swap it for a green though…
Ice cream sandwiches! Nicely played, Google. #gddsyd http://t.co/kOnQcG0F
@randomknits Not if you love them.
Scored an extra Google +1 badge for @kunaal84!
@kunaal84 You’re lucky! @nolim1t wanted it but I said it was for you. 🙂
Crap. Think I’m going to get wet on the way home! Might be a wimp and get a cab…
Managed to fight my way into a shared cab. Drenched. Ick.
@mpesce Weird. Snook’s home and ours is fine. Your side of Chippo must be dodgy.
@imdominating In Prague, you can trade him for a car! Hahahaha… 🙂
Strategic use of shared taxi meant I got home with minimal wetness. WIN.
@snarkyboojum FAIL. I used to be you. Then I went Inbox Nuclear and zapped them all (well, into Archive). Now I keep that sucker CLEAN. 🙂
@snarkyboojum Inbox Zero is a zen state of mind. If I don’t make my bed in the morning and clean out my Inbox, I start to go crazy!
@snarkyboojum Oh, I rock the search. But a full Inbox is like those people who have 150 icons all over their desktop. *shudder*
Just posted my pics from Sewjourn! http://t.co/0gtf2eqb I saw @knitabulous and @mrs_sockvictim’s. Anybody else post theirs?
Attempt at @momofuku Seibo booking for our anniversary next weekend: FAIL. All spots gone within seconds. 🙁
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Public Service Announcement
PSA: Just in case you’re all, “WHAT’S WITH ALL THE POSTS, KRIS?!” I’ll just point you to this post, wherein I explain that due to the way Google have UTTERLY SCREWED READER, I am now sharing my random links individually on the blog. Like I used to. Yeah, kickin’ it old school.
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Sewjourn
This past weekend was a special one. Many months ago, my friend Ailsa came up with the idea of a Knitters’ Retreat at Sewjourn, a crafters’ cottage in country Victoria. There were ten of us who ended up going, and it was fantastic. We all flew down on Friday and then drove out to Lancefield, about an hour outside Melbourne. Over the next two days, we knitted, we laughed, and we ate cheese and drink wine like it was a competitive sport. Some of us went for a run (and got lost and had to be rescued by the others). We ate at a fancy restaurant. We visited Hanging Rock, where SOME PEOPLE delighted in playing the panflute on their iPhones and threatening to jettison OTHER PEOPLE out of the car INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION. (Namely, me.) It was all a lot of fun. Thanks to Ailsa for inviting me along, and to all the other ladies for making it such a memorable weekend!CONVOY! We took two rental cars from Melbourne Airport. At one point, Kylie and I were tweeting photos of each other’s vehicles.
We pulled into the driveway at Sewjourn to find… effing graffiti knitting. I figured this was a bad sign. I mean, really. Who knits a cactus cozy?
We quickly settled into the house and made plans to get groceries for dinner. The house was surprisingly spacious inside, with plenty of room to sleep all 10 of us.
Here’s the outside. Very cute! And only a couple minutes’ walk from the village.
There’s also a large craft studio. This was a great space, but we didn’t actually end up using it at all!
There was a tire swing behind the house. I couldn’t resist. (I was, however, afraid of spiders, so I was only on it for a minute.)
More knitted art. This was a metal stork wearing legwarmers and a scarf, with a knitted fish in its mouth. (I liked it because of the fish. Nice touch.)
After some lunch in the village, we got provisions. We toasted the sunset with beer, wine, cheese, and paté. How civilised.
Saturday morning, Miss Fee, Ailsa, and I set off for a planned 5km run. Unfortunately we missed a turn on a back country road, so when we hit 5km we realised we were far, far from home. The inadequacies of Google’s mapping of back-country Victorian roads meant that it took the rescue team some time to find us.
But they did. We were sweaty but fine. Thanks Sue and Jody!
Lunch on Saturday was at Annie Smithers’ in Kyneton. It was fantastic. On a whim, I had the vegetarian courses: breaded and fried artichokes, gnocchi with asparagus and broad beans, and braised rhubarb for dessert. There were also many bottles of wine. Terrific meal.
While SOMEBODY went to the bathroom, Jane, Alison, and Jody pretended to read all the (scandalous) texts on her phone.
And SOMEBODY went bright red when she discovered our prank!
I bought some new lippie at a shop in Kyneton, so here I am posing all hipster-like in front of an old church. I also wore my new fancy dress.
On the way back from Kyneton, we realised you could see Hanging Rock! I checked in there on Foursquare. We were going to go up to it, but the entrance fee was TEN DOLLARS! Too much to pay to swan about in a dress while the others cried “Miranda!” and searched for me.
We finished Saturday night with a birthday party for all the lovely Scorpio ladies: Kylie, Jane, Ailsa, and Alison.
Sunday was more of the same, really. The three runners went off on another excursion, but this time we stuck to an actual running path and were rewarded by NOT GETTING LOST. We had breakfast in the village and then spent the afternoon trying to finish off all the alcohol before we had to leave. And then it was back to Melbourne to catch our flights home to Sydney!
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Do the dishes like nobody’s watching
Do the dishes like nobody’s watching – Love it. That kid’s got moves!
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Shared today on Twitter
RT @dooce: NYC, you are rockballs. Thank you for your support! Finished injury free in 4:48:40! All my toenails are going to fall off, w …
@dooce I lost 1 after my first marathon last June. It’s like a secret club! Congrats on the finish. You smoked my time by about an hour. 🙂
@gilmae I had to have a whooping cough booster a few years ago. Apparently the ones you get as a kid wear off.
Harvey Norman’s website doesn’t work if you leave off the www. *headdesk*
@toastman The damn Slovenian HN site works without it. So stupid.
@AnnaJMcDougall Pretty! And now I have “Copacabana” stuck in my head… 🙂
@Glebe2037 Have you tried the Consume app? I know it works great for Telstra and Optus…
Feeling guilty for fleeing work and leaving @kunaal84 behind to do the job nobody wanted to do…
@Glebe2037 There’s always old school. Go into iphone settings and reset usage data after each billing period. Not flashy, but it works.
RT @tammybutow: So excited for Google Developer Day tomorrow! But all the sessions at 16:45 – 17:30 are too good!!! What to choose? YouT …
Looking forward to Google Developer Day tomorrow. I wonder how many women will be there? Hoping I spot @Illdrinn at least!
@Illdrinn Ah, interesting. Looking at your linkedin. We have more career overlap than I thought…
RT @nolim1t: Looking forward to #gdd11 tommorrow! // Me too!
@nolim1t I’m still in the queue, and you’re already trading pins!
@nolim1t Nope. And Kunaal is pretty bitter about it. 🙁
@nolim1t I need green and grey myself…
Waiting for #gdd11 keynote. So far it’s like a very nerdy rock concert. http://t.co/8hplhyNV
#gddsyd If this guy mentions Google Reader, I’m gonna BOO.
#gddsyd Talking about sharing and putting people at center of experience. STILL BITTER ABOUT READER CHANGES HERE.
RT @arcwhite: #gddsyd #gdd11 This is a Unix System. I know this! #jurassicpark #webgl #html5shell
@kunaal84 @nolim1t @venks79 You are too important! I’ll bring you some souvenirs.
@lukerides @stuartfaz I got red. Looking for grey and green…
RT @thesecretlab: Hey #gddsyd! Want to learn iOS 5 development? Sign up for our Sydney training using code EVERETT at http://t.co/5Gca44eR
@nolim1t I’m at standing table at back of cafe!
Anybody got a green pin? Make a girl smile! #gddsyd