Month: December 2011
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Week 52Another year has come and gone! As you’ll recall, last year I pulled out all the stops to hit my goal of 1000km. This year I was aiming for 1100km, and for the first half of the year I was on track to surpass that by far. Unfortunately the second half of the year…
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Bring on 2012!I know I’ve been quiet lately. Big things are happening, but I’ve been enjoying the past week’s vacation too much to sit in front of a computer. One thing we’ve been doing is looking at bicycles. We checked out Cheeky Transport in Newtown, and then yesterday we visited Atelier de Vélo and Clarence…
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Purple Ombre Sprinkles Cake recipe – Pretty!
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I choose you, Bulbasaur! – CROCHET – I remain amused but uncontaminated by the spreading hexapuff madness. That said, I could totally see myself crocheting 1000-odd granny squares to make some silly 8-bit game character.
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Hacking Scrabble (Part One) – Ooh, cool! I was worried this would be about cheating, but it’s more about memory tricks and some neat computing…
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Christmas Craftiness 2011I just realised that I’ve made a lot of stuff this month that didn’t actually get documented on the blog yet. For posterity’s sake… Felt Tree OrnamentsAs in previous years, a group of my knitting friends met up for a “Christmas Tea Party” earlier in the month. We always do a handmade ornament…
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Week 51It was kind of a crazy week. I had only three full work days to try to finish everything up at the office, and Spudds was cancelled for the holidays. I still managed three runs though so I’m satisfied with that. The one upside to Sydney’s cold and grey summer has been how pleasant…
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I’m gonna let it SHINE!I present to you the cutest thing I’ve seen in a long time: That kid in the middle, the one raising his arms every time they sing “shine”? That’s my nephew Penn. My sister asked him afterwards if he was supposed to do that. “Nope!” He just felt like it. I…
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The most insufferable Christmas song ever – Christmas – Salon.com – Every time I hear this song, I think about Nora‘s hatred of it. It’s my own Christmas tradition. 🙂
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Apple – iPhone – Videos – Santa – Awww, this is really cute! Santa uses Siri to plan his night.