Month: June 2012
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Favorited today on Twitter: ShopGiltTaste: http://t.co/uhG8CAnW You can follow me here.
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Sorry Mom!After he read my post about inspiring women in I.T., the Snook said to me, “You know, you forgot one.” “Which one?” “Your MOM, you ding dong!” Oh good grief. I’m so sorry, Mom! He’s totally, 100% right. I may not have known any card-carrying IBM computer programmers when I was growing up, but…
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Favorited today on Twitter: guardianfood: How to cook the perfect chicken kiev by @FelicityCloake http://t.co/Iysatf8m #wom pamelafox: I decided that everytime I’m asked to speak at a conference, I’ll also suggest a few other speakers… that happen to be female. Can’t hurt. ESQFood: The new warm-beer fix: frozen beer head. http://t.co/afA6devK You can follow me…
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Inspiring Women in I.T.On Twitter recently I saw @tammybutow talking about a new project she’s launched to highlight female role models in I.T. Tammy’s project is affiliated with Go Girl, an I.T. career showcase for high school girls. Her idea is to collect photos of women with I.T. careers and compile them into a video…
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I realised the other day that my automatic blog posting from Instagram and Twitter was broken. Sorry about that. My web host changed some settings and suddenly my scripts stopped working. I managed to get through to tech support today though and the Snook gave some very welcome assistance. It ain’t much, but your trickle…
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Ratatouille I made a beautiful, tasty thing tonight. #ratatouille This is Smitten Kitchen’s ratatouille, and it’s a beautiful thing! Usually we just chunk everything up and throw in a pot, so spending the time to meticulously slice all the veg was an effort. I used a rather large eggplant (cut in two so the slices…
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Shared today on Instagram: Sad hipster at the bus stop on a cold rainy night.
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Coffee Drinks: A Visual Glossary | Serious Eats: Drinks – I was amused that the last slide shows the Australian latté and the flat white. However, no mention of the fact that cappuccinos here are always covered in cocoa powder? (I don’t drink them.)
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How to determine fabric content – Very cool. I’d heard of doing a “burn test” but didn’t know exactly how to go about it. Good to know.
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Judging Priscilla Chan: Why People Won’t Stop. Great article about how the media seem to be frustrated by Mark Zuckerberg’s wife’s refusal to put on the princess act for them. Good for her.