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Month: February 2013

  • Shared today on Twitter

    RT @imdominating: YOU GUYS! Last chance to win custom Avengers SOCK MONKEYS in my cousin’s contest! http://t.co/A1mxFSfJcH http://t.co/A …

    My 2013 Oscar Contest is officially closed for entries! There are 509 of you competing for the Avenger Monkeys. WHO WILL REIGN SUPREME?!

    @drkknits If you want to tweet me each award as it happens, that will save me looking them up! 🙂

    @drkknits Same as @imdominating! Good counting, ladies.

    @miftik Awesome, thanks. 41 seems to be the consensus!

    @bezthomas Thank you!

    Ang Lee was the upset. None of the perfect guessers got that one right, so I’m back to an 11-way tie for first place!

    With one award left, it’s a 6 way tie – and they all picked Argo. If Argo wins Best Pic, it’ll come down to the Dead People! COME ON, UPSET!

    Congratulations to Jeremy Cropf, who triumphed with 13 correct answers and a guess of 43 dead people. First time entrant too, I think!

    @redambition @131500buses Just go to the website and fill out the feedback form.

    Spotted two cops cycling on the footpath at Broadway this morning. I guess I don’t have to worry about that law anymore!

    The landscapers brought their dog, Digger. He’s so energetic this was the best photo I could get. (The… http://t.co/XSfSeAs16P

    Day 2 – Stump grinding and delivery of pavers & bricks! http://t.co/uP4FZovYmp http://t.co/5dTEzbU1QQ

    I’m actually enjoying how slow the bus is moving in traffic today. This A/C is the best I’m going to feel all day. #broilingoffice

    @aimee_maree They pay a lot, but most of my fam in the US are still on unlimited data plans. Those never existed here!

    @aimee_maree I’ve been here since 2001, and I’ve never seen an unlimited data plan on a mobile. SMS/calls, maybe, but not data.

    @aimee_maree The only one listed there with unlimited data is the Optus for $2 a day?

    @aimee_maree I’m just pointing out that I have never met an Aussie with an unlimited mobile data plan.

    @aimee_maree Yet US relos listen to streaming radio on their phones in the car for hours a day. It’s weird.

    If @the_snook and I ever go to NYC, I think we’re going to hit all the landmarks from Cub’s “New York City.” http://t.co/YaJOhmZJY9

    @pauleyphillips That’s because it’s less embarrassing to read on the bus. (That’s how I read it.) 🙂

    @drkknits You will be gratified to learn Spotify now seems determined to play songs completely unrelated to you. Unless you are Stacy’s Mom.

    I don’t know about anybody else, but I find the IKEA horse meatballs thing quite thrilling. Woohoo! I might be part of the story!

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Day 2 of the Garden Reno – we had deliveries of the stump grinder and the pavers and blocks all arrive at the same time! It’s total Grand Designs time over here.

    The landscapers brought their dog, Digger. He’s so energetic this was the best photo I could get. (The cats HATE Digger.)

    I’m actually enjoying how slow the bus is moving in traffic today. This A/C is the best I’m going to feel all day. #broilingoffice

    If @the_snook and I ever go to NYC, I think we’re going to hit all the landmarks from Cub’s “New York City.” http://youtu.be/cFKThNh5Vqk

  • Oscars 2013

    The Oscar ceremony is just starting, which means that my 2013 Oscar Contest is officially closed! I had to weed out a few duplicates and obvious attempts to game extra entries, but I believe we ended up with 509 entries in total. You will be able to follow along with your score as the awards are announced. (Note: I’m at work so the scores might not update immediately each time.) Best of luck!

    And if you’re watching at home, can you count dead people in the obituary montage for me? Thanks!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    GAHHHH. Friggin’ hell. The only thing worse than knitting lace is blocking it. IT’S KILLING ME, BUSTER.

    Managed to fix horrendous mishap and get scarf blocking. (I think @miss_reecie has a voodoo doll of me.) http://t.co/x1nrKRkMRM

    Who’s watching the Oscars tomorrow? I need volunteers to count dead people for me for my Contest tie breaker… ( @imdominating?)

    @drkknits @imdominating Actual awards start at 5:30 PST, which is 12:30 here.

    @drkknits @miss_reecie I soaked it in the sink and two threads caught on the motherf*cking drain stopper. Pulled way out. I nearly screamed!

    @drkknits @miss_reecie Had to laboriously adjust thread tension stitch by stitch to fix it. NEVER KNITTING LACE AGAIN.

    Second attempt = also FAIL. I think I’m throwing in the towel. 🙁 http://t.co/uKhfjTLodF

    @pyko Wait, what?! Which reader? We couldn’t get it with Google Glasses or QRReader for iPhone.

    @pyko You know what this means. It means I’ve got to spend the next two weeks frantically knitting mittens!!

    HOLY CRAP. Thanks to @pyko, I just discovered that the QR Code DOES work – when I read it from my laptop screen. IT’S BACK ON, BABY!

    In the car on the way to North Ryde at 7:25. It’s a good thing I didn’t sleep at all last night

    Garden reno has begun, and @the_snook is quoting Kevin McCloud: “It’s only the first hour of day 1, and already the project is over budget.”

    @Ezzles Nah, I’m with non-sewist colleagues. 🙂

    @handmethepanda @the_snook I keep saying at least we don’t need any glazing. The windows ALWAYS come late!

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Who’s watching the Oscars tomorrow? I need volunteers to count dead people for me for my Contest tie breaker… (Less than 24 hours to go!)

    I just posted the “Before” photos for the Garden Renovation! It all kicks off tomorrow morning…

  • Photo post

    Second attempt = also FAIL. I think I'm throwing in the towel. :(

    Second attempt at knitted QR code = also FAIL. I think I’m throwing in the towel. 🙁

  • Photo post

    Proof of concept = FAIL. I might have to scrap this project.

    Proof of concept for knitted QR code = FAIL. I might have to scrap this project.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @drkknits @GeorgieKnits I was actually thinking of making them from scratch, but you’ve just scared the crap out of me.

    @drkknits @GeorgieKnits Well, I’m actually WFH on Wed/Thurs. I could conceivably do it.

    @drkknits @GeorgieKnits They’re small, actually. A single batch of the cookie recipe should make enough! http://t.co/iB3GfkFPWs

    @kunaal84 @knitdra @drkknits I just bought a cake carrier at KMart. It’s on.

    MT @cultofmac: The iPhone 5 Is 300% More Reliable Than A Samsung Phone [Study] http://t.co/r2LVqFvHmM // Inflammatory title, but interesting

    @drkknits @kunaal84 @knitdra But of course! Cake will be for Friday.

    Easter Show judges: DON’T LOOK. Everybody else: it fits! Just some armbands and done. http://t.co/VmriD5bFV0

    Finished! That’s two Show entries done (except for blocking); one to go.

    Proof of concept = FAIL. I might have to scrap this project. http://t.co/rLExtw6LSf

    @drkknits Our Photoshopped knitted version read just fine, but the actual knitted one failed. Thinking, thinking…

    @DrMiaow @QRCodeART I went with one stitch per sq, which may be problem. Knitted stitches are V’s, not blocks. 🙁

    @drkknits That’s the whole motif. It’s just not scanning with any reader apps.

    @miss_reecie NEMESIS!!!! *shakes fist at the sky*

    @drkknits They won’t be self-replicating mittens if they don’t actually point you to the pattern.

    I think it’s a resolution issue. But I don’t think I have time to knit 2-ply mitts in the next 2 weeks…

    @knitterjp @drkknits Creative – so anything is an option.

    @witty_knitter Quite possibly. A lot of QR code patterns have you knit them finer, using 2st/2r for each block in code. Reads as more square

    @drkknits @witty_knitter Ha. No. Just plain of wool.

    @knitterjp @drkknits I don’t think it will matter, unless I use cross stitch rather than following knitted stitches.

    RT @andrewsayer: Watch “Game Of Thrones Season 3: Trailer” on YouTube http://t.co/RNe8bB7b0q

  • Shared today on Twitter

    HEY YOU! Only 3 more days to enter my Oscar contest and win a set of custom Avenger sock monkeys! Don’t miss out… http://t.co/YfzeyqKyOe

    RT @brainmates: What is Product Management? http://t.co/Bv0VmQhAuA #prodmgmt // Great slideshow!

    In case anyone is wondering, our Blanco cooker is still broken. I’m hoping @HarveyNormanAU can prod them next week. This suuuucks.

    @Helen__H @jpoh So cool! Are they MAME cabinets or actual vintage games?

    @Helen__H @jpoh It’s an emulator that can run the old games. So you can buy a new cabinet that plays lots of games, or a real vintage one.

    @OuterField Aww, thanks! I hope you win! 🙂

    Stayed up way too late watching Downton Abbey and knitting. The vest is looking fantastic though…

    I may need a Liberty print pouch, @drkknits. http://t.co/Vj8yYyLLUa

    Thinking of making this for someone’s birthday next week…. http://t.co/SfzaRvKnM1

    @knitdra Well, @kunaal84 does have quite the sweet tooth… 🙂

    @drkknits It’ll be practice for yours.

  • Shared today on Facebook

    We have a dartboard at work so I taught Jonathan and Joseph to play Cricket. I keep losing. I even brought in my old awesome darts! I used to be so good at it. Clearly I am not spending enough time in pubs anymore.