Month: August 2013
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I need terrible female engineers – Women and Work – Medium – Great stuff. Yeah, I was one of the not-so-great coders, and that may well have contributed to my desire to get out of the field.
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Shared today on Instagram: Thrilled to discover Mr. Honeybee on our new citrus trees today! Pollinate away, friend. #MyFoodStory #Produce
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D.I.-Why?: Emily Matchar on the Allure of the “New Domesticity”￾ | The Hairpin – Interesting. We were talking about this at lunch today. I was sitting at a table with ten other women in I.T., and we realised that several of us were knitters and others were bakers. My standard explanation is that being a…
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Soylent: What Happened When I Stopped Eating For 2 Weeks – I continue to be fascinated by Monkey Chow. A guy did a two week trial on that Soylent meal replacement powder and writes about his results. You know, I’d be totally tempted to do something like that. Interestingly, it wouldn’t save us that much…
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Shared today on Instagram: It’s entirely possible that I’ve been watching too much My Little Pony. #twilightsparkle4eva
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Shared today on Instagram: Prototyping for RSPCA Cupcake Day. I call it "The Elvis": banana cake with a peanut butter centre, topped with honey buttercream and a piece of candied bacon!
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Everyone Should Want to Be A Hufflepuff, Or, Stop the Hogwarts House-Hate | Tor.com – Awww. But yeah, JK, a bear would hav been much cooler than a badger. Nobody aspires to be a badger.
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Pour Mason | Uncrate – Ooh. I think I might like this more than an AeroPress.
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Dear Daughter: I Hope You Have Some F*cking Awesome Sex. | Ferrett Steinmetz – Oddly, this is one of the few things that tempts me to have kids. I think this guy is an awesome parent, and we’d all be better off if there were more like him.
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Shared today on Instagram: Alton Brown’s Cocoa Brownies happening in my kitchen now. #lickedthebowl