Month: December 2022
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I’ve seen these ceramic graters being sold at every market and festival in Germany for the past year, and yesterday I finally got one. It mushified a clove of garlic nicely, though getting it out again took some finessing. Rodd worked it out – you have to hold the grater on an angle and use…
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I never ate Brussels Sprouts growing up; they were just never a thing that my Mom cooked. It may well be that the first time I ever had them was ten years ago at Porteño in Sydney. (They were were charred and tossed with bacon and they were the most delicious thing I’d ever had.)…
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How did I not know that there are annual Bootie Christmas mashup albums?? They also have a playlist of all the Mariah mashups they can find, updated every year. 🎵🎄
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My buddy Phil Nash wrote a useful tutorial on how to alias your Mastodon username to your own domain with Jekyll. Bookmarking in case I want to go down a similar route when I revamp this blog next year. Also a reminder that you can follow me on Mastodon at @web_goddess@aus.social. And if you’re not…
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Very, very slowly, it turns out. I’ve never been a big fan of lace myself on garments – mostly because I have sensitive skin and I find it itchy – but I loved this historical overview on types of lace from Broiderie Stitch. Maybe I need to give lacemaking a go? Looks like the Australian…
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“Everything you wanted to know about pronouns but were afraid to ask” – nice Guardian article explaining why more and more companies, organisations, events, and social networks support the ability for people to nominate their pronouns. I actually covered this very briefly on an internal work meeting recently. It was prompted by someone on our…
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Super fun cover I’ve had on repeat for a week. Bonus: it taught me what the phrase “down bad” means, which is apparently a thing the kids are saying.
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Back in September, I headed off to Bangkok, Thailand to attend the first ever AWS APJ Community Summit. This event brought together 130 AWS Heroes, Community Builders, and User Group leaders for two days of learning, sharing, and networking. It was about a 10 hour flight for me from Munich straight to Suvarnabhumi Airport in…