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  • Shared today on Twitter

    @knitness Oh cool! I’ve been meaning to check out that market for a while now…

    Um, attention @twelveeyes, @imdominating, and @Justacogitating: Twilight Fan Cruise. http://www.twilightfanscruise.com/ That is all.

    @rhagern Ooh, I was reading about that online. It looks good! Let me know if you like it.

    @shanea Wait, what? Is this RT? (Judging by Wikipedia) I haven’t seen it…

    Came back from lunch to discover a fat box of my brand new business cards on my desk! Now I need to knit myself a holder or something.

    If a requirement is pretty much IMPOSSIBLE, why wouldn’t you tell me that right away? Why just ignore it? Gah.

    RT The Snook: When your site only has three sentences on it, you really should check them for spelling and grammar. http://foll.me/

    @misswired The plan is to mention him constantly until he gives up and joins in. It worked on my blog. 🙂

    Ah, so this is what we were stuck in this morning: http://bit.ly/ltXO4

    Okay, I’ve suitably atoned for my late start and long lunch. Going home to relax and knit (and boycott the footy)!

    @witty_knitter I noticed. Quadrahosting status page says all is fine, but clearly not. 🙁

    My site is still down. Very annoying. Quadrahosting, we were having such a good run! Why you gotta hurt me like this?

    @SupFarn UGH. I can’t even SSH to the server. Yet the stupid Quadrahosting server status page still says all good. WTF?

    OH CRAP! IT’S MY FAULT! I MISSED THE DOMAIN RENEWAL LETTER! Lucky I caught it in time. Should be back soon.

    Not quite. Now I can’t get joker.com to take my renewal payment because their stupid “Verified by Visa” third-party is down. ARGH.

    @jokercom Having trouble getting renewal payment to go through. Sent support request but nothing yet. Is something wrong with VbV handler?

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    Awww, crap. I forgot to renew my domain name, which is why my site is down. It’ll be back soon.

  • Weekend Plans

    Weekend plans: baked beans and brownies. YUM.

  • Necktie Bib

    Sewing tutorial: Baby bib with necktie appliqué. That is adorable! I know some little baby boys who might be getting one…

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  • Star Wars Prognostication

    Okay, I know this Star Wars-related question starts off INSANE, what with speculating on midichlorian evolution and whatnot, but some of the answers are awesome.

    “Additionally, Anakin Skywalker’s parthenogenetic (or hermaphroditic) birth in combination with his geographic isolation on the backwaters of Tatooine prior to his contact with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi* suggest the pathogenesis of his particularly impressive Force-sensitivity follows neither a genetic nor physical transmission mechanism…”

    I was also interested to learn that in one of the expanded Universe stories, Vader plots to kill the Emperor himself. Cool.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @runkeeper Me too! I know good stuff is in store. Can’t wait for the next release…

    My good deed for the day: teaching fellow knitters how to use htaccess and mod_rewrite to serve rude images to hotlinkers.

    Why you should always sit in the FRONT of a rollercoaster: http://bit.ly/FmlS1 . (Warning: Vomity grossness!)

    Using a system that imports tags from last.fm. Added David Duchovny & did double-take: http://bit.ly/Gic7A . HA! Folksonomy FAIL.

    Stabbing back pains = great way to start Wednesday. Good thing I’m going to the physio AGAIN.

    Going to be late. Stuck in P’matta Rd traffic. So just to clarify, I’ve had back spasms & gridlock… & I’m having lunch w/ mother-in-law.

  • Shared today on Facebook

    My good deed for the day: teaching fellow knitters how to use htaccess and mod_rewrite to serve rude images to hotlinkers.

    Why you should always sit in the FRONT of a rollercoaster: http://bit.ly/FmlS1 . (Warning: Vomity grossness!)

    Fun! However, I object to the inclusion of “Hole in the Wall” as being a Tetris analog. It’s not Tetris at ALL. Tetris is about STACKING, not about moving shapes through holes in barriers.

  • Beef and Cabbage Stir-fry

    Beef and Cabbage “Stir-fry”
    The Snook arrived home tonight to some odd smells. “What are you cooking?” he asked. “It’s kind of hard to describe,” I answered. “I think it’s sort of like homemade Hamburger Helper.” Unfortunately that cultural reference was lost on him. He looked in the pot. “It looks like what my Dad used to call ‘Savoury Mince,’” he said. That’s… pretty accurate, really. Basically, I knew we had cabbage, broccoli, and a bit of celery to use up from the veggie box, so I googled and found this recipe. It looked strange and interesting. It’s basically hamburger mince cooked with rice, some veggies, chicken soup mix(!), and curry powder(!). (I left out the Chinese noodles on top.) It actually turned out really good! We both enjoyed it, and we’ve got plenty left-over for tomorrow. Even with the small bit of rice, I think it probably works out quite low-carb too. I think this could be my new go-to recipe for using up odd bits of veg…

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  • Kel WON!

    Remember how I told you that my friend Kel was trying to win the chance to throw out the opening pitch at a Cubs game? Well, SHE WON! That’s so frickin’ cool. Thanks to everybody who signed up to the newsletter and helped her out. Her big day is on September 2nd, which is a day game on a Wednesday. I can’t wait to see the photos!

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  • Tetris 25th Anniversary

    Photo gallery for 25th anniversary of Tetris. I have two of the three vintage Game Boys pictured! Fun. However, I object to the inclusion of the Japanese “Hole in the Wall” game show pics. That has nothing to do with Tetris, really.

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