Wow. Scientists have developed a neckband that allows for subvocal communication. Now where do I get my Jane?
Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…
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Apple Stores
“Apple plans third Australian store.” Excellent. I’m excited to see what the CBD store looks like when they take the covers off!
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Road to Golden
This past Saturday, the Snook and I drove out to Homebush to drop off my entry for the 2008 Royal Easter Show. I knitted “Road to Golden” from the Fall 2007 Knitscene. It’s a modern fairisle jumper knitted on circular needles. I substituted Filatura di Crosa Zara for the yarn and had some fun playing around with colours. I’m still not entirely happy with the way the neckline turned out, but I figured I can always pull it apart after the Show. Now I’m just waiting for the results to come in… (More project details are over on Ravelry.)
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Marianne’s Cardigan
Oh, wow! Two years ago, I knitted a hooded cardigan for my friends’ daughter Marianne. I knew it was going to be a bit big for her at the time, but I figured she’d grow into it. And guess what? She finally has! It looks great on her, and I’m glad she likes it so much. Thanks to Staci for the update… 🙂
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Spring Knitty
The new Spring Knitty is up… but I’m not a huge fan of the patterns. In fact, the one I like the best is the most ridiculous and impractical: the Mosey legwarmers. They just seem like something I’d see on a super-cool 16-year-old Japanese girl, and as you all know, I secretly long to be a super-cool 16-year-old Japanese girl.
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Turtles != Dinosaurs
I was completely fascinated this morning by this AskMeFi question: “Why aren’t turtles considered dinosaurs?” There’s some fascinating stuff about evolution and biology in there.
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Crossing fingers
I’ve had four job interviews in the past week… and the last one I had today was THE BEST. It’s such a perfect, perfect fit for me, I don’t even want to talk about it for fear I’ll jinx it. But if you believe in prayer or The Secret, or the Blue Dot or, you know, vibes or whatever… I could use some!
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YOBOSAYO!
Sweet! Remember the South Korean astronaut with the special kimchi? Well, he got in trouble and they’ve replaced him with a woman! Go Yi So-yeon!
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Berowra Waters
My vacation week got off to a great start yesterday. Bex had invited the Snook and me to help celebrate Fin’s birthday. Eleven of us headed up to Berowra Waters (about 50km north of us) for a picnic on the BBQ Boat! This was basically a pontoon with a built-in gas grill. We puttered up and down Berowra Creek (which joins up to the Hawkesbury River), stopping occasionally to eat, swim, and even fish.
I remembered to get batteries for my camera, but I somehow forgot the memory card. D’OH! So all the pictures are from my spectacularly crappy mobile phone.
The first is me driving our little GoGet car. We actually had to take a ferry (a drive-on ferry!) across the creek to the marina.
Next is me and the Snook on the BBQ Boat. You guys, we had SO MUCH FOOD.
The third picture is me and Fin swimming alongside the boat. Since the Creek is tidal, the water was saltier than I expected. The current was pretty strong too, so I didn’t stay out there for very long.
The last picture is Snookums working his hand fishing-line off the side of the boat. He didn’t catch anything, but he did get a few nibbles.
At one of our last stops, I noticed something orangish floating in the water near the boat, like a discarded shopping bag. “What’s that?” I asked to the Snook as I pointed it out. “Jellyfish.” Suddenly we noticed there were loads of them. They’d all drifted into one cove, and we were right in the middle. They weren’t the stingy-death kind, thank goodness, or I’d still be freaking out about having swam in the same body of water. They were very pretty though, and I was amazed to see something like that out in the wild and not at an aquarium. It was very cool.
Thanks again to Bex and Fin for inviting us!
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