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    @BattenbrgBarbie I’ve been listening to Stephen Fry reading the complete Sherlock Holmes, and I hadn’t remembered how many Aussies figure in those stories… 😩


    Christmas in Indiana… 🦌🎅 https://t.co/tJwVL2t8Ib



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    Christmas in Indiana… 🦌🎅



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    Sampling many fine local brews… ❤️🍻 @ 41 Degrees North https://t.co/RVBTfjfojm


    Breakfast = an Amish-made cinnamon roll the size of my head. 😍 https://t.co/Tu7Pv709ed



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    Sampling many fine local brews… ❤️🍻


    Breakfast = an Amish-made cinnamon roll the size of my head. 😍



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    RT @pwcrack: Happy Birthday Grace Hopper, Ph. D., Rear Admiral, computer scientist and inventor of machine-independent programming language…



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    RT @AWSCloudANZ: With so many food & drink options during the holidays, how do you know what to pick? Kris Howard (@web_goddess) built a wo…


    A very fun little video I made in my backyard in Munich! Missing all of you back in Oz this Christmas… 🇦🇺🦘❤️🍻 https://t.co/khc3DDmwuG


    @net_hues @scottpape Thank you for sharing that! I hadn’t seen, but I agree with him 100%. It’s a gold rush and a scam at this point.


    @snaxolotl Love. It. 👍


    @pgarbe If you look closely at the demo, it uses Las Vegas craft beers! I hand-scraped that data myself. 😂 That’s why I was drinking Firestone at the Hero party – I recognised it from the app!


    RT @dtraub: Im re:Invent Community Special des AWS Podcast habe ich das Vergnügen mit @linda_mhmd, @Osterjour, @hoegertn und meiner Lieblin…



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    @wiredferret Oh yes! I made her Montrose top too.


    I’ve been in the US for like 10 days and so far I’ve had two family members and a friend ask me whether they should be investing in crypto. My rant keeps getting longer and longer. Non-tech folks are going to lose a lot of money, and I hold some of you responsible.


    @BugHunterSam My version is shorter: would you bet it all in Vegas? Then go for it. Because it’s gambling, not investing.


    RT @dtraub: Last night @linda_mhmd. @web_goddess, @Osterjour, @hoegertn, and I recorded a special episode of the German-language AWS Podca…



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    On long-haul flights, my nose doesn’t dry out so much! https://t.co/GfyvNnHDFp


    Speaking coherent German on @dtraub’s podcast is always a challenge, but after re:Invent and ten days in the US, I feel particularly challenged. 😩



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    Suddenly quite homesick. 😭🇦🇺🍕 https://t.co/wAVP4argSH


    @gilmae It’s a Festivus miracle!



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    Very proud of my Mini-me this weekend who designed and sewed her own Baby Yoda plushie at only age 8! ❤️ #proudauntie




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My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.

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