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    It’s been two years since the last one, but this year I felt inspired. Contest launches tomorrow!



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    My fancy sewing machine came with, no joke, like 30 different feet. I only ever use like 2. But today I discovered the overcasting foot and stitch, which made sewing jersey much nicer! 👏

    My fancy sewing machine came with, no joke, like 30 different feet. I only ever use like 2. But today I discovered the overcasting foot and stitch, which made sewing jersey much nicer! 👏


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    @unliteral Huh. Never saw them before! Looks like there are a few grape farmers producing them around the world these days…


    Time for Knitting with Kris! I’m working on a cabled vest for the Snook, so join me if you want to see how I do it without a cable needle. 🧶 https://t.co/YTHlokvdYj https://t.co/32avWzoWJh


    RT @MrFranzStefan: AWS Meetup Vienna recap from last month with @dtraub @bernhard_keprt @web_goddess
    Topics:
    Cloudformation vs Ansible vs…


    Farmville IRL. 🌱🌱🌱 @ Munich, Germany https://t.co/jbIF5MXoHK


    @HomerDong (It was a veiled reference to Google Reader.)


    Spargelzeit continues! @ Munich, Germany https://t.co/lh3849QyIL



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    Time for Knitting with Kris! I’m working on a cabled vest for the Snook, so join me if you want to see how I do it without a cable needle. 🧶


    Farmville IRL. 🌱🌱🌱


    Spargelzeit continues!



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    Farmville IRL. 🌱🌱🌱

    Farmville IRL. 🌱🌱🌱


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    RT @GunnarGrosch: Happy to say that I’m speaking at I T.A.K.E. Unconference’s Modern Architecture for Complex Systems event on May 26-27! I…


    Couldn’t resist these amazing grapes at the greengrocer. They’re huge! I’ve never seen such long grapes before. #tafeltrauben🍇 @ Munich, Germany https://t.co/yNLgko3Cub


    @lemon_lime Someone on FB pointed out that they’re very 🍆


    RT @alex_pulver: Ping me if you are interested!

    Cc: @web_goddess https://t.co/b6ZnPby3ll


    It still hurts. https://t.co/7yC0uLgDQs



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    The Snook’s favourite new song… (It’s a bop.)


    Couldn’t resist these amazing grapes at the greengrocer. They’re huge! I’ve never seen such long grapes before. #tafeltrauben 🍇



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    Couldn’t resist these amazing grapes at the greengrocer. They’re huge! I’ve never seen such long grapes before. #tafeltrauben🍇

    Couldn’t resist these amazing grapes at the greengrocer. They’re huge! I’ve never seen such long grapes before. #tafeltrauben🍇


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    @MelissaKaulfuss Congratulations and viel Glück!! 🎉


    RT @Vel12171: It’s AWS Dev-Day Day 😂 everyone – App Development. There is still time to register in link below. Join us! 🥳 #aws #awscommuni…


    Really proud of @Vel12171 leading her first ever AWS Dev Day session! You can still register and watch her session about Automating CI/CD on AWS with @github Actions: https://t.co/cIEs6YbPhl https://t.co/XZRpn6kgRl


    @developerjack @Vel12171 Yep! You can watch the recording after. Unfortunately you still have to go through the hassle of registering though. 🙁 (Sorry about that.) Or otherwise I’m sure @Vel12171 can point you at some resources…


    @kouky @boundvariable I got a new work laptop in January and it has the Touch Bar. I’m underwhelmed and I’ve been wondering if I was missing something. Sounds like not.


    Me: “Why are people booking me in for meetings in May? That’s ages away!”

    *checks calendar*

    “Crap, May is in TWO WEEKS.” 😳


    @lindaliukas I would do this for fun. 😂


    @tranhelen I know @femtechconf is getting ready to announce 2021 dates…


    @Gaohmee Same. I’ve now gone through it in three countries, and every time it sucks but I also know how much worse it is for others.


    Ma Po Tofu, made by the Snook. It’s 🔥 but delicious… https://t.co/IsnL1vERD0




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