Author: Kris

  • Sing Ho! for a Mo.

    Sing Ho! for a Mo. – The Snook is once again growing wacky facial hair in November to raise money for men’s health issues. However, due to a number of reasons, he’s doing it with a different organisation this year. Please consider donating!

    Edited 02/05/2025: Fundraising link removed.

  • Google Reader D-Day

    Well, Google has finally pulled the pin on their promised Reader changes. IT SUCKS. They have completely removed the existing sharing and commenting. Now you’re meant to share to Google+ and comment there. I hate it. I seriously considering changing RSS readers altogether, but I can’t find a web-based one I really like. So I was moaning on Twitter when @gilmae responded: “There’s always your blog…” Huh! That’s right; I used to share links here all the time. So I quickly modded my existing post-to-blog form so that I could invoke it from Reader’s “share to” menu. Seems to be working fine. This means that you’re going to start seeing a lot more individual linky-posts here. I hope that’s okay!

  • Photo Post

    Frocktober Finale: vintage dress & fascinator. It’s OVER!

    Frocktober Finale: vintage dress & fascinator. It's OVER!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Ravelers: I’m giving away some Halloween stuff, suitable for a kids party! http://t.co/4kGIY4q5


    @imdominating Hahahahahahahahahhha…


    My Halloween costume for work. Yeah, nobody here got the Heisman reference. http://t.co/1G4axFoW


    @hudsonmeats Looks great! Wish the events weren’t sold out. 🙂


    @mpesce You got name-checked in a MetaFilter thread today! http://t.co/52uJr3ZM


    @drkknits Wait, what? I shared that!


    @web_goddess Nevermind. Just saw that @mrs_sockvictim did too. Heh.


    @drkknits It didn’t pop up on mine, so I thought you were confusing us. Because we look so much alike, obvs. 🙂


    I was going to go to work early so I could leave this arvo and watch the race. Then I remembered horse racing is boring and sleep is good.


    Fauxvember = AWESOME. Looks like the Snook *will* be participating this year after all! Bring on the ‘tache! http://t.co/PdKMVHVu


    @knitterjp @wen1965 Boss said we could leave at 2:30 if we came in at 8 and worked through lunch. Not a huge perk, but better than nothing!


    @knitterjp @wen1965 But I am a slacker, so I didn’t bother.


    @mrs_sockvictim @retromummy Yes I do! I got mine at David Jones Food Hall. It’s expensive though. Usafoods.com will have it too.


    @mrs_sockvictim @retromummy You can make your own, but you need to drain the purée overnight to get a lot of the water out. I’ve done it.


    @gilmae New interface?? Haven’t logged in yet today. Did they screw our sharing, as feared?


    The new Google Reader SUCKS. I want to read my friends’ shared items in Reader, not in Google+.


    @Diepdin If you refresh it, you’ll see. It sucks. 🙁


    Ugh. People *like* the new Google Reader? They must not have ever used the sharing.


    @quietdiscourse I used it to share things on a daily basis with a small group of people. Also publish feed to my blog. All gone now.


    @theadrianflores I think they’re gone. I can’t figure it out. How do I share? Do I +1 something? THIS IS SO STUPID.


    RT @Alegrya: Dear lazyweb, as GReader has decided to suck and I don’t want to linkspam my G+ friends, what other rss reader & sharing si …


    Feedly looks good, but I don’t want to share to other SN sites. I want to share WITHIN my reader.


    @retromummy @mrs_sockvictim Yep. With the American foods. Big can of Libby’s (enough to do two pies) is around $10.


    @gilmae Fine for me, but there are plenty of Reader sharers without blogs (like the Snook).


    @gilmae You are talking about a person that took 5 years before he’d even comment on my blog.


    @gilmae It’s not luddite. It’s laziness. And then it becomes a THING, because he wants to be the last person not on Twitter. Or something.


    @googlereader I hate, HATE that you took sharing away. Completely destroyed utility for me. Looking for an alternative service now.


    @gilmae Also, I shared a lot of items. I don’t want them all cluttering up the blog. I liked having a single catch-all post per day.


    @gilmae That’s what I’m doing. I have a plan.


  • Shared today on Facebook

    I was going to go to work early so I could leave this arvo and watch the race. Then I remembered horse racing is boring and sleep is good.


  • Photo Post

    My Halloween costume for work. Yeah, nobody here got the Heisman reference.

    My Halloween costume for work. Yeah, nobody here got the Heisman reference.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Huh. We slept in late.


    Leftover mini shoo-fly pies make a great morning-after breakfast.


    Wow. Other than a couple sinkfuls of dishes, the house is back to normal! Smoothest party cleanup ever.


    Okay, who took photos at the party last night? Because I only got a few. Please – hit me with links! Especially of the food…


    RT @knittydotcom: I read the whole thing and then wept. “It’s full of stars”, almost. RT @longreads: “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs.” …


    @eileenDCoE YUMMMMM.


  • Happy Halloween

    Happy Halloween from The Greatest American Hero and Wonder Woman!

    Happy Halloween from The Greatest American Hero and Wonder Woman!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @zephyrama Heh. That’s not a real pumpkin. It’s a “Funkin” my Mom sent me years ago. Didn’t buy a real one this year.


    Guess who’s baking her first ever pav! #halloween http://t.co/l6nIMMfY


    @zephyrama No way my newspaper-stuffed scarecrow would support a real one. 🙂


    @eileenDCoE @witty_knitter It’s actually going to be a “Pumpkin Pie Pavlova,” which Rodd finds scary and wrong. I AM LOVING IT.


    Lunch break! Party To Do list gone from 22 to 16 so far… (@ Toby’s Estate Broadway) http://t.co/p3C8b7J4


    @sthcrft @witty_knitter @eileendcoe We made that too. For having with beer. Pumpkin Pie Beer Floats. 🙂


    Why make normal devilled eggs when you can make ALIEN devilled eggs! #halloween http://t.co/avO41pza


    @Kat13v Mine spread too much too. I’m calling them Dragons’ Toes instead.


    Happy Halloween from Wonder Woman and the Greatest American Hero! http://t.co/DrQdI4ke


    @imdominating But of course!


    1:30am. Last guests are gone, first pass of cleanup done. Fun night! Thanks to everybody who came. Now to collapse for 364 more days…


    New Legion of Justice: The Greatest American Hero, Wonder Woman, and Hit Girl. http://t.co/vzEEBIcx


    RT @AusVintageGrrl: New Post: Red Riding Hood, Indiana Jones, Greatest American Hero and Minifigs. Great party! Thanks http://t.co/O0EiPvdB


    @randomknits @knitabulous Ah, you should’ve said! Totally could’ve gotten out Rock Band. Didn’t think of it cos I haven’t played it in ages.


    @Kat13v Awesome costume!!