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Month: August 2009

  • Shared today on Twitter

    ARGH. Halfway to city and just realized I left half the crap I printed out for Guild meeting at home. Will have to muddle through.

    Brilliant Guild meeting! 3 new members, approval for workshop plans, great show & tell. Lovely tea from @WittyKnitter and Sandra too!

    Felt a bit tired so curled up on the couch to “rest my eyes.” Woke up three hours later.

    @TimBags I was hoping it was going to be shaped like a racecar from your comment. That would’ve been cool.

    Snook is prepping side dishes to go with his lovely roast lamb. No carb-loading for me for #city2surf; trying to keep to my usual routine.

    Can’t believe folks are lining up for #city2surf already. I just got up! One of the perks of living close to the city, I guess.

    On the bus to #city2surf starting line. Have to remember this is NOT my goal race. Just a training run. Just a training run…

    View towards starting line down College St. 75K runners in 2008 #city2surf http://twitpic.com/d7l70

    Made it to portaloos. Trying to stay warm before start. Won’t be tweeting during race, but photos will be up right after. #city2surf

    Me and my new buddy Steven waiting to start. Any second now. #city2surf http://twitpic.com/d7npb http://bit.ly/Nn1Up

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Confession: I didn’t even realise that Twitter was down.

    Just blogged a review of new #runkeeper release that supports geotagging photos doing your workout: http://bit.ly/1mb1T

    Just how I like to spend my lunch break – sitting in the bank. It’s time to fix account name typo though. I am NOT married to the SMOOK.

    For future reference: ANZ Phone Help – useless. Staff at Broadway – useless. Sunil at George St branch – only helpful person in whole co!

    Official photos of me from last weekend’s Bay Run: http://bit.ly/TZlBn

    @Ezzles Hooray! Congratulations… Where’s the job??

    Ahem. Inner City group of Knitters Guild is up to 48(!) members, no doubt due to my brilliant (and modest) leadership skillz.

    Trying to work up the willpower to get out of my warm bed and walk over to the Eveleigh Farmers’ Market.

    Just back from Eveleigh Markets. Propose new economic indicator: how many trendy small dogs are wearing clothes at an Inner West event.

    @coach_chris I’ll probably just be getting to Heartbreak Hill. EEP! (Be sure to Twitter afterwards. Maybe we can meet up!)

  • Shared today on Facebook

    I really don’t understand the fear of nationalised health care. This American frickin’ LOVED both England’s NHS and Australia’s Medicare. They’re not perfect, but it’s nice not to worry about getting sick and going bankrupt (like people I know back in the States have done).

  • Bay Run Photos

    Looks like the official photos from the Bay Run are up! There are four of me, all taken as I was coming in to the finish.

    Me at the Bay Run 2009   Me at the Bay Run 2009

    Me at the Bay Run 2009   Me at the Bay Run 2009

  • New RunKeeper Pro

    The new highly-anticipated (by me, anyway) release of RunKeeper finally got approved yesterday. It’s got some nice improvements with real-time mapping and iPod playlist integration, but the killer feature for me is the ability to take photos and have them geotagged along the route. I thought it would be super cool to do it on Sunday during each of my walk breaks along the City2Surf. So I went out for a run this morning just to test it out.

    I did notice some weirdness at first, mostly regarding the pace calculation and voice feedback. (My pace showed up as 0 for the first 10 minutes or so.) The time and distance were correct though, so I wasn’t too worried about the pace (which eventually came good). Posting a “status” message is pretty easy, akin to sending a tweet really. There’s a word balloon that you type in, and you can click the little photo icon to take a picture. I only had two problems with it. First, as you might expect it’s not easy to type a message on a touchscreen keyboard while you’re running down the street (or god forbid, riding a bike). You can hit the photo button relatively easily, but to actually add a caption you have to be walking (or stopped completely). The second problem (which compounds the first) is the iPhone’s spell correction doesn’t seem to work on the status updates. So while I think it’s really neat functionality, it’s hard to actually use it when you want to be using it.

    That said, it’s still super cool to see your photos along the route. Did you see that last one of me? I’d just done six speed intervals and I was pretty wrecked. I’m really looking forward to Sunday…

  • Shared today on Twitter

    New #Runkeeper Pro version is live in AU app store! Perfect timing for City2Surf. Will take photos to enforce walk breaks.

    @bellsg Week 1 is traditionally awesome. Just don’t get discouraged if Week 2 isn’t as huge!

    Heh. http://kenyanbirthcertificategenerator.com – for when you need to discredit an enemy’s citizenship.

    Note to self: If you tweet pictures of desk with incriminating bottles of Diet Coke, the Snook WILL CATCH IT.

    @Opheli8 @misswired Sorry, ladies. I’ve only got sock wool on me today. (Must remember to bring a larger stash for beanie emergencies.)

    My two favorite things today: http://twitpic.com/cxzee. I’m gonna be wired.

    @Bex_the_Femme Proof that two WRONGS make an UNHOLY TORNADO OF WRONGNESS. *shudder*

    @fictillius As a woman, I’d happy trade Fernwood for the Melbourne Club.

    @DDsD Obviously you haven’t been on one that was tuned to “Transport TV”. (I’m not kidding.)

    Heading to knitting…

    Holy crap. Just watched Jamie Oliver’s pig special… after having pork chops for dinner. Next ones will be guaranteed free range.

    I actually just had to run into the street and wave my arms to get a 461 driver to stop at Broadway. Kris 1; Forces of Evil 0.

    Check out the 5.07 km run I did with @runkeeper http://bit.ly/KY1Kn #RunKeeper

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @devvyleys I’ve got one at my house you can photograph if you need to!

    Monster circuit training session at Spudds today. Had a hell of a time trying to keep up with @chrisgander. My legs are DEAD.

    @purple_velvet @sharre Well, I’m teaching socks at Guild camp in Oct., but they were reluctant to put on more than 1 sock class. #socksummit

    @sharre I dunno; mine’s filling up. I think they though the Pru Mapstone was a much bigger draw. (She’s sold out, so guess they’re right.)

    Whoa. http://mudrun.com.au. @shanea, @TimBags, @Steffi_83… You guys up for running in the mud? 😛

    I can’t even tell the rest of the office how brilliant “Single Ladies (in Mayberry”) is, because they don’t know the Andy Griffith Show. #fb

    Updated my Skype photo at work. I was using self as Queen Amidala, but coworker asked in all seriousness if I was Tajikistani. #costumefail

    @sharre @randomknits Deputy Sharre has spoken true. 🙂

    @Diepdin Oh Em! Shouldve sent to you right away. Will send now. 🙂

    Started new knitting project. Sunshine yellow Blue-Faced Leicester makes me happy to be alive. This could turn into something special…

    Just took a couple pics of Tasman Summer Tunic. All I need is a ribbon for the front and a button for the back: http://twitpic.com/cwjft

    @gilmae BRILLIANT! Thanks for that. I’ll head down Saturday arvo.

    @imdominating I’ve settled on Tweetdeck. Still crashes occasionally, but I like using the same interface at work/home/phone.

    Last week I got a 2nd monitor, this week I got a window with view of Crown St and City. Happy worker. http://twitpic.com/cwvzv

    Pic of dress is slightly oversaturated. True colour is more of a deep royal purple. (Paddington in Dover: http://bit.ly/3xEIf) @justjussi

    @witty_knitter I wasn’t planning on it.

    @henrytapia It’s normal around here! Tech team uses Skype to communicate, & I’m giving Twitter preso Mon. Mobile industry very connected. 🙂

  • Shared today on Facebook

    I can’t even tell the rest of the office how brilliant “Single Ladies (in Mayberry”) is, because they don’t know the Andy Griffith Show.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Going to collect my team’s City2Surf race packs. Only 5 days left!

    How to Double Blog Traffic in 1 Day: insult graffiti knitters. That’s my bit of SEO genius for July. (Note to self: put ads up next time!)

    @TimBags Which did you get? I’ve been looking myself.

    RT @gilmae: @web_goddess Isn’t it hard to make the yarn stick to the side of the train? <- BWAHAHAHA…

    @carbolicious Excellent. Hopefully we’ll be there then too!

    Could James Mathison replace Kyle on Idol? PLEASE OH PLEASE! http://bit.ly/19zmIr Mathison was the best thing about that show.

    @witty_knitter Yay! I hope it isn’t too much bureaucracy. I don’t remember having to get a police report? Maybe just for Kiwis?! 😛

    @Ezzles Ha. I once dragged my 12yo neighbour to see Phantom Menace like four times. #shameful #confession

    Looking for reputable plumber/water heater guy in Inner West. Anybody know somebody?

    On my way to physio to see if my back can be improved before Sunday’s race.

    Yowch. I’m gonna have bruises!

    @TimBags Ha, that’s right next door to our office!

  • Professional Organizer

    Seriously? The idea of a professional organiser coming to my house and sorting out all our STUFF makes me swoon. That would be so awesome.