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Month: January 2010

  • Adorable baby koala.

    Adorable baby koala. ADORABLE.

  • Painting

    How to paint a room. Good step-by-step tutorial. I’ve never painted a room before.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @discoknitter Don’t have it. But “teenage girl falls in love with stalkery sparkly R.Pattz” is really all the summary you need.

    @Alegrya Holy crap, it’s $17 otherwise! Yeah, I’ll be doing that. Thanks for the link! (@misswired @dancingman)

    @Alegrya @misswired @dancingman I have booked. You pick seats?! I picked row Q, middle section. Not sure it will matter on the day.

    @discoknitter Be sure to use this link: http://is.gd/6Io9A . Makes the ticket $7.50 instead of $17! We’re in row Q in the middle.

    @Diepdin Yeah, I debated calling Fin up, but I think once was enough to torture him. 🙂

    My music is here! And now for some closet podcasting. I mean, literally in my closet.

    Podcast complete. But ha, so much for recording in my closet. I sound like I’m IN A CATHEDRAL. I really need a better microphone.

    Just completed a 5.56 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/5GjjcY #RunKeeper

    I’m entering @Crust_Pizza #CrustFreePizzaFriday because I’m an eternal optimist.

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Just completed a 5.56 km run with RunKeeper

  • RunningBlog: Week 3

    As you might have noticed, my “secret project” didn’t quite materialise just yet. It’s a running podcast! I’ve got all the pieces in place though, and I’m hoping to upload the first episode tonight. It’s called Geek Girl Runner, and the plan is to record a new episode every two weeks. In the meantime, training continues. I had an especially hard workout at Spudds yesterday, so my run this morning was crapola. Still, I haven’t missed a run yet this year…

    Jan 15: 5.09km
    Jan 17: 8km
    Jan 19: 5.54km
    Jan 21: 5.16km
    Total this week: 23.8km (14.8mi)
    Total in 2010: 68.7km (43mi)

    To meet my goal of running 1000km this year, I should be at 57.5km right now. So I’m about 10km ahead of schedule! That’s good; I like to have a cushion.

  • Jacket+Bookmark

    Jacket+Bookmark. So clever! I love it. (Link found via peacay‘s shared Google Reader feed.)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Whoa! Cafe Otto in Glebe burned down last night! http://bit.ly/5IxZEj

    @_brigita_ I sent him a fan letter in high school. He was always with the danger and the flannel shirts in some war zone on Channel 1.

    @_brigita_ Nah, it was fairly jokey and stalkery, with some snotty remarks about Rawley Valverde thrown in. (He never left the Hacienda!)

    @stufromoz That’s me. Yoga was the worst. She’d be telling us not to have any thoughts, and I’d be thinking “MMM, CHICKEN SOUNDS SO GOOD!”

    @Opheli8 THE GAP IS COMING?! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

    RT @jchyip: Managers blame developers for “poor” estimates for the same reason that people blame meteorologists for poor weather

    Check out the 2.55 km run I did with @runkeeper http://bit.ly/75E7Kl #RunKeeper

    AH! The solution to the echo problem for my podcast: recording in the closet! Genius!

    @bellsknits Just waiting for my music guy to send me his files. Hopefully tomorrow!

    @wooliewombat @Diepdin @bellsknits It’ll be up on geekgirlrunner.com. That should give you the idea. 🙂

    @thisismywww Good tip! Funny thing is: I just relistened to my take from the other night, and I kinda like it! So I’ll leave it. 🙂

    Just completed a 5.16 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/4sNrlw #RunKeeper

    Bad sleep. Crappy run. Forgot to drink the coffee Snook made me. What else can go wrong? BRING IT, THURSDAY.

    The crowds have dissipated, and no one we know will see us there. Who’s up for New Moon on Saturday morning at George Street cinemas?

    You can DM me if you’re TOO EMBARRASSED to let the world know that you’re going to a TEEN VAMPIRE MOVIE with me. Wimps.

    @misswired @Alegrya It’s only playing at 9:45am… Floppy hats and disguises are definitely encouraged. 🙂

    @stufromoz They’re too young for me too! Come on, be a perv. 🙂

    @brodrigu Ha. The teen drama is the only thing I LIKE about the series. 🙂

    @misswired Nah, not playing there anymore (according to the website). Only at Greater Union George St, I think.

    @misswired Somehow missed this. Email the Snook. He gets his homebrew gear from Dave’s and can advise on everything.

    @misswired @Alegrya @dancingman Done! See you all at 9:30 ish on Saturday morning then…

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Check out the 2.55 km run I did with RunKeeper

    Just completed a 5.16 km run with RunKeeper

    Bad sleep. Crappy run. Forgot to drink the coffee Snook made me. What else can go wrong? BRING IT, THURSDAY.

  • Cafe Otto is gone!

    Whoa! Cafe Otto in Glebe burned down last night. That’s where I had my celebratory hamburger at the end of Worldvision Famine 2004.

  • Federation Wool Arch

    Federation Wool Arch
    I’m a big fan of the Powerhouse Museum’s Photo of the Day blog, and today’s picture was particularly interesting. It’s a stereoscopic view of the “Wool Arch” set up for the big Federation parade. I’d never heard anything about the parade before, so I did some googling. Australian Federation took place on January 1, 1901, and they had a big process that went all the way from the city out to Centennial Park. (I’ve seen the plaque out there to mark the spot where they signed all the relevant documents.) Along the way, there were a whole bunch of gates and arches set up to commemorate important Australian industries and natural resources. The Wool Arch was near the intersection of Bridge and Loftus streets (near where Wagamama is now). Here’s a really good picture of the Wool Arch. (Welcome to the Land of the Golden Fleece!) The ABC site has a wealth of information about the parade, along with a neat digital puzzle of the Wool Arch. And there’s your learnin’ for today!