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Month: June 2011

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Hm. @instagram isn’t working. No photos showing from past 6 days; no news; can’t search for friends I know exist. Even after restarting. 🙁

    @instagram What the-? You’re right; 3G works fine. Appears to be Wifi issue. Is it a known issue, or likely something specific to my router?

    Hey SMH! Since when is “cruel” a verb? http://bit.ly/lOT9Zm I bet a good sub-editor would have caught that.

    @makarakarn But I can’t find that actual quote in the article anywhere. Did the president use that word?

    @gilmae OH! It’s Aussie slang?? No way. I’ve never heard anyone use it here that way in ten years. How delightfully obscure!

    @toastman Yes. How will I know how many coffees my hipster friends are drinking otherwise? *sigh* #firstworldproblems

    @makarakarn My friend @gilmae is suggesting it’s actually Aussie slang: http://bit.ly/jmmnvK. I’ve never heard it in 10 years though.

    @instagram I tracked it down. For some reason DNS settings on my network weren’t being picked up correctly. All fixed now! Sorry to bother.

    @bezthomas Somebody else sent me that. But I maintain that in ten years of living here, I’ve NEVER heard it used that way.

    Perhaps there’s a light at the end of the Guild tunnel after all! It’s like trying to coax a very skittish squirrel…

    Heh. @kunaal84 is perplexed by his iced green tea cappuccino. As are we. http://twitpic.com/5g11t4 #ichibanboshi

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    Went for a run with Raj. Included 4 x 200m hill repeats on Cathedral Street. Felt so slow, and yet my lungs were BURNING.

    Kunaal was a little surprised by his iced green tea cappuccino at Ichiban Boshi.

  • RunningBlog: Week 25

    Easing back into everything this week. Work, exercise, all of it. Some things are easier than others. My diet and sleep are still messed up, and I’m having trouble finding the willpower to get back to my low-carb diet and proper bedtimes. My running buddies think I need to cut myself some slack, given that – HELLO – I ran a marathon less than a fortnight ago. I just think I could do a little better. My workouts have been really good though. The Snook and I went for a short run Sunday, then I had a (hard) Spudds class Monday night. Tuesday was another run at lunchtime. Wednesday was Spudds again. For my last run of the week today, I did some hill repeats on Cathedral Street with a friend. YOWCH. I got that painful (but also good) burn down way down in my chest that you only get from wheezing up a hill in cold weather…

    June 19: 4.08km
    June 21: 5.63km
    June 24: 5.43km
    Total this week: 15.14km (9.4mi)
    Total in 2011: 644.88km (403mi)

    To meet my goal of running 1200km in 2011, I should be at 576.9km. Yep, still got a nice cushion.

    I have to give a shout-out to the Snook too, who is gamely joining me in training for the Blackmore’s Half-Marathon. He even did some mid-week workouts by himself! Kickass.

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    @SallyPompom @redambition Which reminds me: Do I need to send a report for Saturday, even though I’m not supposed to be Webmaster anymore?

    @SallyPompom @redambition Considering Susan has dropped off the earth, and she hasn’t said she’s going to the meeting either. 🙁

    @redambition @sallypompom Will try and write up something at lunch…

    “That looks like Kings Cross!” – office manager referring to coworker’s spilled soup all over the carpet near my desk.

    @knitabulous Yikes! But congrats on joining the rest of us faceplanters. It’s an elite group. 🙂

    @imdominating Which one? Mine is: “I’m wondering – what is in the bag?” We say that one all. the. time.

    Well, if I’m crying over breakfast, @imdominating and @carbolicious should be too. http://youtu.be/gWKEXvtsWRE

    RT @DeathStarPR: A Jedi walks into a bar and cuts off a few people’s arms for no reason. #JediHumour #StarWars

    @indefensible @squozen Fairey falsified evidence though, didn’t he? Surely didn’t help his case.

    @henrytapia Is it an American thing? I just thought it was a web thing, not specific to a given country.

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    @Warlach I asked MeFi about cats and Sydney landlords 4yr ago: http://j.mp/jvjg59. We ended up buying a place of our own. 🙁

    @riozwhlva4 I block spammers.

    Holy crap. Sword & Sworcery is on sale just for today. iPhone/iPad owners: get this! http://bit.ly/hX0BBt Engrossing, beautiful, weird…

    @squozen There are sites that help you if you get stuck.

    How “agile” is important to Business Analysts: http://bit.ly/jugqjd Yes. I have more to offer than being a waiter between business & IT!

    @ScottRhodie Actually it’s not the app you need; that just shows you a map. You need to set up a Find my iPhone ACCOUNT for it to work.

    Damn! Got excited thinking I won @FoodConnectSyd’s weekly contest, but my carrot isn’t kinky enough. Yes, really. http://twitpic.com/5f5cxi

    @bezthomas In the papers here, Pauline was claiming she was Palin’s actual inspiration for it.

    HA! Finally some actual creative, funny “yarn bombing”: http://bit.ly/kWgvJV Strap that to a tree, “guerrilla” knitters. I dare you.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Nice essay on being childless by choice: http://bit.ly/mSYaYU. Resonates with me. I like kids and parents, but right now it’s not for me!

    @witty_knitter @mrs_sockvictim Hahaha… there’s a comment from a “Kris” in there about knitting a jumper. NOT FROM ME, I SWEAR! 🙂

    GOOD GRIEF, Pascall swirl marshmallows are an ABOMINATION. I am going to have to bring @kunaal84 some good ones from sweetness.com.au…

    Just got a hug from @chrisgander! That was unexpected. He smelled nice.

    This bus stop is bad enough without me having to stare at the Castlereagh Club’s spelling mistakes. http://twitpic.com/5en21e

    Current musical obsession: The Whitlams’ “Buy Now Pay Later.” Five more repeats and I’ll qualify as clinically depressed, YET I CAN’T STOP.

    @twelveeyes I will remember that the next time I moan about a bad day at my job. Hope you’re okay…

    @mrs_sockvictim LOVE!!!

    @mrs_sockvictim They remind me of my favorite ad ever as a kid: http://j.mp/l1e3go

    Attn @knitness – one of the (many) reasons I told you to watch True Blood: http://bit.ly/it29cT (cc @imdominating, who will appreciate)

    Finally changed iPhone to use British spellings. My brain now uses “-ise”, and I’m tired of autocorrect changing to “-ize.” #assimilated

    I hate Windows. I have to restart my work PC every 2 days or my Bamboo tablet forgets how to scroll.

    @gilmae Keyboards -> International -> Add English U.K. Then delete the plain English. Better than nothing!

    @squozen Hahaha… Windows XP, dude.

    @squozen Am I missing something? The Download Here text on that page isn’t an actual link.

    @squozen It’s all so confusing. I have a CTT-460, but serial number ends in /K (not /K(A)). THIS IS WHY I LIKE MY MACBOOK BETTER.

    @squozen I’m getting the 2nd most recent. Most recent is only for /K(A)’s, it says.

    @squozen I’ve never had to install a driver for a Mac peripheral. They all just work, at least the ones I’ve plugged in. 🙁

    @squozen Fair enough. Problem is this is much the same as my prev 15yrs Windows experience. New one might be good, but I’m already burned.

    @squozen And now I have to restart. *sigh*

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    Started strong but faded a bit. Sore from Spudds last night.

    Current musical obsession: The Whitlams’ “Buy Now Pay Later.” Five more repeats and I’ll qualify as clinically depressed, YET I CAN’T STOP.

    Finally changed iPhone to use British spellings. My brain now uses “-ise”, and I’m tired of autocorrect changing to “-ize.” #assimilated

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    Missed out on tomorrow’s “BA in an Agile World” IIBA event due to last week’s holiday. Sold out now. Anybody got a ticket they’re not using?

    RT @mrs_sockvictim: 14th July Crownies on air – you can see what I have been doing when not knitting // YAY! Everybody set PVRs now!!

    Jamie’s 30Min Meals #19: Chicken Skewers, Amazing Satay Sauce, Fiery Noodle Salad, Fruit & Mint Sugar. http://bit.ly/kEs932 Fresh & ZINGY!