Month: November 2024
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Queer quilts, rebellious knitting and political pants: the radical world of textiles – What a cool looking exhibition! I love those trade union flags… and the pink shorts. 😉 If you’re going to Adelaide in the next four months, I’d definitely check it out.
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Today was the University of Sydney Alumni Festival, which Rodd registered us for some time ago. They had tours, exhibitions, talks, and events happening all over campus, and it would have been perfect if it hadn’t been drizzling and gray all day. We went over in the morning for a tour of the New Law…
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Any other Sydney Uni alumni at the festival today?
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Yesterday I was invited to give the final talk of the year for the Tech Leader Chats meetup group, which is run by Multitudes from NZ. I had a righteous rant about generative AI and creativity, and I think I did a pretty good job with it! My references are below, and you can watch…
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My pumpkin pie ice cream turned out really well! Much more suitable on a hot day than trying to bake.
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The Snook had a special Thanksgiving surprise for me: he downloaded the 1997 MTV Thanksgiving special, with poor Kurt Loder trying to interact with Beavis and Butthead. 😂 It’s terrible.
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It’s way too hot to cook a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in Sydney this week, so I decided to spin it into a classic American picnic: chicken salad rolls and potato salad. Yum. 🦃 Recipes: The Best Classic Chicken Salad Recipe Classic Potato Salad
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I’ve put a fair number of old books in our local “Street Library” box over the past few months, but this is the first time I’ve fished one out! #sunny
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It’s 35C/95F out; all of Sydney is under extreme heat warning; and all I want is a goddamn can of pumpkin so I can make pumpkin pie ice cream. But alas, none to be found, not even for ready money. I will be roasting butternut this evening once the sun goes down… Oh, and I…
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Time to try the other two 7-11 onigiri flavours! First up I went with the Teriyaki Chicken, which I think illustrates just how “ungenerous” the filling is in these. It also didn’t really taste of much. Definitely my least favourite of the three. Lastly, we have the Sweet Chilli Cooked Salmon. I definitely wasn’t expecting…