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    Woohoo! Interview lined up for Monday with State Library. (Too bad I wore my sexy librarian outfit today.)

    Woohoo! Interview lined up for Monday with State Library. (Too bad I wore my sexy librarian outfit today.)


  • Google to Shut Down Google Reader

    Google to Shut Down Google Reader – WTF. Seriously? GAHHHH. Now I have to find a new RSS reader. Ironically, I actually read about this ON GOOGLE READER and shared it to my blog VIA A GOOGLE READER PLUGIN. Crap on a stick.


  • 23 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater

    Now I Know: Open House – Whaaa? 22-23 Leinster Gardens in Bayswater, London, is not an actual house. I lived on that street for the better part of a year all up, and I never knew that.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @randomknits YOU ARE KILLING ME. (I say that to all your Liberty posts, I realise.)


    @pyko You have clearly angered some god or other. I suggest sacrificing a goat!


    @imdominating Ask her if she’s English. She loves that. Also, address her as “Carly.”


    @imdominating She’s a shortarse like you, so look for someone you can make eye contact with. She’s also probably wearing hand knits.


    @imdominating FORGET THAT. That the hell’s the deep fried thingies?


    @imdominating @drkknits Yay, glad you had a good time!


    @drkknits @imdominating She is VERY NAUGHTY like that. (It’s because she went to Westview. They’re savages over there, I tell you.)


    @drkknits @imdominating I can’t believe it. The two people I know with the most fabulous specs, and neither are wearing them.


    It looks like my basket weaving class this weekend is going to be cancelled for lack of interest. Disappointed, yes. Surprised, no.


    @zosainsbury You’ll all regret mocking me when the zombie apocalypse comes and I’m the only one with baskets! Regret, I tell you!


    @RoseRed_Shoes @drkknits *snort* That’s what she said.


    Irlene, Louise and Barbara Mandrell with Dolly Parton, c. 1981. For @imdominating and @Justacogitating. πŸ™‚ http://t.co/9tmN5iOGQs


    RT @lemonmartinis: I’ve got 99 problems and 86 of them are completely made up scenarios in my head that I’m stressing about for absolut …


    @that_alison But are they really “genderised”? I didn’t see any indication they were meant for girls. (I kinda dig them, actually.)


    @that_alison Okay, they only turn up when you search Women’s + Pink, not Men’s + Pink. Still. I dig them. πŸ™‚


    I’m attending a Meetup with Sydney Business Analysts http://t.co/E92gVbVMQM


    @Roceal Wait, what? Who? YOU?!


    @eileenDCoE Congrats!!


    RT @angelacox7news: White haired man at Vatican surrounded by adoring fans. Not the #pope but @andersoncooper http://t.co/J3ZbD8kNyM


    WTF. Google is killing off Reader. First they gutted it, now they’re killing it. Happy birthday to me, JERKS. http://t.co/t0Jl9sg4na


    @ppetrovski Agree. Very annoyed. Now I’ve got to figure out an alternative.


    @codepo8 Lemme know if you find anything good. I’m in the same boat.


    The MeFites said I should sign up for http://t.co/TWEaCqyLQr. If it really is like the old Reader, HELL to the YEAH.



  • Shared today on Facebook

    It looks like my basket weaving class this weekend is going to be cancelled for lack of interest. Disappointed, yes. Surprised, no.


    Whoa! I imagine any Londomers will have their jaws drop when they read this, same as mine. I had no idea that one of the houses on Leinster Gardens was not actually a real house! http://mmmmail.com/nowiknow_4184512.html



  • Shared today on Twitter

    @drkknits I have to defer to @imdominating or @kellymcmahon on that one…


    Drinking my tea out of a very old mug… http://t.co/SG0yGvxRu3


    @drkknits @markdrechsler Let the record show that I have *never* used “Chicago pickle” as a euphemism. (But I might start now…)


    Arguing with Snook whether inherent reproducibility of some art forms (photography, printmaking) means value of the art is less. @crumpet?


    @jojoconstance I guess I’m wondering why “the original matters”. That’s just artificial scarcity, isn’t it?


    @jojoconstance This was prompted by me finding a print I liked that was $450, and him thinking it was too expensive “because it’s a print.”


    @supercres She runs a close second to Hodor for me.


    @jojoconstance There are artworks though that were intended to be done as copies. Like an Andy Warhol print.


    @jojoconstance I think you’re talking about content of the art. I’m just talking about reproducibility. You could have an abstract print?


    @the_snook @crumpet But you actually even listed a formula for it. You said every copy divided the worth of the original creation!


    Confirmed with builders that they will be back again tomorrow. Project has now officially taken 2x as long as estimated!


    @crumpet @the_snook Then question is: if you only have $X to spend, you should always get 1-off instead of print? Because it’s “worth” more?


    @witty_knitter We had a quote for the whole job ahead of time. It’s just taking them a lot longer than expected!


    @the_snook @crumpet I’m arguing with “For that amount of money, I’d rather have a one-off.” Because to me that part is irrelevant.


    @witty_knitter There are other annoyances. My entire garden being a mess, construction rubbish everywhere, noise, having to be home…


    @crumpet @the_snook Haha. There’s a map of Sydney artwork for sale on Temple & Webster today. $450. It’s big, but it’s printed.


    @crumpet @the_snook I’m not really in favour of buying; I just thought it was a nice design. I’m just trolling him for being an art snob!


    @crumpet @the_snook I found it at designer’s website: http://t.co/CoNdUU6IqV


    @witty_knitter You obviously live in a house that has power outlets outside. Ours does not. We could leave keys, I guess.


    @witty_knitter Just makes things more difficult with cats, etc. Also have had to make a lot of decision as they go.


    @witty_knitter No possible working with deliberately wonky materials, in our case.


    @henrytapia My impulse was to immediately go there and endorse you for it myself. But then I remembered I owed you one this week. πŸ™‚


    @handmethepanda Hahaha, yeah. I’m sure the builders would have preferred a more “Agile” T&M approach!


    HOT DOG DEGUSTATION: http://t.co/SjFL7uiKqm It’s probably best that @drkknits is out of the country. She is my enabler for such things.


    @gilmae @randomknits Their hot dogs are so. damn. good.


    @randomknits You haven’t ever had them hook you up to an e-meter outside Town Hall Woolies? (Actually, I haven’t seen them there in ages…)


    I’ve never thought of myself consciously as a networker, but based on job leads/tips I’m getting, I must be doing it right. THANKS EVERYONE!


    We had our first test at the #IIBA study group tonight: 10/10. Hermione’s still got it.


    @mrs_sockvictim But what about the question everybody is dying to know: how many points did I beat @miss_reecie by? 500? My poor nemesis!


    @drkknits @imdominating There better be tweets with photos. This is going to get me through the day.


    RT @ozgamer: Catch me @Ad :Tech Sydney TODAY with some great people sharing the knowledge… http://t.co/iZd61qggz9


    @drkknits Too bad you won’t be there for St Pat’s Day. They dye it green, you know!


    @drkknits Ooh, Macca’s will have Shamrock Shakes!


    @drkknits Actually I don’t think I’ve ever had one. They’re mint, I think?


    @imdominating @drkknits I imagine “stupid boys” to be a much more entertaining and fertile ground for conversation.



  • Shared today on Facebook

    Drinking my tea out of a very old mug…


    Confirmed with builders that they will be back again tomorrow. Project has now officially taken 2x as long as estimated!


    It’s not every day you look out a bus window and see a friend front-and-center in a shop window of the QVB! Bex Hulands is totes famous now. πŸ™‚


    I would have never thought of myself consciously as a “networker.” But based on the great job leads and tips I’ve received from folks in the past four days, I must be doing it right!



  • Photo post

    Drinking my tea out of a very old mug...

    Drinking my tea out of a very old mug…


  • Shared today on Twitter

    Hey @RoseRed_Shoes: your email is hacked. You’re sending out spam messages. πŸ™


    @bakevin We need some sort of gamified IIBA app, because that definitely would be cause to earn a badge of some sort. πŸ™‚


    @bakevin That’s the problem with my experience working with digital agencies. *Most* of the systems I’ve worked on are now gone!


    I am not going to miss this CBD traffic, I tell you. (Now watch me get another job in the CBD…)


    RT @BerndtSellheim: A modern relationship: You know your wife is awake, and it’s time to put on the coffee machine, when she retweets you.


    @eobeara I could see that.


    Why yes, I am reading the BABOK curled up on the couch with a glass of whiskey. Doesn’t everyone?


    @handmethepanda Oh yes! Very exciting stuff.


    @imdominating That is BRILLIANT. I just wish it had been a supercut of him laughing from EVERY movie.


    Managed to install Spotify on my Ubuntu machine at home. I feel like Angelina Jolie in Hackers.


    @chewxy Interested to hear your impressions of it!


    @chewxy Yeah, I have a Fitbit which has a vibrating alarm and a wrist strap to wear at night. Freaks me out every morning when it goes off!


    Chastened. I discovered today that I actually *like* the web-based version of Tweetdeck. I STILL WISH THE ICON WAS YELLOW THOUGH.


    @drkknits The builders are sawing and whacking pavers right outside my window. I might destroy something.


    @drkknits HAHAHAHA. Okay, that made me laugh. Yes, technically still til Friday, jerk! πŸ˜›


    @drkknits @imdominating Well, obvs. She just saw SMeyer. Drizzle is better for sparkly vampires!


    @drkknits @imdominating Cool people have her sign their pants. Special ones with RPattz face airbrushed on them, of course.


    @drkknits @imdominating She wishes.


    RT @berkun: SXSW As Cool And As Real As It Gets, Reports Marketing Associate http://t.co/l8dWq6auyY via @TheOnion




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