• Rachele Gilmore’s 100 MPH Fastball | MetaFilter

    Rachele Gilmore’s 100 MPH Fastball | MetaFilter – This post isn’t actually about baseball; it’s about opera. There are two YouTube performances linked there that you should watch. The first is an aria as performed at the Met by a star at the top of her game. It’s wonderful. The second is the same aria performed by her understudy at another performance. The understudy makes the most of the opportunity and blows the audience away. Apparently there was a 17 minute ovation! And it’s believed that one of the notes she hits is the highest ever sung at the Met. Both performances are fun and beautiful even if you don’t like opera. Very cool.


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    Gorgeous day. Red lippie. Bazinga. @ Walsh Bay Arts Precinct http://t.co/IHx6rXiW


    @mrs_sockvictim Gorgeous!!


    RT @Salon: “I get paid to do nothing” http://t.co/ezNUWqDo // This may or may not bear a resemblance to jobs I’ve had in the past.


    For @drkknits – the unexpected challenges of going primal: http://t.co/nLmq9VZk


    Pride & Prejudice gets better the more wine you drink. The Netherfield ball nearly killed me.


    @drkknits Congratulations!!!


    @JennaPrice I thought that was you! I spotted a retweet from one of my friends and thought, There’s a familiar face! 🙂



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    Gorgeous day. Red lippie. Bazinga. @ Walsh Bay Arts Precinct http://instagr.am/p/H70LxpRJM5/


    Made it home alive on my bike… no thanks to Karen, Kevin, Leanne, and Steve!



  • Lolita cover redesigned | MetaFilter

    Lolita cover redesigned | MetaFilter – I know it’s not meant to be sexy, but I knew a guy at Notre Dame who had memorised the first paragraph of Lolita… and it was breathtaking. He later joined the priesthood. I’m not kidding.


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    Gorgeous day. Red lippie. Bazinga.

    Gorgeous day. Red lippie. Bazinga.


  • TweetAngel Will Call Your Small Business About Negative Tweets

    TweetAngel Will Call Your Small Business About Negative Tweets – I can see where you might think this was an awkward stupid idea… but I know people who are afraid of the Internet. People who talk about Twitter the way you imagine some 1950’s authority figure to talk about rock and roll. I’ve no doubt they’d pay to get a phone call when somebody was trashing them online. I only hope that TweetAngel accepts cheques.


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    RT @kunaal84: Birthday present just arrived…. Completely unexpected! Thanks @web_goddess and @rajsingh2505 ! http://t.co/QkL15fGP


    Google Docs hasn’t crashed on me in almost two days! It’s like an early birthday present! #probablyjustjinxedit


    RT @bonappetit: We’re sipping coffee Aussie style, i.e. flat whites and plenty of em http://t.co/GVAxPeYj // Toby’s in NYC, neat!!


    It appears to be time for the annual watching of Pride & Prejudice. “Country manners? I think they’re charming!” Let’s do this.


    @DeirdreJG That’s the Best One. I got introduced to it in ’95 in college, I think. I love it. Right now Wickham is scamming Lizzie…


    RT @HealthyLiving: Overfed, yet undernourished? @markhymanmd on how malnourishment causes obesity http://t.co/fgZklneu


    RT @Offbeatceremony: RT @mountaindoula: @LettersOfNote @sebasu102 @Offbeatceremony how gorgeous are these! http://t.co/O1vjgDzs Oh they are!


    My company and boss Paul are in the news AGAIN. The media are loving @Sitback lately! http://t.co/CKnB0oGJ


    @Opheli8 Is the #newjob still within Optarse? (I was there again yesterday. Marathon meeting tho; no time to socialise.)


    I knew the dream would end. Just had my first Google Docs crash in over two dasys…


    @handmethepanda The doc crashes upon inserting an image; says it can’t save and I have to refresh the page. Happens a LOT.


    @handmethepanda Happens in both Chrome and Firefox. I think it’s a known issue. It’s just a frustrating interruption.


    @jasony Not really. I’m the actual advocate for it. Normally I like it. It’s just been really crappy lately.


    @jasony I’ve had it happen on Mac Chrome and Firefox, and Windows Chrome. It’s a known Google issue, I think. They just don’t care. *sigh*



  • Baby Goats Hopping (VIDEO)

    Baby Goats Hopping (VIDEO) – Dear Snook: Are you SURE we shouldn’t get a goat? Because these are ADORABLE. (Link via @imdominating.)


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    @susiegii Did you mean to tweet that, or did you get hacked?


    Team lunch at Japanese place today. Yummy! I left the rice, of course. 🙂 #reasonablypaleo @ Nakashima http://t.co/GagEzFJj


    @chrisgander Paleo is no grains, dude. http://t.co/m3S1tqdC (Geoff put me onto that site.)


    @chrisgander Paleo is big with the cross fit crowd, I thought. Are you still doing that?


    @chrisgander We did “Slow Carb” (similar to paleo) for most of last year. Made final tweaks this year: http://t.co/E9OhQqo4


    @chrisgander Plenty of places in Italy where they don’t eat that stuff. Steak! Meatballs! Fish! Veg! Plenty of good paleo Italian food. 🙂


    @chrisgander But yeah, if you’re addicted to flour/carbs, the first couple weeks are ROUGH. And if you love those foods, mentally it’s hard.


    RT @Foodimentary: “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.”
    ~Julia Child http://t.co/H87CGZpB


    This cyclist has NO PROBLEM with the cops fining people for riding with no helmets and running red lights: http://t.co/GaDN3JzA.


    @witty_knitter In a country town, maybe. But in the CBD you’ve gotta be NUTS. If I’m on the road, I’m a vehicle and I obey the road laws.


    Chickened out in the face of downpour. Left bike at work and caught the bus.


    @randomknits Hills. Bigass hills.


    RT @BreakingNews: Huge solar flare heading toward Earth, may disrupt satellites… http://t.co/330gDR5n // Watch your servers, @venks79!


    RT @thekitchn: 15 twists on the egg for breakfast, starting with this pretty rolled omelet from @marthastewart: http://t.co/ZC8ikqBd


    The scene at the Broadway bus stop is like an apocalypse movie. A hundred people swarming each full bus as it pulls up to taunt us…


    @Rellarc79 It doesn’t. Those things are so stupid.


    Wore Docs as they’re the most waterproof shoes I have. My feet were soaked within 5 minutes. I think it’s time to get wellies. Suggestions?


    When your umbrella is visually indistinguishable from a circus tent, IT’S TOO DAMN BIG.


    @Alegrya Aren’t wellies and gumboots the same? Rubber is definitely what I want.


    Heard random cheering. Realised bus was stopped next to Apple Store. Staff appear to be cheering iPad pre-orderers.


    @DDsD Right now, judging by the applause I heard from the bus going by the Apple store this morning.


    @TrentEnd91 They don’t appear to have an Australian outlet. And there’s no way I can wait for international postage!


    RT @gilmae: I think the dreams of Eastern Sydney have finally come true. Western Sydney – the real Sydney – is now a distinct land mass.


    Woo. Managed to get iPhone updated to iOS 5.1.


    Hey, @Sitback was just nominated for the #bluedropawards for our work on the #drupal site http://t.co/casreN7E! http://t.co/GswJtmBE




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