• Shared today on Facebook

    realized this morning that going to work doesn’t depress me anymore. Will prob wear off eventually, but it’s such a nice change.


    just got back from vet where Petey got his last shot. He did NOT want to go. Poor Snookums’s bloody knuckles were the required sacrifice.


    Just completed a 3.01 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/yQyUR #runkeeper


    I swear, I have had that EXACT SAME discussion on more than one occasion. I’m usually the one initially in favour of hedonism.


    really needs to listen to more TMBG at work. Use cases practically write themselves when you’re bopping to The Statue Got Me High.



  • The Swallow’s Treasure

    This is the second of the three necklaces I bought in the Etsy Bushfire Appeal Shop two weeks ago. (Here’s the first one.) This one is called “The Swallow’s Treasure” and it’s from Eclectic Moi. It’s not the type of thing I normally go for, yet for some reason the little bird really appealed to me.

    The first photo is me this morning; the second one is from the seller. The swallow and chain are brass, and she carries a little Swarovski crystal beneath. Snookums was a little dubious about it at first. He said it reminded him of the joke in Monty Python and the Holy Grail about swallows carrying around coconuts. The seller’s description sounded as if she was referencing a story or myth though. So I did a bit of googling, and whoa! It’s a Korean folk tale! I had no idea. Isn’t that just perfect? I love it.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    is waiting for awards to start. We could end up w/ 459-way tie unless there’s an upset. Don’t forget to count the dead people for me!


    is staring at a 144-way tie right now. Come on, upset!


    is cheering for “Departures.” It’s down to a 5 way tie! Phew.


    congratulates Mikey Filmmaker for winning my Oscar Contest! The Batman & Joker monkeys are his. Now, what to do for next year…?


    is looking forward to Pancake Day tomorrow. If only we had IHOP in Oz…! Will have to make our own instead.



  • Shared today on Facebook

    is waiting for awards to start. We could end up w/ 459-way tie unless there’s an upset. Don’t forget to count the dead people for me!


    is staring at a 144-way tie right now. Come on, upset!


    is cheering for “Departures.” It’s down to a 5 way tie! Phew.


    congratulates Mikey Filmmaker for winning my Oscar Contest! The Batman & Joker monkeys are his. Now, what to do for next year…?


    is looking forward to Pancake Day tomorrow. If only we had IHOP in Oz…! Will have to make our own instead.



  • And the winner is…

    Mikey Filmmaker! Congrats to Mikey for taking out the top spot in this year’s Web-Goddess Oscar Contest. Second place went to Brian Kohut. Both Mikey and Brian managed to correctly guess all twelve winners – including “Departure”! – but Mikey’s guess for the number of dead people in the tribute montage was closer. So he gets the sock monkeys! Thank you to everybody who entered this year, and especially to Jenny for keeping me updated with the winners. You guys rock! (Crystal and Renata, better luck next year…)


  • Dead People

    Jenny is reporting 38 dead people in the obituary tribute montage. Can anyone confirm or refute?


  • Mines in Space!

    If you like Minesweeper and you have an iPhone, you need this game. Between this and Bejeweled, I’ll never be bored again. It’s got your classic Minesweeper, sure, but it’s also got three other variations on the theme. I like “Imposter” the best, where you have to spot the aliens hiding amongst the boulders. Rodd prefers the hardest one of the bunch: “Rocket Shuffle.” It’s as if the columns on a normal Minesweeper board were shuffled like a slot machine, and you have to line them up the correct away again. He got the logic of it immediately, but it takes me a lot longer to recognize the patterns. There’s also a “challenge” mode at the end where you have to progress through 100 of the other challenges. The graphics and sounds are great, but my favorite thing is the trophy wall where you unlock achievements. Seriously, this is one of the best apps I’ve purchased. (And it’s on sale now!)



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My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.

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