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Today we finished the shop’s schedule of classes for the first part of 2006 and they’re now online for booking. As I did last year, I’m teaching the three specialty knitting subjects: Cables, Colour, and Socks. And we’re even having kids’ classes during the school holidays this year! (I’m not teaching those.)

Creative tries to redefine “podcast.” *guffaw* Good try.

The Lost Art of Knitting Nancies. Very informative little article, that, with lots of pictures. (Incidentally, we sell “knitting nancies” in the shop but we call them “French knitters.” People used to make them out of wooden spools but you never find wooden spools anymore.)

Howard’s Law: The chances of your running into a fellow Weight Watcher are exponentially related to the number of scoops of Forbidden Ice Cream you’re holding. *sigh*

I noticed recently that I wasn’t getting any sound in Flash movies on my iMac G5. My little iBook worked fine, but Big Boudicca just stayed mute. I’d even reinstalled Flash. Well, today I finally tracked down the problem. If you’re running OS X 10.4 and you’ve used Audacity at some point, you’ve probably got the same issue. Luckily the fix is pretty simple!

I discovered yesterday that Coke Zero has finally landed on Australian shores. (This Wikipedia article is particularly helpful in explaining the differences between the various Coke formulas.) I picked up a bottle with my felafel roll and had drunk half of it before I remembered I should be critiquing it. On that basis, I can conclusively state that if you like Coke, you’ll like Coke Zero. It definitely tasted sweeter to my Diet-Coke-attuned palate, but not so sweet that I had to suppress the gag reflex just to get it down. (*cough* Pepsi Max *cough*) Actually the thing I liked best about the new formula is the label design. Very schmick. And is that my favorite font Trebuchet MS on there…?

You know, I just can’t really imagine what danger a space terrorist poses. It’s not like they’re going to teach the tourists to polite the ships. It’s not like they’re going to point out all the buttons they could push to blow up the ship. It’s not like you’d be able to sneak a box cutter on in your space suit. It’s baffling.

Okay, I just DEVOURED the first volume of The Amazing X-Men, and it was fantastic and all… but since I’ve never read any other X-Men EVER, I’d say about 50% of it went right over my head. Can anybody fill me in on the immediate backstory? Assume I know nothing beyond the two movies (because I don’t). I figured out Kitty Pryde, but who’s Emma Frost? Where’s the Professor? What’s the previous virus they’re talking about? What happened when Manhattan was attacked? Is Magneto dead? Who are S.H.I.E.L.D.? I’m definitely going to read it again – and a lot slower – but I could sure use some help. If this is all too much, perhaps there’s a wiki or other useful introduction someone could point me to?

I’m officially launching the new design of the Knitters’ Guild of NSW website. I still have more content to add, but the basic gist of it is there… (And hey, that’s Miss Fee in the photo I used on the home page!)