• Shared today on Twitter

    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶 Check out the #DevEmber tag to see all the creative projects my @AWSCloudANZ colleagues came up with… https://t.co/jxN3MZWDmq


    @mavi888uy WAIT, the favorite one?!?! 😲


    RT @mavi888uy: It seems that you all want to work at #AWS, as your favorite video was about the interview process that I did with @web_godd…



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    I had no idea the Walkabout was gone. My only memory of the place is that it’s where I was introduced to the “Snakebite” – half beer/half cider with a purple “S” (blackcurrant syrup) visible in the foam. I’m a little sad that Shepherd’s Bush is no longer the Antipodean capital of London. We saw Paul Kelly play the Empire there in 2001 with what felt like every Aussie in the Northern Hemisphere…


    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶



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    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶 Check out the #DevEmber tag on Twitter to see all the creative projects we came up with…

    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶 Check out the #DevEmber tag on Twitter to see all the creative projects we came up with…


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    @heitor_lessa I don’t remember it really being a thing when I was growing up in the US. I suspect it’s to do with Facebook, and having a photo to share there on the day. The big trend I’m noticing now is matching pajamas for everyone. That’s exploded in the last ten years.


    @heitor_lessa Pre-Facebook, some families did take a yearly photo to be sent out as Christmas cards. (My sister has done this for like 15+ years.) I suspect that may contribute to the trend, as people started sharing those to FB instead of physically printing and posting.


    @killerswan @heitor_lessa Ha, yeah. It feels like a similar thing to those stick figure stickers people would stick to the back of their SUVs bragging about their 2.5 kids and a dog.


    RT @dragontologist: https://t.co/n2bMxt3BmR



  • Shared today on Facebook

    I watched “Tick, Tick… Boom” today and – as a former theatre nerd, RENT-head, and HamilFan – it hit me pretty hard. (I hadn’t been spoiled at all for the “Sunday” number and it blew my damn mind.) It’s about 100x better than that crappy movie version of Rent, and the video footage at the end gave me the same teary chills I’d get when Mark would project his film onto the audience. ❤️ LMM did a fitting job honouring Larson’s legacy and tragically lost potential.



  • Shared today on Twitter

    Christmas is time for sweets! An enormous chocolate babka made by the Snook, and Kaiserschmarrn (Tirolean pancake) made by me! https://t.co/hfrgScC7Sj


    In news that will surprise no one, we made way too much food for two people. (Turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted onions, glazed carrots, peas, and gravy for dinner!) @ Munich, Germany https://t.co/1hkJ8Gcy1X


    @GarethinNRW YUMMMM. Well, the onions were roasted with the turkey!



  • Shared today on Facebook

    Christmas is time for sweets! An enormous chocolate babka made by the Snook, and Kaiserschmarrn (Tirolean pancake) made by me!


    In news that will surprise no one, we made way too much food for two people. (Turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted onions, glazed carrots, peas, and gravy for dinner!)



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    In news that will surprise no one, we made way too much food for two people. (Turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted onions, glazed carrots, peas, and gravy for dinner!)

    In news that will surprise no one, we made way too much food for two people. (Turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted onions, glazed carrots, peas, and gravy for dinner!)


  • Photo Post

    Christmas is time for sweets! An enormous chocolate babka made by the Snook, and Kaiserschmarrn (Tirolean pancake) made by me!

    Christmas is time for sweets! An enormous chocolate babka made by the Snook, and Kaiserschmarrn (Tirolean pancake) made by me!

    Christmas is time for sweets! An enormous chocolate babka made by the Snook, and Kaiserschmarrn (Tirolean pancake) made by me!


  • Shared today on Twitter

    Protip: when you are cold-emailing a woman on LinkedIn to ask her for advice on interviewing at her employer, make sure you know what her actual title is and don’t just assume she is a recruiter. 🙄


    @anshumalis Not just that! He seems to think I’m a recruiter for TAMs. Like, what?


    Merry Christmas! The turkey is thawed, the babka dough is chilling, and the homemade pumpkin pie is baked. Here’s to quiet time, good food, and Netflix with my best friend… ❤️🎄 https://t.co/8KAk4wdyme




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