• A high-tech low-res display using spools and fabric!

    F21 Thread Screen – This is super cool. Be sure to watch the “behind the scenes” video so you can see how it works. It took me a while to work out that each “spool” is actually one end of a long rotor belt of “threaded fabric” that turns so the correct colour displays. You can send your own Instagram photo by tagging it with #F21ThreadScreen. (I sent mine this morning but it hasn’t shown up yet. Not sure how long a backlog they’ve got!)


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    It's Formal Friday at work, so I (naturally) busted out my prom dress. It's almost 20 years old, and I keep finding excuses to wear it!

    It’s Formal Friday at work, so I (naturally) busted out my prom dress. It’s almost 20 years old, and I keep finding excuses to wear it!


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    Remembering a beautiful day at the Getty Center! #F21threadscreen

    Remembering a beautiful day at the Getty Center! #F21threadscreen


  • Shared today on Twitter

    RT @themaninblue: Very happy that we’re hosting a Girl Geek event at Canva next Tuesday. Sign up if you’re geeky! https://t.co/xh3BA8G4y4


    RT @i386: Amazing! Canva for Work has announced its first feature. #magicresize @canva https://t.co/1uvhFlaS1P


    Lay’s Do Us A Flavor http://t.co/mP1RGUTGOR – Southern Biscuits and Gravy flavour?! I can’t even imagine that. http://t.co/lGe3iQIeJY


    RT @LeeLinChinSBS: I will never follow you.


    @stephenlead Actually that sounds good!


    @tommuseth That just made me drool a little.


    @miftik See, when there are too many flavours, then we’re verging on Wonka’s 3 Course Chewing Gum. And we all know how that ended.


    @Charlie__Gerard Awesome. Can’t wait to see the talk that comes out of that! 🙂


    @Charlie__Gerard Are you coming to Girl Geeks next week? Bring it!


    I had my first century egg today. Taste = fine. Appearance = NIGHTMARE FUEL. http://t.co/5o9HVFFtzX http://t.co/vnuT6NFAG8


    INSERT COIN(S) – BACK IN THE GAME at Oxford Art Factory August 6 | Moshtix http://t.co/5XGB5r9wu6 – HELL YES. To cosplay or not to cosplay?


    @johnallsopp Well, bring the kids obviously!


    @tommuseth @johnallsopp If there’s a Ms Pac-Man, that’s where I’ll be.


    @RoseRed_Shoes And you are the most dedicated shopping enabler in the history of enablers. 🙂


    RT @Bipartisanism: JUST IN:
    Congrats to the first black women to graduate from @Yale with a PhD in Astrophysics. RT to congratulate her. ht…


    @conniecodes I was tempted, but I’m not a hiring manager so didn’t want to take the spot of somebody offering real jobs!


    @RoseRed_Shoes Nooooo. I’m collecting my vintage rocking chair on the weekend. One extravagance at a time. 🙂


    @steven_noble Do you mean specifically the box with the question mark in it?


    @steven_noble In my house we call it “that damn glyph that keeps plaguing my Twitter-to-blog import script because MySQL sucks.”


    @sjhfletcher WHAT. (We’re going tomorrow. I hope it’s good!!)


    After 36 hours of cooking, the porchetta is getting fried. 😀🐷 http://t.co/kmyYQNLUwh http://t.co/qjQhLiHZ2s


    @Ben_Shute Everyone knows you don’t win friends with salad, Ben. (Dessert. You should’ve said “dessert.”)


    Fake Clem in Season 7 Buffy bothers me.


    So tender we didn’t even need a knife. http://t.co/tY2wssS5JO http://t.co/usff46wlqI


    RT @DeathStarPR: Parents, this is the only Golden Book you’ll ever need. #StarWars http://t.co/ZYpMvBgYII


    @twoscooters Did you see that epic Metafilter thread on women’s unpaid emotional labor recently? I’m still reading it.


    Remembering a beautiful day at the Getty Center! #F21threadscreen http://t.co/oXa13RKY8c http://t.co/f3iQuSzhPQ


    It’s Formal Friday at work, so I (naturally) busted out my prom dress. It’s almost 20 year… http://t.co/KnXw0bg9Hc http://t.co/LxwksaLtCB


    I decided to put on bicycle shorts for the sake of modesty. You’re welcome.


    To the dude who started singing “Man-eater” loudly as I walked through Surry Hills: -1 for catcalling; +1 for the sweet Hall & Oates.



  • Shared today on Facebook

    OH HELL YES. I may have spent the night researching how to DIY my own Chun Li costume. (Still undecided if I’ll do it or not…)


    After 36 hours of cooking, the porchetta is getting fried. 󾰀󾆿


    ARGH. Does my desire for free gelato outweigh my dislike for Uber?!


    So tender we didn’t even need a knife.


    It’s Formal Friday at work, so I (naturally) busted out my prom dress. It’s almost 20 years old, and I keep finding excuses to wear it!


    To the dude who started singing “Man-eater” loudly as I walked through Surry Hills: -1 for catcalling; +1 for the sweet Hall & Oates.



  • Photo post

    So tender we didn't even need a knife.

    So tender we didn’t even need a knife.


  • Photo post

    After 36 hours of cooking, the porchetta is getting fried.

    After 36 hours of cooking, the porchetta is getting fried.


  • Century Egg

    Century egg

    For lunch today we had mapo tofu, rice noodles, pork floss, and century eggs. I’d never eaten a century egg before. It looked horrible. But everybody else was taking them, so I decided to be brave. My colleague Nic said that they just taste like normal hardboiled eggs. So I closed my eyes and tried it. And he’s right! It just tasted like a normal egg, albeit one with a slightly weird texture. But man, they look unnatural. I kind of can’t stop thinking about it.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    I’d put up my hand, but I’ve got something on tomorrow night. Anybody else? https://t.co/AyiGbrcGAD


    Jumping on the HAPPY BIRTHDAY @mobywhale bandwagon! 🙂


    RT @i386: Is “Invoice” a word that is used much in the US or EU?


    Indiana Pacers to Wear ‘Hickory’ Jerseys in Select Games During 2015-16 Season – LOVE IT. http://t.co/RWopgEcLRQ http://t.co/9qSZVPMtzm


    @gilmae Haha, I saw they were in North Syd. Well done! The hipsters of Surry Hills lose out today, it seems.


    @gilmae Oh, I just meant in the sense that everyone in Surry Hills is a hipster. 🙂


    RT @LaynieDane: http://t.co/TjjBHqXfXA


    @JennaPrice Did you get any volunteers for the app job yet? I’ve just mentioned it to my colleague @nicwinton, who has contacts as well.


    @JennaPrice How many attendees will be it? If it’s < 200, you can use this for free! https://t.co/lUb5mY091W


    @JennaPrice Ooh! @eventboardapp could be good, and your first event is free! http://t.co/DPe0kw1qQj


    I had The Smiths stuck in my head on loop ALL DAY. I can’t get rid of it. Is this a sign of mental illness? Is T.Swift the solution?


    Re that last RT: “Goth Winklevoss” is hilarious and I love it.


    RT @GGDSydney: Registrations now open for Designing Your Personal Brand with @canva! Tuesday July 28th @ 6pm: http://t.co/fbw33nCJfu


    RT @GuyKawasaki: Amazing! Canva for Work has announced its first feature. #magicresize @canva http://t.co/bt1MQ1ntjO register here https://…


    ABC shops closing. Awww. Once I got a hug from B1! (Thanks @unlikelylibrary for the photo!) http://t.co/VbOR4MGnnE http://t.co/tkmS4sVnHq


    Yay, I recognise some of those folks! 🙂 @conniecodes https://t.co/DUQhfRJFLx


    Barbour Navy Beadnell Strawberry Thief Liberty Print Jacket http://t.co/z9otFOwODH – WANT. Quick maths. $570. SOB. http://t.co/Inn7Ccimlg




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