ANZAC07001.jpg Originally uploaded by mirvettium. Dragged myself into the cold, and wet to grab photos and drown myself in the atmosphere. Drowning, is about right my hand shook so badly that a lot of my photos are pretty shaky. The crowd is thinner than previous years, and I parked myself at Martin Place for the… Continue reading ANZAC 07
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Knitting in the northern beaches
Most of April was spent in a funk and I doubt it will change for a while due to circumstances beyond my control. Epany came back for our usual S N B meet up at the Manly Wharf after 4 months in the bush in South Australia, just as I was about to shelve the… Continue reading Knitting in the northern beaches
Lindsey Davis
If you’re a fan of Lindsey Davis, you probably have already devoured Saturnalia. If you haven’t heard of her and have a soft spot for witty, Roman sleuthing with a cheeky touch of hard-boiled veneer, you might want to pick it up. Her series have been running for a good decade and I remembered picking… Continue reading Lindsey Davis
EA + Ford
a href=” Bless EA and its real live product and Sims2 cross promotion. We all knew it’s a matter of time, to tell the truth I’m more than a little surprised that there are not as many blatant product placement, particularly as they already have simlish version of the ghastly Don’t Cha song among others.… Continue reading EA + Ford
IT Says No
Is your IT department rubbish? Does the word IT helpdesk make you cringe and make you secretly think of IT as IT helpdesk? After sitting on a good 20 or so IT requests that never eventuate, and rejected with no good reason other than IT Says No, do you feel just the slightest bit miffed?… Continue reading IT Says No
On all things crafty
There are a lot of great free and inspiring crafty sites on the internet, whether it’s knitting, crotchet or craft in general. I can now add Burda style to the growing list. It’s started by Burda, the pattern / fashion company, but they have actually gone a step further and created an open source for… Continue reading On all things crafty
You know it’s election time when…
A lone, older gent was standing at the edge of Allembie road holding a sign of one of the candidates. They must have run out of wooden stakes to tie the thing to, or he was extra keen, but he was standing there for a good half hour as a human sign post.
The year so far
Terrigal.jpg Originally uploaded by mirvettium. A third of the year is nearly gone and I’m starting to wonder what exactly do I have to show for it and where will the other three quarter disappear to. Actually, from where I’m sitting at a quarter to midnight, all I can see is another year of coming… Continue reading The year so far
Will the real PC stand up?
In a Mac vs PC world, am I the only one who wonder who PC really is? Meet John Hodgman
Sounds kinda interesting…
Wikipedia’s Wales Oz-bound ADELAIDE – The founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, will visit Australia next month as a key speaker at a series of seminars on the future of knowledge. The seminars, to be hosted by education.au, will kick off in Adelaide on April 23. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia to which anyone can… Continue reading Sounds kinda interesting…
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