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One-year-plus anniversary
I knew it had been almost a year since we officially fell in love with this house, but I didn't realize it was more than a year already. Looking at last year's entries, it appears we put an offer on it on 1 February, 2008. What a rollercoaster that was! I'm really happy with the house, though, despite the moldy basement and its other little quirks ( Read more... ) -
This is absolutely brilliant
Audio only, and not exactly safe for work if you're playing it out loud.
Do listen all the way through to the end; the last minute is awesome. -
2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act -- read if you value small businesses
Hurray! The commission has added a one year stay of execution on the CPSIA -- the provisions are still in effect, but testing is not mandatory on most items. So we're in the clear until Feb 10, 2010, by which time the guidelines should be much clearer and based in actual science, instead of scaremongering ( Read more... ) -
This is really cool. Geeky cool.
I got my first email account in 1992 -- it required a computer science major to help me set it up, since all the settings were manual. When emailing, I had to type in a lot of the stuff that's now behind-the-scenes.
1992, 17 years ago, was half of my life ago.
I feel old. -
Dr. Who Scarf: The yarn is here!
Ooooh, this stuff is *wonderful*! I got the "comfy" yarn, a 75% pima cotton, 25% acrylic blend, and it feels soooo nice to the touch -- very silky. I'm going to enjoy knitting with it, I think. The materials (well, plus a pair of circular needles because they were pretty and bumped me up to free shipping) were $51.63. A lot for a scarf, but since ( Read more... ) -
It's that time again!
I'm sure I do this every couple of years...
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Dr Who Scarf
Okay, the universe wants me to make David a Dr. Who scarf.
I was reading my Google Reader feeds and clicked on a pattern for a neat looking scarf. While I was checking it out, David glanced over and said, "Oh! Could you make me a Dr. Who scarf ( Read more... )
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