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When in doubt, catblog
Been a while. It's not like I've gone on intentional hiatus or anything, and I still read other people's posts. But for myself, I haven't really got much to write about. Thesis, thesis, jaunts to Christchurch, thesis, and now also cat! She is on loan to my flatmate until August (extensive cat-sitting, basically). She very much liked the camera, to ( Read more... ) -
Hilarity
Someone has been accessing some of my public LJ entries and running them through Google Translate in order to read them in Turkish. Hi, Turkish fan ( Read more... ) -
New flat!
Been in my new flat for a week now. Quite enjoying it, really. It's quiet and relatively tidy, dishes are dealt with, and most importantly I am saving a lot on rent. Found someone to take over the lease at my old place without much difficulty, so everything's worked out according to plan ( Read more... ) -
Otterblog
While I was down in Christchurch, a very nice man took me to Orana Park an hour before closing time just so I could see the otters at feeding time. This resulted in many photos, one of which is featured on today's Daily Otter.
I think this one's my favourite. The otter looks so hopeful - the keeper with a bucket of fish is just out of shot.
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Kiwicon Socks
A while back I was commissioned to knit a pair of socks which were to be conference swag for the keynote speaker at this year's Kiwicon (NZ hacker conference, for those not in the know). This year's conference graphics, on both the website and various memorabilia, depicted bad sheep of various kinds. So I tried to replicate that in the design I ( Read more... ) -
Note to self: post more content.
The news of Gerry Brownlee being made RoboCop Dictator Master of the Universe the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery with practically unlimited powers has been covered extensively elsewhere. I don't feel the need to add anything further, beyond linking to the posts/articles/entries above. Did my bit by using the lack of print media ( Read more... ) -
Post-quake recap
Went to Christchurch this weekend for the 48 Hour Party. Yes, I was there for the earthquake. In fact I was in my hotel room in the CBD when it happened. There was practically no damage inside Hotel SO, even the decorative bottles balanced precariously on ledges and narrow shelves remained upright, but the immediate surroundings outside were a ( Read more... ) -
Surrounded by the notion of insubstantial explanation
I'm currently completely swamped by marking first year essays. The subject of this post is an indicator of the type of language I'm underlining and annotating with a great big CLARIFY every third paragraph or so. Do people think I can't distinguish between words that actually mean something and words that are just taking up space on the page? ( Read more... )
