Despite not being a crime fiction reader and having read none of her books, I have been following Tara Moss' blog/twitter for a while now. I think I must have read about her in some vaguely feminist context and added her to my following lists. So I heard about her book directly through her blogIt is an interesting book, part memoir and part ( Read more... )

So it's Tuesday night, I have been in Montreal for a full 48 hours and PyCon tutorials start tomorrow ( Read more... )

So, it's been four months and it kind of seems like Beyonce has no intention of releasing her latest album on the Google Play platform.

How the fuck is it that my first opportunity to listen to this album is via my Air Canada flightHow exactly do I be a good corporate customer in this situation ( Read more... )

So, last Tuesday I applied for a "language and culture assistant" program in Spain, and two days later I found out I had been accepted ( Read more... )

Portarlington tri

Results

Total
Swim (800m) 15:14 (2/5)
T1 3:26
Bike (26km) 54:56* (2/5)
T2 1:33*
Run (8km) 49:01 (2/5 ( Read more... )

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I started using Soundcloud a little while ago. Still kind of figuring out when to 'like' and when to 'repost' and so on. But I'm making a playlist called recommended by The Hairpin which is a kind of "listen to later" of links from The Hairpin blog. Lot of really interesting tracks!! I don't love everything but some of it it wonderful. Latest I ( Read more... )

Results
Overall: 3:27:56 (15/17 30-34 F)
Swim (1.5k): 00:35:31 (13/17)
T1: 00:03:33
Ride (40k): 1:36:40 [listed as 00:36:40 but that seems obviously wrong] (10/17)
T2: 00:02:35
Run (10k): 01:14:17 (15/17)


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In other news, this Sunday I'm supposed to do an OD triathlon in Geelong, but the forecast for Saturday is max 40, and Sunday is min 25 (in Melbourne, 30!!!!) and max 38. Windy morning before an afternoon cool change. Greeeeeeat. I feel super unprepared (I pretty much haven't bothered training if the temperature is over 30). I can cope a little bit ( Read more... )

previously (2013)Of course, the year is 1/12 over. Like that. This January much like the other Januaries ( Read more... )