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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Random spells

From the Grimoire Of Questionable Spells, one of many generators on a fun website. These are the best I got from several sets it generated. Prismatic Armor of Yarn Puddle of Grumpiness Astral Storm of Cabbage Tickle Toothpaste Dragon Invoke Dandruff Pool of Cotton Conceal Earwax Demon Zone of Cheese

The web is not usable

Websites 'failing' disabled users An investigation by the Disability Rights Commission people. This means that many everyday activities carried out on the internet - booking a holiday, managing a bank account, buying theatre tickets or finding a cheaper credit card - are difficult or impossible for many disabled people. Bert

Google in your, um... language

Wonderful Google, they translated the whole site into languages we can all understand, even the Muppets Swedish Chef when he's searching for new chicken recipes, the hacker on a mission, Elmer Fudd on his days off from Warner Bros, Klingon for the out-of-solar-system visitors, and

Master hand knitter?

I'm thinking about the Knitting Guild Association Master Hand Knitter program. There are three levels, I think I could manage level one for sure. Found some tips from someone who grades the entries, and there's a Yahoo group too. Here's what's required

VLI Pastoral Care mentoring

The first homework I have in months and I'm doing it at lunchtime on the day it's due! This is for the VLI-AD mentoring for this semester. So it's not just two people trying to counsel each other week after week, other people

Zoo Along!

Just finished making Yertle the Turtle: I caught Quantum snuggling with him before he was all sewn up: Tomorrow I give Yertle to Roxanne. Happy Easter!

Supersonic Mini

Radar clocks Mini at Mach 3 speed A Belgium motorist was left stunned after authorities sent him a speeding ticket for travelling in his Mini at three times the speed of sound. The ticket claimed the man had been caught driving at 3380 kph (2,100 mph) - or Mach 3

Garden vs Yard

Some people have gardens, others have yards. I tried to call my non-built-on green space a garden, but it just isn't working. There is no garden to it, except for the flower bed with the crocuses. The rest is a weed-infested jungle that I want

Yarn Dreams

Started Sarah's other sock twice on Tuesday night, and my purple New Zealand Wool one once, messed both up and frogged (*) the whole lot. Depressing. I have one sock to do for each pair and they refused to cooperate. Then I dreamed I saw a ball of yarn,

Yertle the Turtle

Made some Zoo-Along progress on Yertle the Turtle. The shell is made, all I need to do now is make the limbs and head, then it's just stuffing and assembly. This is fun!

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