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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

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Got an interesting email from Project Honeypot this week. Project Honeypot works against spammers who harvest email addresses from websites, which is illegal in some countries. You can either install a honeypot on your site, or a link to someone else's honeypot. Spammers who harvest the addresses on

Tweets for the week of December 18th

* Should I be worried she's stalking my blog for news about the Jayne hat? Perhaps I should knit faster. * LOATHE shopping in December, even when it's only for curtain rods and cat food. Everyone out there is insane and grumpy. * New craft project: remounting wedding photos

Pondering

Some thoughts on the season. There's a nice photo under the reams of text. Gifts I like giving gifts, and I like receiving them, but I hate the obligation to give gifts. Shopping in December is a madhouse even when you just want cat food, everyone's

FO: Angora Neck Cozy

Made from fuzzy bunnies! Pattern: Koigu Neck Cozy by Karen Ko Yarn: Louisa Harding Kimono Angora Pure, 1 skein Needles: US4 and US2 dpns Duration: October 25 to December 5 2009 Ravelry page: Angora neck cozy Serious pattern mods on this one. I didn't use sock weight yarn,

Tweets for the week of December 11th

* Huddled around teacup for warmth, absolutely NOT moving to Russia any time ever. * Kata lesson with Jim, carpet seams and floorboards are my friends. Also need an odd length piece of dowel or pipe for practice. * Have shovel, will travel. The Traveling Shovel of Death is in the back of

Methane produced on Mars

Imperial College, London: Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet, in research published tomorrow (Wednesday 9 December 2009) in

Google Wave

Got my invite for Google Wave a couple of weeks ago, and I've been playing with it a bit. Stable it is not. Bug free it is not. But fun? It could be. Useful? Maybe. My first impression is that it is a bigger, better version of instant

Have shovel, will travel

The Travelling Shovel of Death (TSoD) made a guest appearance at the NaNoWriMo 2009 St Louis region TGIO Party! Injun Joe presented it to me, then had to spend about 20 minutes explaining it at the bar ("So, what's with the shovel?"). It's staying

Tweets for the week of December 4th

* Right knee is one massive bruise from practising Drawbridge technique for a week. Can spar again now instead of test practice! * Carpet install and bathroom painting have sapped my will to write. 54207 and still not done. * UPS took from 2:59AM till 5:39PM to deliver my parcel? Good

Catching up

All sorts of things get pushed off during November. Now it's December (when did that happen? I'm not ready!). Knit I finished a pair of socks for Heather for Christmas, pattern is a modification of Monkey with a toe-up heel-flap and a rolled brim.

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