CDP Progress III

Nothing like a quiet evening of web design.  One more section of six files, and the English side of the CDP redesign is done.  All the support files are done, the feedback form works, and cross-browser compatibility is sorted.  Six more files and I can take the English side

Toad guts

Mystery of German exploding toads Toads in an area of northern Germany are being killed off by a mysterious disease - they are exploding.  Thousands of the amphibians have died in recent days in a pond in Hamburg's Altona district, with their bodies swelling to bursting point.  The toads&

More sock

Reports that I've been under some work stress are not actually exaggerated.  I knit faster when I'm stressed.  Hence this:

The Ultimate Cat Toy

You will need: * 2-3 feet of memory wire (available from craft stores) * Some narrow gauge wooden beads  (preferably unfinished wood) * A foot of acrylic yarn * A pair of pliers Thread a couple of beads onto the memory wire and bend it into a small loop behind them so they

Speedy sock

I like the Simple Stripes yarn.  I love the Magic Loop method and the Addi turbo.  This sock is going faster than any other sock I've made: The colours look good in person too.  There are no ladders, no problems at the two edges with the loops, all

Incoming!

The Knit Picks yarn arrived today!  It took seven days to get my yarn from the day I mailed my order, I am impressed.  I also got the Campus Knits and Magic Loop booklets.  Campus Knits has instructions for two socks on 2 circulars.  The yarn colours are pretty much

Quantum mechanics

I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it. Erwin Schrodinger, talking about Born's Probability Wave Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics I guess that's funnier if you know that Erwin Schroedinger is one of the big names

Yarn confessions

Ordered yarn from Knit Pixie on Monday night.  It was on the porch when I got home today, complete with a handwritten note on the invoice.  I'm very happy with the quick shipping and the service.  Blue Sky Alpacas Organic Cotton is as soft as kitten belly fur,

CDP Progress II

Got my space on the test server sorted out, the Gospelcom support crew rocks.  Ended up using a hand-coded CSS stylesheet written by Hubby to get around the IE/Firefox problems.  Five sections are now ready to go live.  Three still to do (including one total doozy, I don&

Sock yarn

The sock yarn has reached its new home, hope it works out well for Jacqueline.  (I have no more sock yarn, you can stop leaving comments on that post now). My Knit Picks yarn has been mailed and I'm counting the days...  I ordered the Magic Loop book