Blog content ownership

Hubby brought home this Information Week article for me to read: The Weblog Question. When Mark Jen started working for Google Inc. earlier this month, one of the first things he did was create a Weblog where he discussed, among other things, his impressions of a Google sales meeting. It

Armwarmers and cat

I promised Fluid Pudding a picture of the Hurry Up Spring Armwarmers, so here they are in their unfinished glory: That little stub on the side is the embryonic thumb.  I'm not done with the main part of the gauntlet (sounds better to me than armwarmer or topless

In process

Margene says "it's the process."  I agree, but my process lately seems to involve messing something up and figuring out how to fix it more than just knitting the thing.  Take the Stitch n Bitch Nation project Hurry Up Spring Armwarmers.  I really like the pattern,

Celebrate!

I have my car back!  It spend a week in the body shop getting the passenger side tended to (ripped off, hammered out, repainted, and some parts replaced) after a minor prang.  I missed it terribly.  It's my baby car, the first new car we ever bought, the

Going underground

Underground search for 'God particle' One hundred metres below Geneva's western suburbs is a dimly lit tunnel that runs in a perfect circle for 27km (17 miles).  The tunnel belongs to Cern, the European Centre for Nuclear Research. Though currently empty, over the next two years

The lie revealed

Most of you guessed right, I'll have to make it harder next time! I know how to make an atomic bomb True.  Picked the theory up for that one in high school, learned more of the nuclear process while getting my physics degree. I used to be left

Truths and lies

Found on Delayra's blog, via Claw Marks: Four truths and a lie.  Which is the lie? 1. I know how to make an atomic bomb 2. I used to be left handed 3. I can count to ten in Latin 4. I was born in New Zealand 5.

Nouwen

Picked up Seeds of Hope, a Henri Nouwen reader in Barnes and Noble this afternoon, between picking up the bits to fix the desktop machine, groceries, and dropping the car off for repairs.  It is selections from his writings about subjects as varied as mysticism, career, writing, and children. A

Breakdown

The main drive in our desktop machine failed last week.  Total meltdown.  Hubby's downstairs trying to convince Windows that this new hard drive is OK to install on, and that it should be happy with the new digs.  I can't watch.  I hate it when things

Colourful

Take a look at the website of Laurel Burch, an artist in California who has produced some amazing, colourful work.  Her Fantastic Felines collection is my favourite, you can see some of it here, here, and here.  Celebrating the horse is her newer work.