Notes for software companies

If you're going to develop a database application, for pity's sake include sort and find features. Don't get halfway through translating the helpfiles from Dutch to English and stop, hoping no-one will notice.  I noticed, and I can't read Dutch. Software

Sock knitting

Started work on the second wool/hemp/mohair sock this week.  It looks much like the first.  The toe is done, but I'm still in the annoying reinforcement thread section.  I know where I wear my socks out and I want these to last, but it's

Saturday random

Start off with thick snow.  An hour later it's all melted but the wind is up.  Then it tries to rain for a bit, but goes back to icy wind.  A little more snow, which melts (somehow, it's below freezing again), an abortive attempt at tiny

Encouragement

The nice thing about doing a book study in homegroup is you know what's coming next.  We did chapter ten of Hebrews this week, this is an excerpt: Hebrews 10:32-37 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in

Spam-busters

Installed a WordPress plugin to use the Google "rel=nofollow" hack.  If a spammer puts links in my comments, they will not be indexed by Google.  The links will have no effect on their Google ranking.  I'm tempted to say "Die spammer scum, DIE!"

Monsters in the closet

Popped into Barnes and Noble yesterday for some quiet time after a wildly sucessful knitting morning at my house.  Around fifteen people crammed into my living room, stitching and talking, learning new techniques and ogling patterns.  I'm a person who values alone time, so we went to the

Phantom

If you haven't already seen the movie version of Phantom of the Opera, go see it now.  Today.  It's excellent. The Phantom is handsome then repulsive, Raoul is a little blond for my taste but well played, and Minnie Driver plays Carlotta brilliantly.  The voices are

Music

Bowling for Soup "1985" The Killers "Somebody told me" Ingram Hill "Will I ever make it home" Howie Day "Collide" Gavin Degraw "I don't want to be" Green Day "Boulevard of broken dreams" If I could

Mini Mac

Fresh off the press, a Mac Mini for $499.  A Mac people have a hope of affording without mortgaging the cat, one you can use with your existing monitor and peripherals, one that looks oddly like a biscuit tin or a toaster, but way cooler and much better in the

Quick coaster pattern

Materials: One reference coaster Size 7 needles (Or larger, I knit really tightly) 1 ball of Lily Sugar n Cream Cast on 21 stitches.  Work four rows in knit 3 purl 3  rib.  Work four rows in purl 3 knit 3 rib.  Continue until  size matches the reference coaster.  Cast