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FO: Boot Socks

Finished a pair of boot socks in ten days flat, a personal record. Normal people would probably have bought boot socks, but these fit better and are the right length for my Doc Marten boots. Pattern: Personal mashup including International Socks of Doom and generic toe-up slip-stitch heel

Tweets for the rest of 2009

* Friends don't let friends knit lace while sick, lost 5 repeats on Flutter scarf Thursday. * Not impressed with WordPress 2.9, first thing it did was refuse to publish a scheduled post that WP2.8.6 would have had out the door by now. * Need boot socks, cast

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! I'm going offline for a few days. I'm ending 2009 with a photo of Guildford Cathedral It is the only brick cathedral in Britain, and probably the youngest cathedral, it was consecrated in 1961. It stands on Stag Hill

Quantum Christmas

I love xkcd: You need to go to the website and hover over the cartoon to see the ALT text too.

Two countries separated by chocolate

BBC News: The great transatlantic chocolate divide. Anyone who has performed a chocolate taste test will know that compared with its British counterpart, American chocolate has a distinctly different flavour. To many, Hershey's chocolate has a more bitter, less creamy taste than its British equivalent, and seems to

Spam statistics

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

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