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First speaking event complete

Last night I spoke at LaunchCoderGirl, an all-women group learning how to code. I spoke about what QA does in an Agile software development environment. People laughed at most of the places I wanted them to laugh, and when I was done there were several questions, then people wanted to

Two reasons I'm not buying a Tesla Model S

Got this in an email from Tesla about the Model S: At this time, the Model S does not have the ability to lock and unlock individual doors. That said, we give owners the option to disable the keyless entry function of the car. Not sure how you'd

Tesla Model S mini review

We test-drove the Tesla Model S P85D (bigger battery, dual motors, all-wheel drive) on Saturday. It's a gorgeous car, with breathtaking acceleration, and amazing amounts of cargo space in both front and back. The red is a deep, rich, lipstick colour. We were told it's made

2015 resolutions

There are three resolutions I want to stick to for 2015: 1. I will not stab anyone in 2015 (for another year...) 2. Get my first degree brown belt in karate. 3. Write daily in my new Five Year Diary (my second five years of daily journalling) I'm

2014 round up

My 2014 resolutions were: 1. I will not stab anyone in 2014 (just one more year...) 2. Get my second degree brown belt and make a run at 1st degree. 3. Finish book #2 and write book #3 for NaNoWriMo I have not stabbed anyone this year, fulfilling my annual

"You're an introvert? Are you sure?"

I get that a lot. My usual response is that I can play extrovert really well, but it's draining. With one person, or two, I'm just fine. With people I'm familiar with and comfortable with, like my knit group, I'm OK. With

Favourite writing tools

My TWSBI 580 fountain pen is one of my favourites. It's not the most expensive fountain pen, but it always starts well, writes smoothly, and the piston-fill ink reservoir holds a LOT of ink. It's currently filled with the original formulation of Noodler's Black

From electronic to paper

I'd been using an electronic task list for keeping my to-do's, and it worked well enough, sort of. I got stuff done, but the list of completed tasks was flaky and didn't always display. The main list stopped updating, some tasks would duplicate, and

Come With Me Now BY KONGOS

Confused what I thought with something I felt Confuse what I feel with something that's real I tried to sell my soul last night Funny, he wouldn't even take a bite Come With Me Now by KONGOS Been hearing this song lately and something about these

Just once

I'm done reading Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series because I tripped over yet another "infertile character gets miracle cure and magic baby and becomes a Real Woman® " trope that everyone writes and is so hurtful to the one in eight couples who are infertile.

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