March 2012
2 posts
Homemade Laundry Powder →
Been experimenting with homemade laundry powder and have posted my recipe to the craft blog.
February 2012
1 post
MATTER by Matter — Kickstarter →
Interesting looking kickstarter focusing on independent science and tech journalism.
January 2012
3 posts
Meanwhile, The San Francisco Public Library - The... →
Lovely illustrated collaboration with the SFPL’s main branch
Frugal February | Big Girls Browse →
A month long money saving challenge
Meg Pickard » Weight-loss, gamification and common... →
November 2011
3 posts
“Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from...”
– Little Printer | BERG Cloud
Princess Vader - Imgur →
This is still possible the most adorable and awesome Halloween costume. :D
October 2011
2 posts
Madame Curie's Passion | History & Archaeology |... →
Family life | Life and style | The Guardian →
My cousin Jen wrote this and well, yes. My family is spread across the world now but we’re all there in every photo, hidden in memories and captured on film.
September 2011
1 post
BBC News - Life as a Liverpool urban cowboy →
“Tucked away behind brick walls in tight terraced streets, a little bit of the countryside in the city.
The Liverpool cow houses were home to over 4,000 cows, providing local people with fresh milk and cheese.”
July 2011
2 posts
The August Break, 2011 | Susannah Conway →
“Okay, here’s the plan for the August Break: you simply share one photo (or more!) per day on your blog – Monday to Friday, or every day. Or whenever you feel moved to share. Using any camera – DSLR, compact, Polaroid, Holga, iPhone (my choice), Instax, film or digital – with or without words – anything goes! – for the whole of August.”
Ravelry and knitting: Why Facebook can't match the... →
June 2011
8 posts
Mystery masterpieces are the stuff that reams are... →
Tiny paper sculptures made out of Ian Rankin books are popping up in Edinburgh. Very awesome.
BBC News - The forgotten British soldiers of... →
“They became the first British troops to cross the pre-war boundaries into enemy territory. “
Penny Dreadful Vintage: More Hollywood Costumes... →
A nice look at some of the outfits being auctioned from debbie Reynold’s collection, often with screencaps of the outfit in the film.
5 Reasons Life Actually Does Get Better |... →
Very sweet, very useful and totally not what I normally associate with cracked!
The busy girl buys beauty | Knitting up the... →
Very good post, summing up a lot of the issues I have with the current wave of craft magazines.
France Is Scolded Over Care of Great Hamster of... →
The Great Hamster of Alsace! It is both adorable and also something that sounds like it should have an organised religion around it.
Unconscious Bias and the Impact on Women entering... →
Text of Athene Donald’s talk at he Howthelightgetsin Festival at Hay. Very interesting read!
BBC News - Are children becoming 'digitally... →
I very much agree with the push in this article - I taught myself to program/write simple games on a series of basic computers as a kid and I create that experience with allowing me to reach various skills. Not least the understanding of how computers *work*.
May 2011
1 post
Rolling in the deep at Attempting Elegance →
“At ACRL a young woman asked me, as I reviewed her resume in the volunteer career placement center, “How did you do it?” She meant how did I get to this job, at this age, in this profession. I promised I would blog it. I never did. This is half of the story, the impractical half, the half made of passion and desire and will. As I consider two anniversaries, I thought it would be a good time...
April 2011
3 posts
Leopard refuses to be confiscated →
Officials trying to confiscate a leopard from an animal home leave empty-handed after a five-hour stand-off when he refuses to go into a carrier box.
This is my new favourite news item ever.
How To Survive When Everything Sucks | Unicorns... →
I wrote down my worse case scenario and felt so much better afterwards.
24 Quick Actions You Can Do Today That Can Change... →
Useful, although obviously american-centric.
March 2011
3 posts
Michelle Harrison's 10 best bad fairies |... →
Vidocq Society – the murder club | World news |... →
“It’s like seating Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, Jessica Fletcher, Kurt Wallander and Kojak in front of a sumptuous meal, presenting them with a cold case that needs an injection of new thinking, and watching the sparks fly.”
Learn From Past Mistakes by Looking at Last Year's... →
February 2011
33 posts
Three thing Feb #28
And so we come to the end of three things feb, I’ve quite enjoyed it and will probably keep it up, although, probably offline this time.
Routemaster bus home after work, which is always unexpected and nice. Hooray for the heritage routes
Getting and solving enquiries and getting thanked by patrons
Booking my tickets down to Brighton for t’boyfriend’s birthday
Three things Feb #27
Bright yellow tulips on my mantlepiece
Waking up to the sun shining onto my bed.
Taking advantage of said sunshine to clean out our front yard and hack back the winter overgrowth.
Three things Feb #26
The watercolour Wren I brought off a friend on Etsy arrived today. I love his ridiculous cranky face.
Watching Rocky Horror and a series of internet clips with flatmate and friend. It’s just a jump to the left…
Finishing some knitting works in progress. Hooray!
Three things Feb #25
Starting the weekend off with cocktails and burgers with my flatmate. Thanks to the joy of vouchers the whole evening cost us £4 each. \o/
Watching ridiculous movies - oh, Down with Love!
A really interesting job possibility turning up in my email. Filling that application out this weekend.
Three things Feb #24
Hrm, I don’t know what happen to #22 and yesterday (#23), I was poorly so really, the happiest thing was a) sleeping and b) watching musicals when I wasn’t feeling very sorry for myself!
Getting the unlock code for my phone and it working! Hooray, now have old number and old phone (with all my apps etc.) on new network!
Related to above, having signal at home for the first time in...
Find a Balance Between Work and Life Through Small... →
Useful video. Def. going to try it.
Britain's last surviving teddy bear factory - BBC... →
Absolutely fascinating - they still hand sew them! That is amazing!
Three things Feb #21
Baking! I got up this morning and made the batter for my first attempt at Madeleines and then baked them tonight. They have come out with the shell lines and the bump and taste delicious. Nom nom!
Catching up with one of the few people I keep in contact with from sixth form over drinks.
Helping someone with a complicated enquiry at work and getting a very sweet thank you.in return.
Wallet Found After 40 Years, Along With Special... →
Awww! I love these kinds of stories.
Three things Feb #20
I got a whole lot of stuff done today - including washing sheets, running various scans etc. on my computer and organising stuff.
I finished my current sewing project! See photo above. I am very pleased with it! There’s more info on my craft blog
Drinks and nibbles with friends that I haven’t seen in ages.
Three things Feb #18
Steak dinner out with the flatmate; delicious steak and a great new local restaurant for us
Avoiding the chinchilla-coma; i.e my co-worker and I’s name for those moments where you wish to nest in some shredded newspaper and sleep
One window closing but another opening as a result.
Three things Feb #17
Sushi for tea. NOM NOM NOM.
My embroidery is almost finished! (crappy camera phone shot!), I did most of the work on the bus today, bringing my crafts I do on my commute up to four. (knitting, cross-stitch, crochet and now, embroidery.)
Buying Beauty & the Beast and Fantasia on dvd. Mmm, childhood! :D
Three things Feb #16
Defeating last night’s crippling sewing fear and sewing the pleats on the bag I’m making
Embroidery! I have picked it up again and am currently working on librarian (of course) from Sublime Stitching
Ridiculous conversations with co-worker about Disney films - if it ain’t baroque, don’t fix it!
Three things February no. 15
The amazing cakes my workmates baked, including the Brownies wrapped in cookies! Ticking off todo list items that had to wait for a particular date Thereelmolesworth (on twitter ) hilarious commentary on the brits. Chiz chiz.
Vintage Luxury: Boeing 314 Flying Boat in Detail →
Amazing! Such a far cry from today’s sardine cans in the sky…
Three things Feb #14
The hilarious zombie Valentine image in my email this morning, from t’bf.
Just the thumbs of my mittens to go. yay!
Actual sunshine!
Three things Feb #13
Bacon and eggs for breakfast, eaten in bed.
Blackadder II on dvd; “Oh, a scythe!”
Plotting my next visit to Brighton
Three things February #12
A beautiful sunny day spent with t’bf wandering around Brighton, eating nommy food and watching ridic movies
Taking advantage of the sunny day to take photos in Brighton, like the above.
Almost finished the second mitten, hooray!
Three things February #11
Trying this via email posting! It’s Friday! Yaaaaay! I am in brighton, visiting t’boyfriend for the weekend. Managed to get on a earlier train, hooray.
Three things Feb #10
being able to answer interview questions with very relevant examples
Fixing a knitting mistake - I do not need two right-handed mittens… - and not screwing up the fixing, which, when you’re working with two different coloured yarns at the same time can be tricky!
Powerplates at the gym are hilarious; it felt like my eyebrows were still vibrating afterwards!