knit-kitsch-along! - I stocked up on cheap and nasty acrylics at the Lincraft sale yesterday and I'm all set for the That's right, a bunch of loopy/adventurous/obnoxious knitters will be taking on the Wearable Fry Up as featured in the 1979 Jackie... (15:19 | 1 Comments)

so smock right now! - I must learn how to crochet. I found this vintage knit and crochet booklet for 50c at a thrift store in Torquay on our way down to the coastal beaches on the Great Ocean Road last week. Now that I... (18:27 | 3 Comments)

Dissertation Island - It's not a bad idea, really. I've always thought that throwing a PhD student into the Big Brother house would make good TV. After all, we know all about filling our days and nights doing not much of anything. Plus... (13:45 | 2 Comments) it's summer, it's love - (09:56 | 0 Comments)

xanaduuuuuu! - Woo! I'm on my way to living out my Olivia Newton-John fantasies of youth by knitting my very own roller skating inspired skirt (Xanadu was my very first LP - I still have that same vinyl). I bagged some sub... (14:37 | 1 Comments)

the joke's on us - If you've spent any time with me over the past year or so you've probably heard me rant and rave about Jet. And not in a good way. I've charged them with sounding like original music twice removed (doing Oasis... (11:37 | 9 Comments)

links for 2005-01-18 - Hog Bay Notebook proving to be an indispensable software package for writing my PhD thesis. It's a nifty little notetaking program which conveniently organises, stores and searches notes. Mac OS X only. (categories: mac thesis software nerdy) 43 Folders:... (23:17 | 1 Comments) the first time hurts the most - I had forgotten to blog this back when it was published, and was just now reminded by Krista's post. My first book review: Jason Wood. 100 American independent films. It was a challenging book to review thoughtfully since, as I... (12:38 | 2 Comments)

nerdvana - I've been spending much of the last couple of days getting my Endnote library back up to date after it went into forced hiatus post-migration to Mac OS X. You see, there was not one version of Endnote which could... (15:39 | 2 Comments)

the space between - A Finished Object and another Work in Progress: Detail on the lace scarf I knitted for my mum's birthday a teensy way into Wavy. Both were knit with Bendy wool: the lace scarf with Colonial 'Ocean Tweed' and Wavy is... (10:44 | 0 Comments)

Top Fives for 2004 - I'm not sure I could a 2004 wrap up in prose without getting morose and sulky, so instead... Films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Before Sunset I One Missed Call Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (those I... (15:16 | 0 Comments)

a collision of senses - I've been spending so much time thinking about the thesis lately, having been energised by some penetrating conversations with my dad and with Agnes (the latter being largely drunken, but no less pertinent). And in an attempt to seek out... (11:18 | 3 Comments)

The boy can wiggle, yo - Luke danced on NYE, dudes. Like in front of other humans. And for several songs! Only some of you will recognise the true miracle that this is. Perhaps it bodes well for a better new year than last... April March... (12:38 | 0 Comments)