About a month and a half ago, tsuki_no_bara shared a very geeky knitting pattern with me. I realized upon seeing the pattern that I had the *perfect* parents-to-be for whom to knit it. And tonight it (and some additional pieces) was delivered to the parents and the new baby.

So now I can share:( Large photos back here )

-- I like being able to use technical skills I haven't used in a while. In the course of one project, I used my knowledge of UNIX, Emacs, and HTML ( Read more... )

...that occurred to me over Shabbat:

If one is eating in the home of a couple whose children are all adopted, does one say v'et zar'am* in the Choose Your Own Adventure harachaman** in bentching ( Read more... )

Scene: mabfan and gnomi are walking to lunch on second day Rosh Hashannah. mabfan is pushing the stroller.

mabfan: So, probably you and I will eat in shifts, with one of us holding whichever baby is fussy.

gnomi, indicating the baby sling: If someone is fussy, I can probably sling them, and then I can eat.

mabfan: Well, then I can Magic Missile them.

Send more sorts. Bubble, selection, insertion, shell... I'm not picky. I'll even take gnome or pigeonhole (though not bucket, as the lolrus took it).

OK, so today is 29 February, AKA Leap Day. It is also a Jewish leap year, meaning that we have a second iteration of the month of Adar. We happen to be in the leap month, Adar I, right now. Today is 23 Adar I ( Read more... )

Poll You say "geek" like it's a bad thing

...what marks my nerdiness more in this photo: the Doctor Who action figures or the fact that the Doctor and Captain Jack are standing in front of The Chicago Manual of Style, A Dictionary of Modern American Usage, Understanding UNIX, and UNIX in a Nutshell.

...I'm adding "virgule" to my interests. ;-)

Punctuation marks need love, too!

(this one from Friday, said to mabfan)

"So I was going to look something up in my Chicago 14, but Daniel, Fred, and the Doctor fell and I ended up searching the bottom of my coffee cup for the sonic screwdriver. I then had to relocate the zat, too."