Misses

[addedentry]

We didn't make it to the bicycle bell concert after our birthday party. Other things I didn't see last week were Dawkins, Death and Dissection - don't get your hopes up, that's two events, not one - and Dr Ben. As hatmandu observed, 'Someone ought to open a university round here!'

But we did have a party, so thank you to all who came. juggzy bought Maltesers to

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[emperor]

I'm impressed by the self-referential cake!

[mockduck]

Wow, the cake! It looks like j4 is drawing it freehand, but I'm assuming that can't be so. Still, now I am aware of the existence of the liqourice pen, so thanks for that.

[addedentry]

Good, innit? Janet impressed a 'blind' grid on the icing through greaseproof paper before starting. It was at this point we realised that, where the crossword cake had 14 x 14 = 196 squares, a QR code has 41 x 41 = 1681 /-:

[mockduck]

Ah, very clever thinking. Yes, I bet it was the kind of activity that is fun at first but soon becomes tedious. Worth it for the end result, though.

[venta]

Aha! That was what I wanted to know, too. I couldn't see how normal mortals could achieve that without some form of grid (since no grid was apparent in the picture).

Congratulations to you on having the geekiest cake ever (and to

[ewx]

Impressed by cake!

[taimatsu]

It was a lovely weekend - thank you :)