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Pining for the Fjords
Alex, the African grey parrot made famous by Dr. Irene Pepperberg's groundbreaking research into language and cognition, has died.
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Firefox is Love
The best thing about Firefox is that if you delete it and then have to reinstall it, it stores all the old settings and extensions so that you don't lose your settings for ABP, TabMixPlus, or your history ( Read more... ) -
CEILING LAURIE KING IS WATCHING YOU . . . WRITE FIC
I had a prolonged and pernicious series of nightmares last night, bad enough that when I woke up at nine this morning, I had to lay still with the light on and the covers drawn up for two hours before I could stop freaking out enough to get out of bed. And the only reason I calmed down is because I had an epiphany about the one thing that could ( Read more... ) -
SPACE WANK
Query: Why is space dark ( Read more... ) -
I Know You All Secretly Speak Latin
Dear Flist,
What's that quote about fighting the king? It's Latin, and it goes something like, "he who draws his sword against the king must be prepared to use it". I don't remember; I have it written down somewhere cos it's awesome, but I can't find it on Google (probably because I've phrased it wrong). I saw it here as "When you aim at the King, ( Read more... ) -
I Read It on a Mayan Wall, So It Must Be True
When did District Attorney Arthur Branch become a real person who was running for president? Like, of the United States, even. You know how fen laugh about "when fandoms collide"? It's like that, only with added brutal violation of the fourth wall and political sprinkles on top. Combined with the latest Doctor Who production schedules, I'm pretty ( Read more... ) -
Extreme Blending
Will It Blend?, if you don't know, is a PR site for Blendtec, a blender manufacturer. The site is largely devoted to extreme blending of outrageous but ordinary things, like toilet plungers and toy cars. It speaks to the scientist in me, the deep, dark corner of my soul that wants to press the big red button just to see what will happen ( Read more... ) -
Purple: Like Pluto, in a Way
Dear Nitpickers ( Read more... ) -
Fetching Redux, Needles, and Technique
Fetching Redux
Right, so I made a lot of these gloves when I started knitting seriously. They are, in fact, one of the reasons I started knitting seriously (as opposed to just making HP scarves). I love them so much. They're fast, relatively inexpensive (i.e., they are not a $150 sweater...), beautiful, practical, and way kicky.
Now I'm making ( Read more... ) -
Pay It Forward
ttly stolen from kitsune17
Pay It Forward: I will send a handmade gift to the first 5 people who leave a comment here on my blog. I don't yet know what that gift will be, but you will receive it within 365 days. The only thing you have to do in return is "pay it forward" by making a similar agreement on your blog.