I’ve just got back from Spun Out 2008, aka fire-twirling camp. It was AWESOME! The atmosphere was great - cruisy and laid-back, but still full of energy and fun and craziness. Here is a short summary in list form:
Things I Did:
Learned some cool fire-twirling stuff - especially a fan of the anti-spin and isolations we […]
Isn’t it awesome when the sewing-blog lady says things like:
Remember, sewing is like perl: There’s More Than One Way To Do It.
(in a post about learning to sew)
I was searching for pictures of velociraptors (don’t ask), and I came across an xkcd blag post which I had somehow missed before… It’s a fan letter with some advice about deterring velociraptors, with citations! It’s hilarious, go read:
Velocilaptor Safety
(And if you don’t know what it’s going on about, see here, here and here)
*get back from trip to buy eggs*
*decide to watch another ep of Fruits Basket*
*open ep in xine*
…
no sound?
…
*turn up volume on speakers*
*turn up volume in xine*
*pause xine*
*unpause music*
*fiddle with volume again*
*close xine*
*reopen xine*
still no sound… but it was working before!
*stare at screen*
*look at speakers*
d’oh!
*turn speakers back on*
sweeeet….
Geraldton was fun and geeky. Here are some of the highlights:
I was on TV! Well, I was in a 10 second shot on GWN news, and I’m sure most people were looking at the guy with the liquid nitrogen, but nonetheless I was on TV… I’ve never been on TV before.
Liquid nitrogen! We went a […]
Tomorrow I’m off to Geraldton for a two-day science fair. I’ve been all excited about it for weeks, and now that my little yucky patch of assignments, marking and rent inspections is over, I’m starting to get excited all over again. I’ve just finished packing my stuff, and tomorrow I’ve gotta buy snacks and pack […]
I went to the Save the Children Booksale last night, and went a leetle bit crazy. I came home with 22 books, for $50. Sweeet…
They are, in no particular order:
Emma, by Jane Austen - I haven’t read this one yet, it was next on my list.
Brave New World, by Aldrous Huxley - This was always […]
Daniel:
Where are you? Where is your house? Where is the school?
What is that town/city to the east? (scroll across to see the pin-thingy)
I’ve just gotten back from a local primary school, where I was running an activity for National Science Week, to teach the kids a bit about computer science. Today was years 1 to 3. Yup, teaching computer science to 6, 7 and 8 year-olds. It was really interesting watching the year 1s have all sorts […]
