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a cat named linux

Submitted by Shiny on Wed, 01/09/2010 - 15:54



a cat named linux, originally uploaded by Br3nda.

In memory of our old family cat, my sister's old kitty: Linux.
1996 - 31st August 2010.

easier

Submitted by Shiny on Mon, 30/08/2010 - 03:28
instead of fencing the baby in, it's much easier to put the heater and the cat in the playpen (and the cat loves it)

today's market haul

Submitted by Shiny on Mon, 30/08/2010 - 02:21

day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have

Submitted by Shiny on Sun, 29/08/2010 - 16:57

buying way too many perishable foods, because they look pretty at the market, and then not using them up cos i was too tired to cook.

day 3- a picture of you and your friends

Submitted by Shiny on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 17:37

there's a geek fallacy that your friends are friends with you therefore they'd naturally be friends with each other -- yeah, it's a fallacy.

"Friend" is a changing word - facebook has destroyed it's true meaning. I define friend is someone you'd expect would let you sleep on their couch (and vice versa).

In absence of any photograph of me with a giant group of friends, here are photos of friends. If i've missed you out, it's mostly likely becasue there's no photo!

day 2- the meaning behind your blog name

Submitted by Shiny on Fri, 27/08/2010 - 17:17

i like coffee -- alot. I like fairtrade (or similar) and i like rich choclatey beans. No sugar.

New Zealand has a .geek 2nd level domain names. I think is this awesome.

hence i have coffee.geek.nz

plans

Submitted by Shiny on Thu, 26/08/2010 - 21:44

Blog Prompts: day 1- recent pictures of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Submitted by Shiny on Thu, 26/08/2010 - 11:55

Yes, it's a meme.

15 things.. FIFTEEN.... this will be difficult.

1. I'm from Whakamaru, which is a small village in the South Waikato - the locals who cannot pronounce maori call it "wockamarro". (near Mangakino and Tokoroa)
2. I contribute to many open source projects, as and when i have time - usually when i find a bug i'll fix it.
3. I went back to work 5 weeks after having a baby. My husband has taken a year off to look after her.
4. I don't drive.
5. I play flute, cello, piano, and a bunch of wind instruments (in that order)
6. I read many social justice and human rights blogs regularly.
7. I like Fairs and Markets.
8. I take LOTS of photos - see my flickr http://flickr.com/photos/taniwha
9. I spend my Saturday at One Laptop per Child test fest.
10. I also write most of the tweets on the @OLPC twitter account.
11. I was once a finalist for a NZ Open Source Award.
12. I am missing a big chunk out of one of my fingers.
13. I garden - mostly veges. Plants should serve a purpose.
14. I have been married for 12 years.
15. I like malty beers and scotch.

Recent pictures - these are what Apture finds of me:

yoghurt

Submitted by Shiny on Wed, 25/08/2010 - 23:55
attempting to make yoghurt in the rice cooker's keep warm mode.

Open Labour this Saturday

Submitted by Shiny on Mon, 23/08/2010 - 11:53

Something different - NZ's Labour party doing their policy forming in the open, this coming saturday, at an event where all comers are welcome. (instead of back room dealing, that happens all over the show.. at least i hope it's "instead of", not "as well as")...

if you're in Wellington consider coming and checking them out, whatever your political opinions are.

http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2010/08/23/doing-things-differently-...