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• Sunday Neato: Earth-bowls

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-11 • ( 2 )

  Fluidforms “Earth-bowls”. Just pinpoint your chosen location in Google Earth, choose a height scale, and these clever Austrians will make it out of wood for you, terrain and all. [Via Oohsome]

• Happy Mother’s Day

  By tigtog on 2008-05-11 • ( 9 )

  I’m well chuffed with my complete set of Hornblower DVDs. (Thinks: what would a cage-wrestling match between JDF and the Ioan would be like?)

• Follow up on NSW RSPCA Campaign: In which the NSW RSPCA continues to see Violated Women as a means to an end

  By Guest Poster on 2008-05-11 • ( 7 )

  Our Guest Hoyden author is regular commentor Su. In April Lauredhel blogged the NSW RSPCA Community Service Announcement that contained scenes of a man beating and kicking a woman, overdubbed with audio of a yelping dog. The justification for the… Read More ›

• Insert sailing on high Cs pun here: La Fille du Régiment at the Met

  By tigtog on 2008-05-10 • ( 3 )

  Oh my oh my oh my. If ever I am required to save the world by snogging a tenor, can this be the one? We went to see the Met Live in HD at the Chauvel today. We couldn’t have… Read More ›

• Otterday

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-10 • ( 1 )

  Caturday is so last month. Here: Otters doing rhythmic gymnastics moves with pebbles. [via gigglesugar]

• I can’t believe it’s not International No-Diet Day

  By tigtog on 2008-05-10 • ( 2 )

  And we missed it! Anyway, Fillyjonk and Kate have posted lots of good stuff about HAES and Size Acceptance. Everyday is No-Diet Day in my house, although yesterday was actually no-retain-food-in-belly day, as I succumbed to the chundering bug that… Read More ›

• “Thus the disease may be conveyed by promiscuous kissing”

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-09 • ( 2 )

  The first Ladies’ Handbook post is here. This instalment, “Syphilis” and “Personal Responsibility”, completes Chapter III: “Outside The Marriage Circle”. [Bold is mine.] I don’t really expect everyone to be as interested in old medical descriptions as I am, but… Read More ›

• Online inconvenience

  By tigtog on 2008-05-09 • ( 2 )

  The handy-dandy online “TM Headstart” service is broken. ’tis most annoying, because I don’t get to tell youse all about my latest business venture until I’ve protected the name.

• Linkfest: Random Thursday Night Edition

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-08 • ( 10 )

  Technollama writes about a legal threat sent to a knitter by BBC Worldwide. Her crime? Putting a free knitting pattern for an Adipose critter on the internet: “Doctor Who: Partners in Copyright Crime” [Hat tip to Clive] Bluemilk hits it… Read More ›

• Been a busy few days

  By tigtog on 2008-05-08 • ( 2 )

  Sick kids, demanding clients, and my own personal project all pulling me every which way. I stole a few hours on Tuesday to meet up with Hoydenizen Beppie, where we took our cameras and snapped away around Newtown and had… Read More ›

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