April 2011
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To Owen, Upon Your Great-Grandma Dorothy’s Death →
Dear Owen,
Your great-grandmother Dorothy died today. We were there, you and me and your dad and your grandparents. You won’t remember it, which is good. But you won’t remember her…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-27) →
Devendra Banhart (8)
Lady Gaga (7)
The Black Heart Procession (4)
Adele (3)
Green Day (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“People who don’t pay you generally wouldn’t have paid you anyway....”
– Tim O’Reilly — http://mobile.forbes.com/device/article.php?CALL_URL=http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0411/focus-tim-oreilly-media-e-book-antipiracy-steal-this.html?
Hank Vest, Finished! →
Hank Vest, from Robyn Chachula’s book Baby Blueprint Crochet
I finally made Owen some clothing. It was killing me not to have made him clothing. So now I won’t keel over!
I…
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“So-called “Makers” are a new and growing subculture that includes...”
– Maker Faire makes it to Vancouver | OpenFile
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Netflix Builds a 'House of Cards' That Could Knock... →
Interesting!
I wonder if Netflix Canada would do such a thing. We could use some competition, and quality, up here.
Win a Signed Copy of Crochet Me and Crochet Visual... →
Karrie over at Knit Purl Girl is doing a weeks-long March Madness knitting- and crochet-themed giveaway, and I’m so happy to be participating as a sponsor. My prize: A signed copy of…
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Why Some Ebooks Cost More Than Paper Books →
A fascinating explanation of the financials behind the wholesale and agency models in publishing.
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Knitted Dalek: The Geekiest, Most Awesome Baby... →
Imagine, if you would, how loudly I squealed when my stitch-group friend Marie gave me this knitted Dalek last week.
DUDE. How awesome is this? And she made it a rattle. I can’t…
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“You tend to split a lot fewer infinitives when you think the F.B.I. might be...”
– http://nyti.ms/flpugc
listening to "Was Not Was - Walk The Dinosaur" →
This is Owen’s FAVOURITE song. Turns his frown upside down, evokes GIGGLES. !fb #fb
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My mother-in-law on NPR: Being Bilingual Not Only... →
The questions he asked seemed… daft. But I love Janet’s explanation of her research, and her take home: Don’t stifle one language if you’re raising your kids in a bilingual home, and if you’re in a monolingual home, don’t sweat it.
