• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • My Blogs
    • Photoblog
    • Knots
    • WP.com tips
kristarella.com

kristarella.com

Happiness Engineer at Automattic, lover of knitting, crochet, sci-fi and more

  • Presentations
  • Plugins
    • Exifography
  • Contact
You are here: Home / 2006 / Archives for September 2006

Archives for September 2006

By “sweet” I mean “totally cool”!

9 September 2006 by kristarella

The power supply on my computer was the cause of everything going south for the (end of) winter. I now have a working PSU and Kubuntu is sweet! I love learning new things, I feel very computer nerdy. :nerd: I finally have a colour scheme that I can cope with, the original blue was far […]

Filed Under: Linux, My life & thoughts Tagged With: free, Free Software

Koo boon too

8 September 2006 by kristarella

Weyheyhey kids! I transferred all my files off my computer, uninstalled Windows and installed Kubuntu, a GNU/Linux operating system. Well, that’s how I started this post yesterday but I didn’t get a chance to finish it. Yesterday I was reading some of the Kubuntu documentation and I’m looking forward to getting into. Alas, that won’t […]

Filed Under: Linux Tagged With: free, Free Software

Thursday Thirteen #27

7 September 2006 by kristarella

Last Thursday Denise issued a challenge for this week’s 13… “I would like to challenge all Thirteeners to come up with 13 things they like about themselves on the next Thursday 13…September 7. I feel like we, as women, spend so much time scrutinizing ourselves that we sometimes forget the good stuff.” It seemed slightly […]

Filed Under: Thursday Thirteen

Belief is such a weak word

6 September 2006 by kristarella

This post could also be titled “I value my guitar but I don’t bow down and worship it” or “Tolerance is a four letter word”. I was reading a post by Genuine titled More On Tolerance And The Ability To Disagree, which led me to a post by Jay aka The Zero Boss titled Is […]

Filed Under: Bible

Computer woes

5 September 2006 by kristarella

My computer woes continue. It’s not just me being lazy now. Not only does my computer not wake up from hibernation but it doesn’t wake up from stand by nor does it boot up when I’ve shut it down properly. It gets stuck at the Windows XP screen with the scrolling bar; the bar stop […]

Filed Under: Technology

Crikey

4 September 2006 by kristarella

Steve Irwin died today. No joke, he was killed by a stingray barb while filming a documentary in waters off the Queensland coast. When my husband told me I thought it was a joke. Not as shocking and incredible as when Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed’s death caused dropped jaws world-wide but still very […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Go to Next Page »
A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’ Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
Follow on Instagram

Footer

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Top Posts & Pages

  • Blog
    Blog
  • Home
    Home
  • Position Your Thesis Nav
    Position Your Thesis Nav
  • Custom bible reading plan
    Custom bible reading plan
  • What is the Thesis full-width framework?
    What is the Thesis full-width framework?
  • Kodak Retinette 1A: going retro
    Kodak Retinette 1A: going retro

Follow Me On…

  • Instagram
  • X
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

Categories

Copyright © 2026 · Kristen Symonds · kristarella.com