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Stupid scientist alert!

24 May 2008 by kristarella

I woke up at 7am this (Saturday) morning to an amazing realisation: I’ve wasted weeks of work because one of my tests was completely futile. I’ll tell you the steps of my work; see if you can pick where I went wrong. Aim: Create a copy of an E. coli gene on a plasmid. Amplify […]

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: university

Tumblr, tweets and twizzles (for shizzle)

21 May 2008 by kristarella

Updated Tumblr I figured since I have a link to my tumblelog in the footer, I should actually update it! It’s mainly a collection of my online profiles, guest posts, that sort of thing. If you want a list of sites that I think are cool I have a links page and del.icio.us (most recent […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: geek, websites

Microsoft: helping kids or themselves?

21 May 2008 by kristarella

If you watch a short video of kids introducing Office 2007. Microsoft will donate $1 to the Smith Family’s Learning for Life program. Sounds cool right? It would be super if you didn’t have to install more software to watch the video!!! By clicking “click to install” you accept the Silverlight License Agreement Yeah… right.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: websites

Wired’s Water Photo Contest

20 May 2008 by kristarella

Wired.com is having a water photo contest. Sometimes Wired manages to promote some excellent and unique photographs; sometimes they rehash ones that have already been seen. 😉 I’ve entered my photograph Floating in colour. I also have some very cool photos of birds and ducks in water, which I might enter if I have the […]

Filed Under: Graphics, Photography Tagged With: news, websites

There is nothing new under the sun

19 May 2008 by kristarella

Design ripping is a big topic in some circles. There’s even a whole blog, You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice, dedicated to it. There’s probably other blogs about it that I haven’t seen. I read YTWWN because, initially, I thought it was well researched. However, it turns out there’s lots of authors and only a few […]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics

New theme: Clean Shave

15 May 2008 by kristarella

I’ve finally implemented my new blog and photoblog themes!   I’m not as excited as I could be because there are some bugs, mostly in IE (typical!), that I wasn’t able to check from my Mac. Now I’ve used Browsershots and hopefully I’ll be able to fix up the problems. Have a look at the […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, WordPress

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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
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