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Birds’ sense of direction

2 February 2008 by kristarella

I saw the headline Study suggests birds can truly navigate. It cracked me up. It’s cool that birds can navigate over 1000 kilometers, but when they fly into church in the middle of the service they can’t find their way back out… and poop on the projector screen.

Filed Under: My life & thoughts, Science Tagged With: humour, news

NearlyFreeSpeech: excellent web hosting

2 February 2008 by kristarella

I feel the need for a little positive rant about my web host NearlyFreeSpeech.net. I’ve been using them since 2006 and their service has been excellent. You only pay for what you use, at low rates too. Their support service is quick and friendly. They support a wide range of software. They don’t make many […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: websites

San Francisco Shopping

1 February 2008 by kristarella

Californians, help! What’s the go with sales taxes and levies in California? Are they included in the price you see on the shelf? It might sound like a silly question, but you see Australia has a 10% GST, which is on most non-essential items and a few essential ones too. Sometimes the sales receipt tells […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Designing decisions: links

29 January 2008 by kristarella

I’ve been making a wordpress theme thinking about web design. So far I’ve written about heading hierarchy and page width. As with any element, you can style links essentially any way you want to. Should you though? I didn’t think it would be such a difficult decision, but I found myself searching the net for […]

Filed Under: Design, Technology Tagged With: websites

The new STM bags are so cool!

25 January 2008 by kristarella

After my searchings for a bag that would hold my camera and my laptop didn’t go as planned; I made a wrap to go around my camera to put in a regular bag… or a laptop bag. I saw some STM bags at the shops this week, which are excellent.

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: tools

Sorry to see you go…

24 January 2008 by kristarella

Dang. I’ve been on holidays for a couple of months so any exposure to the news that I got through other people has essentially gone. It was pure chance that I turned the TV on today and it was on the aerial channel rather than the DVD channel. I saw a tiny snippet of news […]

Filed Under: Movies, My life & thoughts Tagged With: news

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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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