• 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

Cooking with Mat

23 November 2008 by kristarella

This week I tried Mat’s Satay Chicken and lasagne. The first thing I have to say is “Yum!” Watch out for the tumeric in the chicken marinade. My fingernails went a little bit yellow after threading the chicken on the skewers! Also, milk that satay sauce for all it’s worth ’cause it’s goooood! Sadly I […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: food, websites

Thesis full-width headers 101

14 November 2008 by kristarella

Some of the information in this tutorial is deprecated as of Thesis 1.5. See the updated instructions Full-width headers in v1.5. I recently ported my blog to Thesis by DIYthemes. Thesis has excellent SEO, and with it you can choose the number of sidebars that you want and their position, you can adjust the widths […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, Thesis, Tutorials, WordPress Tagged With: CSS, geek

Telstra FAIL (what’s new?)

11 November 2008 by kristarella

It was my brother’s birthday today (Happy Birthday Justin!). Naturally, he wanted to buy an iPhone. Although my Dad probably feels like my li’l bro is frivolous in his technological purchases, he does take time to research them. He went into the Telstra shop on two different occasions to ask the price of an iPhone […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: news

Writing a thesis in LaTeX

5 November 2008 by kristarella

LaTeX is a document markup system, which helps you to focus on what you’re writing and reduces some of the hassle of tedious tasks like adding references and numbering sections, figures and tables. It also natively handles footnotes, table of contents, lists of figures, lists of tables, headers, footers, margin notes and probably a hundred […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: free, Free Software, geek, university

Movember is on!

1 November 2008 by kristarella

Hey crew, Hope you had a good Halloween, or lack there of (as I did). Just a short note to say w00t! I handed in my thesis yesterday. I am now free to do stuff I enjoy, plus some cooking and cleaning and real life stuff. Sweet. Also, last month was Breast Cancer Awareness month. […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

October is ending

28 October 2008 by kristarella

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is drawing to a close. I’m a bit sad that I couldn’t participate more in it, but that’s what your last month of uni will do for you. There is one last photo contest for this month and the word is bra. Taken at the pink ribbon brunch I went to. […]

Filed Under: Breast Cancer Awareness, Photos Tagged With: breast cancer

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 25
  • Page 26
  • Page 27
  • Page 28
  • Page 29
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 187
  • 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’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

  • Home
    Home
  • Add image EXIF metadata to WordPress
    Add image EXIF metadata to WordPress
  • Exifography
    Exifography
  • Sistaco Nail Powder Review
    Sistaco Nail Powder Review
  • 24 Sweet Brushes for GIMP and Photoshop
    24 Sweet Brushes for GIMP and Photoshop
  • Edit EPS files in Inkscape on Mac
    Edit EPS files in Inkscape on Mac

Follow Me On…

  • Instagram
  • X
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

Categories

Copyright © 2025 · Kristen Symonds · kristarella.com