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

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Skim – it’s good!

27 July 2007 by kristarella

I posted about some spiffy looking programs a while ago. At the time I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to install Skim, software for reading pdfs. Today, confronted with the prospect of reading many papers I decided to give it a go. It’s great, much handier than Preview. It has all the things preview has […]

Filed Under: Mac OS X Tagged With: free, Free Software

Going overseas?

26 July 2007 by kristarella

In light of the revelation at MYC that freedom is the power to be as you were created to be and that we have been set free from sin so that we may be able to serve God and serve others, I’ve been thinking about decisions. The kinds of decisions that I daydream about are […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

MYC 2007 – Guidance

22 July 2007 by kristarella

I think many of the things I learnt at MYC can be summed up in the song We Belong To The Day by Michael Morrow. The chorus says: Strong as a mighty rock our refuge in the coming wrath. The heart of the bride belongs to Jesus, Jesus. The earth in its turning stops to […]

Filed Under: Bible, church, Religion

Home from MYC!

21 July 2007 by kristarella

Hey y’all! I’m home from MYC. It was excellent! I might write a bit more about it tomorrow. For now you should check out Simpsonize Me, it’s great fun!

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: websites

Change of plans

15 July 2007 by kristarella

I was planning on finishing up work at the end of next week and had told my boss as much. After I told him, I got the flu and couldn’t go to work the rest of the week. Then we had COW Club all the week after that. I was planning on working four or […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts, Science

Summertime: my very short film

12 July 2007 by kristarella

I made a small film using Inkscape and iMovie last week. The only method I could find to share it was YouTube, which seems to have reduced the size and quality. All the same, here it is:

Filed Under: Graphics, Music Tagged With: videos

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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’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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