Our 2 year adventure in NY is up and we're packing up shop and heading to Flemo.
Justin arrives Mar 1 and I get back April 15.
Looking forward to a meat pie, walking barefoot in my backyard, my cat and catching up with you :)
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Thursday, August 07, 2008
Game nerdiness pays off
My article on how video game design provides lessons for website designers just got published on Boxes and Arrows. Very excited!
Boxes and Arrows is a peer-written industry journal for information architects, interaction designers, graphic designers and other user experience professionals. Readers vote on story ideas that you submit and then the editors greenlight your piece if you get enough votes.
('Boxes' and 'arrows' refer to the diagrams that designers have to draw to show how you move from screen to screen on a website and what happens where.)
All those hours playing Singstar, Age of Empires and Call of Duty 4 on my PS2, and claiming the Playstation as a tax deduction, just paid off.
Boxes and Arrows is a peer-written industry journal for information architects, interaction designers, graphic designers and other user experience professionals. Readers vote on story ideas that you submit and then the editors greenlight your piece if you get enough votes.
('Boxes' and 'arrows' refer to the diagrams that designers have to draw to show how you move from screen to screen on a website and what happens where.)
All those hours playing Singstar, Age of Empires and Call of Duty 4 on my PS2, and claiming the Playstation as a tax deduction, just paid off.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
They just keep on coming
I beg to differ, Carme75Conne52. I think, somehow, physical pain is still out there, somewhere, on this planet.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Street view hits Melbourne
Thanks Colette for letting me know that Google street view has now expanded to Melbourne, which has allowed us to see our little house in Flemington in all its glory. It looks hot and dry in the photo. And clean. And empty. Fabulous that we can see it and kind of scary. I am so looking forward to moving in there and rattling around all those rooms. It's a frequent fantasy of mine when I scan the plants at the Union Square market and obsess over Kitchen Aid appliances in Williams Sonoma. Might sound nuts but Jus and I have started buying stuff that we know we won't really use here but we know we will need (need? read: can buy cheaper here than home and may as well) in Australia. Like extra place settings of silverware. And said appliances. And clothes. I don't expect to buy any clothes for about 3 years when I get home. Especially winter stuff. I don't think I will ever need to buy another coat again. (I can already hear Jus throwing that one back at me in 2031.) Ugh, just thinking of winter stuff makes me feel sweaty.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Celebrity sighting #30
Saw Julianne Moore in the West Village on Sunday afternoon with her two kids. Smaller IRL than I expected, but luminous.
Jus and I were scooting through the Village on our way to the Hudson for a bit of picnicking and Scrabble on the grass but got caught in a thunderstorm. Ate our ham and American cheese (there is such a variety, apparently: its entirely non-descript) sandwiches watching fork and sheet lightning ravage Jersey City and the financial district. Stayed there for a bit and then fled home by clinging to streets with scaffolding (that got us three blocks) and eventually hopping in a taxi.
Sunday roast for dinner. Beef with gravy, roast potatoes, peas, hard-to-come-by squash, the works. Blueberry pie for dessert. Actually the best pie I've had since I got here. Juicy, whole little blueberries and authentic buttery pastry. All washed down with ginger beer (also hard to come by: went to 4 supermarkets to find it).
Jus and I were scooting through the Village on our way to the Hudson for a bit of picnicking and Scrabble on the grass but got caught in a thunderstorm. Ate our ham and American cheese (there is such a variety, apparently: its entirely non-descript) sandwiches watching fork and sheet lightning ravage Jersey City and the financial district. Stayed there for a bit and then fled home by clinging to streets with scaffolding (that got us three blocks) and eventually hopping in a taxi.
Sunday roast for dinner. Beef with gravy, roast potatoes, peas, hard-to-come-by squash, the works. Blueberry pie for dessert. Actually the best pie I've had since I got here. Juicy, whole little blueberries and authentic buttery pastry. All washed down with ginger beer (also hard to come by: went to 4 supermarkets to find it).
Friday, July 25, 2008
via Songza
An old fave (Japanese electro pop song called 'Paris Hilton' replete with chicken noises, how can it be bad?) that I dug up on Songza, a website that lets you search for songs and just play them, free, then and there. Don't ask, can't be legal.
Lyrics, to wit:
Shake your body body Move your body body Jump your body body Shake your body body Paris Hilton!
Go ahead! Say What?
I'm the richest party dumb girl
Would you like to look at my sex tape?
Natural beauty, photogenic
Always ready to pose for nice shoots
Put my puppy Chanel dress
He sleeps Louis Vuitton bag
Silver spoon, champagne bath
Mom! I want that one, please!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Montecarlo Review
Review date: Aug.242007
Review by: Anonymous from Seattle, WA
Montecarlo
The Montecarlo features an oversized stainless steel case. Leather band. Stainless steel buckle. Date window. Solid curved mineral crystal. 3 Hand analog movement and digital time. 5 ATM. Thick wrist.
Fantastic and unique - ...
Reviewer Comments: Fantastic and unique - Great watch, very stylish and unique. The face isn't that tall, making it great for guys with smaller wrists. Has date, time, stopwatch, and alarm functionality. A little on the expensive side, but when you are wearing it, you'll love every minute of it.
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