Tag Archives: blog geek

Crossing The Line

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Karie

Yesterday someone I knew roughly fifteen years ago wrote to me via Facebook. She asked me if I were dying because she had noticed my status updates on Facebook (and quite possibly this blog) and was, I quote, sooo worried … Continue reading →

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Welcome To My Head

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Karie

I promised E. that I’d list the podcasts I like. I’m relatively new to podcasts (I’m slow on the uptake), so I’m yet to build up a list of definitive favourites. If someone has recommendations, I’d be happy to hear … Continue reading →

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Neapolitan Shawl

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Karie

For various reasons I have been unable to post a photo of my first major foray into knitting in fifteen years. This is the stole shawl that spawned an obsession, dear readers. I have known E. for many years and … Continue reading →

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Future Plans Unveiled. No World Domination. Yet.

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Karie

One of these days I’m going to knuckle down, find the copy of WordPress for Dummies that Auntie M. gave me for Christmas*, recover the password for my webhost and do another installation of WP on the second SQL server. … Continue reading →

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In Which I Quote A 70s Icon

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Karie

I never thought I’d quote Peter Frampton, buffon’d singer of the ’70s, but in the words of the man who made one of the best selling live albums of all time and wrote the winner of Eurovision 2008*, oh baby, … Continue reading →

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Can I Have Another Piece..?

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Karie

I have a guilty pleasure blog that I read ever so often whenever I either want to cheer myself up or want to depress myself (and sometimes I want both – I’m a complex woman). The blog in question is … Continue reading →

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Look Wot I Made..

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Karie

This is my first major lace work (bar two projects we shall not mention) and I’m actually pretty happy with it despite my overly critical eye. The pattern is called “Swallowtail” and it’s a nice little shawl. It was knitted … Continue reading →

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Book Widgets

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Karie

I have been playing around with widgets today trying to find the perfect a suitable library-type widget for displaying current and past reads. I found the Now Reading widget and it seemed great. It was simple, didn’t require me to … Continue reading →

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