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WOW I should stop looking at Treehugger now, or I won’t get anything done today. BUT BUT BUT. Not only is there a slideshow of the world’s most impressive subway maps, but there’s a slideshow of the world’s coolest alternative subway maps!! Oh, it’s hard to breathe. I dispute the inclusion of Melbourne in the [...]

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tweetie goodness

The internet is an amazing place. Recently, I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the breadth of information available. I’m an information gatherer without good boundaries, which makes for a messy and addictive relationship with the internet, and hell, the whole damn modern age. Oh well, suck it up. Here is some fun [...]

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? + ? = new math

Check out more at new math. Via Twenty Three on Tumblr.
So, where have you been?? What do you mean, where have *I* been? Ok fine, I’ve been in sociable hibernation. But I have been around the interwebs, just doing the bits that are easier than blogging. The bits that require less commitment. [...]

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literary and fiscal desires

I covet this.
and while I’m at it, I covet a stronger Australian dollar and a better exchange rate.

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calling word nerds!

I really think you’d all get a kick out of going to the Macquarie Dictionary site and voting for the Word of 2008. Macquarie Dictionary is the biggest (perhaps most official?) dictionary in Australia, and every year they add a small number of new words to the dictionary, according to observations about the lexicon. [...]

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Hi, party people. What an overwhelming response to Giveaway Day. I know some blogs get hundreds of comments and visits daily, but this is absolutely unheard of for me… it makes my stats look pretty funny. My previous most visited entry had 55 visits. This week I had almost 2000 visits. [...]

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oh, ernest.

The odd paradox of life at the moment means that, since I can manage only one kind of creative output at a time, when I craft, I don’t blog. So I have all kinds of interesting things I could show off, including an idea for a tutorial, AND a giveaway… but instead, silence.
However, I [...]

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I can haz twitter from my pot plants? Way to combine happy things.
Ever wonder if you’ve watered your plants enough, or too much? Well, it’ll tell you.  I love creative nerds.

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werd nord

Scrabble tiles, originally uploaded by jehsom.

you know what I love? Scrabble.

If…Of, originally uploaded by NotHip.
That’s all I got for you, though. I’m crazy in the coconut today. Can’t operatecreatefunctionthinkdowrite CRAZY coconutcrazy.

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Amy Johnson & friends, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood, originally uploaded by State Library of New South Wales.
Amy Johnson was, apparently, the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia, and here she is, chillin’ with her buddies. Aren’t ye olde ladies awesome??
The State Library of NSW has started putting their [...]

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