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I'm turning into an old woman as I spent last weekend knitting, baking, and gardening. I took up knitting in the new year and have barely put the needles down. Oh knitting, where have you been all my life? I always thought knitting was too hard and so stuck with what I knew which is… Continue reading Knitting, baking, and ants
There's still no sign of the elusive hedgehogs. I have no idea whether they're still in our garden or not. Hedgehogs can travel up to 2 miles in one night so probably they're not but I hope they visit us from time-to-time. I continue to put food out for them along with the wildlife camera… Continue reading Gardens as habitat for wildlife
I crocheted myself a pair of bathers. I'm not sure whether I'll wear them in public. The colour matches my skin a bit too closely and makes it look like I'm wearing nothing. It was fun to make though. Yesterday I picked some redcurrants and stewed them up to make jam. I used water, redcurrants,… Continue reading Crochet swimsuit, redcurrant jam, and an old video of Elizabeth
I baked another dud sourdough loaf which I threw onto the back lawn. A colony of gulls swooped in and demolished it all in less than a minute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye2iNNqc42M Before the gulls arrived some local birds had a go. I got this one brave bird feasting right in front of Victoria our cat. I'm not… Continue reading Gull dinner party
I've got the day off work today so I cycled to the allotment to put up my new sign. I met a couple of other people there and one fellow told me he received a phone call from the city council because his plot was also missing a number. Of all the things going on… Continue reading Rachel’s allotment and hot cross buns
The global climate strikes begin tomorrow. The Aberdeen event is at Marischal College tomorrow at 11am. I will be there along with Ben and the kids. You can use the map at https://globalclimatestrike.net to find your local event. I am lucky that my employer is supporting me in attending this event otherwise I'd need to… Continue reading Global climate strikes
We had a fun time sledging today. Snow turns every hill into a playground. I took a short video of some of the fun, including a bit at around 30 seconds where Elizabeth careens into a tree. Ben also falls off at one point and he gets up afterwards with the speed of someone who… Continue reading Sledging bloopers
This morning I was interviewed by John Parkinson from WordPress TV about what WordPress means to me. Is this my stepping stone to a part on Doctor Who? I probably should have brushed my hair a bit better first. John interviews people who attend WordCamps. He has other great interviews on the WordPress.tv site.
Here's my flash talk from the Automattic Grand Meetup in October. I thought I'd put it on my blog as a way to share my love of cycling with more people. We all had to give a flash talk and we could talk about whatever we wanted for 4 minutes at most. I was rather nervous… Continue reading A flash talk about cycling
A British science journalist who posts to YouTube under the handle Potholer54 has released another video and it's just as entertaining and informative as all his others. In it he demonstrates how to pick fact from bullshit with a funny commentary. Why are people so easily duped? A couple of times recently I've received some scam calls… Continue reading Scientific consensus and arguments from authority
Part of being a distributed workforce means that I don't get to see my colleagues face-to-face very often if at all. Something they do at Automattic is to encourage all new employees to create a short intro video. Here's mine:
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