hard-boiled design

ooh
hard boiled web design - in paperback and in pdf
when to use new design elements and why

stuff & nonsense, all that malarkey - blog about web design

build me up, flat in argentina

story about a flat in argentina, sourcing recycled materials (inhabitat)

green design will save the world

oh yes, of course it will

"green design will save the world" is a tag-line from the inhabitat blog - we've been having a simultaneous discussion about the things white people like blog, white people so think that green design will save the world. sometimes it's embarrassing h0w white i am.

anyway, this is beautiful.

an old boat turned turtle and converted into a house

beach living ...

bit rough this way

there are alternatives...

maybe manyana

my inner goddess

i am getting a bit more comfortable with this whole goddess idea

i'm slowly accepting i'll never be ursula andress in a bikini in the caribbean

that's okay

i'll be me in a bikini (maybe) in the whitsundays (wouldn't that be nice)

in the meantime,

here's some goddess support, bodywise bras

Bodywise Everyday Deep Cup Bra (B50)

$66.00 (inc GST)

Anita CALMYRA support bra (B5432)
$150.00 (inc GST)

calendar girl

i am thinking of making some calendars for xmas, and collecting design ideas

something like this for advent?

MOO customised business cards, including mini-MOOs
"free" sample pack


making a "family" website
including an events calendar

how to make online calendars
1. xml calendar

2. css and javascript calendars

3. monket calendar

blood is sweeter than water

i have had diabetes since just before turning 17, which means i've had diabetes 24 years

in many ways i'm no smarter with it than when i was first diagnosed

support at the royal women's may just help (i hope*)

when i was first diagnosed everything was about "exchanges" - i could eat so many exchanges per meal, per day and this was matched by the insulin i was to give myself

things became more free-style 5 or 6 years later, when i started using insulin pens. this meant that i no longer had to stick to an exchange regime

but i kind of missed the point - i didn't "match" food to insulin, i let them chase each other up and down, sometimes way up, way down

well, now i have to understand exchanges again, so i can understand how my body responds to certain (amounts of) food and how much insulin i need to get me in the zone of good blood control

healthy eating (diabetes vic)

Carbohydrate Counter: Traffic Light Guide to Food (carry around guide book, detailed list for shopping & eating out)

calorie king - recommended by jane at the women's as a good resource for calorie counting

low carb bikkie recipes, because who are we kidding?

on yer bike

since i was knocked off my bike while commuting to work (years and years ago now) i've been too chicken to ride around the streets
i want to get back into it
because it was great and i didn't have to worry about parking (fees & fines) or about drinking and driving (and a leisurely beer and bike ride home is lovely as the weather gets warmer and finer)

i don't live in the land of bike obsessives
(i keep my obsessions elsewhere)
but i "found" a couple of terrific bike blogs
one, bike snob nyc, included this ace tractor bike, so very cool

but my favourite is this cussin' all out naughty
but my favourite is this cussin' all out naughty big ring riding
photo, and the comment,
I BIG RING RODE PAST THIS SPOT THE OTHER DAY - THE ROAD BETWEEN THE SOULOR AND THE AUBISQUE, WHERE IN 1951 WIM VAN EST OVERSHOT THE BEND AND ENDED UP 70 METRES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.
HIS TEAM-MATES PULLED HIM BACK UP BY KNOTTING ALL THEIR TUBS INTO A ROPE.
HE WAS UNHURT, AND WANTED TO CONTINUE, BUT WAS EVENTUALLY PERSUADED TO GO TO GET CHECKED OVER IN THE HOSPITAL. AND THE DUTCH TEAM WAS FORCED TO PULL OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD NO TYRES LEFT. THEM WERE THE DAYS.

and here, a bloke in brunswick has made a bamboo bike ... stylie...












finally,
here's an animation by isobel knowles, i fell off my bike ...
oh yeah been there (bloody poodles, don't get me started)