Monday, July 04, 2005
Saturday, July 02, 2005
One
Inches crocheted: 1
Breakfasts: 1
Books read: 1
Lunches: 1
Stacks of dishes washed: 1
Afternoon snacks: 1
Desks assembled: 1 (36 bolts, 4 screws)
Tables assembled: 1 (4 legs, 2 dinged fingers)
Friends helped: 1
Trips to grocery store: 1
Showers: 1
Movies watched: 1 (Bridget Jones, Edge of Reason)
So... how was your day?
Breakfasts: 1
Books read: 1
Lunches: 1
Stacks of dishes washed: 1
Afternoon snacks: 1
Desks assembled: 1 (36 bolts, 4 screws)
Tables assembled: 1 (4 legs, 2 dinged fingers)
Friends helped: 1
Trips to grocery store: 1
Showers: 1
Movies watched: 1 (Bridget Jones, Edge of Reason)
So... how was your day?
Weekend Plans
In no particular order, here are my exciting plans for this long weekend:
- do laundry
- buy groceries
- wash dishes
- bake pita bread
- make hummus
- assemble a friend's desk
- watch two movies I borrowed from the library
- whatever else I feel like doing that can be done by myself, with no car
Friday, July 01, 2005
Space Warp & Sockapal2za
Okay, so I decide to start my sockapal2za pal's socks tonight. Yep, the yarn is indeed thicker than my usual sock yarn... it's rather like that thick sock yarn I got from Josie. The lower yardage should have clued me in, but did I think about that? Nooooo. Sock yarn is sock yarn, right? You'd think by now I'd have learned. :P
Anyhow, I start with a toe, and notice I'm getting a very dense fabric. Hmmm. Perhaps a larger hook? I start a second toe with an F hook, and decide I like the look of the E better... it's dense, but the F looks holey. I don't want to send my sock pal holey socks. If they're too thick, worst case scenario they'll end up as "keep snuggly warm around the house" socks... there are worse fates.
So I carry on with the first toe, and rip the second.
After several inches, I notice the sock is looking wider than it should... my sock pal has narrower feet than me. So I slip it on my foot, which is an inch larger in circumference. It fits me! Aaack! I decide to double check the measurement of my foot... after all, I tried it on the left, which may be smaller.
Odd. My feet are smaller tonight than they usually are... smaller, in fact, than my sock pal's feet. What sort of freaking space warp are my feet in?!? Oh well... at least this way I can test out my sock pal's sock... for tonight, at least. (Don't worry sock pal... I had a shower just before trying them on, so my feet were clean.)
I'll wait until Monday to post a picture... that way I have the most to show before Alison updates the knitalong on Tuesday.
I think I'm in some sort of strange time warp tonight too, given how much progress I managed to make, even with the interruption to go over to my friends house to disassemble her desk. (She's moving tomorrow, and I know the magic required to use an allen key and screwdriver. No, I don't know why she can't figure it out. I get to reassemble her desk tomorrow night. What with the number of times she's moved, and rearranged her furniture, I think I've taken this thing apart and put it back together at least a half dozen times already! I swore last time would be the last... but I'm a big softy.)
In other big news, I created an example alpha helix that illustrates transmission of rigidity. Not an exciting, I'm going to graduate example, but at least an example I can use to test my code. Once I've got that working to my satisfaction (and I think I may, I just ran out of battery power this afternoon before I could test that, and I haven't gotten back to it yet tonight), I start looking for an allosteric tranmission of rigidity. *That's* the "big deal, there's hope for graduation" step. (Hmmm... and how shall I celebrate the finding of the allosteric example? I think maybe I should... ;) )
Anyhow, I start with a toe, and notice I'm getting a very dense fabric. Hmmm. Perhaps a larger hook? I start a second toe with an F hook, and decide I like the look of the E better... it's dense, but the F looks holey. I don't want to send my sock pal holey socks. If they're too thick, worst case scenario they'll end up as "keep snuggly warm around the house" socks... there are worse fates.
So I carry on with the first toe, and rip the second.
After several inches, I notice the sock is looking wider than it should... my sock pal has narrower feet than me. So I slip it on my foot, which is an inch larger in circumference. It fits me! Aaack! I decide to double check the measurement of my foot... after all, I tried it on the left, which may be smaller.
Odd. My feet are smaller tonight than they usually are... smaller, in fact, than my sock pal's feet. What sort of freaking space warp are my feet in?!? Oh well... at least this way I can test out my sock pal's sock... for tonight, at least. (Don't worry sock pal... I had a shower just before trying them on, so my feet were clean.)
I'll wait until Monday to post a picture... that way I have the most to show before Alison updates the knitalong on Tuesday.
I think I'm in some sort of strange time warp tonight too, given how much progress I managed to make, even with the interruption to go over to my friends house to disassemble her desk. (She's moving tomorrow, and I know the magic required to use an allen key and screwdriver. No, I don't know why she can't figure it out. I get to reassemble her desk tomorrow night. What with the number of times she's moved, and rearranged her furniture, I think I've taken this thing apart and put it back together at least a half dozen times already! I swore last time would be the last... but I'm a big softy.)
In other big news, I created an example alpha helix that illustrates transmission of rigidity. Not an exciting, I'm going to graduate example, but at least an example I can use to test my code. Once I've got that working to my satisfaction (and I think I may, I just ran out of battery power this afternoon before I could test that, and I haven't gotten back to it yet tonight), I start looking for an allosteric tranmission of rigidity. *That's* the "big deal, there's hope for graduation" step. (Hmmm... and how shall I celebrate the finding of the allosteric example? I think maybe I should... ;) )
Falling Leaves Socks
Falling Leaves Socks
Well, it's a new month, so I can upload more photos. ;) (I used up last month's limit with all the pictures of the throw.) Here's my falling leaves socks. I kept them fairly short... so there's a ton of yarn left. Toe socks? Possibly. ;)
Hot!!!
Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!
Man, today was *not* the day to be tardy... or the day to get off the bus at the post office, and walk across campus. It is *hot* and *sticky* out there! Blech!!!!
Oh well, I hope the recipient likes the throw! (Can I say I sweated over a hot sidewalk for you? ;) )
Man, today was *not* the day to be tardy... or the day to get off the bus at the post office, and walk across campus. It is *hot* and *sticky* out there! Blech!!!!
Oh well, I hope the recipient likes the throw! (Can I say I sweated over a hot sidewalk for you? ;) )
Happy Canada Day!
Happy Canada Day everyone! Living down here, I don't get today off, but I will get Monday off instead. I'm going to hang my big 3'x6' flag near my office, though. ;)
Thursday, June 30, 2005
In the news...
Wow... Canada actually made the US news last night... our Health Minister stated that we can't be expected to supply drugs to the US:
CANADA TO ALLOW BANS ON BULK DRUG EXPORTS
Canada will ban the bulk exports of prescription medications when needed, as part of strategy to control internet pharmacies, says Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/29/drug-050629.html
It strikes me as rather arrogant that an athiest government thinks it can declare who the religious leaders are:
CHINA SENDS TEENAGED LAMA TO VISIT TIBETAN-HEAVY REGION
A teenage boy whom China is grooming to become Tibet's new religious leader has reportedly been allowed to meet thousands of people during a rare trip within China.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/06/29/lama-trip050629.html
I'm happy this ancient creature was allowed to go free, rather than be stuffed and mounted:
MANITOBA MAN LANDS MASSIVE FISH
A Manitoba angler could land his name in the record books for catching a two-metre sturgeon near Kenora.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_huge-fish-2005
It would have been nice had people not caught it in the first place (I only catch fish I plan to eat... I need to eat, I don't need to harrass and torture wildlife for "fun"), but it's better than nothing.
CANADA TO ALLOW BANS ON BULK DRUG EXPORTS
Canada will ban the bulk exports of prescription medications when needed, as part of strategy to control internet pharmacies, says Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/29/drug-050629.html
It strikes me as rather arrogant that an athiest government thinks it can declare who the religious leaders are:
CHINA SENDS TEENAGED LAMA TO VISIT TIBETAN-HEAVY REGION
A teenage boy whom China is grooming to become Tibet's new religious leader has reportedly been allowed to meet thousands of people during a rare trip within China.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/06/29/lama-trip050629.html
I'm happy this ancient creature was allowed to go free, rather than be stuffed and mounted:
MANITOBA MAN LANDS MASSIVE FISH
A Manitoba angler could land his name in the record books for catching a two-metre sturgeon near Kenora.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_huge-fish-2005
It would have been nice had people not caught it in the first place (I only catch fish I plan to eat... I need to eat, I don't need to harrass and torture wildlife for "fun"), but it's better than nothing.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Sockapal2za
Status: falling leaves socks done (you didn't think tonight would be *all* work, did you?), and sockapal2za ready to go!
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