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Unshelved strip for Wednesday, May 07, 2008

May 9, 2008

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You can find me on goodreads, flickr, twitter, facebook, ravelry and pinterest among others, but I’m more at home here in my own space than in those other places.

Quick Clips

It’s like a strange variation of the Turing Test but I have no idea whether this story about the president of the United States’ Twitter password being “maga2020” is a satirical news story or not. 20201023

You can control the sky laser light show! Fab idea, I wish I had an excuse to go to Leeds and play. 20201023

Timepage: my new favourite iOS calendar app. 20201022

The fascinating story of how the author of “How to Lie with Statistics” got involved with doing just that for the tobacco industry. 20201021

I can understand the residents of Asbestos, Quebec wanting a new town name, I really needed to know more about how they decided upon “Val-des-Sources”! 20201020

I once went looking for the Coventry Street of the Monopoly Board with the aid of the London A-Z, we reckoned Covent Garden was a decent replacement but this is probably a better set of replacements. 20201019

“Celebrated Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos creates vibrant, often monumental sculpture, using fabric, needlework and crochet alongside everyday objects from saucepans to wheel hubs.” 20201019

Mechanica – board game with jigsaw factories and robot vacuum cleaners. Utterly delightful. 20201018

Visit the Biden HQ Animal Crossing Island :) 20201016

AwShuX – this weekend’s online board game convention. 20201016

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Fab exhibition from #joanavasconcelos - I was espe

Fab exhibition from #joanavasconcelos - I was especially intrigued by the Portuguese crochet elements.

More of the #huddersfieldnarrowcanal - coming down

More of the #huddersfieldnarrowcanal - coming downhill from Marsden where the canal tunnels under the Pennines, I wonder what happened to the E on 41 & 42!

Two months of #mysteryblanket knitting left! I hav

Two months of #mysteryblanket knitting left! I have more fishes 🐠 🐟 😁 #debbieabrahamsmysteryblanket #knitting

🐱 Ajay enjoying the 🍂autumn 🌞 sunshine.

🐱 Ajay enjoying the 🍂autumn 🌞 sunshine.

Another day, another hill 😁

Another day, another hill 😁

Yup, quite windy up here! 💨

Yup, quite windy up here! 💨

More canal counting. Last set ended at 22 though s

More canal counting. Last set ended at 22 though so I’ll have to go back & collect 21. 10 is in the background of 11 but I’ll start from there another time. 😬🚴🏻‍♀️ #huddersfieldnarrowcanal

Found a table where I can lay out my #debbieabraha

Found a table where I can lay out my #debbieabrahamsmysteryblanket - as long as the sun keeps shining! #knitting #rowanyarns

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