http://www.holycow.com/mel Rants, crafts, and nerdiness from someone with too much blood in their caffeine system. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:55:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was invited to join this bullshit group on facebook, by someone I went to university with.  Someone with an engineering degree who should have some basic understanding of science and at least a rudimentery bullshit detector.  I can't figure out if they were being ironic.  I really hope this ... http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/08/26/the-quantum-energy-wellness-centre/ I thought Starbucks had free wireless internet everywhere.  I was wrong.  I'm in a Starbucks in San Jose right now, and it costs $10 an hour!   However, I found a nice unsecured network on the list that had just enough bars to get a decent connection.  Take that Starbucks! I'm in ... http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/08/26/updates/ Here are some of the courses being offered by the New Westminster School Board in their most recent Continuing Education calendar: Dangers Of Electromagnetic Fields In The Home ($25 3 hour session) This workshop will give you a clear understanding of the far reaching effects that electromagnetic fields are having on human ... http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/08/14/continuing-education/ I've been on a necklace streak lately.  I made a few long stranded necklaces on silver chain.  One is mixed silver beads, one is glass pearls, and the third is crazy beads made of seed beads on wire tangled into a ball. [caption id="attachment_68" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="chain necklaces"][/caption] http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/08/13/necklaces/ When my stepfather's mom died, I inherited a lot of patterns and other craft items.  In amongst it all was a half-done afghan with all the wool and instructions to finish it.  I finally got around to completing it and am going to give it back to my stepdad as ... http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/08/13/more-stuff/ I've already sold my first pair of earrings on Etsy.  I'm super psyched.  Now I've got to wait for another sunny day so that I can take more pictures and list more stuff. http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/08/11/my-first-sale/ After years of people telling my I should sell my jewelry online, I'm finally doing it! I've thrown a couple listings up on Etsy, a site that specializes in hand made goods. Why not eBay you may ask?  Well, I love eBay to death, but haven't had luck selling my jewelry there.  ... http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/08/04/ive-finally-done-it/ Joe ordered us some shirts with the above slogan from the XKCD store: http://store.xkcd.com/ There are many more I'd love to have, but I don't want to be one of those people that wears nothing but clever t-shirts.  It's a fine line to walk... Any-who, while I'm on the topic of Science!, ... http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/07/23/science-it-works-bitches/ I've been on a necklace roll lately.  Here's a few I made recently. The first one is cotton cord and magazine beads, the second is sead beads, magazine beads, and some buttons, the third is just metallic glass beads. http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/07/17/more-necklaces/ Here's why. I'm too lazy to write my own blog post about it.   I'll follow up once we've had a chance to play with it. http://www.holycow.com/mel/2008/07/15/i-have-the-best-husband-ever/