My name in lights

Eeep! Of all the reasons for which I thought I might one day see my name in the newspapers, I never would have imagined the one to make it would be designing knitwear for a Danish lady cop. And yet here it is : My jumpers in the Sunday Telegraph!  Check out Emma Kennedy looking all

Such fun !

Psst! Want to hear about my latest adventure? Then come join me in my blanket fort, bring your torch and a bag of marshmallows and I’ll tell you all about it! Ever noticed that being a grown-up isn’t quite as fun as being a ten year-old? Yeah, me too. And that is the main reason

Making rainbows

As I walked to work this morning, I came across quite an unusual sight. When I got to the quays of the Liffey, near the Samuel Beckett bridge* there were two green and white tug boats, on either side of the river, pumping great arcs of water at each other. I stood there for a

Why moo is awesome

The first time I stumbled across moo.com was on flickr. A little button below my latest uploaded pic which offered to print it onto business cards for me. I was intrigued, and I clicked. The first thing that strikes you about moo.com is how simple and friendly it all is: the site design is light

NaNoWriMo

So, after many years of sitting back and watching others jump in at the deep end, I’ve finally bought myself some guts and signed up for NaNoWriMo. If you are not aware of this insane event, it’s basically a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in just the 30 days of the month of November.

Squirrel!

So we went to see Disney/Pixar’s new baby, Up. Despite the fact that they insisted on only showing it in 3D, which gives me a serious headache. Dunno if it’s the glasses or having to get my brain around the unnatural concept of three-dimensional space, but 3D movies do my head in. Anyhoo, back to

Them

I don’t usually read books about the real world. I’ve been there, it’s pretty boring, why would I read a book about it? But in the case of Them – Adventures with extremists, by the lovely Jon Ronson, I had heard so much about it*, I decided to give it a chance. I won’t go

They’re from Jönköping, actually…

It all began with Fawlty Towers, apparently. Manuel, the waiter, ‘e’s from Barcelona… How exactly that relates to a 30-strong big band from Jönköping, Sweden, I have no idea, but that’s what they called themselves. I’m from Barcelona. They have to be the geekiest-looking group of people I have ever seen, with their 70’s-80’s wardrobe,

Utter Utter Basterds

So, after many weeks of faffing about, last night, Husband and I took ourselves down to the Light house cinema to see Inglourious Basterds. And to properly pay homage to old Quentin, we had quarterpounders with cheese beforehand. Muddafucka. Actually, that said, there was surprisingly little swearing in this one, although my German is a

Geekfest

I have been promising a blog post specially dedicated to the infamous JoCo for ages, so here it is at last. Yes, it’s about time, I know… If you are in any way a geek, even a mild one, even a weekend geek – and let’s face it, if you are reading this blog, chances