I'm the knitting/yarn store employees, but really it's cheating. Thursday was my last day. I go back to being a software developer on Monday. That's a lot more boring (but sadly, pays a lot better).

My least-favorite portmanteau is "webisode." They had that one plastered on every bus station in Sydney last year, and it made my blood boil every time I saw it.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 4:56 PM on March 28, 2008

I could do Sunday the 16th. (It's the day after my birthday!) Several of our previous meetups have been held at the Alfred Hotel in Camperdown. When Jessamyn visited, we had one down in the Rocks in the more touristy/historical part of town. What sort of experience are you looking for?
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 9:29 PM on March 10, 2008

Sounds good to me! I'm happy to go to the Palisade.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 2:38 PM on March 11, 2008

Is this going to be seven goddamn dollars for a pint of Guinness, then? *grumble grumble*

Hey, I just realised nobody put this on the sidebar calendar. And as I've never done that before, i'm going to!
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 3:06 PM on March 11, 2008

Dude, you left out our peacay shout-out! :P

Here's that viral video thing I was telling you guys about. The DJ one is pretty good too...
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 2:31 AM on March 16, 2008

W0000t! Remember me telling you guys about the jumper I entered into this year's Easter Show? I just found out I got a "Highly Commended" ribbon. So now you know an award-winning knitter. I'll have to wear it to the next meetup. (The jumper, not the ribbon. Although maybe the ribbon.)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 4:13 AM on March 18, 2008

Thanks guys! But Ubu, if you keep talking about Daleks, I might have to knit you one.

Here's a picture, if people want to see what it actually looks like...
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:48 PM on March 18, 2008

I'm sure you're about to get jumped on by about a hundred people, but... I'd suggest that if the question wasn't important enough to remember, it's better that you didn't ask it. It's a pretty good litmus test to know whether it's a good question to ask, actually. (Like how people will recommend that, if you're debating on a major purchase, you put it off for a week, and if you still want it after a week, then you should buy it.)

Failing that, I doubt you're going to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 11:41 PM on March 16, 2008

It's distance-based, and I didn't put in a speed requirement. So if you wanna walk, none of us will know!
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 3:16 AM on March 4, 2008

Ack! Sorry about the doubling up, OmieWise. I didn't see yours anywhere. How the heck did people find out about it? I didn't see a forum post, and it wasn't listed on our group home page. (I actually posted in the support forums about the fact that new challenges don't seem to be listed anywhere.) That's why I made it a two-month challenge, because I thought we'd already lost a couple days at the beginning of the month and I wasn't sure if I could "back-date" a challenge.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 12:48 PM on March 4, 2008

Done! I've edited the two-month challenge to be Run/Walk.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 12:49 PM on March 4, 2008

Once Ravelry is open to the general public, I hope we can get a side-bar link to the MetaStitcher group over there. Knitting's an art too!
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 7:18 PM on February 12, 2008

What, what? What are you doing in Adelaide, stranger?
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 2:42 AM on January 6, 2008

I'm around, but as I'm stuck at work everyday but Wednesday (the public holiday). Does anybody know if they'll be open? I could see moseying over there once my hangover has settled...
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 10:04 PM on December 28, 2007

Wait. Tuesday's the public holiday. You know what I mean.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 10:04 PM on December 28, 2007

I don't have a shop, but I've been making custom sock monkeys for a while now. The biggest hits were gay sock monkey cowboys and Dreamgirls. I've also just finished a Sock Orangutan (aka "The Librarian" from Discworld), which was actually suggested by a comment in this AskMeFi question. If anybody would like me to make them one, just drop me an email or a MeFi mail. (Alternatively, I posted a tutorial if anybody wants to make their own.)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 3:36 PM on November 26, 2007

For what it's worth, peacay, I always pronounce your name correctly in my head when I see it now!
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 12:49 PM on November 25, 2007

My favorite was that time the troll popped in and called it a literal wankfest, and Ubu invited him to be the soggy biscuit in the middle.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 6:35 PM on November 11, 2007

(Literal? I meant "Labor." My brain thinks one thing and my fingers type another.)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 6:36 PM on November 11, 2007

By that account, I - as an American-Australian - am the worst.

THANKS.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 3:45 AM on November 14, 2007

Sorry I missed it guys. We're still moving and the in-laws were coming to see the place. Let's do another picnic soon so peacay and I can get in on it...

And yeah, Sydney is very green at the moment. Probably due to the fact that we've had a ridiculous amount of rain in the past week.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 1:17 PM on November 10, 2007

Ah, see, the perpetual Sydney/Melbourne oneupmanship thing tends to go right over my head. I just linked to it because it was the first relevant results when googling for "Sydney November rain."
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 7:01 PM on November 10, 2007

Wha---? Did my husband sign your breast, found missing?! Oh, he's in the DOG HOUSE now. :)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 2:23 PM on November 9, 2007

Hey, that's my Mythbusters costume! Apologies for the broken link; crapflooding comment spammers have knocked my effing site off the Internet this week. I've managed to put up a holding page, but the archives are still hosed. HOWEVER - I did have a copy of our costume photo in my email, and I've uploaded that to my new host. It's here.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 4:15 PM on November 7, 2007

I'm going to have to change my status to "tentative." We started moving into our new place this week, and Saturday's the only day that the Snook and I myself can both be there to move big things. So it all depends on how much we get done and whether we're too shattered to make it into the city...
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 4:23 PM on November 6, 2007

Whoops, sorry mct! pj asked me to start up the challenge last week since he's away from home, but I forgot the associated Meta post.

Is it worth doing a separate Walking Challenge if the pace limit functionality still isn't working properly? I run and walk, so without the pace limit all of my miles count towards any challenge that I'm in. I'll leave it up to some of the more dedicated walkers if they want to start one.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:33 PM on November 4, 2007

I've deleted a workout before! Case in point: I walk to work. I head out and start the workout... and before I get to the corner, the heavens open and it starts raining. I go to catch the bus instead. Do I really want to upload 500m worth of run and have you all see it? Nope. Delete.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:06 PM on November 5, 2007

I actually dressed as a fellow MeFite. The costume was great, but I'm a little depressed at just how much I looked like asavage. (I'm a girl.) You can also see my ooky food photos here.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:50 PM on October 30, 2007

This is an odd complaint - but does anybody else have a *lot* of trouble hearing Matt and Jess's voices on an iPod? I often listen to the Mefi podcast on my walk to work, and I have to turn the volume ALL the way up to hear anything at all (and even then I lose half of it). I just can't follow the conversation at all over the street noise and traffic. I don't think it's a general problem with my hearing, because music at that level is deafening. (I've also listened to other voice-based podcasts... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 6:33 PM on October 23, 2007

Actually it wasn't just this one, Matt; it's been the last three or four that I've really noticed. I'll try your iTunes trick tomorrow and see if that helps.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 7:55 PM on October 23, 2007

You guys ever been to Redoak in the city? They've got good beer too.

But yeah, I should be able to do that. However, you may all have to shout me since the Snook and I just put down a deposit on our first home and therefore HAVE ZERO MONEY. (Stupid Sydney property market...)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 8:06 PM on October 8, 2007

Okay, if you guys are gonna talk election THE WHOLE TIME, then I definitely think we should have it outside in the sunshine so I can escape! (Although, there's less alcohol in the great outdoors... Decisions, decisions.)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 1:52 AM on October 9, 2007

Sounds good. Lock it in, Ubu. You wanna put it on the sidebar?

PS - What the hell's happened to peacay? Doesn't he like us anymore?
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:57 PM on October 9, 2007

I know what you mean about planning-by-committee, peacay. I was just sorry that we missed you at the last meetup, and I was hoping you hadn't forsaken us! :)

(House is in Chippendale, actually... RIGHT NEXT DOOR to our current flat. How nuts is that? Hmm, now I'm thinking I should've pushed for the meetup to be in our neighborhood so I could con you all into moving my furniture...)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 7:02 AM on October 10, 2007

Woohoo! More MeFite Ravelers! Be sure to join the MetaStitcher group and say hello...
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 4:37 PM on September 26, 2007

Not many folks are doing the walking though, so please join us!
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:45 PM on September 9, 2007

Gmaps pedometer is pretty accurate if you're walking around outside. (And don't worry, the site does metric too.)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 6:26 PM on September 9, 2007

Yes, the runnerplus site has that functionality. (The running challenge, for example, requires a minimum pace of 6:00/mile or 9:00/km, which is just fast enough to require an actual jog.) shinypenny didn't know about it when the challenge was set up, and you can't go back and change it after it's begun. So for now, the walking challenge is counting any distance you do at all, whether walking or running. Those of you keeping track manually can, of course, keep yourselves honest if you want, but I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 8:03 PM on September 9, 2007

Funny story. I've met UbuRoivas at a couple Sydney MeFi meetups over the past year. Six months ago my husband and I went to a going away party for one of his friends, who was leaving on a long cycling trip across Europe with his girlfriend. I was standing at the bar waiting for a beer... when suddenly Ubu appeared. Turns out out friend's girlfriend was his sister. Small world, huh? It was a little awkward because other people (including his family) noticed we knew each other, and we had to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:48 PM on September 9, 2007

WHAT? Now your parents think I'm a SWINGER or something?? Oh, good grief. :)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 7:39 PM on September 9, 2007

Well, it was APEC weekend and most people either went away for the weekend or were out protesting, so I imagine not a lot of people were sitting in front of their computers.

Oh, wait. You mean I can't extrapolate what's happening in Sydney to the rest of MetaFilter? Sorry, I just get annoyed when people in New York or California do that.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 7:39 PM on September 8, 2007

Nah, not a world-record. It was kinda rainy so they only got about fifty people to show up. (And NO, the Sydney Meet-up crowd did NOT head over to participate, so don't go trying to analyse those bottoms!)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 9:50 PM on September 8, 2007

T MINUS ONE WEEK, PEOPLE!

kisch, did you find out anything about the barbecues? I just tried calling the Access center to find out if we need to book the coin-operated ones, and nobody answered. Are we just going to take the chance of rocking up and hoping they're available?

(Why does the girl have to organise everything?)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 6:56 PM on August 30, 2007

Excellent. I'll aim to be there at the coin-operated bbq's at 1ish on Friday. See you all there!

(Incidentally, does anybody know whether it's cool to bring alcohol? I'm just paranoid from stupid American open-container laws.)
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 11:11 PM on September 3, 2007

HA! Just asked the (Sydney Uni graduate) husband about bringing alcohol, and he responded with an eye roll: "It's the uni. You could do it in the NUUUDE and no one would bat an eye." Beer it up!
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 3:19 AM on September 4, 2007

Yeah, I'm guessing the BBQ is going to be a wash. Don't worry; I'll still bring treats to the Alfred!
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 4:12 AM on September 6, 2007

I think you might have to limit it to people who've posted in x amount of days, otherwise you're going to hit a lot of dead accounts.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 12:27 AM on September 4, 2007

Or commented, rather. Some of us comment a lot more than we post.
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 12:27 AM on September 4, 2007

Actually, the more I look at the numbers on the challenge, the weirder they are. A mile is way longer than a kilometer, yet the pace is listed as: 4 min/mi (7 min/km). If you're running a 4:00 mile pace, you should finish a kilometer in 2:30. So the two paces aren't equivalent at all. Is that the default setting or something?
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 5:20 PM on August 24, 2007

Aww, thanks pj_rivera. I hope I didn't sound too complainy. The Runnerplus site looks great and so far it's pretty easy to use. My Nike+ runs have been successfully imported and I've been checking out their graphs. Very pretty.

Overall I'm actually seeing quite a bit of improvement from my interval workouts, and the hamstring problem that plagued me for the past year seems to be resolving itself. Slow and gradual build-up seems to be the right plan. A 7:00 pace is... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by web-goddess at 6:17 AM on August 25, 2007