Kris Howard

Just sent back my Absentee ballot. I’m proud to vote for Jamee Decio as my Indiana Representative. She’s an Elkhart native, proud union member, and one of the first women to graduate from Notre Dame Law. As always, many thanks to the Elkhart County election board for preserving my right to vote…

A quick hilly ride through Forest Lodge and Annandale. I had a juice with our baklava because I’d already had a coffee, but it still counts as my 4th #coffeeneuring ! Time: 25min / Distance: 5.3km

I already called a "Big Chill" takeoff for my revival of "Freaks & Geeks," which lets all of the other characters gather together at the funeral for James Franco's character.

I just had the final briefing for Volunteer Site Supervisors for this Sunday’s Sydney Open. There will be 40+ buildings open across the city with spaces that the public doesn’t normally get to see. I’ll be leading the team at the State Library, showing off the Friends Room and some of the other…

Your country might be great but does it follow Australia’s lead by colour-coordinating its currency with the nation’s favourite snack foods?

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Mike Monteiro answers the question: “Is it worth it to be friends with someone when you know you are going to do all the work?” Oof. I was thinking about this recently in regards to someone that I used to be good friends with. We drifted apart due to circumstance, which is fine, but recently […]

Made it home before the storm hit! Time: 40min / Distance: 9.87km

The menu advertised the tacos as having lettuce, chips, and chipotle aioli. I’m like, how do tacos involve tortilla chips? Narrator: They don’t. 😂 And you know what? I’m not mad at it.

I’ve just sent in my support of the Friends of Chippendale submission to the City of Sydney Council’s draft footpath and laneway gardening policy. Things are definitely moving in the right direction! If you live nearby, consider dropping the Council an email with your comments as well.

Stuff Rodd and I have sent each other in the past week… My Arms are Longer Now – An independent Aussie videogame that looks to be pretty hilarious. Immediately added to my Steam wishlist. The 28th Annual Squishing of the Squash – Rodd loves animals being funny. Daft Lego – Harder Better Faster…

It’s a very hot day, so iced coffee was required! #coffeeneuring Time: 25min / Distance: 5.55km

Helicopter just flew over Chippendale. Something bad happen?

Went to close the side door and this little fella darted into the dining time. I shrieked SKINK IN THE HOUSE! until Rodd came to corral him and inform me that he is a gecko. 😅

I updated my MacBook Neo from macOS26 to macOS27 the other day because, you know, the whole Internet was breaking and it seemed like a good idea to be on the latest version for security purposes, regardless of my feelings about them cramming in all the shitty AI. I did have the forethought though…

My blog has been back up for several days, but I just realised the auto-posting to Bluesky is broken. Investigating...

Took both of my PHP websites offline while I figure out wtf is going on and what I need to do to secure them. 😐️

I’m nominally a member of the Inner City group–though I haven’t attended much this year–but today I decided to check out this nearby group that meets on a weekday. I was delighted to see several folks that I know, including Mary-Helen and Sandra. ❤️

Time: 27min / Distance: 5.64km

It’s National Bird Week, so I had a very bird-centric afternoon! First I put on my new pelican dress, which I bought off the Made590 Facebook buy/sell/swap group. Then Rodd and I went down to the Peace Park to count some birds. We saw five different species: heaps of noisy miners, an ibis, a…

Recovering from the shingles vax so a very easy ride to the library. Stopped at a cafe I’ve ridden past before but never been to! #coffeeneuring Time: 26min / Distance: 4.57km

This vaccine has knocked me for six but I still managed to knit two toe-up princess sole heels with German short rows. 😅

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

We got our second and final dose this morning. It didn’t hurt as much going in, and I was fine for several hours. Arm is starting to feel pretty sore now though. You know what really annoys me? I booked this one through Chemistworks rather than Priceline because it was $25 cheaper. I even called […]

Just realised I forgot to blog these last week! Several of my old AWS colleagues were in town for meetings and I managed to catch up with a few of them. On Sunday after the Spring Cycle I went into the city for a beer with Shigeru-san. And on Thursday night I headed to The […]

After our workout I headed over to UTS to check out the big Destash Market with Jody. It was sensory overload with stalls everywhere. I got a hilarious text from Rodd asking “Where’d all my money go??! 😜” because I raided his cash beforehand. I didn’t really need anything, but it’s hard to hold out…

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Me: Why is the Rock fighting in a loincloth? Rodd: Because it’s intimidating. Have we really watched nine of these movies? The quality is massively dropping off, for me. This was the only FFCU movie that I’d actually seen before, on some work trip airline flight years ago. All I remembered was that…

Today we headed into the city for the big craft brewing competition showdown. It was so fun to see Hop Bear on tap! We grabbed a tasting paddle and enjoyed the sunshine. Every beer purchase earned you a vote, which consisted of a marble that you dropped into a jug corresponding to the beer you […]

The Sydney Beer Week Pro-Am is on! Come by the Sweeney’s rooftop and vote for HOP BEAR. Very good vibes and sunshine. ❤️🍻

Ha! I had seen this shared several times and not bothered to watch until now. I was delighted.

YES. JESUS CHRIST YES. ITS ONLY BEEN AROUND 3 YEARS. WE DON'T NEED IT. www.techspot.com/news/114234-...

I lasted less than a week at a UK Ebay competitor back in 1999 that wanted me to infiltrate fan forums and influence people to sell stuff on their site. (The site later failed, of course.) The job was fine; it was the daily commute to Maidenhead that I couldn’t stand.

As part of Sydney Craft Week, this morning I headed over to UTS for symposium on textile design and working with overseas artisans. It was hosted by Dr. Cecilia Heffer and focused mostly on the unique cross-cultural exchange UTS has fostered with Tharangini Woodblock Studio in Bangalore, India. I…

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It’s happening, folks! This Saturday the Snook’s collaboration with Akasha, an American-style barleywine called HOP BEAR, will be pouring at Hotel Sweeney’s in the city. Come along and give him a vote in the competition! And if you really like it, just say the word. They gave him a keg of 20L of it…

Last night I headed over to the State Library for a special event to announce the winners of 2027 Fellowships. Every year the Library Foundation awards thousands of dollars to researchers working on Australian history and culture. I love hearing about smart people digging into niche topics with…

I will never stop shouting about this. We got a cease and desist letter when I lived in the dorm requiring us to delete Napster. Immediately. Scared the ever living hell out of a bunch of 19 year olds. Anthropic steals every art that has ever been made? *crickets*

I spent the night at the State Library applauding academics who have won Fellowships to deeply research topics related to NSW and Australian life. And then I came home to see a Slack post where someone is proudly crowing about using an LLM to generate “hyperslop” so they can learn better. 🫠

The library texted me that one of my requested holds was in for pickup: Mestra by Madeline Miller. It’s a little smaller than I expected! 😂 I finished it in a single pomodoro. It’s a first-person retelling of the Mestra myth. Speaking as a daughter trying to help care for an aging father, it’s a…

This is great! My friend Dr. Linda McIver was on BTN answering questions from kids about AI. All the cool kids are wearing ADSEI merch these days… 😝

Is Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots? It’s completely anecdotal, but I usually have to delete 10+ spam comments in Russian a day from my blog. Since the Yandex strike? None. 🤨

Oh look, it’s another online cycling challenge thing! The “Coffeeneuring Challenge” is a spin on randonneuring, a long distance cycling event. But in this one, all you have to do is ride to 8 places between Oct. 10 and Nov. 25 and drink a warm beverage. I’m up for that! And happily my ride to […]

This is so beautiful! I knew you could book out the place as a wedding venue (my friend Charlotte got married there!), but I guess registry weddings are much simpler and quicker? What a great idea. s❤️

Clearing the open browser tabs… Amok Island’s Geometric Murals Teem with Vibrant Local Flora and Fauna – This is the person that Canva got to do murals for the Sydney office! (You can see one behind me.) Live webcam of Sydney Harbour – Neat. If you’d been watching Sunday morning, you could’ve seen…

I’ve been reading Daring Fireball for literally 23 years now—I even bought a t-shirt once—but this year I’ve been increasingly bothered by John’s willingness to embrace AI and turn a blind eye to fascists. I realise that no one using a computer on the Internet is ideologically pure, but we all have…