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Kris Howard — Longtime blogger and tech professional in Sydney
Personal blog going back 25+ years from an American-Australian woman living in Sydney. Posts about food, travel, knitting and sewing, tech, entertainment, and FIRE/early retirement.
web-goddess.orgKris Howard has been blogging since 2000 — a quarter century of sewing projects, gallery visits, cooking experiments, and life in Sydney. web-goddess is a true personal blog in the classic sense: unapologetically eclectic, richly documented with photos, and written in a warm, funny voice that makes you feel like you're catching up with a friend. No AI, no algorithms, just a person sharing what they're making and thinking about.
Written by Kris Howard since 2000.
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Better automated Strava->WordPress posting
Confession: I vibe-coded a thing. I know, you guys. I know. And I’m honestly kind of angry about how well it worked. The story: last year I managed to automate posting to my blog whenever I finished a workout in Strava. This uses the NMR Strava plugin which deals with the Strava webhook, and it works great… except the Strava API doesn’t provide a way to directly download the GPX file of your activity. The API does provide a “data stream” for an activity, which can t...
Ester Distillery
Last night Rodd and I headed over to Marrickville to check out a new-to-us distillery — Ester. It was a very cool place, and we got to meet one of the founder as well. I went for the Negroni (with the recommended crisp pairing ), while Rodd had a flight of cane spirits and liqueurs. We ended up taking a bottle of the spiced cane spirits home with us. Well worth the trip! (And it was such a cold night, Rodd even broke out the Belstaff. I LOVE the Belstaff.)
🚶♀️ Walk: Evening Walk
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🚴♀️ Ride: Lunch Ride
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Another non-scale victory
Two years ago when I left AWS, my teammate in Indonesia sent me a gift of a batik dress. (He knew that I sewed, and when I visited Jakarta the year before I’d asked him about where to buy batik.) Of course, sending clothing to someone you’ve only met in person a few times is a risk. He sent me what I imagine is the biggest size they make, but it didn’t even come close to fitting. I felt awful. It was such a kind gift, and I couldn’t even get it over my hips. I relegated i...
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