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Archive for April, 2006 - ניסן / אייר תשס"ו

heaven in chocolate

By penny • April 26, 2006 - כ"ט ניסן תשס"ו • Category: misc

E bought me a Vosges Haute Chocolate bar. Ok, in reality, he had to buy several for his mum to give away at a conference she’s off to tomorrow and I got to choose one! I feel so very special. I chose the Barcelona Bar. It’s very very yummy. I have a very bad weakness, [...]



links for 2006-04-26

By penny • April 26, 2006 - כ"ט ניסן תשס"ו • Category: misc

eBay Express | eBay Express
this is probably *not* a good thing for my budget…
(tags: shop)

MakeZine.com: CRAFT: Make Cool Stuff
from the makers of Make… See it Fall 2006
(tags: craft design geek)



never forget

By penny • April 25, 2006 - כ"ח ניסן תשס"ו • Category: judaism

yad vashem, wikipedia, and it’s happening elsewhere.
this is not the post i planned to write … may it in incompleteness be a step ..
updates to others’ posts
curious jew



satmar rebbe, zt’l

By penny • April 25, 2006 - כ"ח ניסן תשס"ו • Category: judaism

[updated to include *one* semi-not-too-blurry photo. out of many. and some links to other photos via dovbear. for more of ours, we shall have to wait until E and I develop his roll]
Like any good jewish girl, I find out about my jewish news from the normal sources. Last night, Gothamist informed me of the [...]



links for 2006-04-25

By penny • April 25, 2006 - כ"ח ניסן תשס"ו • Category: misc

Welcome to Project Implicit [social cognitions]
i test “slight preference” for open source. who knew? ;) (also https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/)
(tags: cogsci)

195 Free Online Programming Books - Web Programming focusing on Marketing the world wide web
via wordpress planet & wired .. haven’t fully checked them out yet.
(tags: reference free technology)



knit in the city

By penny • April 24, 2006 - כ"ז ניסן תשס"ו • Category: create

Knitty City (and my wallet) is a set of US 2 dpn’s and 2 skeins of sock yarn lighter (Regia 4-fädig, farbe 5440 [i almost took 5443 but the colours of 5440 looked yummier this afternoon] if you missed all that it’s a red/grey/pink). I can’t wait to finish the current pair (i’m close to [...]