Author Archives: dichroic

not a good start

Posted on March 8, 2007 by dichroic

I am NOT supposed to be at home posting this. At this moment I should be on the Stansted express to Liverpool Station, heading to our hotel to drop off luggage before taking the tube to the V&A. I am … Continue reading →

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thank goodness it fits

Posted on March 4, 2007 by dichroic

I think I’m in love. I feel a little guilty about this, but it’s just that long-distance relationships are so hard, and you can’t really have the physical side of thins at all, and then when you meet someone new, … Continue reading →

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found it!

Posted on March 2, 2007 by dichroic

Wow. Oh, my. Oh, my …. goddess? My friend LA would say I asked the universe, and it delivered. After someone told us that she’d seen popcorn in a Turkish store in Amsterdam, and someone else mentioned that it’s often … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 1, 2007 by dichroic

The characters’ monthly letters are up at the For Better or For Worse site. No doubt this will be fixed soon, but one paragraph in Elly’s letter currently reads (bolding is mine): Which brings me back to the weather. It’s … Continue reading →

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a popcorn plea

Posted on March 1, 2007 by dichroic

I am a salt junkie. My two favorite things to eat are pretzels and popcorn. (Actually, since the salt is all on the outside for flavoring, both have much less sodium than even some much less salty-tasting foods.) The selection … Continue reading →

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tweak

Posted on February 28, 2007 by dichroic

Fonts are a little bigger now. (At least, I told them to be and they are on IE.)

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new template

Posted on February 27, 2007 by dichroic

I think this is the template I’ll be sticking with for a while. I’d appreciate feedback on whether it’s easy enough to rea, plays nicely with peoples’ browsers, and so on. I can tweak fonts and make other minor changes … Continue reading →

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Grrr…

Posted on February 27, 2007 by dichroic

10.5 hours in the office and counting. Unfortunately Rudder did not bother to inform me we would be working late until it was too late to catch a bus home. I do not have 10.5 hours worth of work to … Continue reading →

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Wow

Posted on February 27, 2007 by dichroic

I’ve just updated to WordPress v2.1. Two clicks, literally: one to upgrade and one to upgrade the database. I thought I’d have to reinstall the plug-ins and customizations to my theme, but nope. There they were waiting for me. Ridiculously … Continue reading →

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patience and fortitude

Posted on February 27, 2007 by dichroic

It’s a funny thing. Patience has always been a woman’s lot in life: waiting for children to learn better, waiting for warriors to come home. Waiting for bread to bake, for clothes to dry, for plants to sprout. That makes … Continue reading →

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