Just another dent in the damage...

In the space of a day I’ve gone from being super skeptical of quick response (QR) codes to super enthusiastic – which is a weird predicament for me anyhow. I’m usually pretty quick on embracing new technologies but I just didn’t get what the fuss was about with these things. Now that I’ve had a [...]

The Iranian New Year starts for those in the UK at 11:45 today.

Happy Nowruz everyone!

Firstly. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have done it again – teaming up with Lush to raise funds for the ‘End Canada’s License to Kill‘ campaign. This time get yourselves in store to purchase a First Swim bubble bar or Sea Shepherd Charity Pot to show your support. The commercial hunt brutally claims the lives [...]

This year, since I’ve got my own house and all with a proper craft room – I thought it was about time to get on with some crafting. And so, here is a collection of some of the stuff recently keeping me busy:

The devil is my first amigurumi project and so I’m pretty pleased how [...]

The LA Times has an interesting piece up about Sun Yaoting, the last eunuch to the last Chinese emperor.
Sun Yaoting was 8 when his father castrated him with a single swoop of a razor. The year was 1911, and China was in turmoil. Just a few months later rebels deposed the emperor, overturned centuries of [...]