http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal Louisa Parry Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:08:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In Liverpool in 1998, I bought a book from a publisher clearance style bookshop called 'The Breeders Box'. It's set, primarily, in New York, around Greenwich Village - where I have never been - and for the first four, five times I read it, I had to imagine what the area ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-08-25/navigating-the-fictional-but-real-world Cats are easy to grow, even in a reasonably exposed north-facing garden like ours - but benefit from early propagation in a greenhouse (see left). When the cat is ready to be planted on, pick a large pot to give the cat sufficient room to root/curl up (see right top). Cats are ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-07-22/how-to-grow-your-own-cats-a-beginners-guide STEP 1 Take an old pillowcase, or in my case an new-to-me-but-old pillowcase, purchased for a very cheap price from a local charity shop. Get a cat (in this case Sili) to inspect it for quality and cleanliness. STEP 2 See this picture of a pillowcase shopping bag on the internetz. STEP 3 Find ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-06-17/louisa-and-the-cats-make-a-new-shopping-bag The street is silent Except for one girl screaming: "I hate you, you fat fuck" Like birdsong, with swearing The girl grounded, the door locked The fat fuck will slap her, she will. http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-05-07/summer-in-armley (* to another human, conversations with cats are excluded as they're too verbose and frequently revoltingly soppy) "Not while I've been here." "Dayrider please." "Thanks." "Just that please." "Thanks." "Thanks." "I don't need a bag." "Thanks." "Just this." "Thanks." "No, thanks." "Do you go down Town Street?" "Armley Town Street." "Thanks." "I'll put the lemonade in here so that bag isn't too heavy." (Said bag ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-03-30/all-the-words-ive-spoken-today We held our first WYLUG(ish) Open Street Map micro-mapping event on Sunday and it went well. Six of us - me, John, Paul, Tim, Simon and Rob - went out mapping and then we went back to Dave's afterwards to start turning the traces into maps. It was the first OSM event ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-02-26/open-street-map-micro-mapping-party After an inspiring WYLUG talk about OpenStreetMap last Monday, John and I have decided to start mapping. John hacked our TomTom so it draws traces of our routes and we took a first test drive with it last night. We drove around some of Armley's main roads - most of ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-02-18/open-street-mapping We took a trip to Southport today for a day out and to see my mum'n'dad - and we got a lovely day for it for a change - sunny, crisp and clear. We bought some books (including a cool photo one on human dissection), wandered around the town for a ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-02-10/sunset-in-sunny-southport Went to WYLUG tonight and since everyone was fiddling with EeePCs (or however it's capped), I thought I'd grab some photos of the group at play. There were five of the machines in total flying around so I labelled it an EeeeeeeeeeeeeeePC session. If I wasn't already looking at paying ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-01-15/new-wylug-group-on-flickr Got a new camera - a Casio Exilim EX-S880 - the other day. I'm not particularly one for gadgets but I wanted a small camera to carry around with me for work reasons as well as for fun ones - I so often spot Recycle This ideas when I'm ... http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2008-01-06/new-camera