Kris Howard
Blogger, knitter, crafter, social media addict. Formerly at Canva & AWS. Recovering from 20 years in the tech industry. | 🇦🇺🇺🇸 she/her
- Entry rug - People keep asking me if our renovation is finally done. I’d say we’re at 97% complete. We’ve been waiting seven months for our entryway rug to arrive, and today it finally came! It’s the Line Rug by Tom Dixon (https://livingedge.com.a... web-goddess.org/archive/90478
- Despair - The LLM scrapers are hitting my personal site again, despite blocking them with robots.txt and even trying to filter requests based on user-agent. I get zero benefit from having my content hoovered up by slop merchants. If you use these unethica... web-goddess.org/archive/90474
- Zipper - It took me a while to even remember what the hell I was doing with these shorts! But today I managed to put in a fly front zipper. web-goddess.org/archive/90473
- Combating link rot - The Internet Archive recently partnered with Automattic to create a new WordPress plugin (wordpress.org/plugins/internet-ar…) that regularly checks for broken links and fixes them. This is basic... web-goddess.org/archive/90469
- Random Links - So many browser tabs that I need to clear for my own sanity… - A 639-year organ performance is underway in Germany (boingboing.net/2026/02/02/a-639-ye…) – I’m honestly surprised ... web-goddess.org/archive/90466
- Mitski - Okay, maybe 2026 isn’t going to entirely suck? I just found out that Mitski is coming to Sydney (sydneyoperahouse.com/vivid-live/mitski) to play four shows at the Opera House as part of Vivid. I have been trying to see her perform l... web-goddess.org/archive/90464
- 8BitDo Nintendo Mouse - Five years ago the Snook bought me a silly Bluetooth Nintendo computer mouse (web-goddess.org/archive/32669) from 8BitDo (8bitdo.com/n30-wireless-mouse/), and I’ve used it ever since. It’s not the most e... web-goddess.org/archive/90455
- Glebe Island Bridge - Last year I signed the petition to reopen the Glebe Island Bridge to bikes and pedestrians, and in a couple weeks on Feb. 21 there will be a free community BBQ to continue momentum. You can register here. (https://www.kobishetty.org.... web-goddess.org/archive/90453
- Home - We had 35 days apart, our longest ever. Glad to be back. web-goddess.org/archive/90451
- Loferl - Socks are happening… (I wish I had a second needle instead of Magic Looping, but I’m still way from home supplies are limited.) web-goddess.org/archive/90447
