Test Post

Just a quick test post using the new wordpress client for my Android phone.

This opens all kinds of new possibilities.

PlateaKnit Results

As part of the PlateaKnit project, I threw out this instruction. I called it the “Newcurator Knitting Interlude”.

k1p2k1p3k2 p2k2p1k1p1 k1p3k1p3k1 p2k3p2k1p3 k1p1k1p1k1 p3k2p1k2p2 k4p1k1p3k1 p1k3p2k1p4 k1p3k2p1k1

K stands for Knit, P stands for Purl and the number after is the amount of times. This therefore translates into 0s and 1s. so the first five things work out into “011011100″. The whole thing in a binary translation of hex, which in turns say… newcurator.

So these people have knitted in code “newcurator” into their work. Thanks to all those who got involved.

By InnyM - NKI is the red bit

By Christi Nielsen - NKI is the top bit

By joaniesanchirico - NKI is top purple bit

By Yael David - NKI is the top bit

Back Up

January has been a rather quiet month here at newcurator so there’s plenty to catch up on. Most of last week I had that wonderful seasonal sickness that turned simple thought processes into mammoth tasks.

Then, all of the bandwidth was used up. Bizarre really. Normally, each blog post brings in a predictable amount of traffic. The fact that I wrote far fewer than normal suggests something may be going on. I can only imagine that there are many people who use Firefox with Javascript and ad-blocking software, which knocks out the Google Analytics code. Putting me on your allow lists may help.

We come to the crux of the problem. for the umpteenth time, I’m more popular than my means. I don’t make any money from newcurator. It all goes back into whatever costs come up. I’m relying on the goodness of your heart to do one thing: There are a few Google Ads on this site. You click them, I get a few pennies, you take taken to a site, then you can immediately close the page. You don’t have to buy anything or sign up. I still get the pennies.

Don’t go crazy with several hundred clicks. Google thinks that’s cheating.

Thanks to everyone for supporting me. I managed to scrape by last year’s bandwidth costs. I’ve got plans for burning up this year’s already.