Omeka

Library School can be entertaining as well as educational. In my Conceptual Foundations class, we are discussing collections and metadata.  My professor is a fan of Omeka.net, so he assigned us each to put together a small collection on the site.

My collection, which started with four items, and I want to finish cataloging this summer, is at http://hellodolly.omeka.net/

PowerPoint is Evil Wordle

A Wordle of "PowerPoint is Evil"  (Click on the picture to enlarge it.) 

Wordle

I learned about Wordles today in a class, so I input the text of a paper I had to write recently. Nothing is so fun as making art out of homework.

Lush and Lacy Sweater

My new knitted sweater, Lush and Lacy from 
SweaterBabe.com  I am so excited to finish!

Detail of the lacy pattern on the sleeve.

Detail of the hook fastener, my
adaptation of the button they suggest.
I love the antique look of the hooks; 
it fits with the lacy pattern of the sweater.

This was quite a project!  I got all done and started blocking it, and realized one sleeve was shorter than the other.  I took it out completely and redid it.  I was glad I had because the sweater came out so pretty.  I followed the pattern exactly, but if I ever did this one again, I would change a few details.

I made it out of Naturally Caron Country yarn in Spruce Color.  It is 75% acrylic, 25% merino, the only kind of wool I can handle well. It's super soft, and can be machine washed and dried on gentle cycle, according to the label.  I haven't really tried it yet. 

Another Grad School Observation:

The homework load has made blogging a very low priority. The reading load is incredible. Foucault, Mann, Buckland, Robert Taylor...

Some of it is really interesting and some is like wading through pudding.  I didn't like Foucault The Archaeology of Knowledge when I read it, but I loved the ideas I gleaned from the class discussion.  

We have the most amazing professor; he not only reads every post on the class online discussion board, he can remember later who posted what when he or anyone else refers to it in class.  He will bring things up in class, mentioning the writer by name; if someone brings up a topic that reminds him of a post, he is able to reference the post by the writer.  This one is not the stereo-type of the absent-minded professor!