What can you do with Project Bamboo? A 3-year history of ideas
May 19th 2011This week marked the 3-year anniversary of Project Bamboo Workshop 1b in Chicago, which kicked off my involvement with the project that would be the defining project for the next year and a half of my life... read more
Assorted April updates
April 24th 2011It's been a busy month, albeit without one particular thing that would merit its own post. So, in summary... Digital humanities white paper NITLE published a white paper I co-authored with Rebecca Davis... read more
Drupal: now moving to its own section
March 28th 2011I've come to the realization that Drupal site breakdowns, tutorials, pedagogical materials, and musings are evolving into their own project, and will consume the blog if I don't move them elsewhere. So... read more
Drupal jargon explained!
March 26th 2011Note: this post has been moved to the new Drupal-specific section of the site. Read the full post here. Drupal has a reputation for having a steep learning curve, but I remain convinced that it's largely overstated... read more
Building a virtual research environment (VRE) in Drupal (in under 5 hours)
March 8th 2011Note: this post has been moved to the new Drupal-specific section of the site. Read the full post here. I recently sat down with a fresh Drupal install, and by the time the winter sun was setting, I'd made a lightweight custom virtual research environment (VRE) for a collaborative project... read more
Frogr: the Flickr uploader for Ubuntu I've been waiting for
February 24th 2011Last summer, I tried to survey the landscape of software available for uploading photos to Flickr on Ubuntu. My conclusion at that time was that there were no good options that met my needs-- which I felt were fairly modest... read more
I.E.: the International Baccalaureate zine
February 18th 2011When packing up my apartment, I stumbled across all the issues of I.E. (which stood for, among other things, "Insolence is Excellence") I ever owned. A zine published by the International Baccalaureate students at Henry Foss High School from time immemorial... read more
FRBR, Lojban, and culling my book collection
February 15th 2011As a prerequisite for moving this spring (due to impending renovations by the new owners of our apartment building), my husband and I have been culling our book collection. The process of getting rid of books has... read more
Please, please, please, please
February 10th 2011Translation Party (which takes an English phrase, translates it into Japanese, then back into English, then back into Japanese until an equilibrium is reached) had its 15 minutes of fame some months ago... read more
Android fleece hat
January 25th 2011Last week was miserably cold in Chicago, so over the weekend I set about making a winter hat. I had some bright green fleece lying around, so it turned into an Android head. From start to finish, it didn't take more than an hour and a half... read more