1. Work/Programming
I’m tying up the last of the loose ends. Today is my last work at home day before maternity leave officially starts. I think I’ve handed off all my projects.. but I also think there’s quite a bit of “things I do under the radar” that there’s really no one else to cover for me. I’m sure the company will be fine without me for a ( Read more... )

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1. Work/Programming
At this point I have 13 years of industry experience as a Software Engineer. It occurs to me that I have learned some interesting lessons.

First, I am a documentation animal. If I have to answer the same question twice I poke the answer into my technical wiki so that I can point people there instead of having to answer the ( Read more... )

1. Work/Programming
BART strike this week. It only kind of impacts my commute.. kind of meaning there’s a chance traffic from my direction will get bleed over traffic from the East Bay and be “terribly bad..” It’s enough of a chance that if I don’t have meetings that require my physical presence I’ll happily work at home.

I finished the company- ( Read more... )

1. Work/Programming
I “met” the new team today.. as in we had an on-the-phone meeting. One person is in England (but is leaving the company at the end of January), one is in Australia (but is leaving end of um.. December(?) I think) and honestly I’m not exactly sure where the rest of them are. The meeting was interesting. This group is working on ( Read more... )

Well now.. I wish I’d seen this 4 months ago.

http://maniacalmedievalist.wordpress.com/category/cotehardie/

At this point (7-ish weeks from due date) I won’t be altering any of my cotehardies.. but if I’d seen this a while ago I’d've added side lacings to my cotehardies and continued to use them as maternity wear.

As it is there’s really only one ( Read more... )

1. Work/Programming
CHANGE! In the “Good News” category. It’s now official so I feel okay with announcing it.

I now have a job after the end of this year!! Starting October 1 (and continuing for the foreseeable future) I’m now a “Revenue Platform Systems Engineer” (Big fancy title that means my department is changing… and that I’ll be working on ( Read more... )

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Medieval Garments Reconstructed: Norse Clothing Patterns Full PDF: http://en.unipress.dk/media/3492090/9788779349018_medieval_garments.pdf
This is a book of patterns for the garments found in Greenland which have been dated to the 14th century. It has an interesting introduction with some helpful sewing hints. It leaves out some details which are ( Read more... )

I’m currently researching 6th century Kentish Anglo-Saxon women’s clothing with a huge focus on what Penelope Walton Rogers refers to as Dress Style III and Dress Style IV.

Dress Style III(picture here) is described as “a garment with a vertical front opening clasped by two brooches, one at the throat the other centre-chest, and worn with a buckled ( Read more... )