children_of_lir has declared this to be "post to your lj day", so I'm doin it. I don't have a whole lot to report. However, I do have a garden now! It's excellent. Only about half of it is in some way toxic, too.

So, I started my volunteer job last week. Right now it's only two shifts a month (about five hours). I wish it was longer, but I need to learn about the objects and do curator object handling training, so I'll have plenty to do for the time being. I absolutely love it. First of all, playing with stuff this old is amazing. I mean, actually picking ( Read more... )

Happy new year to all. I hope 2014 is better than 2013.

Sometimes I wish for a time machine, so I could do everyone who expresses a horror of horrible science and the horrible things it does to humanity back to a pre-scientific era. 1340s or 1350s, perhaps? They should enjoy that.

Have any of you done any dyeing with woad? What are your thoughts on the process?

So. Tell me about book sorting! My problem: around 800 books across a very, very wide range of subjects, with two subjects (anthropology and science fiction (top level genre)) dominating. How finely grained a sort do you find useful? Are thematic sorts useful? (For example, I have a collection of books to do with London, and another to do with ( Read more... )

What's wrong with MOOCs? Well, this, for starters.

A German student "mooned" a group of Hell's Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said.

Today I received proof that I am now a MASTER OF SCIENCE.

(Of course, the science is anthropology and I'd rank myself more of a journeyman. But that's what this piece of paper says.)

One of the reasons I'm hesitant about LJ these days:

Privilege-checking as Internet sport.