Jolene Smith @aejolene@octodon.social
It's going to take all the willpower I have not to spend the day extracting these burial data into a csv & visualizing. I'll save it for a treat.
Spent today assessing 2 cemeteries at Central Virginia Training Center, formerly Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded. Epicenter of the American eugenics movement. Once 3k residents, self sustaining agricultural operation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Colony_for_Epileptics_and_Feebleminded
Is there a word in another language that captures the essence of being simultaneously bored and terrified?
What is this clapping into the mic thing?
It's been a rough couple of weeks, but today I turned in a thing before its deadline. To everyone else, sorry and I owe you a drink or some cookies. 😬
Timeline JS sure is crazy easy and really nice. First time actually using it on a site. So seamless and will be easy for others to add! http://bit.ly/1WMDTYi
I don't know about you, but when I'm on a productive tear this is my background score. http://bit.ly/2Fm3xlb
Was this in the planting strip by the curb across the street from the office as a location of secondary disposition (it fell out of an archaeologist's messy car)?
Spending the day battling bureaucracy & trying to sort out arrangements in a complex family death situation. All rather inhumane. When it's all done I'll post online on the chance I help someone else not have to muddle through this.
A morning writing at home = kitten breaks.
During a week where focus and calm was hard to come by I managed to find it by building out this web project. Note to self.
Holy moly I have a working thing! Styling is waaay far from done, but WE HAVE FUNCTIONALITY! A database of people, lots of attributes, gallery for each, responsive grid showing everyone. Getting the hang of this!
I've taken over as the tech lead for our historic resource database/GIS app here. Working with a developer who invites me to watch over her shoulder and ask Qs about how things work is so, so wonderful.
What are you reading? My available time is very limited and I have 1.5 eps of Dark left on Netflix, but I'm about to start PKD/Valis:
Guess I'll be furiously (but comprehensively!) reviewing FCC/cell tower projects, then?
On the cusp of figuring out a code thing at a major juncture in your project? Upgrade Ubuntu immediately! That's what I always say. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Snow day flitting from thing to thing at home. Found an archive of the first time my photo appeared on the internet, 2000 from Sonic Youth/Stereolab show. I felt so famous (image on far right). http://bit.ly/2mJK2f0
Normalizing Dates with OpenRefine (handy basics) http://bit.ly/2D5gD8Z
Coffee, cemeteries, databases, a kitten, and Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa. May your morning be so chill. http://bit.ly/2D5Bucd
I haven't reinstalled ArcMap since the last time my laptop crashed in November, instead using only open, web-based tools. So far, doing juuuust fine.
