The Transit of Venus: From archive to wall in 25 steps

In 2012, I observed the Transit of Venus at the American Philosophical Society (APS) in Philadelphia. The APS was around for an earlier Transit, specifically the one in 1769, when they set up three temporary viewing sites and formed a committee, headed by astronomer, clockmaker, and craftsman, David Rittenhouse, to record this significant event. Those […]

2017 in numbers

2017 in numbers: 6+ Conferences PyCon: Volunteered DjangoCon: Spoke !!con: Contributed a lego set Barcamp: Volunteered ELAconf: Spoke Strangeloop: Spoke 2 Hackathons Philadelphia Museum of Art: Organizer LadyHacks: Organizer 4 Books read (estimate) Not as many as I would like- 2018 will include a lot more reading 1 Linux laptop. I love it. Clean and […]

A reading list for 2018, with many thanks to Modern Mrs. Darcy

“I should read more” “I should read that” “I should have already read that” So many shoulds- how effective are they? I’m aware of the punitive and unfun nature of “shoulds.” It doesn’t matter if they’re well-meaning, would be beneficial, and/or just need to happen. A “should” is both an impetus and a stalling mechanism. […]