Translations
One of the things that having a self-hosted WordPress blog offers is the ability to add plugins, additions to the basic theme. The common statistic plugin I use shows me what link visitors come from. Occasionally that link is a translator, so I added one, available on the sidebar. I chose a few languages; there’s…
Hindsight is always 20/20
This art exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum on the campus of the University of Minnesota, was compelling and fun at the same time. R. Luke Dubois looked at the frequency of words in the State of the Union address by the previous 43 presidents, and placed them according to frequency in an eyechart; the…
More blogs to visit
I’m getting awfully close to 100 blogs in the blogroll. I really enjoy browsing others’ work! Gem and Beaded Jewelry Perlenmuster Kndla’s Brillos Andrea’s Bead & Fancywork I’m currently working on Christmas presents, but it’s possible that everyone I’m beading for reads this blog occasionally, so no pictures now. I’ll post some after the holidays.
Carpet part 2
Okay, my strip is now about 2.5″ wide. I have used nearly 1/3 of these beads; I have about 100g of them. To use all of the same bead, I should be less than 1/4 into my stash of this color. Much less — I have another 3.5″ to go. SO. I have very, very…
Today at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts
It’s such a treat to have a great museum like MIA in my city, and free — then I can go and enjoy a few of the galleries, spending an hour, and not feel guilty or like I should spend more time. I get more out of a museum experience when I don’t spend so…