and another one

Just when I thought that I was done with the question meme (and after I'd resisted the temptation to ask for more questions from some of the newer players), I got a few from ( callistotoni )

In other news I'm still not happy with my data processing, or rather, the quality of the data I've got to process, and so haven't got my poster finished. This is starting to get worrisome, since I leave Wednesday morning *early* for Stockholm, and while I'll bring my computer, I do know that I won't be putting in as many hours of work while traveling as I do at home. I'll be back on Sunday, and that will give me four days of work (one of which is my birthday) before I fly to California, where I will need the poster.

This evening instead of working extra hours (shame on me), I accomplished a minor project. Some of you might remember photos I posted about a year ago of a Sassafras stylus I'd made for a wax tablet of mine. For most of the past year it has been very handy to have the tablet and stylus to jot down notes of my start and stop time. Alas, early this month I managed to lose the stylus, so I've been reduced to writing on scraps of paper again. When I unpacked my boxes I noticed that in amongst the small bits of potentially useful wood was the handle broken off of a wooden butter knife I once made. Out of the exact same piece of wood from which I made the tablet. The broken bit happened to be about the same lenght as the tablet, and tapered to a sharp point. It took me less than 5 minutes to sand the broken edge smooth and have a functional stylus which also has a flat bit for smoothing out the wax again. But then I needed a way to carry it--that point is so delicate that it would easily break if I just shoved it into my pocket as is (to say nothing of the potential for getting stabbed!). So I grabbed a bit of scrap fabric and started stitching. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I would have liked to have put it down after the first hour of stitching, but realized that if I did it would be added to the UFO* pile and probably never be done, so I stuck it out, and in only just over 2.5 hours was completely done( photos )

I'm quite happy with how they came out, and like the way the stylus fits into its own little pocket with no danger of falling out and getting separated from the set.

and another one

Just when I thought that I was done with the question meme (and after I'd resisted the temptation to ask for more questions from some of the newer players), I got a few from ( callistotoni )

In other news I'm still not happy with my data processing, or rather, the quality of the data I've got to process, and so haven't got my poster finished. This is starting to get worrisome, since I leave Wednesday morning *early* for Stockholm, and while I'll bring my computer, I do know that I won't be putting in as many hours of work while traveling as I do at home. I'll be back on Sunday, and that will give me four days of work (one of which is my birthday) before I fly to California, where I will need the poster.

This evening instead of working extra hours (shame on me), I accomplished a minor project. Some of you might remember photos I posted about a year ago of a Sassafras stylus I'd made for a wax tablet of mine. For most of the past year it has been very handy to have the tablet and stylus to jot down notes of my start and stop time. Alas, early this month I managed to lose the stylus, so I've been reduced to writing on scraps of paper again. When I unpacked my boxes I noticed that in amongst the small bits of potentially useful wood was the handle broken off of a wooden butter knife I once made. Out of the exact same piece of wood from which I made the tablet. The broken bit happened to be about the same lenght as the tablet, and tapered to a sharp point. It took me less than 5 minutes to sand the broken edge smooth and have a functional stylus which also has a flat bit for smoothing out the wax again. But then I needed a way to carry it--that point is so delicate that it would easily break if I just shoved it into my pocket as is (to say nothing of the potential for getting stabbed!). So I grabbed a bit of scrap fabric and started stitching. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I would have liked to have put it down after the first hour of stitching, but realized that if I did it would be added to the UFO* pile and probably never be done, so I stuck it out, and in only just over 2.5 hours was completely done( photos )

I'm quite happy with how they came out, and like the way the stylus fits into its own little pocket with no danger of falling out and getting separated from the set.