attention to detail
Jul. 24th, 2023 07:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaIn writing up the Swedish soapstone artefacts in the Swedish History Museum for my thesis I discovered a handful which had a location number that didn't match the written information as to where they were, so I emailed my contact at the museum asking for clarification. He replied today thanking me--the number was in fact wrong in the database, and now they have fixed it. Even better, I had guessed correctly what the correct number ought to have been.
This was very inspiring, and I have just plowed through writing up about 30 artefacts, so there are only 40 more to go for this region. The end is starting to be in sight!
I did get off to a slow work start this morning, because I re-did the arm rest on my work recliner. When we bought this chair the arm rest wasn't wide enough to hold the computer drawing tablet (which I use as a mouse pad when not using the computer pen), so I improvised something involving an empty plastic tray for paint rollers, some scrap fabric to pad and cover it, and some nylon webbing strapping to tie it to a chunk of wood, tied to the arm of the chair. Today took that apart, took the arm off the recliner, removed the upholstery, added an angle bracket to support a chunk of wood to make a base for the drawing tablet, and then used the same sticky-backed ventilation insulation that Keldor uses for helmet padding to build up the arm rest to what I hope is an ergonomically good height.
This was very inspiring, and I have just plowed through writing up about 30 artefacts, so there are only 40 more to go for this region. The end is starting to be in sight!
I did get off to a slow work start this morning, because I re-did the arm rest on my work recliner. When we bought this chair the arm rest wasn't wide enough to hold the computer drawing tablet (which I use as a mouse pad when not using the computer pen), so I improvised something involving an empty plastic tray for paint rollers, some scrap fabric to pad and cover it, and some nylon webbing strapping to tie it to a chunk of wood, tied to the arm of the chair. Today took that apart, took the arm off the recliner, removed the upholstery, added an angle bracket to support a chunk of wood to make a base for the drawing tablet, and then used the same sticky-backed ventilation insulation that Keldor uses for helmet padding to build up the arm rest to what I hope is an ergonomically good height.