For those of us who are less than mediocre with technology, WordPress plugins are a godsend. I discovered the limitless possibilities within plugins after I struggled to write code that would change my website’s cursor. After spending a great deal of time without any success, I discovered a plugin called Cursor Control, which made it […]
I analyzed five speeches from Mark Twain that were connected to women.
Hacking the Humanities Final Project Members of the group: Emmy, Shannon, Kevin Topic and Objectives: We are planning to create a project that details the development of the Arb from its creation to its current state. This project would consist of a timeline detailing both major events having to do with the Arb and maps […]
(Squirrels in my Population) Squirrels, a more detailed map, and the daytime/nighttime population of humans. Squirrels run central park, and I, for one, welcome our new overlords. Embedding was difficult, and it stopped working for some reason? But It’s here now! I see how this tool can be useful, but it wasn’t too interesting to […]
Finally, I have a space to put all my theories about mushrooms. oshanno.com is here! Building the website was kind of fun for me, I liked looking through themes and customizing it. I struggled with the CSS portion of it though, and didn’t manage to figure out how to get a custom cursor. Not yet, […]
There is no doubt about it: coding is a useful, important tool in the modern era. But does everyone need to know how to code? I say no: just like medical knowledge is certainly something the world shouldn’t be without, not everyone needs to be a doctor. And while of course it’s going to be […]
The Lexis of Cloth and Clothing Project, found through the Medieval Resources website, is a helpful source for those wishing to explore the clothes of Britain from c. 700-1450. The site contains a vast, searchable database of medieval clothes along with with the terminology of the textiles. Sources The website has a great amount of […]
“The cultural primacy of making, especially in tech culture—that it is intrinsically superior to not-making, to repair, analysis, and especially caregiving—is informed by the gendered history of who made things, and in particular, who made things that were shared with the world, not merely for hearth and home.” Debbie Chachra, Why I Am Not a Maker (The Atlantic, […]
Sketchup proved to be quite a frustrating learning experience for me. After I mistakenly spent a great deal of time creating the floor plan for my house, I then realized that the assignment was only for the outside. I pressed on, disappointed with my human mistake, but still determined to make something house-like. Unfortunately, I […]
