Within the span of a few days, my plans for the middle of March changed dramatically, as they did for many people all over the world. I went from anticipating a trip to Atlanta, GA, to attend one of my favorite conferences, rooming with a good friend from another state, and attending at least one…… Continue reading A few thoughts regarding online conferences
Category: General
Reading Fiction in Grad School
During my first year in my PhD program, my mother bought me the first five books in a mystery series as a birthday gift. I was both pleased and frustrated. Pleased because it was a series I wanted to read and annoyed because I knew the books would sit on a shelf, unread, as I worked…… Continue reading Reading Fiction in Grad School
Legacies
I like to say that I am a second-generation digital humanist. My father, George H. Brett II, became interested in computers in the late 1970s, helped the University of North Carolina system evaluate computers/operating systems, was the first sysadmin of the Humanities listserv, and worked for decades in what was then humanities computing. It was…… Continue reading Legacies
Open Source Cookies
(Alternate title: and now for something completely different) A common stress-relief activity among grad students is baking, apparently. I’m not much of a baker, but I do have one or two recipes I enjoy making. I am particularly fond of Will Shetterly’s Finest-Kind Cookies, which he describes as “an open source recipe.” (Shetterly is a…… Continue reading Open Source Cookies