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So when you have a full-time job, you really don't have a lot of time left over, do you? More than ever I am happy that I'm at least working at something I'm interested in - I would be bleeding from the eyes if I had to get up at 6:30 for something I couldn't stand. I realize that many people would bleed from the eyes if they had to sit in a room alone for eight hours and describe and measure cast iron pots and tin boxes and kitchen implements, but it takes all sorts.
There's no internet, though, which is a pain. I'm using a laptop in the collection storage, and once I'm done with the inventory everything's going to be put into the network's PastPerfect. I had thought I wasn't allowed to connect the laptop with the internet because it would automatically keep joining with the network's PastPerfect, but it turns out that they don't have a wireless router at all. This probably keeps me more productive, but on the other hand it keeps me from learning about identifying items or silver marks, etc. or looking up comparanda to let me date things. I know that dating isn't important at all in this project, someone else can go back and date everything later, but if I spend two minutes researching I can usually apply what I've learned to a whole bunch of things. I can always take the computer downstairs to plug into the ethernet for a bit, I just don't want to have to make a big production out of it and have a list of things to look up and then have to go back and find each ObjectID in the system again and type in whatever. ETA: A good example of why wifi would be helpful is that I had to put in an object as "unknown" but just now searched for "sterling electric canister paddles" and found that it's an ice cream freezer. Now I have to search for it in the system again.
Ugh, I haven't checked my follow-list for Blogger in two days. It's going to be overflowing.
( and a little bit on the House finale )
There's no internet, though, which is a pain. I'm using a laptop in the collection storage, and once I'm done with the inventory everything's going to be put into the network's PastPerfect. I had thought I wasn't allowed to connect the laptop with the internet because it would automatically keep joining with the network's PastPerfect, but it turns out that they don't have a wireless router at all. This probably keeps me more productive, but on the other hand it keeps me from learning about identifying items or silver marks, etc. or looking up comparanda to let me date things. I know that dating isn't important at all in this project, someone else can go back and date everything later, but if I spend two minutes researching I can usually apply what I've learned to a whole bunch of things. I can always take the computer downstairs to plug into the ethernet for a bit, I just don't want to have to make a big production out of it and have a list of things to look up and then have to go back and find each ObjectID in the system again and type in whatever. ETA: A good example of why wifi would be helpful is that I had to put in an object as "unknown" but just now searched for "sterling electric canister paddles" and found that it's an ice cream freezer. Now I have to search for it in the system again.
Ugh, I haven't checked my follow-list for Blogger in two days. It's going to be overflowing.
( and a little bit on the House finale )
