I really hated that keyboard shelf

posting here because nobody walked past my office while i was under the desk to appreciate my problem solving skills

really appreciate how whoever installed this stripped the screws half to death

also unfair that I have cleared 52 books off my desk and it doesn’t seem to have made a visible difference

I love how enthusiastic these geologists are

it is so much work!! I managed to get out of my college / grad school shelving days with minimal damage but my shelving shifts were rarely more than a few hours long. I wish that supervisor the crappy cart with the weird wheels every time they need one, though, that sucks

just shelved 28 books and I think maybe three were at normal arm height?

it’s got squats and stair climbing and everything!

even if you’re on a direct line, here they only show up once every half hour, and often they just don’t show up at all!

Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc

For this sort of blackwork it’s honestly very similar to graph paper! You just get into the shape of the overall pattern and can look back at other repeats to copy, and they all nest together tidily to give you a check on whether you’ve messed up!

Thank you! I’m very proud of these so I love to hear that other people like them too

It’s really fun, and you can do cool shading with it too. I was actually looking for these, but didn’t find them this attempt:

gotta dig out some blackwork patterns so I can do the same to this, I think

Also out today: part 4 of 5 of @garius.bsky.social's remarkable history of the California Clipper, the feat of commercial aviation that brought a Pan Am flying boat the wrong way around the world from Auckland to LaGuardia.

This time: it's Christmas in Sri Lanka.

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