Oh PHP. How you vex me. Our assignment this week was to play with PHP, specifically to create a working data entry form using HTML, PHP and MySQL. I can report that, with very generous help from my Clio class, I did all of that. My simple, but working form is here. My simple, but functional…
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Managing the Uglier Side of Historic Research
Immersing yourself in 19th century crime, death, autopsies, forensics, and executions can make you forget that you’re actually studying people. Who died. Violently. Often painfully. And before they were “supposed” to. I often liken it to the gallows humor that homicide detectives, FBI agents, medical examiners, and first responders all tend to develop. When you…
Adventures in Programming
My third year as a PhD student began this week and I’m excited to be taking both Feminist Philosophy & Theory and Programming for Historians. (There’s something ironic and fun about reading The Second Sex in the same week that I’m learning how to create my own databases from scratch.) As part of our assignment for…
From The Secretary’s Handbook, 1965
I was cleaning out my home office and I found my grandmother’s Secretary’s Handbook from the 1960s. While I am studying gender and crime in the late 19th century, I tend to always have a soft spot for popular culture and historic text books and how-tos. I wrote my Master’s thesis on how cookbooks conveyed…
Death in Diorama
The draft of my site is up. I’ve been poking around the blogs today and I’m really looking forward to the presentations tomorrow. Thank you to those who have continuously commented here and have given feedback over the course of the semester. Your talents, insight and opinions have been most helpful. Have a great summer…
Comments, Week of May 3
I commented on Kellie’s project, Carrie’s project and Laura’s progress.