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Last Month

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Decembers tend to be my worst month of the year because a particular series of events happen and a certain set of memories come back each year. However, some...

Year in Review: Part 2 – 2017 Goals

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In Part 1 of my Year in Review post, I wrote about what happened in the past year in my life, both good things that happened as well as some things that coul...

2015 Accomplishments

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I wrote this around Christmas in 2015, but never published it in blog form. I’m publishing it now for me to be able to look back on. The stats listed were co...

A Tale of Two Men

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One of the men held me back. One of them gave me an opportunity to shine.

Programming a Robot Arm

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Busyness and MINK WIC

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Why I Deleted My Facebook Account

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

A Month of Updates

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Why I Take Paper Notes

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

School, Snow Days, and My Sanity

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

My First Week of the New Semester

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Experiences As a C++ Lab Instructor

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Semester’s Over!

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

A Binary Girls Thanksgiving

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

My weekend at Grace Hopper

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

About me

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

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Last Week

Last (Few) Months

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Geez, SO much has happened since my last “Last [Week/Month]” type post in January. I definitely can’t cover it all, but I’ll try to hit the highlights.

Last Month

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Decembers tend to be my worst month of the year because a particular series of events happen and a certain set of memories come back each year. However, some...

Last Month

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Otis (the cat) and I hanging out

Last Week

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My friend Abbey and I at the women-only Wonder Woman screening at the Alamo Drafthouse in Kansas City. They had this backdrop with props, so we posed.

Last Week

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I took this picture from the plane on my way home from Detroit. I’ve seen the Gateway Arch from the ground, and been inside, but not seen it from the a...

Last Month(ish)

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“Last Week” should probably be “Last Month” at this point or “Last Couple of Months”, but I’m working on this an...

Last Week

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Otis, my friend Sunshine’s cat, hangs out on my lap.

Last Week

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My stuffed dinosaur Harold. I discovered him after digging through some things and took this picture to show a friend.

Last Week

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Salacia, the new computer I built in the past week

Last Week

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This was a picture I took from work one night. I thought it just looked pretty!

Last Week

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I went to a New Years Eve party meetup that was in an art studio, featuring great art, a professional photographer and backdrop, games, drinks and food, and ...

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Conferences

Recap: Self.Conference 2018

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Back in mid-August, I got the opportunity to speak at Self.Conference for my third year in a row. While a few things had changed this year, it still remains ...

Last (Few) Months

7 minute read

Geez, SO much has happened since my last “Last [Week/Month]” type post in January. I definitely can’t cover it all, but I’ll try to hit the highlights.

Last Month

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Otis (the cat) and I hanging out

My weekend at Grace Hopper

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

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Job Hunting

Last (Few) Months

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Geez, SO much has happened since my last “Last [Week/Month]” type post in January. I definitely can’t cover it all, but I’ll try to hit the highlights.

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Mental Health

Where I’ve Been

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I’ve been quiet lately. At least online. And kind of in-person too. Here’s some updates.

I’ve Hit Community Burnout

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At the last half of 2020, I started live streaming on Twitch. One of the popular things is for Twitch streamers to have their own Discord servers. […] But th...

Last (Few) Months

7 minute read

Geez, SO much has happened since my last “Last [Week/Month]” type post in January. I definitely can’t cover it all, but I’ll try to hit the highlights.

Last Month

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Otis (the cat) and I hanging out

Productivity and Mental Health

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When I was asked if I would write a blog post about productivity, I thought “Sure! It can’t be that hard.” But the only thing that just kept coming to mind o...

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School

Why I Take Paper Notes

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

My First Week of the New Semester

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Experiences As a C++ Lab Instructor

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

Semester’s Over!

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

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Accomplishments

2022 Year in Review

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Ah, it’s the end of 2022. I’m sitting on my couch at home with my two cats as the window is open because it’s a nice 60F outside. Because who knows what the ...

Reflections on the Past Year

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Another year has passed. Another long year. Even though the pandemic is still messing with everyone’s lives (including mine, and why I’m putting this out fin...

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Life Updates

Where I’ve Been

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I’ve been quiet lately. At least online. And kind of in-person too. Here’s some updates.

Year in Review: Part 2 – 2019 Goals

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In Part 1 of my Year in Review post, I wrote about what happened in the past year (or two) in my life, both good things that happened as well as some things ...

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Public Speaking

Last (Few) Months

7 minute read

Geez, SO much has happened since my last “Last [Week/Month]” type post in January. I definitely can’t cover it all, but I’ll try to hit the highlights.

Last Month

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Otis (the cat) and I hanging out

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Women in Computing

Nevertheless, Sarah Coded

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Happy International Women’s Day! This is my annual ‘Nevertheless, She Coded’ post!

Busyness and MINK WIC

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

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Writings

Where I’ve Been

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I’ve been quiet lately. At least online. And kind of in-person too. Here’s some updates.

A Story About Growing Up in Kansas City

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I grew up in Kansas City. It’s probably most famous for being that weird city in BOTH Kansas & Missouri. There’s another interesting trait about it. The ...

I Would Love to Be a Mother Someday But…

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I was a part of the “cast” of the Listen To Your Mother 2017 - Kansas City show with about a dozen others. We all read essays about our mothers, about mother...

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Hackathons

Hacking away…

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This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.

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Software

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Tutorials

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Activism

A Story About Growing Up in Kansas City

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I grew up in Kansas City. It’s probably most famous for being that weird city in BOTH Kansas & Missouri. There’s another interesting trait about it. The ...

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Career

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Motherhood

I Would Love to Be a Mother Someday But…

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I was a part of the “cast” of the Listen To Your Mother 2017 - Kansas City show with about a dozen others. We all read essays about our mothers, about mother...

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Projects

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Website

Behind the Scenes of My New Website

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I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...

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