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Tailoring your own clothes

So a little while back, I reblogged a post about tailoring your own clothes. The gist of it was this (IIRC):

Someone was wondering why even people on TV with non-mainstream-TV-approved body shapes always look so good in their clothes. 

The long and short of it is: their bodies aren’t better than yours. They just have people tailoring every single piece of clothing they wear to flatter their figures. 

Off-the-rack clothes aren’t made to look good on most people’s bodies. The advice in the post was buy clothes that fit the largest part of you, even if they’re too big elsewhere, and have them altered to fit. 

That post hit me like a lightning bolt. I have a curvy figure. I’m not plus-sized, but I’ve got a small waist and large hips. Which is great in certain types of clothes (dresses, mainly), but means that if I don’t wear fitted t-shirts or blouses–if they fall straight–I just look sort of… boxy. I need clothes that go in at the waist. 

My grandma was an amazing seamstress, so when I needed clothes fixed, she was around to tailor them. When she got into her 90s and her eyesight was too diminished for her to sew, we started going to a woman in our neighborhood who’d lost her husband and had started doing alterations to bring in some extra income. OF COURSE I looked good back then. I had a tailor.

Then I moved away from my parents without really knowing How To Adult and would go to Target to get clothes and just get depressed by them and never realized how much of an advantage having people who could tailor my clothes (and, you know, parents to pay for having them tailored…) had been. 

So. I have a 1970s Singer Fashion Mate sewing machine that is designed to weather the apocalypse–I got it at Goodwill for $20. 

And I have begun researching how to tailor your own clothes. If anyone else was wondering about that after that last post, here are some helpful links I’ve discovered. 

When and Why to Get it Tailored - This article is (annoyingly) set up as a slideshow, and focuses on getting a professional to do your alterations rather than doing them yourself, but it’s got some good advice nonetheless, such as:

Basic alterations that can make a huge difference, such as adding lingerie loops to keep bra straps in place (SERIOUSLY MY FAVORITE DRESSES FROM HIGH SCHOOL ALL HAD THESE AND WHY DID THEY DISAPPEAR IN EVERYTHING I WEAR NOW?), adding snaps between the buttons on button-down shirts for larger-busted women (you know how sometimes they gap? there’s help for that), etc.

Average prices (at least on the East Coast) for basic alterations: replacing a zipper will run you about $20, while tailoring pants or a skirt to fit your hips and butt will be about $35.

If you want to get a garment made of special materials (leather, fur, beaded/embroidered silk) altered, go to someone who specializes in working with that material.

What NOT to try to alter.

How to find a tailor.

Having that perfect dress that you love so much duplicated and how much that will cost.

Learning Alterations - Great step-by-step tutorials on basic alterations like how to take in the waist of jeans (essential if you have a smaller waist and larger hips, because it’ll stop them from riding down every time you bend over or sit down).

Tailoring Ready-to-Wear - A full-on online course from Craftsy (costs $24.99) with videos and individual lessons on everything from hemming pants to lengthening them to altering shoulders and armholes to adding hidden zippers.

Plus-Sized Fitting and Design - Another online course (this one’s $34.99) that looks like it focuses both on alterations and on actually making clothes that are flattering to plus-sized forms.

Alterations and Tailoring 101 - Not a how-to post, but this one has a lot of useful information and ideas, such as identifying which garments to alter.

Alterations Needed blog - A whole blog on this stuff, with a lot of detailed how-tos. It focuses on fixing things to fit if you’re shorter than average/petite, but contains a lot of great advice for anyone (like an entry on why button-down shirts often bulge in back and how to fix it). 

Pinch and Pin your Shirt - Super-quick video tutorial (aimed at gentlemen), but useful for anyone who wears button-down shirts on how to fix a baggy shirt. 

If I find other helpful tutorials, I’ll add them. If you know of any, please let me know!

ALL-IN-ONE (GUIDE): “THE SECOND BOOK” 

 a highly customizable, simplistic but fancy googledoc for writers - especially for preparing your work for NANOWRIMO. perfect for planning your novel, exploring your story premise, designing your characters and world while keeping it aesthetically-pleasing. to download / copy, go to file and click “make copy” to copy it to your gdrive. 

features: 

overview page 

clean design

inspirations page (incl. space for aesthetics)

setting page (incl. secrets, locations)

character profiles and questions for character concept

story premise page

please like / reblog if you’re using or interested in using it!

+ novel organizer template for gDocs here.

SQL Learning Resources ?

Good online resources are appreciated :)

Quizlet study set for Duolingo French course 🇫🇷

I put all of the vocab words from the Duolingo French course into Quizlet study sets (i’ve finished one study set with the vocab from units 1 to 3, but i’ll update the folder whenever i’ve finished another unit)

Quizlet study set for Duolingo French course 🇫🇷

I put all of the vocab words from the Duolingo French course into Quizlet study sets (i’ve finished one study set with the vocab from units 1 to 3, but i’ll update the folder whenever i’ve finished another unit)

i’m jewish - sort of getting back to my roots, i was raised pretty secularly, but was told some stories about jewish holidays growing up from my grandmother. i’ve really been wanting to reconnect with it and am kind of lost on what i should get reacquainted with first & foremost. do you have any suggestions?

Linking an oldie but goodie post I made with a bunch of resources :)

Language Study Resource Recommendation: Internet Archive’s Open Library website!

They offer thousands of books in many different languages. To find books in languages other than English; First click browse, and then click Subjects. Scroll all the way to the last subject and you’ll see a title that says “Books by Language,” and under this you will see choices for all kinds of languages, with a ‘see more’ tab for even more languages.

I don’t know much else about this website however because I just found out about it today.

Language Study Resource Recommendation: Internet Archive’s Open Library website!

They offer thousands of books in many different languages. To find books in languages other than English; First click browse, and then click Subjects. Scroll all the way to the last subject and you’ll see a title that says “Books by Language,” and under this you will see choices for all kinds of languages, with a ‘see more’ tab for even more languages.

I don’t know much else about this website however because I just found out about it today.

TED Talks for the New Year

Here are TED Talks that will give you a guide to a successful year

How to learn anything

Power food for the brain

Secret to self-control

Don't be a jerk to yourself

Building your identity capital

Improving your body language

What your future self wants

Saying Yes

Habits of original thinkers

Become the person you can't imagine

Designing the life you want

Be your own life coach

How to talk so that people listen

Curiosity over ambition

Life is your biggest project

How to achieve your most ambitious goals

'Hello World' in different coding languages!! Prt 1 | Resource

What does 'Hello World' look like in different languages? ( ˘ ³˘)♡

I made a little something for anyone interested! Some look the same whilst others are confusing!

Part 2 of 'Hello World' in different coding languages!!

Part 3 of 'Hello World' in different coding languages!!

'Hello World' in different coding languages!! Prt 2 | Resource

Part 1 of 'Hello World' in different coding languages!!

Part 3 of 'Hello World' in different coding languages!!

hey this is weird but im also a biotech major (btech) and im in my 3rd year and my ass doesnt have any idea how and when to do internships any advice

HI!

So I'm finishing a 3 year BSc Hons degree and I recently got an internship for my bachelor's thesis. So I can tell you what I have experienced myself and what I have gleaned from my seniors and faculty.

There is no bad time to do an internship. I honestly wish I could have done atleast one more but certain global pandemics that must not be named meant that I couldn't do any for the bulk of my college life. But internships are all about your own skills, time management and interests. You can find part time ones during week days or full times ones during the summer break.

The harsh truth I have noticed is that getting research internships at prominent institutes is really difficult without knowing someone or having some kind of contact to get face time with your preferred researcher. HOWEVER, you should still try to contact these professors and researchers anyways. So you can do that by:

Going through the institutes website and look at their departments, faculty, professors, research groups and recent papers. Focus on identifying what exactly matches your own interests.

Prepare a CV - look through examples online. Put your information across in formal language and proofread over and over again. If you feel like your CV is lacking, sign up a course or two on Coursera, EdX or NPTEL. (Pro tip - You can just audit the course instead of paying for the certificate in Courser and EdX. The course page will have a free track or an audit option). Put almost everything in your CV in a detailed but concise manner. Try to Google "how to put ____ in a CV". Limit the size to two pages MAX.

Identify specific researchers you want to work with and familiarize yourself with their work (you don't have to go too in depth but just get an overview). Prepare a cover letter for each researcher you are interested in. And make sure to express your interest in their work and why exactly you are interested in the topic.

Send your cover letter and CV to their email id. Sit tight and hope. You can remind them of your application maybe a couple of weeks later if you don't get a reply.

You will be rejected by most of them. It's alright. It's almost certainly not personal. Try again with the next researcher.

A lot of institutions, companies and other organizations also generally have specific slots open for interns especially during the summer. So, you can find out if your university or one of your teachers can help you sign up for these or notify you when the applications are open.

NGOs are an excellent place to gain experience and contribute to society while also building up your merits and your CV. And NGOs are always looking for volunteers and interns. So, you can try to narrow your selection down to the kind of work you are interested in and apply to their HR department or even go in person of that is possible. Some NGOs also take in interns from different states to work from home with online resources. So you can look into that too.

I'm including some links to resources about making CVs and drafting cover letters:

Basics of building a CV:

Basics of cover letter drafting:

Yeah that's about how much I know right now. This is by no means an exhaustive guide. So try to reach out to a teacher you like for further guidance. You can even send them your CV and cover letter drafts so they can help you hammer out any and all kinks.

All the best!!

libretexts.org is a lifesaver. it has open-source, quality textbooks for almost every subject and though they’re written for college students, they’re in a very accessible language and arouse your interest in a topic. i go there every time i have trouble understanding my course material. plus, we can highlight & annotate, and download pdfs of the topic/book as per our convenience. best resource. recommend 100000/10.

❝ The Frontend Checklist | Resource ❞

Calling all Frontend developers! Or wannabe frontend developers~!

If you’re like me, even making simple webpages, I don’t know exactly what I should add in my code/project for it to be top-notch! I’m merely guessing and just winging it…

BUTTTTT

This site provides a checklist on the exact things you should include in your next upcoming frontend project! That can be as simple as your first HTML Tribute page to as a big as a multiple-page frontend project!

This site makes sure you’re not missing a single detail out so your project can be at its optimum!

Even provides a grading system in which they colour code which elements are essential (in red) to things that are just extra that you want to add to your project (in green)!

♡ Areas they cover:

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

SEO

Performance

Accessibility

And more +

Here is the link: The Frontend Checklist (◍•ᴗ•◍)♡

{Have a nice day and happy programming ♡}

Going FOSS: An Intro to Open-Source software for studyblr (and also some privacy related bits)

Source for Header Image

Intro & attempt at TLDR

Hey everyone! Today I’d like to tell y’all something about Open Source Software, and also Why this should matter to you! This’ll probably be the first post of a series I intend to do, because I believe the Studyblr community, even the non-nerd folks, could really benefit from switching some things out in their digital environment. Since this is a long post, I attempted to summarise it below, please do read on if you have the spoons tho!

TLDR?

FOSS stands for “Free and Open Source Software” the “free” part doesn’t necessarily mean it’s free as in free pizza, but mostly means free as in freedom.

There’s a humongous amount of variants on this concept, but the core of FOSS specifically is the four freedoms:

1. To run the program however you want and for whatever you want

2. To study how the program works and to change it in whatever way you want

3. To be able to share it with whomever you feel like

4. To be able to share your modified version with whomever you want

There’s a whole host of software licenses built around these concepts, you can check those out at the Open Source Initiative website, or at Choose A License. Both have a good summary of what they all stand for.

Open Source software is used for a lot of products, nearly every single webserver is an Apache Linux server, Google chrome is built on top of their open source chromium (google is still the devil, but y’know, it’s an example), and even deep deep down, Apple computers run on top of a Linux Kernel. Many more can be listed, but I won’t do that otherwise this isn’t a TLDR anymore.

Now, Why is this important for you? The Open Source Initiative summed it up real nicely already, but heres a short paraphrase:

Control & Security. If software is open source then you can check if it really works the way it does, and to make sure it’s not spying on you. Even if you don’t have the skills for it, someone else who does will be able to check. Also if you don’t like how something works in a program, then you’ll be able to change it or find someone else’s changed version that you like more.

Training. People who want to learn programming can use the code to see what makes programs tick, as well as use it as a guide for their own projects.

Stability. Because everything’s out in the open, that means someone else can take up maintaining a project or make a successor of it, in case the original developers suddenly quit working on it. This is especially important when it’s software that’s absolutely critical for certain tasks.

Community. It’s not just one program. It’s a lot of people working together to make, test, use, and promote a project they really love. Lots of projects end up with a dedicated fanbase that helps support the developers in continuing to work on the software.

I’d like to add one more tho: Privacy, which ties in a lot with the security part. Nowadays with protests going on and everything being online due to the pandemic, folks have been and will be confronted much more with the impact of privacy, and lack thereof. Open Source software means that if any company or group tries to spy on you, then you and anyone who feels like checking, will be able to know and take action on it. Here’s the EFF page on privacy and why it should matter to you

If that got your attention then read on past the readmore button! Or, if nothing else maybe check out the Free and Open Source Software portal on Wikipedia? Or maybe the resources page of the Open Source Initiative?

Keep reading

Swahili Resources

Swahili Resources

This folder contains all the resources I'm using to get back into learning Swahili, some of these are a little old, but its better than nothing :P

5 programming languages in 5 weeks | #5in5weeks Coding Challenge 💻

Hiya hiya! I wanted to create a challenge for myself but thought why not share it with other people! I decided I should dip into learning a bit of the programming languages I wanted to learn but always said “I’ll learn them later!” Later might never come with how busy I have become these days, so learning just the beginner stuff will suffice for now! And that is what the challenge is!

The challenge itself does not only have to focus on programming languages (I only said 5 programming languages for the people who are really new to programming or only know 1 or 2 languages) but the challenge can include frameworks and libraries.

Example programming languages:

☀ Java

☀ JavaScript

☀ C / C++ / C#

☀ PHP

☀ Ruby

☀ Python

☀ GO

☀ Pick 5 programming languages you want to use for this challenge - bonus points if you never worked with the language in the past

☀ Learn the basics of each language e.g. syntax, what environment to work in, learn how to print, basic maths, etc

☀ Learn each language for 7 days - it does not need to be 7 days in a row (those who are extremely busy) but bonus points if you do 7 days, 5 weeks consecutively

☀ Use the hashtag #5in5weeks or #5in5WeeksCodingChallenge - to track your progress for your blog and for others to see on Tumblr (or anywhere really)

☀ OPTIONAL: you can include pictures on your posts

☀ OPTIONAL: on the 7th day of each language, build a simple, basic project! You can share it on your post, if you wanted

In the posts, you can talk about what you learnt about the language. If you wanted, you could include the resources you used to help you learn. Talk about what you found easy to understand and what was hard to get the grasp off! But to be honest, you can talk about anything!

If you choose to include the mini project at the end of the week, you can talk about the project, again including the ups and downs!

These prompts are completely optional! But I will definitely be using them~!

💌 Day 1: What are you most looking forward in learning [insert prog. language]?

💌 Day 2: What are your three goals with learning [insert prog. language]?

💌 Day 3: How do you print “Welcome to Earth!” in [insert prog. language]?

💌 Day 4: What has been easy so far from learning [insert prog. language]?

💌 Day 5: What has been difficult so far from learning [insert prog. language]?

💌 Day 6: Favourite topic so far from learning [insert prog. language]?

💌 Day 7: Will you continue learning [insert prog. language] after this challenge? Why?/Why not?

I really hope I can complete this challenge! I really want to try some languages I have been scared of continuing or trying, e.g. C++...

Again, this challenge is more for me to track my progress but anyone else can join!

That's all and have a happy day programming! ♡

My main resources to study Mandarin at the moment:

- HelloChinese app (free)

- Rosetta Stone app (not free but after taking the trial lesson I thought it was worth it)

- Slow Chinese Stories (Mandarin Click - YouTube)

- Coffee Break Chinese podcast

- Pleco app (dictionary)

Free Writing Resources

https://www.grammarly.com

Grammarly is both a website and extension which can help with grammar and spelling.

https://hemingwayapp.com 

Hemingway editor breaks down your writing and rates the reading level of the piece.

https://www.naturalreaders.com/index.html

A text to speech program that can help you read the works you are writing out loud to check for mistakes. You get 20 minutes of a premium voice a day, and after that free voices are available.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/

Google Docs is a great platform to write online and is available on any device.

https://owl.purdue.edu

Purdue Owl is an amazing source for academic writing format and citation guidelines. 

https://pomofocus.io

An online timer following the Pomodoro study method (25 minutes on, 5 minutes off) which is great to use to keep yourself on track while also giving yourself breaks while writing.

https://www.procon.org

ProCon is a good resource to get a starting point for the opinions on controversial topics.

https://scholar.google.com

A research data base that can be used in order to find academic and scholarly resources.

Hi! Do you know any good french vocabulary/ grammar workbooks on like a B1/B2 level? I'm kind of stuck at that level and im starting to think i may need a more traditional approach. Merci ❤️

Hello,

I'm actually working on my own as we speak! The only book I've ever recommended is Myrna Rochester's so you might want to take a look at it, but in the meantime, here are my suggestions:

Read, read, read - the news, children's books, blogs, etc.

Journal daily, explain what you've been doing, eating, feeling, etc.

Check my grammar tag!

Send me questions when needed

Search sentences on Deepl when you're unsure

I charge for lessons but not for chats! You can hit me up on IG

I will let you know when the books are finished.

Hope this helps! x

C# Object-Orientated Programming Books | Resource

I found some books when looking into OOP with C#. My new project involves me using Abstract Classes and Interfaces so I was just looking around for new information about it and stumbled upon these! Thought it might become helpful for someone too!

Beginning C# Object Oriented Programming

Object Orientated Programming using C#

Diving into OOP

Current Japanese Resources

29th April 2022

I use a lot of things to study Japanese, so I thought I’d put it all in one place to show you people! These are just the resources that have currently been working for me. I can’t guarantee that they’ll work for you, but you can definitely give them a go! I’ll also add that this list will definitely change in future as I complete them, as my needs change, and as I improve. But that’s why I put the date at the top so people won’t get confused when I make another similar post in the future! With all that being said, let’s get into it!

Dictionary

The most important thing you need when learning a language is a good dictionary. I have one on my phone that’s really good and it’s called

Takoboto (free)

.

This dictionary provides definitions to single vocab words, expressions, slang, kanji meanings, particles, and more! It can’t translate full sentences like Google Translate or Jisho, but it’s accurate and it’s really good for learning new words. You can even add words to lists so you can quickly reference them and memorise them! It also offers their own lists, including JLPT N5-1 vocab, kanji, and grammar. Overall, it’s a very useful app and an accurate pocket dictionary!

Books

I use two books to learn Japanese (not including my school’s grammar book, because it’s not that great). I have one to learn kanji and one to learn Japanese particles, as these are two areas of the language that I struggle with.

Kanji Look and Learn (around $30 AUD)

 is a book by the same people who wrote the Genki textbooks.

It teaches you kanji from “easiest” to “hardest” with mnemonics and pictures to help you remember them. It also gives you the most common readings for each kanji with examples. I’ve found it extremely useful in teaching you the proper way to learn kanji, or at least the method that works best for me. This book gave me the confidence to teach myself any kanji that I see. There is also a workbook that you can buy, but I found the main book is fine on its own. But you feel like you need some extra help or guidance, maybe give the workbook a go.

And then All About Particles (around $15 AUD) is a book that’s pretty self explanatory; it’s all about Japanese particles! 

It’s designed to be a book where you can quickly look up the particle you want to know about and it’ll give you explanations on how to use it and examples in context. I really wanted a book like this because there are so many particles in Japanese (many of them are really similar too) and I get confused when and where to use them. Particles change the meaning of entire sentences as well, so they’re really important to know how to use them. The book is also very beginner friendly and tries to order the particles from most common to least common. It’s just a good book all round!

Apps

This may sound surprising, but I use apps as my main study material. That may alarm a few people at first (as most apps don’t sufficiently teach you a language), but I think you’ll understand why I say this once I actually list them. I’ll also say that, personally, I won’t study the language if I can’t easily access my study material. I’ve tried to learn Japanese in the past with just websites and physical books and I found that I wasn’t getting stuff done because I thought it was too much effort to study. With apps on my phone, I’ve got no excuse because my study material is right in my face all the time. But what apps do I actually use that makes this study method effective?

The main one I use is called

Mochi (free)

, which is a spaced repetition system (SRS) for flashcards.

I used to use Anki, but I found that I hated the layout and I didn’t like the app for it. Mochi does the same thing, but I prefer the layout and I find that you can make flashcards faster and easier than with Anki. The big downside is that there aren’t that many Mochi decks made by other that you can import, you basically have to make all the decks yourself. I prefer this though, as I’m learning exactly what I want/need to learn and I find it fulfilling to see the number of cards in my decks grow! I use this app everyday to learn vocab, kanji, and improve my recall. 10/10 would recommend!

Along with Mochi, I use other apps with Japanese courses to get vocab and kanji from them. they also usually come with SRS systems, but I don’t use them and I just put the things I learn in my mochi deck. I find it’s easier to have everything in one place rather than scattered around different apps. The one I’m currently using for this is called Learn Japanese! - Hiragana, Kanji, and Grammar (around $3 AUD for full course).

It teaches you hiragana, katakana, basic grammar and vocab, and a bit of kanji as well. I will say, even though the app says it’s beginner friendly, it’s really not. It doesn’t teach hiragana or katakana very well and it give you really complicated kanji right off the bat! However, if you already know the proper way to learn hiragana (here’s a good article), katakana (here’s another good article), and kanji (I used Kanji Look and Learn), then this app is great for teaching you new vocab and kanji. So, I’ve just been going through this course, adding new words and learning new kanji. It’s been very helpful! I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re a complete beginner though. 

Another app/website I use is Michel Thomas (very expensive for full course). It’s basically a podcast that features an experienced Japanese teacher, a native Japanese speaker, and two students. 

As you go through the podcast, you learn more about the language along with the other two students. I find this really helpful, as I feel less bad about making mistakes when I hear that the students are making similar ones. This also helps, as the teacher goes over the student’s mistakes, reinforces the concept, and helps both you and the students to remember it better. The native speaker makes sure that everyone is learning the correct pronunciation, but I find that the teacher is a bit too relaxed when it comes to pronunciations. It would be good if you have already practiced the correct pronunciation before this course, but it’s still good overall.

Websites

I use a few websites to learn Japanese, not that many though. I don’t use these as my main study material, for reasons I mentioned earlier. But, they’re still important to note!

The first one is called

Jisho.org (free) 

and it’s a Japanese dictionary. 

It’s only officially offered as a website, but I think someone has ported it onto the Google Play store as an app, but I don’t use it this way. This website is amazing, as you can put full sentences into it (either Japanese or English) and it will translate it for you word by word! It is by far the best dictionary I’ve found for Japanese! It also has a few vocab, kanji, and grammar lists that you can look through. I don’t think you can create your own lists, but the website is so good on its own that you don’t really need to. Definitely use this if you aren’t already, it’s the best thing for Japanese learners!

The other one I’m using is Tumblr, of course :). 

There are so many people on this site who make vocab lists, kanji lists, resource lists, and so much more. Just type in #japanese langblr and you’re good to go! There’s so much content here to keep you motivated and on top of your studies. If you’re confused about anything, someone has probably made a blog post about. There are also so many blogs who take questions about the Japanese language, which can really help you if you’re stuck with something. I have a different account (@maskisstudying) where I reblog posts that I know I will want to reference later. Sometimes, I study Japanese just by looking through that account and noting down all the sweet, sweet knowledge that people have provided on this site! So, thank you Tumblr! I wouldn’t be learning this language without you!

And that’s it!

I hope you enjoyed my big list of Japanese resources! I hope people find this helpful when looking for the right resources to use. I’ll say again that these may not work for you, but maybe give them a go and see what you think! Thank you for reading it all if you got this far!

じゃね！

Language timeline

I wanted to share the timeline I am using to learn my target languages. Keep in mind, mine is set up for nine different languages, but if you aren't learning nine at the same time (because most people aren't insane like I am), you can modify it to match your learning easily.

Before I show you my timeline, I wanted to talk a little bit about why I decided I wanted to tackle nine languages at once, and why I chose the languages I did. First of all, I am self studying all of these languages except ASL. I am in a college level course for ASL, and will still be posting about learning it, just less than I will about any of the other languages.

All of the languages on my list are priorities right now, but I will focus the most on ASL, Frisian, Arabic, Korean and Afrikaans. I am doing it this way because I want to learn many languages, of course, but doing both easy and hard languages at relatively the same time can make it easier on my brain. This might not be the same for you, but my special interest is languages and I want to learn as much as I can right now. Obviously, this isn't going to work for everyone, as learning one language at a time is pretty difficult in its own right.

Now onto the reasons I'm learning each language. I am learning Spanish because it is extremely useful in daily life and in the professional world, I am learning Ukrainian because I want the challenge, I am learning Finnish because I have always had a fascination with the language as I am part Finnish, I am learning Frisian because its interesting to learn a language so close to English, I'm learning Korean and Arabic because I love the writing systems, and I'm learning Afrikaans because not only is it a beautiful language, it can give me a foundation should I want to learn Dutch later on as they are similar. Finally, I am learning ASL for the ability to communicate well with deaf people and because I am interested in the culture.

My timeline is weekly view. I plan on studying three languages a day, studying for two hours each day. Thursdays are for practicing a little of everything, focusing on things I need more time to understand or need to research a little bit more, as well as trying to form sentences and practice pronunciation more.

Mon

Frisian- 45 minutes

Korean - 30 Minutes

French - 45 Minutes

Tue

Arabic - 35 Minutes

Finnish - 50 Minutes

Afrikaans - 35 Minutes

Wed

ASL - 30 Minutes

Ukrainian - 60 Minutes

Spanish - 30 Minutes

Thu

All Languages

20 mins each

Grammar practice

Fri

Afrikaans - 40 Minutes

ASL - 40 Minutes

Finnish - 40 Minutes

Sat

Ukrainian - 45 Minutes

Frisian -30 Minutes

Korean - 45 Minutes

Sun

Spanish - 30 Minutes

Arabic - 60 Minutes

French - 30 Minutes

Hello, everyone :) I’ve reached a follower milestone of sorts and in such a short period of time, so I wanted to do something to show my appreciation for all of you. I made these icons that you can use for Notion! They’re super simple! Just round icons with a letter in the middle. I personally use the blue ones and like them a lot. What you’ll be getting is a pack that contains the 6 colours shown above, each in all 26 letters, so you can have your icons in a uniform colour or you can play around with them, up to you. Enjoy!!

Peaches Icons Pack.

Python Project List | Resource ⛧

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I made a quick Python Project List for myself to do for the summer. Because my apprenticeship is now going to keep its focus on C# and SQL for the rest of the course, I feel like I would lose touch with my Python skills, so I set myself homework essentially!

I asked my tutor and searched online for Python projects to do and I made this!

The above image is just showing you have it works - project level, project name and date of completion. Initially, this was on Google Sheets but you can add this to a notebook (which I did today) or just use the image!

Here are the individual levels per image:

When I start this in the summer, I will definitely be documenting it and sharing my code of how I did it! (/｡>‿‿<｡)/

Have a nice day and happy programming! ❀

Mutual Intelligibility: Directory of all posts

This post was originally published on the Mutual Intelligibility mailing list.

Mutual Intelligibility has been a year-long project to curate online linguistics resources. As teaching and learning shifted rapidly to internet-based mediums in early 2020, we wanted to help guide instructors and learners through some of the amazing linguistics content that’s already freely available online.

Below is a full collection of all of the posts that featured on Mutual Intelligibility. Our thanks to everyone who created the resources that we featured, to Liz McCullough for her editorial work, and to the Lingthusiasm patrons who helped us fund this project.

We currently do not have plans to continue with regular Mutual Intelligibility newsletters, but we will keep these existing posts publically available and you can keep an eye out for the occasional future email as we have relevant plans to share. For a more regular correspondence, you can get a monthly email when there’s a new Lingthusiasm episode (including supplementary links on that topic), by signing up at lingthusiasm.substack.com.

Crash Course

To accompany the 16 weeks of 10-12 minute introductory videos on Crash Course Linguistics, we created a newsletter with supporting resources and related activity/activities, curated by Liz McCullough. The activities are mostly from the International Linguistics Olympiad and various national olympiads, which are a huge treasure trove of linguistics puzzle sets.

Week 0 - Preview

Week 1 - Introduction

Week 2 - Morphology

Week 3 - Morphosyntax

Week 4 - Syntax

Week 5 - Semantics

Week 6 - Pragmatics

Week 7 - Sociolinguistics

Week 8 - Phonetics, Consonants

Week 9 - Phonetics, Vowels

Week 10 - Phonology

Week 11 - Psycholinguistics

Week 12 - Language acquisition

Week 13 - Historical linguistics and language change

Week 14 - Languages around the world

Week 15 - Computational linguistics

Week 16 - Writing systems

Resource Guides

These six Resource Guides provide a comprehensive lesson plan (like a textbook’s supplementary material but entirely online), and were compiled with the assistance of Kate Whitcomb. They are also available in PDF and Doc format.

Introduction to IPA Consonants - Resource Guide 1

Introduction to IPA Vowels - Resource Guide 2

Introduction to Morphology - Resource Guide 3

Introduction to Constituency - Resource Guide 4

Introduction to World Englishes - Resource Guide 5

Introduction to Linguistic Diversity - Resource Guide 6

3 Links Posts

3 Links posts are quick highlights lists of three relevant links about a specific topic, with a short description for each of the three resources. We produced twenty-three 3 Links posts in 2020, most of which were edited by Liz McCullough, with other contributors noted on the posts themselves.

3 Links about Linguistics Teaching

3 Links for Second Year Syntax Videos

3 Links for Second Year Phonology

3 Links for Natural Language Processing

3 Links for Semantics and Pragmatics

3 Links for Sociolinguistics

3 Links for Second Year Psycholinguistics

3 Links for Field Methods

3 Links for Articulatory Phonetics

3 Links for Writing Systems

3 Links for Gesture Studies

3 Links for Linguistics Communication (lingcomm)

3 Links for Evidentiality

3 Links for Linguistic Discrimination

3 Links for Linguistics Careers Outside Academia

3 Links for Schwa

3 Links for the Linguistics of Emoji

3 Links for Proto-Indo-European

3 Links for Second Language Acquisition

3 Links for Zero Morphemes

3 Links for Internet Linguistics

3 Links for Language Revitalization

3 Links for Online Teaching

Thanks to everyone who has been following us and sending in questions and links over the past year. It’s been our privilege to help make a rough year somewhat easier for you.

Lauren, Gretchen, Liz, and the rest of the Mutual Intelligibility team

About Mutual Intelligibility

Mutual Intelligibility is a project to connect linguistics instructors with online resources, especially as so much teaching is shifting quickly online due to current events. It’s produced by Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch, with the support of our patrons on Lingthusiasm. Our editor is Liz McCullough.

Mutual Intelligibility posts will always remain available free, but if you have a stable income and find that they’re reducing your stress and saving you time, we’re able to fund these because of the Lingthusiasm Patreon and your contributions there.

If you have other comments, suggestions, or ideas of ways to help, please email mutual.intellig@gmail.com.

Web Development Resources | Resources ✨

This GitHub repo has a list of free web development resources for programmers out there! Created by the awesome Marko Denic!

From pictures and videos you could use in your projects, to available hosting sites you could use, to freelancing platforms you could work or get talent from, and a lot more (there’s a whole list literally)

Another cool resource to check out if you’re into programming within web development! Check it out, it free so take full advantage!!! There might be something for you~!

Link to the repo: [LINK]

Hope this helps! Happy coding/programming 🙌🏾🤎