Contributions from Jambonium (Page 2)

Pages, blog posts, written work showcase entries and term definitions written by Michelle-Louise Janion.

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What personal data is collected and why Comments When visitors leave comments on the site the data shown in the comments form will be collected along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to […]

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In 2016 I was reading the latest book in the Horus Heresy series, struggling to work out where each group was in the galaxy. From this I had an idea to create a map that would show the passage of time and the movements of these groups. Read on to find out how this project developed.

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Who I am Hello, my name is Michelle-Louise and welcome to my blog and portfolio. Born in Lancashire but brought up in Norfolk, I am forever conflicted with how to pronounce words such as bath, grass and glass. I am a firm believer that scone rhymes with gone, though. My university years were spent in […]

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I’ve just published two small changes to my interactive map project. The changes came from an email I received from a Christopher Wadey who had come across my map while researching for his own project. Search Christopher’s first suggestion, or rather question to see if it was possible, was a search feature. I hadn’t thought […]

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I’ve just finished another circle skirt made from an old duvet cover of mine. The duvet cover was not as old as the last one, but still had a copyright year of 1989 so it’s no spring chicken. I used the same pattern from my previous skirt but had to do some tinkering to get […]

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I have just completed the creation of a circle skirt using a duvet cover from my childhood and I’m really pleased with the results! Though I knew it was old, interestingly, the label gave a copyright year of 1986! I was intending to use the skirt pattern from the galaxy dress but I remembered that […]

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I have completed my first ever dress and it even survived its first meeting with a washing machine! I used McCall’s Lined Flared Dress pattern design A. The fabric is Kanvas Studio – Galaxy Sky. As it was my first project, I’m not entirely happy with it, but I have learned a lot and it’s […]

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A large amount of time has passed since my last update, but I have an update to my interactive Warhammer 40K Map. I worked on the project for several months after my last blog entry, but I began to become disheartened with the sheer amount of data entry I had been doing. I hadn’t really […]

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November NewsletterWhat do I do if I’ve failed my ISO audit?When you fail anything, be it a test or a task, it can be disheartening. The mind starts to catastrophise and worry that the worst will happen – in the case of a failed audit, the removal of your certified status. So if you have failed […]

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When you fail anything, be it a test or a task, it can be disheartening. The mind can start to worry that the worst will happen – in the case of a failed audit, the removal of your certified status. Although it can be hard to do, try not to panic. There are very few […]