Elisabeth Olson

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Product Manager at Benchling, formerly Microsoft. Trying to make the world better than I found it. She/her

Formerly on Twitter as @elisol

So when they say "measure twice, cut once" they also assume that you remember and apply basic trigonometry when needed. This board would be long enough if it was putting it along the ledge instead of the stairs, but since the hypotenuse of a triangle is longer than the sides I now need a new board. #DIYFail

I think maybe this site was hacked...

#DetectHealth

Am I just missing something wildly simple or does Calendly really just set the title of all calendar appointments to the attendees and there's no way to change it to use the event name?

#Calendly #scheduling #Help

I grew saffron!! Now to figure out what to do with it... #gardening #saffron #RecipieRequest
Also, the air quality here is not fantastic. This is the highest indoor air CO2 I've had my whole trip.

Things I thought I would be spending my day off on:
-cleaning my office
-hanging out with my family
-relaxing in the hammock
-cooking
-gardening

What I'm actually going to be spending my day off on:
-BEES

Really don't appreciate the regular gaslighting my computer does (mostly in Slack, maybe it's a Slack thing?) about really common, simple words being misspelled.
Also, at least at the Bellevue location they're giving away socks to donors...
Donated blood for the last time in 2022. Here's hoping I'm healthy enough to donate 5-6 times in 2023! If you're so inclined, a lot of blood types are at dangerously low levels right now so it's a great time to do something good for others.
Used a semi permanent dye to try out using purple to cover the grey in my hair, and I'm surprisingly conflicted about it. I think it came out really well, but every time I look in the mirror I think about how much work it was to do. Maybe this will be a special occasion thing but not my every day look.