The #yorkplays never performed with pageant wagons this close to each other but I’m seeing whether my project can handle multiple videos at once. #medievalyork #corpuschristiplay #unity3d

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The articulated steering as the wagon goes around corners is nice. Getting the simulation to stop crashing would be nicer, but I’ll take the wins I get. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #pageantwagon #yorkcycle #unity3d

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#medievalyork #blender3d #unity3d #mysteryplay #design

My pageant wagons move! But the script needs work.

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Yesterday’s progress: pageant wagons lined up on Toft Green. #medievalyork #unity3d #mysteryplays

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Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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Expecting the usual theatrical adventure from @quantumtheatre

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Floating video windows depict the performances in my in-progress #unity3d simulation of a massive 18+ hr medieval theater pageant. #medievalyork #corpuschristi #yorkcycle

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Martin Luther King event at SHU.

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A LiDAR map reveals #medievalyork fortifications that Speed captured in his stylized but surprisingly accurate 17C map. This weekend I did a rough #blender3d model of Clifford’s Tower.

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Not attempting historical accuracy but still had to learn a heck of a lot to model the steering mechanism for a #medievalyork #mysteryplay pageant wagon. #blender3d #blender3dart

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Just reminding myself that these moments do and will exist. I’ve evaluated every student submission in my queue.

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10 years later it’s so much worse.

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I didn’t ask for the AI icon on my Kindle app. I can’t turn it off.

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Gil Gerard (1943-2025)

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The daughter is home from London.

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Misleading to suggest that because I have nothing left to mark that I have nothing to do, but this is progress.

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