At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland.
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.”
She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all
Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes shut, her face flushed with pleasure. The 16-year-old exhales with her head thrown back, collapsing into laughter that causes smoke to billow out of her mouth. The clip is grainy and shaky – as if shot in low light…
My simulation project does not require me to master medieval daub and wattle architecture. But sadly, I now know just enough to be disappointed by this first attempt. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #keepgoing
My simulation project does not require me to master medieval daub and wattle architecture. But sadly, I now know just enough to be disappointed by this first attempt. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #keepgoing
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity
A crushing backlash to Apple’s new iPad ad
Have you seen Apple’s “Crush” ad? It features a huge huge hydraulic press crushing musical instruments, art supplies, google-eyed toys, and other beloved artifacts of imagination and creativity. I remember seeing a video years ago that showed how a smartphone replaced a desktop full of tools like a calculator, notepad, rolodex, and so forth. But…
I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside as faculty adviser to the Setonian. The student voice of the hill (founded in 1919) will continue to evolve.
I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside as faculty adviser to the Setonian. The student voice of the hill (founded in 1919) will continue to evolve. First published in 1919, The Setonian not only predates SHU’s journalism major, it also predates the majestic London planetrees that the…
A Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2 million trees. #hope #life #stewardship #earth #ispeakforthetrees
A Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2 million trees. #hope #life #stewardship #earth #ispeakforthetrees
Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Rescued From the River Thames
A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump every piece of this carefully honed metal letterpress type into the river. It was an act of retribution against his business partner, Emery Walker, whom he believed was attempting to swindle him. With its extra-wide capital letters, diamond shaped punctuation and…
A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son.
A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son.
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing.
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing.
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters.
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters.
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d
Yesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.
Nothing in this stack is pressing, but they do include rough drafts of final papers, so that will involve concentration and tact and empathy and time.
ai, ai, ai: critical thinking and literacy won’t save you
Here’s the underlying problem. We have an operating image of thought, an understanding of what thought is and how to make thought productive of knowledge and truth through the use of various methods. This image and its methods are, of course, products of human history. They change over time, in different cultures, and so on.…
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day.
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day.
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only.
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only.
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper.
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper.
A.I. ‘Completes’ Keith Haring’s Intentionally Unfinished Painting
After learning of his AIDS diagnosis, artist Keith Haring created the work, “Unfinished Painting” (1989), which is mostly a blank canvas, with streaks that evoke his own interrupted, incomplete life. Someone who thought it was “so sad” that the painting was unfinished used AI to “complete what he couldn’t finish.” Needless to say, the bot…