Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow. Similar:Put up the Hoop Sooner: 10 lessons of parenting from one wise guy who's done doing the dad…Earlier today, we dropped our daughter o…AcademiaSurprised and delighted to find that Scratch 3.0 runs on an iPad.PersonalDesigning Cabinets in Blender3D — ExperimentsI designed these simple 3D cabinets…
First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the traditional performance stations for the York Corpus Christi pageant. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:Once On This Island (next weekend)PersonalInterview: Bjarne P. Tveskov, Classic LEGO Space Designer – Boing Boing GadgetsBoing Boing interviews Bjarne P. Tveskov…AestheticsThe Big Goodbye (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 11) When…
Thank you, 1993 Dennis, for documenting this low-resolution (the background image was 640×480 pixels with 16 colors) simulation so thoroughly. I hope to bring it back to life and upgrade it to 3D soon. Similar:First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshuFirst they came… #kristallnacht @ncchesh…PersonalStar Wars Han Solo in Carbonite Silicon Ice Tray Star Wars Han Solo…
I came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these steep stairs. (Downtime in downtown #Pittsburgh.) Similar:There was a hand, too. Did you bring the hand?AmusingThe girl around the house casually dressed "as a Jacobite."AmusingDesk trays, with procedural wood materials by Blendermada. #blender3dAestheticsHow to create a magazine: 5 tips from top…
I created about a dozen basic building shapes, with textures to add variety. #goodenough #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:I am not really sure why I have kept it up this long. I have no immediate or foreseeable p… CultureA Quick and Comprehensive Guide to Type A Quick and Comprehensive Guide to T…AestheticsScript: Prospero Makes a Circle…
I’m fairly satisfied with this version of a medieval building trimsheet. Source photo is of Pickersleigh Court, Malvern, Worcestershire. I was disappointed by my first try in May, but I’ve come a long way since then. Similar:Anyone capitalized in a standard how way without no lowercase pretension down.Fact CheckI had a grand time recording this…
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Similar:If you like to play with words, good newsI wish there were a secret day between F…CultureBrought my in-progress #blender3d project into the #unity3d gaming engine. Plenty of frust… AestheticsAmusing Reference to ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ Imagine a scenario in which circumstan…AestheticsCreating Games for JournalismWe as journalists can learn a lot from v…CybercultureElementary, Dear Data (TNG…
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Out for a walk and saw this. I hope you are having a nice day. Similar:This the last hour I will have a teenager in my house. (Tomorrow my youngest turns 20.) I blogged in 2004: “The ti…Awesome‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading ma…When I went off to…
Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better than your first from just two weeks ago. Similar:Have 40 years of mobile phones given literature bad lines?The X Files did a good job of embracing …CybercultureOverview of the Forward Ops station, one deck below the main bridge of the fantasy #steamp…PersonalThe daughter…
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Not bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunk #neovictorian I painstakingly created every knob and switch as a 3D object two summers ago. Now I can slap these textures anywhere. Similar:Homefront #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 11) Sisko Investigates a Changeling In…Rewatching ST:DS9 The wormhole is openi…EthicsPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay…
Modular support craft from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now adult children. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics Similar:Industriousness. Self-improvement. Thrift. And orange slime. The girl amusing herself on our 70m …AestheticsHow 'A Wrinkle in Time' Changed Sci-Fi ForeverI read this book for the first time just…BooksWhat would holidays be without Dickens'…
Details for a modular mid-range scoutship, from the #steampunk #neovictorian bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult children. #blender3d Similar:My schedule every Friday this term. (Payback for teaching a course over Christmas break.) PersonalChecking out of @frontporchtheatricals Grand Hotel. What an experience!My brother had already planned to visit …AestheticsThe press lobby is going feral—ignore it…
Apple has apologized, but like writer Peter C. Baker, I’m not quite ready to let go of that really horrifying ad depicting a roomful of beautifully displayed musical instruments, sound gear, art supplies, and even toys being slowly squashed by a huge hydraulic press (ostensibly to highlight the creative potential of the latest iPad). Picture…
I’m very amused at this nerdy news story about some tension between a judge who asks for legible documents and a lawyer who files documents with flasher typography. While I recognize that language changes and the distinction between “font” and “typeface” is unimportant to the general public, I teach my journalism students that historically…
Your first #blender3d retractable #steampunk landing wheels will be your worst. But you have to start somewhere. Similar:The Psychology of Getting More Done In Less TimeSummary of not-so-new scholarship, but p…CultureExploring Myst's Brave New World”We wanted a true persistent world. If y…CybercultureSix rainbow-colored objects, arranged like THIS?These are shoe-holding racks at a local …AestheticsToday's 10sq…
Three different sized buildings. Still working on variations for the biggest one. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Ship in a Bottle (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 12) Barclay's holodeck hack br…Rewatching ST:TNG Data and LaForge ar…CybercultureYork Corpus Christi Pageant, Toronto, June 7I’ll be in Toronto next week to observe …AcademiaThe Toulmin model for analyzing arguments came…
More modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-sized buildings next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Memories of Toronto Yonge Street EncountersI arrived in Toronto in 1992 as a 22yo g…CultureThat moment when you're logging into a table read of #RUR (Rossum's Universal Robo…PersonalPut up the Hoop Sooner: 10 lessons of…