Addressing Our Biases: Medieval Bathing

5 years ago

Did medieval people bathe? If you already believe that the middle ages was “The Dark Ages” (a bit of very…

Greebles make me happy.

5 years ago

Before CGI, filming a science-fiction story typically involved constructing a physical model of a spaceship or planetscape. In order to…

My second greenscreen test.

5 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d-LPwKQxZ4&feature=youtu.be  

Blender 2.8 Released. Please leave us alone together for a few days.

5 years ago

I've been using the beta for months, but the Blender 2.8 release has finally dropped. Blender is a super-powerful, completely…

Why the trial by ordeal was actually an effective test of guilt

5 years ago

How could an ordeal-administering priest make boiling water innocuous to an innocent defendant’s flesh? By making sure that it wasn’t…

Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards

5 years ago

It is a game absent strategy, requiring little thought. Consequently, many parents hate Candy Land as much as their young kids…

Because Internet: the new linguistics of informal English

5 years ago

I'm planning to begin my online Shakespeare class with commentary on how it's a good thing that language changes, so…

Innovative journalism: A game about the rising sea, a podcast about fire, a 20-year Columbine massacre memorial

5 years ago

How do you tell a story that people know, or maybe just think they know? Each of the newsrooms featured…

Testing out my new greenscreen

5 years ago

Friendly advice... If you are practicing with your new green screen backdrop, don't wear a plaid shirt with blue-green in…

The Neutral Zone (ST:TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 25)

5 years ago

Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation after a 20-year break. Unfrozen humans from the 21st Century annoy the crew while…