My job is often to help students understand things that they aren’t good at doing yet. If a student arrives in my classroom with a solid ability to construct clear sentences and summarize difficult readings, using an AI tool that helps them spot grammar mistakes with less effort and capture the gist of a reading…
Did you see that guy’s license plate? Similar:Carolyn had fun playing a street urchin this weekend in Stage Right’s production of Little…Another fun show! Great job, cast and cr…Current_EventsHexagons Are the Bestagonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs…AmusingThe YouTube "Blender3D to Unity UMA" tutorials blow through all the steps in a h…PersonalA gangway, flanked by still more #steampunk control panels, leads…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:F-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11She was a rookie in the autumn of 2001, …CulturePulitzer Alert: Local TV Reporter Throws Cookies to Dramatize Destructive Walmart Flash Ro…The serious-faced TV anchor introduces a…DesignGreat moments…
A healthy respect for the free press and the institution of journalism is absolutely crucial for a healthy democracy. Media literacy matters, while a jaded “I don’t trust journalists, I do my own research” DIY attitude is easily co-opted. A false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident…
What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.) Similar:Overwhelmed? Start a new to-do list with "1) Breathe; 2) Make 'to-do' list" Felt momentarily overwhelmed by the da…CultureStick to facts, but write news your readers will actually want to read. Students who put…
About 30 years after I first saw John Speed’s 1676 map of York, today I was working on a region labeled “Z.” Or is that a “2“? There’s both an X and a 3 nearby… confusing context! A glance at the legend shows how brilliantly Speed handled the ambiguity. #usability #ux #ui #design #medieval #cartography…
Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay Similar:The Feynman TechniqueTo master a topic, pretend you are teach…DesignText Adventure Geeks Rejoice: Major Inform7 UpdateI have final grades, an annual report, a…Current_EventsA slave who works in a junk shop naturally builds a protocol droid. Right.He could have built, you know, a junkyar…DesignAll About Soap…
Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (We knew well in advance Carolyn would be performing yesterday.) My daughter informed me…
Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh Similar:Hey there, chaotic world in academia and beyond, could you settle down just a bit so I can…AcademiaWe found a mushroom fairy ring in our yardIt won’t make the afternoon of mowing mo…Aesthetics"Only You" — 11yo Carolyn Sings a Power Ballad from "Starlight Express"The observation car Pearl sings of her…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:My Kids Are Shatner Than MostI passed along to my geeklings an apprec…DramaLovely #greebles give attractive details to the the flat surfaces of this little bot (from…AestheticsUnderstanding The Fake News Universe The fake news universe is vast…
My simulated city has 1000 capsule inhabitants that are just smart enough to gather around markers and wait. In May, I had nothing. I‘m learning. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:How Nasty Was Nero, Really?In The New Yorker, Rebecca Reed reports …CultureA surprising detail in bank records helped a historian bust a longstanding myth about Iris…A scholar…
I’ve had a lot of fun in this new ensemble audio storytelling series. Did I do a good job convincing my friends I really saw a time-traveling elephant? Similar:The dress we ordered for the “girl next door” role in The Fantasticks… vs the dress that…AestheticsSave The WordsIn honor of the cold I am fighting, I…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:"Jewish priests do this. It's where Leonard Nimoy got the Vulcan sign," says the geekling,…CultureBusy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old Surveillance Restaurant studies surveillance foot…BusinessThings That Will Freak out Every OCD…
How exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medievalyork need? My first try will be my worst try. #mysteryplay #blender3d Similar:Secret Mouthwash Dance Exposed as FraudRecently, while getting the kids ready f…AmusingUnfinished pine and not so ornamented, for the workshops and service areas of my fantasy #…PersonalMy…
My project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them up into groups of about 10, and only give instructions to the group leader, that will help. Not bad for my first weekend simulating crowds. #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Data-Related Deaths, 1960-2019 (Excluding Fatalities Caused by Misreadings, Typographical ……
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:I've completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels, which I'll eventually use… AestheticsThe Girl Has Started Rehearsals for PICT Classic Theatre’s Jane EyreI’ve chauffeured the girl into Pittsburg…BooksThoroughly enjoying Collaborators at Quantum Theatre.PersonalWhat if I design…
Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow. Similar:So peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.PersonalOverflow seating for the 50th anniversary of the canonization of #elizabethannseton @seton…PersonalToday's 10 sq cm of a #steampunk control panel (background greebles for a personal project…AestheticsAt the chess club holiday party. Peter looks forward to his Wednesday…GamesThe…
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:Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society induction ceremony. Congratulations new members. #s…PersonalChapbooks — the latest assignment in my “History and Future of the Book” class.Students have already done a 400-word sp…AcademiaThirty…
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:"Syllabus Day": The Absolute Worst Way to Start the SemesterI’d rather blog about prepping my fall c…AcademiaLet’s Make the Academic Job…
Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf Similar:The Enemy (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 7) — LaForge and a Romulan Cooperate to …Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….EthicsPOV: You are coding the automatic doors on your fantasy neovictorian cruiser personal proj… POV: You are coding th…AestheticsFacebook exec erroneously cites The Lord of the Rings…