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:Adding a little Middle-Earth drama to a photo shoot.The girl was concerned she wasn’t nerdy …AestheticsTrack and field fundraiser:photo by Carolyn. FIRST ONE!!!PersonalMaking sidewalks to go with the buildings. Tedious but will save time later. #blender3d #m…PersonalDevil's Due (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 13) Picard vs. sexy…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Forgotten closet box: powder blue summer suit with a crisp 1990 $10 bill in the pocket and…The chunky laptop seems to boot and the …DesignInnovative journalism: A game about the rising sea, a podcast about fire, a 20-year…
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:10 Rules of Internet – Anil DashA very useful, concise summary of web-en…BusinessEditors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription feesWhen I publish as a scholar, my goal is …AcademiaBREAKING: All…
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:Beautiful. No Data / Lore opposition required. AestheticsCredible case that a lost Shakespeare sonnet has been identified A dedication in the script of a 1603 B…AcademiaMy understanding of biased polls is… (choose one) AmusingSnarky Error Message Comments on "the transience of linked information in the internet…
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:I saw this Friday night. Great fight choreography, lighting & staging, adaptation of t…PersonalSam Shepard Giggles, Doesn't GoogleI wrote my undergraduate honors thesis o…CybercultureStar Trek Beyond was an enjoyable nerdy family outing.PersonalSame photo, two different interpretations.This is why I spend time teaching my jou…PersonalOverview of the Forward Ops station, one…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:That should be the top "Under 800" prize, but the plaque has an extra zero. #chessPeter spent the day at a chess tournamen…GamesPluto FlybyWhen I was about 10, I wrote to NASA and…Current_EventsHow Not to Be a…
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:Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than PythagorasTranslating the markings from base 60 – …CultureDeus Ex MemoriesI’ve just finished my final training run…CybercultureMy hard-working…
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:Imagine all the people. Just reading their damned syllabus.These are not the rhetorical choices I w…AcademiaThe GE Mascot That Proves They've Never Seen 'The Matrix'On a scale…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Why I disagreed with my students who said, "That was easy!" “That was easy!” Today th…AcademiaThe boy approved of the WWII historical fiction Dunkirk. Culturecopyranter: New Milwaukee Public Library ads mock facebook, YouTube, and…
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:Trektacular Google DoodleAmusingWhy It’s So Hard For Foley Artists To Make Footstep SoundsAccording to Foley artist Stefan Fratice…AestheticsRaise It Up! :: Star-Spangled Banner – 1814-2014I usually start…
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:The Course of True Fun Never Did Run Smooth: A…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:In October, 2000, I was blogging about bobbed hair, Woolf, a CFP for interactive fiction s…In October 2000, I was blogging about …CultureNerd Break! Listening To: Wilhelm Scream / Castle Thunder / Amen Break (While Watching Lig…In order…
Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow. Similar:Poetry Writing: 10 Tips for Writing PoemsIf you are writing a poem because you wa…AestheticsDear students, no need to apologize for anything unless…AwesomeThis 1960s teenager knew the neighborhood that inspired August Wilson’s plays“Aw, man, you know the brother um takin’…AestheticsBeautiful set. Support the humans who…
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:Just wrote the first ending to my in-progress journalism game (created in Twine)3,486 words, 120 links, 57 lexias, and c…DesignI have more to do than mark 99 assignments, but this is…
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:Stage Right's production of 'Secret Garden' is heart-tugging showIn the Stage Right production, the role …Current_EventsTalked too much during a meeting…
Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf Similar:“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little sal…PersonalRatified 100 years ago today, the 19th Amendment, proposed by Illinois Republican James R…CultureI had some unexpected downtime today, so I filled out another span of my #blender3d #steam…AestheticsScience Fair VictoryIn this…