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:Cry from a Far Planet by Tom Godwin (WAOB Audio Theatre; read by Dennis Jerz)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ0BBIss…CultureWhy Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my news online now, but I grew…AestheticsThank you, anonymous donor of Mardi Gras candy.Okay, on closer inspection I see the red…AestheticsMusician uses computer algorithm to…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Jack Rollins-Frosty the Snowman I voiced Jack Rollins, writer …HistoryThis is what the techbros are excited about? Really?Some 2300 years ago in ancient Greece, P…AcademiaHad a great time with AmLit students at the August Wilson block party AcademiaSurprise:…
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:How a Supermoon Helped Free the Giant Container Ship From the Suez Canal Powerful lead to this well-written new…AwesomeHear That? It’s Your Voice Being Taken for Profit.Why do tech companies give us these cool…BusinessFor…
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:Furnished a random nook in the #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser I'm building. Not ha…PersonalI’m thinking this is a still from the cringey Season 1 episode of TNG where the natives bu…AcademiaI Cannot Begin to Tell You How Proficient I Am in Microsoft WordIs this satire? It…
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:Joust @setonhilluniversity discussion of summer book #readyplayeronePersonalThe Duolingo owl is proud of me.PersonalThree more performances of Jane Eyre. Closes Saturday night! @pictclassictheatrePersonalA masked, socially distant museum visit. So nice to get away from syllabuses and email for… Ford built about a half dozen of the…AestheticsFirst steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:The Sacramentality of Teaching and LearningFor the one-credit journalism class that…AcademiaCrabby 9yo Constructs a Head-mounted Frump-amplification Isolation CubeMy 9yo was ordered not to leave the kitc…DesignThere Is A Difference Between Middle Grade and Young Adult Lit, and…
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:Did you put enough donuts in the elevator shaft of your #steampunk #neovictorian cruiser t…https://youtu.be/lSgv5L0sXtc &nbs…AestheticsMoon for the MisbehottenEven though I wrote about some of Eugene…CultureWikipedia:VisualEditor -…
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:Media Bias Chart (Ad Fontes, v. 9)Objective news reporting is an ideal. Wh…CultureA familiar performer choreographed and dances the "Canaan Days" tango in Stage Right's Jos…AestheticsThe Hitchhiker's…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:What a great time everyone had at the "Cabbies."CultureThis morning I awoke to YouTube’s live footage of crowds circling a mosque in Mecca. For m… CultureToday I didn't save the world, but I did…
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:Distributing Candy at Holiday ParadeCurrent_EventsCarnegie Science Center: Roboworld (and a bit of SportsWorks)Here’s a brief video, made up of clips I…CultureSo this is Pi DayMy wife says…
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:No, Trump's tweet about "Heritage, History, and Greatness" is not…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:How Americans DieFantastic data visualization. How Ameri…CultureScript: Prospero Makes a Circle on the Beach. Scene Designer: "How?"I was amused by this little note on the …AmusingHistorians Admit To Inventing Ancient GreeksI knew it! Busted!! “One night someone …AcademiaAve…
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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:Your Brain Does Not Work Like a ComputerThe brain-as-computer is a powerful meme…HealthThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (workshop premiere of a new musical by Greg Kerestan) I really enjoyed seeing the…
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:Seeing the premiere of a play based on the life of a Holocaust survivor who ended up as a …PersonalResearch Poetry…
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