Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulation. I’m still using it but I changed my user name. Similar:On the way to closing night of "Orphans."PersonalI told them to put their name on both pages.I told them to put their name on both pa…AcademiaWeb Literacy for Student…
“Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes. I can’t believe I just had to type that.” — Michigan-based meteorologist Katie Nickolaou. A wide range of misinformation has been spread as Helene and then Milton gathered pace in the Gulf of Mexico, such as claims spread by Trump that Fema had run out of cash for hurricane survivors…
It’s so heartbreaking seeing the amount of disinformation being spread by elected officials and partisan agitators with lots of followers. FEMA is not out of money, it’s not confiscating damaged property, and it’s not biased for against any ethnic groups or political affiliations. Similar:Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History,…
My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my father-in-law. When I worked in radio news in the late 1980s, we were still loading reels and splicing tape, so it all came back to me pretty quickly. Similar:Let’s Make the Academic Job Market More HumaneIt’s been decades…
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:"A Mushroom at Last… A Mushroom Forever"I asked my 10yo why she was moping. “…AmusingBias Check! Consult different sources for a fuller picture.BusinessI Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been CanceledI must confess to being rather blindside…AmusingThe girl as Mrs Lovett with…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:No one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to… Everyone who is reading this article…CybercultureSlash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark AnymoreI will have to watch for these uses of “…AcademiaAdding detail to…
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:My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my f…My mother-in-law invited me to try out t…AwesomeCanon Australia video: 1 man; 6 backstories; 6 photographers; 6 photosCanon…
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:Short-range #neovictorian excursion craft, now with glowing power orbs! Over the past year…https://youtu.be/-cJp-kelrL8 AestheticsRandom #steampunk workstation with a porthole, because why not. Most of the surfaces are f…AestheticsWhen she's grown and flown, I will miss the thick deposit of glitter in my back seat.When she’s…
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:A professor examines why her students seem to act so helpless (essay)This essay on college students acting he…AcademiaLife would be so much better if all the interfaces we encountered looked like #Steampunk c…AestheticsSpanish dance @laurelballettheater @westmorelandsymphony The NutcrackerDanceLoud as a Whisper (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 5)Rewatching Star Trek: The…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:What It Means If You're A 'Paragraph Texter'A very fluffy article that does a good j…CultureHere for the daughter.AcademiaBottled Authors: the predigital dream of the audiobookThere was no way to preserve sounds befo…AcademiaWhy Were Old Video Games…
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:Video games 'teach dyslexic children to read' Playing games which require children t…CybercultureGiving Obsolete Books an Afterlife as Theatre PropsOnce, someone really cared about these o…AestheticsEach of…
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:'A Klingon Christmas Carol' Translates Dickens' Scrooge Fable to 'Star Trek' Universe for …Be still, my nerdy heart. (The other hea…AmusingSuch pictures fill my weekday world at…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better …Your second attempt at modeling #medieva…AestheticsOn a little afternoon walk with my son.Health'Star Trek': The Story of the Most Daring Cliffhanger in…
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:Data-Related Deaths, 1960-2019 (Excluding Fatalities Caused by Misreadings, Typographical … DesignHollow Pursuits (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 21) Misfit Crewmember Faces…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….AmusingStage Right…
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:Beautifying the exterior of the fantasy cruiser from the bedtime…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Page Weight MattersUnexpected consequences, when a develope…CybercultureIn April, 2001 I was blogging about interactive fiction, Roget's Thesaurus, John Lennon, H… A student newspaper article about in…BooksTricking the eye to see 3D details in geometrically flat surfaces for my…