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…
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Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Babel (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 5) Virus Garbles Everyone's SpeechRewatching ST:DS9 Overworked O’Brien …DesignGoogle SGE Recommends You Drink Urine To Pass Kidney Stones QuicklyThe new AI advanced version of Google Se…BusinessToasty Warm Bed (designed by drunk…
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:Ancient Sea Rise Tale Told Accurately for 10,000 Years”It’s quite gobsmacking to think that a …CultureDon't hide your online self when applying for college or careerGreat advice. [I]t is common to hear st…AcademiaAmerica’s Real…
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:Dear 11yo DaughterYou are growing up smart, talented, dete…PersonalI broke the garage door when I left for work this morning. Fixed it when I got home.PersonalMore #steampunk control panel goodness. This section features a nice retro pixelboard text…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsThoughtful Gestures…
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…
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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:Enjoying more live theater.CultureFull Bloom opens next weekend. Tickets 724-527-5777.PersonalBBC News – TS Eliot's widow Valerie dies aged 86 She guarded her late husband’s liter…CultureThe Language of Gender ViolenceOppressors deny their own agency and deh…CultureMy "Writing About…
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:Here's to the grim-based photojournalist who saved my bacon ~35 years ago Here’s to you, grim-faced photojournal…AcademiaIt's reckless and dangerous for a leader with a habit 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:The Key To Better Work? E-mail Less, Flow MoreWhat the researchers found was that the …BusinessThe Big Goodbye (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 11) When a holodeck…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Under my academic robes… photographer vest with 3 frozen ice packs. #heatwave #HonorsCon…PersonalHey there, chaotic world in academia and beyond, could you settle down just a bit so I can…AcademiaBlind-accessible audio adventure Grail to…
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:Faculty stacked up in launch tube beneath McKenna gym, ready for graduation 2022.AcademiaThat Class Where Stanford Profs Projected Hundreds of Zoom Students on a Video WallOf course,…
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:Thesis Reminders and Transitions: Touched up and created an infographic…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:"I might be putting a little too much effort into designing the cravat for the captai…AestheticsMy students were awesome. So many thoughtful final projects. So much growth. A stressful, …PersonalSparkle unicorn "Winston" lends ethos to a presentation on…
Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow. Similar:Celebration of Writing Fall 2025. Students present their research for their upcoming term …PersonalIt's “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” 111th birthdayInteresting introduction to the history …BooksLovely #greebles give attractive details to the the flat surfaces of this little bot (from…AestheticsWhen backwards newbie poets write…PersonalOne of the Sadder…
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:Show, Don't (Just) Tell (another update)AcademiaMailbag: breaking in again » Raph's WebsiteGood advice from Raph Koster to someone …BusinessMotivation Amid Crisis (Autotrophic Bat)As part of an independent study project,…BooksKickball Ice Cream…
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:GIFs, memes and liveblogs: The controversial new language of book reviewingSalon has an interesting essay on multim…AestheticsElevator shaft on a #steampunk…
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