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:I am not really sure why I have kept it up this long. I have no immediate or foreseeable p… CultureLighting really makes a difference! A glimpse into the captain's ready room, off the offic… AestheticsEach building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Today's 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel went pretty fast. At this stage I'm mostly re…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsIPads in the classroom: The right way to use them, demonstrated by a Swiss school.The devices…
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:Why Is Othello Black?To us today, the word “black” carries wi…CultureThe Random Pulp Science Fiction Title Generator from Cornelius Zappencackler's DERANGE-O-L…From Thrilling Tales (where the future i…AmusingWhat It Means If You're A 'Paragraph Texter'A…
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:I'm not showing you my email inbox, or my laundry pile, or the state of my soul. Just…PersonalThoughtful PopCult Analysis of 'Peanuts' Deserves Better than a Clickbaity Headline Hating…On a shelf in the slanty room under the …CultureAugust Wilson House officially opens in Pittsburgh's Hill…
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:It's Not "Fake News" Just Because You Disagree With ItI use the term “fake news” to refer to d…CultureHidden Spaces, New Possibilities I’ve often had dreams about returning …CultureFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg strides past fettered drones at…
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:The Muse #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 21) Jake meets his muse; pregnant runaw…Rewatching ST:DS9 From his spot on the …MediaBob Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speechhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlcPRla…CultureLocal…
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:Proto iPads and Paper Coexist in Classic Star TrekRewatching the classic Trek episode “The…CybercultureBack in the MLAAs the humanities decline in the United …AcademiaAngry 10yo Edits the…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Chess again with my son.GamesIntroduction to The Cherry Orchardhttps://youtu.be/8o_4Bjcfl0Y …AcademiaPage Layout 101: Proximity creates context. Don't let this happen to you.DesignThe Hidden World of the TypewriterWhen I was interning at a radio station…
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:The daughter introduced me to this wonderful Martin Freeman comedy. Kind of like School of…PersonalTrektacular Google DoodleAmusingA pallet of cabinet fronts and structural elements to flesh out…
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:A Few Good Men at the Pittsburgh Public TheatreFantastic performances,…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Quidditch Comes to Seton HillwartsVisitors often remark the campus reminds…AcademiaThe girl on Halloween 2018. (The boy and I were watching the 1931 Frankenstein at the libr…PersonalCarolyn made it to the next round of the 2017 PPT Shakespeare Monologue…
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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:Delighted, amused, touched, and quite frankly weirded out (so… many… puppets…) by @t…PersonalSpring office cleaning thoughts: 1) I used to print a lot. 2) I have enough tote bags. I used…
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:Headphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureShakespeare portrait said to be only one made in his…
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