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:Mechanical #greebles (more #Blender3D practice)https://youtu.be/NzUp-9e_olQAestheticsMultimodal News Packages (for Student Journalists)A…
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:Did Google just kill PR agencies? Lots of links, lots of repeated key wo…BusinessYork Corpus Christi Pageant, Toronto, June 7I’ll be in Toronto next week to observe …AcademiaMaking a journalism game to teach myself ChoiceScriptMe: (Making a journalism…
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:MSU asks faculty & staff to volunteer in short-staffed dining halls; @MSU_Football tweets …MSU, instead of asking your profs to vol…Academia11 Problems to Anticipate Before Your Next Website RedesignI’m building a new site for…
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:After some long-delayed recabling, these are the bits I culled from my work setup.PersonalAnother #steampunk interior. High tech garden gazebo or away team dropship? Why not both? … AestheticsLate night set construction for The Miracle Worker.ArtStephen Coles’ The Anatomy of Type, reviewed.Talk nerdy to me.…
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:And yes, that's her picture in the program (from the PPT Shakespeare contest).At PPT’s The Diary of Anne Frank. …CultureSuperman Comic about Sympathy and HopeJust in case someone out there could use…AestheticsThe Horror… The Horror! How Music in…
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 dress we ordered for the “girl next door” role in The Fantasticks… vs the dress that…AestheticsAnime Treatment of Star WarsI am not particularly into anime, though…Aesthetics#setonhill…
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 Surprisingly Savvy Weird Al Internet Machine When he talks about his business being…AestheticsDistant Voices #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 3, Episode 18) Dr. Julian's very Jungian 30t……
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:The Classic Typewriter Page Frequently Asked QuestionsHow can I get rid of That Old Typewriter…AestheticsMultimodal Composition: Every time a student submits a narrated PowerPoint, a puppy cries.AcademiaI regularly teach A Raisin in the Sun…
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:Volunteering at our local food bankEthicsYeah natural born creative genius is a cool myth, but have you tried grinding through hour…PersonalLook what I found on my shelf…
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:Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old Surveillance…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Wander (1974) — a lost mainframe game is found!Interesting news for historians of digit…Current_EventsImagine, if you will, a Shakespeare course / Propos'd in blank verse like the Bard would w…Verses Proposing a New Course: “Shakespe…AcademiaExcessive Copyright Strikes Again in 2016Current US…
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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:Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much…Taking a break from my syllabustering in…PersonalThe third Google hit for " #steampunk control panel" 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:Masks (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 17) Ritual symbols start appearing on the… Rewatching ST:TNG Masks (#StarTre…AestheticsToday's 10 sq cm…