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:Liberal arts college professor assaults alt-right group memberCarefully choosing language that fits yo…AcademiaTexture WriterI’ve only glanced at TextureWriter, but …CybercultureThe first officer's office adjoins the officers' pub, because of course it should. Working… AestheticsOregon Trail: How three Minnesotans…
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 iPhone Apps Steal Your Contact Data and Why You Can't Stop ItNothing really new in this article, but …BusinessWhy Drag It Out?The ways that the informal speech of wom…CultureUnearthing a Long Ignored African…
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:Video ResumesI’m thinking of asking students in a med…BusinessStapler jam during a midterm exam.My years of watching MacGyver definitely…AcademiaSparkle unicorn "Winston" lends ethos to a presentation on moral agency on anima…PersonalPushing and pulling vertices. Components that fit together perfectly when I model them in …AestheticsThank…
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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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:Toilet paper isn't selling out because the supply chain is collapsing, or because people a…According to an article in Medium, toile…BusinessAbove the ready-room desk is the captain's…
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 girl as Mrs Lovett with Ben Federico as Sweeney Todd.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqwfTCk…CultureTransfigurations (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 25) Injured Humanoid Charm…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….MediaBeautiful, meditative…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Getting ready to run a ChoiceScript workshop for Computers and Writing 2023. #cwcon #cwcon…PersonalJust submitted final grades for the compressed course that began the day after fall grades…PersonalSiblings gotta sib.PersonalWe love us some Sherlock…
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:11 Problems to Anticipate Before Your Next Website RedesignI’m building a new site for a non-profit…BusinessSMS Generator SMS Generator.AmusingThe Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14)Rewatching…
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:Pater Noster Passenger ElevatorsSome 50 years ago, my father took…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Each building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that distant ob…AestheticsAscending the path to High Hrothgar? No, just the snow-covered steps from the parking lot… Ascending the path to High Hrothgar?…PersonalMy parents doing their…
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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:What About “The Breakfast Club”?I made three movies with John Hughes; wh…CultureTime Squared (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 13)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalDuring World War II, Literature Reigned SupremeBooks symbolized…
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:Choose wisely… you have the power to turn this wrap into a sandwich or a candy bar… or…AestheticsNo I didn’t exactly…
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