A great professional experience for her. Similar:Professor teaches class of 300 students from his phone while trapped in elevator with 2 sm…https://twitter.com/jayvanbavel/status/1…AcademiaIn Defense of Liking ThingsIt used to bother me that people got all…CultureHow Nasty Was Nero, Really?In The New Yorker, Rebecca Reed reports …CultureThe geekling is 14 today.PersonalTricking the eye to see 3D details…
They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good. Similar:A former student contacted me to share her thoughts.A few years ago, I told myself I would s…AcademiaSondra's Garden: Butterfly Release Honors Dr. Lettrich (Seton Hill University)”Every good lesson plan has a culminatin…AcademiaOpening night! So great to see…
Getting there. Similar:Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mys…Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildi…PersonalHappy retirement celebration to two dear colleagues.AcademiaWhat would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? @shu_hog… AmusingI’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to conve…I’m…
Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much this summer! #blender3d Similar:I'm honestly not sure where that came from.For my summer project, teaching myself t…AestheticsLast night I dreamed I was a stagehand during a metatheatrical number called “Butts in Sea…I saw Seton Hill’s production of The Dro…DramaOpening…
Similar:Readers Are Liars: The 1928 Study That Predicted the Future of NewsThe invention of the telegraph and the s…BusinessMy tween found this creative use for an extra iPad stylus AestheticsTop: flat, monochrome rectangles. Middle: rectangles with a flat bitmapped texture of butt…AestheticsMy current Zoom backdrop. #blender3d #partylikeaprofAestheticsHow to interact with the introverted…My daughter spends a lot…
Similar:Leveling up my skills in #blender3D. Using invisible shapes to cut holes …DesignCharlie and the Chocolate Factory Coloring PagesOver the past few weeks, I spent several…ArtGoogle Autocomplete Still Makes Hateful Autocorrect SuggestionsThe top suggestion for a Holocaust searc…BusinessRebound Rumble, FIRST Robotics 2012 GameIn the FIRST Robotics competition, indiv…CybercultureOn the spiral staircase that leads from the…
The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d Similar:I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporc…I have a daughter who does things. Here’…CultureMany things in the world are awful, but my latest #Blender3D work…
John Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale of paces.” My #unity3d placeholder character currently takes 45 steps to run the distance Speed marked as 50 paces. (I can adjust that easily.) Similar:Settling in for a jukebox show (not my favorite genre but the Go-Gos are fun).PersonalCliffhanger from ST:TNG Best of Both Worlds. I…
As those familiar with the liberal arts know, in antiquity there were seven such arts. Three formed the trivium of the humanities: rhetoric, grammar, and logic. And four formed the quadrivium of the sciences: music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy. The assertion was this was the knowledge one required to participate as a citizen, as a…
If I ever share something that turns out to be disinformation, please let me know. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kremlin is turning to unwitting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the U.S. presidential race, top intelligence officials said Monday, detailing the latest efforts by America’s adversaries to shape public…
Out for a walk and saw this. I hope you are having a nice day. Similar:I went down fighting.PersonalFather-daughter bonding between takes.That’s a prop knife in my right hand. AestheticsFaculty assembling in launch tube beneath Salvitti Gym. #classof2017 @setonhilluniversityPersonalSpot of sunlight seems to be sliding down an escalator. View t…AestheticsThe Girl at rehearsal (where…
I’ve roughed out earthen embankments for the city walls. I know there was at some point a moat but this is more than enough accuracy for now. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Rip Van WinkleCertain it is, that he was a great favor…AcademiaIN-ZOOM (A world-premiere 10-minute play)A very current short play by Bill Irwin….CultureLGN Launches Quandary to…
Your first test layout of medieval city streets will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork Background details for a #mysteryplay project. Similar:Texture WriterI’ve only glanced at TextureWriter, but …CybercultureThe automatic doors on my fantasy steampunk cruiser do work… kinda TThe automatic doors on my fantasy stea…PersonalJust a handful more of these elegant #steampunk control panels and…
Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better than your first from just two weeks ago. Similar:Photos inspired by Wuthering HeightsA photographer blogged about taking phot…AestheticsShakespeare's Globe Theatre, Minecraft Stylehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti…AestheticsThe Girl Has Started Rehearsals for PICT Classic Theatre’s Jane EyreI’ve chauffeured the girl into Pittsburg…BooksI had some unexpected downtime today, so…
Chatbots are designed to give conversational answers and keep people engaged. Names and links to sources for answers range from nonexistent to hidden, though some companies are starting to make them more visible. Even when AI does include a source, it adds it after the fact, said Jevin West, a professor and co-founder of the…
I’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpc Similar:Refreshing my memory of working with reel-to-reel tape as a radio news intern (c. 1989).HistoryAnother 10sq cm of a beautiful #steampunk control panel for a personal #neovictorian #blen…AestheticsSalesman at Pittsburgh Public Theatre. PersonalJerz Family Tin Can Robot Warshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIBQkobPW…PersonalSpaghetti dinner with my son.PersonalSherlock Holmes and The Woman (WAOB Live…
I worked on LLMs, and now I got opinions. Today, let’s talk about when LLMs make mistakes. On AI Slop You’ve already heard of LLM mistakes, because you’ve seen them in the news. […] LLMs could be used to summarize sources. Something that’s fairly obvious in my journal club is that many researchers are…
How can you tell if a space alien is a friend or an enemy? One spaceman has that decision to make in Tom Godwin’s “Cry from a Far Planet.” Listen to Dennis Jerz read the science fiction classic to discover the answer. Similar:The Wounded (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 12) O'Brien's Former Captain Goe…Rewatching…
Today’s #blender3d modeling, inspired by a satellite photo courtesy of Google Maps. (I’m not aiming for architectural perfection, but with each try I’m definitely leveling up.) #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:First Stanford code poetry slam reveals the literary side of computer codeLeslie Wu, a doctoral student in compute…AestheticsBreakfast Battle from "The Miracle Worker" (Pamela Lee as Annie…
I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:In May, 2002, I was blogging about… typefaces in period movies; poets Paul Dirac and Ste…In May, 2002, I was blogging about …ArtAnother corner building. Designed and textured. Needs an interior. #blender3d #design #ae…Another corner building. Designed and te…AestheticsThis…