Out for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsburgh. Similar:I haven't seen this show since freshman year at Bishop Denis J O'Connell High Sc…PersonalStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaHow Not to Be a Jackass at Your Next Academic ConferenceOkay, I confess, I was once in the…
Similar:Another 10sq cm of a beautiful #steampunk control panel for a personal #neovictorian #blen…AestheticsVery interesting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. #pptlaytime @thepublicpghCultureJury Duty UpdateI’m a happy, responsible, and no-longer-…GovernmentKirk's manly, sensitive advice to young CharlieIn popular culture, Captain Kirk from th…CultureThey've got magic to do. Carolyn is the Leading Player. (Pippin, Oct 21-29) AwesomeMy…
Even though I wrote about some of Eugene O’Neil’s earlier plays in my dissertation, I had never seen or even read this play before. I knew the basic subject matter but didn’t know the details. All the actors did a great job and the production values were top notch, as I expect from Quantum. Similar:Ursula…
I think I’ve mentioned I have a daughter who sometimes does things. Similar:A dinosaur and an octopus are among those doing a speed-writing workshop in my journalism …PersonalJust in case you can’t find the tweet that Trump, who got trolled for making a rookie erro…This is how the President of the United …PersonalHow are you…
A great professional experience for her. Similar:In January 2000, I was blogging about dancing paperclips, the transience of literary judge… In January 2000, I was blogging abou…BooksToday's unexpected but welcome moments of grace She waived a fee. He accepted a…AwesomeMy too-big Android phone stresses the pockets of one of my favorite shirts. My grandmother…PersonalAs White…
They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good. Similar:The stair railings on my #blender3d #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser need some realigning….AestheticsA merry look at journalism in the classic "The Year without a Santa Claus"PersonalA Conversation with Dennis Jerz, Actor — WAOB Audio Theatrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6vs0ZB…DramaLetter of Recommendation: Fanny PacksWhat…
Getting there. Similar:Steampunk officer uniforms — test #Blender3D #Unity3Dhttps://youtu.be/SDh4TW8ujNg The vide…AestheticsSeize the Day!PersonalThe girl on Halloween 2018. (The boy and I were watching the 1931 Frankenstein at the libr…PersonalHad a rough day. Designing another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel doesn't fix everyt…AcademiaI’m really enjoying the embossed labels. #Blender3D (Making props for my fantasy…
Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much this summer! #blender3d Similar:Thoroughly enjoying Collaborators at Quantum Theatre.PersonalI’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to conve…I’m not making a serious attempt at recr…PersonalScratch 3.0 beta is available. Try out the text-to-speech blocks!PersonalToday’s adulting…
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Similar:I touched up an intro to hypertext essays from 2000.When I initially wrote this introduction…CybercultureReal college classes have writing assignments and required reading.While I can imagine teaching a course th…AcademiaTales from the Antiquities Theft Task ForceA shot of Kim Kardashian leaning ag…AestheticsJohn Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale of paces.” My #unity3d placeholde…AestheticsPlay-Doh was…
The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d Similar:Equus. Powerful theatre.PersonalLook at the unusual colors chosen by the three Russian cosmonauts who just arrived at the …PersonalFamily catch and eat octopus with six tentacles during Greek vacationI keep a silly personal blog…
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:Still in her make-up from her scene as Marley's ghost, with script in hand standing i…Personal10 years later it’s so much worse.Personal5…
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:My son, volunteering at the local food bank.PersonalMy big brother and my son facing off in chess. I am totally outclassed here.PersonalMy #AugustWilson #Steampunk NightmareToday is my last official day teaching a…AcademiaShare a Coke with "Pepsi"AestheticsSolitaire ChessSpent a relaxing evening…
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:A Message from Hester Prynne (Student Video)Have I mentioned lately that I have awes…AcademiaAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3dart #blender3dAestheticsA few…
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Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better than your first from just two weeks ago. Similar:Yes, we will see almost anything branded Sherlock Holmes.PersonalTraces of ScribesBook historian Irene O’Daly notes that t…AcademiaResearch Poetry (communicating research results and expressing their significance through …For an article on communicating research…Academia"I'm a geek. Deal…
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:Brand new chairs for PICT draw applause.PersonalStar Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch I was in college and grad school dur…CultureHad a blast watching all the amazing entries in Pittsburgh's 48 Hour Film Festival, b…PersonalThe problem I just learned about calls for tea in the big mug.CultureMy #AugustWilson…