Similar:Tuxedo Pooh Reads Oscar Wilde I spent an hour on this. Below is the …AestheticsStudents Speak Up: Trust Us With DevicesThe students who are, in the first few w…Cyberculture"Why are you throwing out all the books?!"The short answer is because we’re about …AestheticsOn the spiral staircase that leads from the top deck down to the…
The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d Similar:Another 10 sq cm section of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #designAestheticsI played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my familyI played hooky to go see Wild Robot this…AestheticsNipper Hears "His…
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:My daughter found where all the missing pens and pencils end upAmusingMostly German, sometimes refreshing my high school Latin.PersonalI'm marking them faster…
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:Culture Desk: My Life in PencilsDevotees of the Blackwing had been payin…AestheticsSiblings gotta sib.PersonalCandyland is a masterpiece of game design (John Brieger unpacks the specific cultural cont… AestheticsMore glorious #steampunk control panels, created for no practical purpose. #blender3d #ble…AestheticsAnd to…
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:Reading fiction early in life is associated with a more complex worldview, study findsThis study relied in part on the reponde…AcademiaEarth With RingsSure, Saturn’s rings…
Your first test layout of medieval city streets will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork Background details for a #mysteryplay project. Similar:Heard any good stories lately?My daughter has a terrible time settling…BooksOne wild place. (Sunday.) NatureBeautiful. No Data / Lore opposition required. AestheticsSHU Community Lines Up to Honor JoAnne Boyle's Final Trip Up the HillJoAnne Boyle…
Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better than your first from just two weeks ago. Similar:‘There’s a certain madness to it’ … fans await new chord in John Cage gig with 616 years l…The organ composition is called “As Slow…AestheticsAirport retro video games collect spare coins in SwedenFliers arriving at…
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:We were a Neilsen ratings family during the pandemicIn March 2020, just as the lockdown clos…BusinessWeird History offers a good debunking of this persistent myth.PersonalI’m really enjoying the embossed labels. #Blender3D (Making props for my fantasy #steampun…AestheticsToasting Shakespeare at the Bard's Birthday BashOrganized by Pittsburgh Shakespeare in…
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:I may or may not make a zapping sound under my breath while…
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:Created a new graphic for an existing handout on writing editorials.The “lead editorial” represents the offi…EmpathyComputers and Writing 2020 Funding Request: SubmittedMy contributions this year are a…
I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:What Causes the Smell of New & Old Books?Generally, it is the chemical breakdown …AestheticsInterface (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 3) LaForge, using experimental augmen…Rewatching ST:TNG The cold open featu…AmusingIf I don’t hang my own artwork on the…
Basic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project. #mysteryplay #blender3d Not aiming for architectural accuracy, just background details. Similar:A student just booked an appointment to discuss picking up journalism as a second major. E…AcademiaEnjoyed watching the restored version of the hugely influential 1927 sci-fi movie #Metropo…Enjoyed watching the restored version of…AestheticsThe…
The cast of comical, quirky characters are most enjoyable. Marigold (Carolyn Jerz) is hilarious as the new age, love child who always sees the best in everybody and everything. Jerz floats, whirls, and glides across the stage. She’s delightful and believable in her role. Her presence on stage brings lightness and spreads joy. —Burgh Vivant…
Carolyn Jerz lights up the stage from her first entrance, almost literally. Dressed in bright colors and elaborately coiffed, with her face made up so pale white that it glows (think Björk meets Catherine O’Hara in Beetlejuice), Jerz imbues the role of spiritualist and yoga enthusiast Marigold with an outsider energy that is otherworldly, larger than life,…
Moments after Donald Trump was rushed to safety following a failed assassination attempt at a Saturday night rally, some of his supporters turned toward the press pen with obscenities as they fingered reporters for blame. “This is your fault!” one attendee emphatically yelled, pointing at individual journalists as he approached the fence line separating them from attendees.…
Your first attempt at a medieval gate and city walls will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:This happened the last time an eclipse was visible in the area. My students left the room,…Pinhole projection. PersonalMy crowd simulation handles 2000 capsule NPCs at 130fps. I’m really pushing my coding skil…AestheticsOne deck below the bridge, the…