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:The…
I think I’ve mentioned I have a daughter who sometimes does things. Similar:Crash site and Tower of Voices. Well worth the side trip on the way back from a weekend gi…Flight 93 crash site and Tower of Voices…CultureSpring 2022 Final Grades: Submitted.PersonalFoggy April morning on the hill.PersonalTonight's Supermoon.AestheticsDid you see that guy’s license plate?Did you…
A great professional experience for her. Similar:In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint but English Majors Endure Since new technical skills are a…AcademiaEvery few years, I Google the name of the kid who saw "The Empire Strikes Back" the night …HistoryNASA astronaut: Russians were ‘blindsided’ by reaction to yellow suitsI posted a while back about the…
They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good. Similar:Airlock for a #steampunk #blender3d project featuring #neovictorian #greebles. #blender3da… AestheticsWe are all of us works in progress. Sometimes progress looks messy.PersonalSlow flyby of a scout shop. Starfield backdrop; particle-based engine exhaust; hull uses a…More progress as I…
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Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much this summer! #blender3d Similar:A Conversation with Dennis Jerz, Actor — WAOB Audio Theatrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6vs0ZB…DramaI get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes.I get a little workplace gift as the aca…PersonalThe girl asked me to read R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal…
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The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d Similar:On Death and iPods: A RequiemI never owned a classic iPod, though I d…CultureTake a look at the moon tonight!I wish I had the time or energy to get o…AestheticsStunning picture of my daughterAestheticsDear…
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:Carolyn is in PICT Classic Theatre adaptation of Oliver Twist (opened Sat night, runs thro…[Artistic Director Alan] Stanford had no…BooksFinally — the…
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…
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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:An English professor tries to help ChatGPT write and revise a sonnetShortly after my online AmLit survey beg…AcademiaUltimate Infographic Design Guide + Design Tricks -…
Your first test layout of medieval city streets will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork Background details for a #mysteryplay project. Similar:Shakespeare-themed Math PuzzlesI didn’t know I had a Shakespeare-themed…AmusingA full minute standing ovation after that rousing final “Alleluia.” Thrilling!PersonalTopics in Am Lit: August Wilson — Online J-Term course starts Dec 16.PersonalThe daughter (giving the piggyback…
Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better than your first from just two weeks ago. Similar:Len Deighton’s Bomber, the first book ever written on a word processor.The talented and insightful scholar Matt…BooksI’m really enjoying the embossed labels. #Blender3D (Making props for my fantasy #steampun…AestheticsRude mechanical sighting! Shakespearing it up with @newrentheatreco.PersonalNASA…
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:Okay, freshly downloaded app…Okay, freshly downloaded app, If you are…CybercultureSix rainbow-colored objects, arranged like THIS?These are shoe-holding racks at a local …AestheticsScreening of "Indentured" (short film the girl and I filmed in January)PersonalYou can be a Trek fan without loving TOS. But if we think tolerance and empathy…
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:Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis When scholars of journalism…