I think I’ve mentioned I have a daughter who sometimes does things. Similar:#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. E…#blender3d is teaching me more than I ev…PersonalThe heir to the throne of Gondor and and a scruffy looking nerf herder are handing out can… Personal"Godspell" is sure…
A great professional experience for her. Similar:You, Too, Can Have a Viral Tweet Like Mine: Demystifying Poetic MeterSaving for the next time I teach “Intro …AcademiaJournalists prefer plain language.AestheticsMathematics and What It Means to Be HumanA humanities faculty member and a math f…AcademiaCaptain Gearheart inspects progress on his #neovictorian #steampunk æther cruiser. Now fea…AestheticsCertainty vs.…
They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good. Similar:Let's talk about books, old sport.BooksDress rehearsal of The NutcrackerPersonalI've got a lot to learn, but my #blender3D #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser, and this…AestheticsFantasticks (Theatre Factory, Oct 18-27) AestheticsThe boy tied for second place in Saturday's Monroeville Chess Club…
Getting there. Similar:Happily masked in center row C. (The daughter is dance captain.)DramaCarolyn and spider friends performing "Power" from Stage Right's Sleeping B…PersonalThe Girl Wins the Upper Division Monologue in the 25th Annual Pittsburgh Public Theatre's …CultureThe boy tied for second place in Saturday's Monroeville Chess Club tournament.Peter was the lowest-ranked player to en…GamesEnjoyed watching…
Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much this summer! #blender3d Similar:It's Friday night in July, and I'm jamming with my fall course preps.The dean sends me an email at 9:07pm. In…AcademiaJust an elegant retro keyboard for a #steampunk #cgi project. Procedural materials mean I …AestheticsDrinking milk…
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Similar:Twelfth Night Cast Photo (Prime Stage, May 3-12)My daughter can hardly stop talking abou…AestheticsApparently I’m using boolean modifiers to carve out negative-space greebles for a texture …AestheticsStar Wars' Original, Scum-Caked BrillianceThe B-movie shoddiness of actors and aes…AestheticsTwenty-Six Old Characters, The (1947)Sheaffer Pen celebrates the art of writi…AestheticsThe Sentence That Knocked Down the Berlin Wall (But…
The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d Similar:This happened the last time an eclipse was visible in the area. My students left the room,…Pinhole projection. PersonalForward is the officers' wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call…
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:The daughter joined the cast of this show a few days ago. As Safie, she sings a folk song …She says she…
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:Leveling up my skills in #blender3D. Using invisible shapes to cut holes …DesignOne strategic twist-tie, and my bedside cable-tangles are a distant memory.PersonalHelvetica Bold Oblique Sweeps FontysHelvetica Bold Oblique was the big winne…AestheticsFlannery O'Connor reading "A Good Man is Hard…
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:Boston Bombing Survivor Dances Onstage for First TimeTechnology and artistry combine in this …CultureAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3dart #blender3dAesthetics#4C18 snack…
Your first test layout of medieval city streets will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork Background details for a #mysteryplay project. Similar:You can be a Trek fan without loving TOS. But if we think tolerance and empathy are good t…I was born in 1968 and grew up with reru…CultureAdded an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d…
Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better than your first from just two weeks ago. Similar:I'm honestly not sure where that came from.For my summer project, teaching myself t…AestheticsLong Live the LARPers — My daughter plays the antagonist in this award-winning 48 Hour Fi…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku7wzUtO…AestheticsPopulating my simulation with a crowd. Tweaking…
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:My wonderful daughter.PersonalMemories of Toronto Yonge Street EncountersI arrived in Toronto in 1992 as a 22yo g…CultureThe automatic doors on my fantasy steampunk cruiser do work… kinda TThe automatic doors on my fantasy stea…PersonalSymbiosis (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 22)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureHappily masked 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:The Search, Part 1 (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 1) Sisko takes…
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:If I don’t hang my own artwork on the walls of my #steampunk fantasy ship-of-the-line, who…AestheticsTrying Out the Zaggmate Keyboard/Case for iPadI was at a meeting yesterday…