Similar:My crowd simulation handles 2000 capsule NPCs at 130fps. I’m really pushing my coding skil…AestheticsMy English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.Wildcard? You mean quitter tile! GamesGinger Christ Superstar!AestheticsReader, I ushered him. @pictclassictheatrePersonalIt’s something to do.PersonalOn a little afternoon walk with my son.Health
Similar:Happy Easter 2024PersonalRude mechanical sighting! Shakespearing it up with @newrentheatreco.PersonalBetween static hand-coded HTML pages and modern content-management systems, there used to …When I started my blog in 1999 (by addin…CybercultureAnother delightful section of #steampunk control panel, for a personal #blender3d project….AestheticsFight choreography via teleconference. As You Like It @steelcityshakespearePersonalSame photo, two different interpretations.This is why…
Facebook cares more about scalability—that is, the ability to serve billions of users with a minimum of human labor—than it does about making the right call in every case. It would rather get lots of things wrong, but do it with a veneer of consistency and neutrality, than entertain nuance or exercise human judgment. (It…
My job includes teaching students to read long, complex texts (novels, play scripts, and academic texts.) My job also includes asking students to write researched essays that are longer documents than many of them at first seem comfortable reading. Years after they graduate, students often thank me for what I’ve taught them, and say the…
Similar:More household props for a #blender3d #steampunk project. I had made the spice rack and utensi…AestheticsThis weekend! GeyerPAC.comPersonalPractice, practice, practice. Making many things in #Blender3D. Arranging them to make a t… AestheticsThe barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation f…The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled do…PersonalAm…
The good news is that there are fewer Americans think vaccination is a government conspiracy than your social media stream makes it appear that there are. The bad news is that somewhere out there is an organization that believes it will benefit from you believing that more people doubt vaccinations than really do. “The vast…
Similar:Before and after making a meme of myself as Oberon, King of the FaeriesCultureThese buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough fo…These buildings are so much better than …PersonalHappy Easter 2024PersonalWhat would holidays be without Dickens' beloved 'Christmas Carol?'It takes some visits from three scary sp…DramaMy…
I still use blogs.setonhill.edu, which I started in 2003. Not for every class, but for most of my discussion-heavy in-person classes. Weblogs@Harvard, as it was then known, was considered pioneering. Facebook didn’t yet exist. Social media was in its infancy. And starting a blog usually required some knowledge of code. Harvard’s blogging platform, now known…
Young men are more than twice as likely than the general public to say they changed their mind on an issue because of social media. Americans who identify as Democrats, black, or Hispanic are also more likely than the general public to report change their minds because of social media. The survey seems to have…
Similar:"The Nightmare of Prince Prezelsky"Leigh, Peter, Carolyn and I had fun reco…AmusingDress rehearsal for Mamma Mia. This weekend only.PersonalWho's ready for some free outdoor Hamlet?PersonalCarolyn Gombell Is Not a Real Person: #JusticeforCarolyn Is a Campaign Against Twitter Ref…Fascinating use of social media. To be c…Current_EventsIn September, 2001 I was blogging about… With a grant from…
Similar:On Death and iPods: A RequiemI never owned a classic iPod, though I d…CultureMy colleague @crissycp once again left an amazing Irish soda bread in the break room. (Yes…AwesomeAdam Bard shaves off half his hair and beard on opposite sides for unique driving licence …Something I might want to do one day, be…AestheticsMerchant of Venice…
Similar:Fallout Monopoly with the boy. PersonalAn afternoon with Ben Franklin. CultureI'm not showing you my email inbox, or my laundry pile, or the state of my soul. Just…PersonalFeeling Like an Impostor at 49I reminded my Shakespeare students that …AcademiaI'm marking them faster than they come in, which is a good thing. I won't be doi…PersonalFall 2017…
Geary admits that he often makes pun in his head—but he mostly keeps them to himself. He can’t explain why the wordplay’s not appreciated. “In poetry, words rhyme; in puns, ideas rhyme,” he writes. “This is the ultimate test of wittiness, keeping your balance even when you’re of two minds. To Geary, puns represent wisdom. …
Similar:Ideology shapes our view of reality, which affects what persuades us. EthicsHamlet!PersonalAnnie 2012 with Annie 2017. Annie 2012 with her Warbucks. "Together at last. Together …PersonalThe Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 26) We Hav…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break …PersonalAnother #steampunk interior. High tech garden gazebo or away…
Similar:Time Squared (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 13)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalThe Fantasticks (Oct 18-27, Theatre Factory) https://youtu.be/SYp1jQaSwjo …CultureI Find Myself in Another Showhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=517BhV1j0…DramaMy English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.Wildcard? You mean quitter tile! GamesBefore the haircut. PersonalMerry Christmas 2017 Personal
Similar:Shrek: The Musical (Nov 22-24; Stage Right! Greensburg)Come see me as the Captain of the Guard,…Current_EventsThey're coming in faster than I can mark them. This number will be higher tonight, so I'm …PersonalSeton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in …Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabet…AcademiaAssembling wall units to bake…
My own students haven’t described encounters like this, but I have encountered students who enter the classroom with the idea that there is a fairly consistent, uniform, organized entity called “the media” that it’s fashionable to distrust. It’s fair to point to specific news stories that got specific facts wrong or that showed bias, but…
According to the NACE 2018 Job Outlook, college seniors are very confident about their professionalism, work ethic, and writing skills. Employers are not so happy with those skills among the applicants they see. The biggest divide was around students’ professionalism and work ethic. Almost 90 percent of seniors thought they were competent in that area, but only…
Gearing up for teaching a new “American Lit 1776-Present” course. I’ll be at the office, sitting at my desk all day, wearing long pants instead of shorts. Not a screw gun or a stage platform or a digital camera within reach. This essay offers some well-phrased arguments for reading classic literature. Nothing strikes me more…
Gasps from the audience, shouts of “No!” during a climactic scene. The woman two seats from me sobbing into her hands. Overheard: “This is the best show I’ve ever seen at the Geyer” and “Who IS that girl playing Maria?” Similar:Pie, anyone?PersonalI've missed doing this! Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d…