Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Facebook "Grid View." Is this new? My first thought is that I rather like it.I just noticed an option for viewing a F…AestheticsGiving Obsolete Books an Afterlife as Theatre PropsOnce, someone really cared about these o…AestheticsHappy memories of PC games I played with my son (now…
#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. Enjoying free WiFi in a shady courtyard downtown. Similar:"Moorish girl" in Man of La Mancha. (Vulcan Moorish girl.)PersonalSlow flyby of a scout shop. Starfield backdrop; particle-based engine exhaust; hull uses a…More progress as I continue to level up …AestheticsLooking…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Swiss cheese metaphor for fighting the pandemic: "Multiple Layers Improve Success"The anti-maskers are right when they say…CultureThe boy plays chess with his uncle before seeing The Fantasticks.PersonalMy student journalists sport their fashionable “What Would…
The writer, director, and one of the cast members talk about the play that my daughter Carolyn is getting ready to open Friday. Tickets: https://veryberrydead.bpt.me/ Similar:Leonard in Slow Motion (9min video)Leonard exists in slow motion but lives …AestheticsNew Kindle Helps Readers Show Off By Shouting Title Of Book Loudly And Repeatedly New Kindle Helps Readers…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:I Love Books: A Campus Library EvolvesI love books. I love smelling them, t…AcademiaGoogle: "how can u" vs. "how can an individual" is not really about grammar Yes, I got a chuckle over…
I used to spend time in class teaching students about how your act of choosing to link from your blog to someone else’s blog was part of the formula Google used to rank its search results. The words you picked when you crafted your hyperlink was a way of conveying or withholding value. Tagging is…
Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:Creative People Say NoWhen I was a master’s student working as…AcademiaThe other day I did a socialize with some of my Humanities colleagues. (I am proud of myse…PersonalThe Outrageous Okona (TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 4)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalValid for any new yearEthicsRecording Christmas Stories for…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Now that I have polished so many details, I'm working on more selective lighting. #steampu… AestheticsChapbooks — the latest assignment in my “History and Future of the Book” class.Students have already done a 400-word sp…AcademiaOkay, not my most thrilling #blender3D creation, but a fantasy steampunk ship-of-the-line …DesignOne…
Similar:"Jewish priests do this. It's where Leonard Nimoy got the Vulcan sign," says the geekling,…CultureThe Portable Writing desk — the Victorian laptopFocusing on the materiality of writing, …AestheticsBattle of New Orleans Ended 200 Years Ago TodayThe Battle of New Orleans was a series o…CultureMy Son Plays Mozart Too Fasthttps://youtu.be/gXAtRI1NLxs He says “M…AmusingOne Author Breaks Down the Reality…
I’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to convey a sense of what the streets might have looked like. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #simulation Similar:Why Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my news online now, but I grew…AestheticsToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:My daughter who sometimes does things will be singing & swinging August 16 – 25 with @fron…My daughter who sometimes does things wi…CultureThe Physics Behind Traffic JamsIn between today’s various events, I das…CultureMy college writing students are out making short videos…
Glenda Morgan does not sound that impressed with Google’s latest promises about AI and education. [T]hus far I am unconvinced that the kinds of tutoring currently offered via AI matches the concept of watching a student’s thought processes and identifying the core issues they aren’t understanding. Instead, AI tutoring today seems to consist of breaking…
When scholars of journalism study the effects of the shrinking press corps, they usually focus on how it hurts civil society. Vast swaths of the country are at risk of becoming “news deserts,” with limited access to reliable local journalism. This state of affairs makes it harder for people to make educated decisions and is…
Not bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunk #neovictorian I painstakingly created every knob and switch as a 3D object two summers ago. Now I can slap these textures anywhere. Similar:Transfigurations (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 25) Injured Humanoid Charm…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….MediaThat's my daughter in the hoop. Pippin…
Over the past couple of years, researchers at Jigsaw, a Google subsidiary that focuses on online politics and polarization, have been studying how Gen Zers digest and metabolize what they see online. The researchers were hoping that their work would provide one of the first in-depth, ethnographic studies of Gen Z’s “information literacy.” But the…
I was never really a fan of MTV, I assume because I grew up without cable TV as a teenager in the 80s, and because I was very busy with grad school and starting a family in the 90s. I didn’t really feel like I had much in common with my “Gen X” cohort (most…
Cops gotta cop, and that means keeping pesky journalists under control. Tirado was 38 in May 2020 when she drove from Nashville, Tenn., to Minneapolis to cover the unrest unfolding after the murder of George Floyd. He died when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes. The city became an epicenter…
Modular support craft from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now adult children. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics Similar:I can't really articulate why i enjoy crafting #steampunk control panels, but it's been a …AestheticsShadowplay (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 16) Odo investigates disappearances … Rewatching ST:DS9 Just like last …EthicsThe Adversary…
How can a nostalgic, branching-path story-game encourage my 100-level journalism students take risks and learn from their mistakes? Using the ChoiceScript programming language, which features a robust stats system that can remember and respond to player choices, I coded up a “writing your first news story for the student paper” scenario, which unfolds as a…
I was approached on LinkedIn with the opportunity to work to help train an AI, for an hourly wage that’s much higher than I would get for teaching an extra class at my university. I thought about it. I told myself it would help me do my job better if I have a clear sense…