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:Pater Noster Passenger ElevatorsSome 50 years ago, my father took me to …AmusingHearing "Godzilla on My Mind" author Wiliam TsutsuiPersonalCarolyn had fun playing a street urchin this weekend in Stage Right’s production of Little…Another fun show! Great job,…
Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furniture may be a bit too fancy for an untenured prof, but multiple copies of the prof’s book on the shelves was a realistic touch. Similar:Look at the adorable little tape casette. Adventure International / Scott Adams Inc. spoke…GamesSoldiers and Sailors Memorial…
These buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough for me to move on to the next step. #blender3d #blender3dart #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:A day may come when the strength of the girl fails and she must make more than one trip to…PersonalIn Which I Bow Before the…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Things are not going well when the other king and queen stop by for such an intimate visit…AmusingSignage failure at Seton Hill, c. 2008.PersonalEaster Blessings 2021 Current_EventsThe Girl Has Started Rehearsals for PICT Classic Theatre’s Jane EyreI’ve chauffeured the girl into Pittsburg…BooksYour first attempt at a…
#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:When she isn't playing Hodel, she'll be dancing with a bottle.PersonalThoroughly enjoying Company.PersonalAnother sold-out Midsummer Thursday night. PersonalMy contribution to WAOB Audio Theatre’s plan to record all the proverbs.My contribution to WAOB…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:What is a COVID-19 compliance supervisor? What to know about Hollywood's newest jobIn the wake of the pandemic, the enterta…BusinessVan Gogh Immersive Experience AestheticsUpdating a villain's lair in #Blender3D. Still a work in progress.AestheticsBrought…
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:I played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my familyI played hooky to go see Wild Robot this…AestheticsWhat Borges Learned from CervantesBorges reinvented Don Quixote as a playf…BooksThe…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Addressing Our Biases: Medieval BathingDid medieval people bathe? If you alr…CultureNew data on the first three jobs held by graduates of six popular majors“There is an enormous part of the econom…Academia7 ways for…
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:Me loving my birthday truck, c. 1971. I adored this truck, and spellin…DesignWaiting for a talk on preserving artifacts from NASA’s Apollo program So much to see at the Heinz History Ce…CultureFamily outing to the Pittsburgh National AviaryPersonalFanciful Fun in Theatre Factory’s “The Fantasticks”A great review from Pittsburgh…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:In April, 2001 I was blogging about interactive fiction, Roget's Thesaurus, John Lennon, H… A student newspaper article about in…BooksProgress over 11 years of Blender3D practiceOver the past few years I have created l…AestheticsI had a blue checked shirt in my hand this morning, but she nailed…
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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:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsDress rehearsal of The NutcrackerPersonalJerz Nerdcation 2013On a visit to the Washington DC area for…Culture1776. Binge-watching Liberty's Kids.…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:If you want to work with words, then journalism courses are very practical options.AcademiaI try to create one brand new element, modify one existing element, and reuse existing ele…AestheticsSo glad to be attending another live theatrical production. @quantumtheatre never disappoi…Projections, live…
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:The girl as Mrs Lovett with Ben Federico as Sweeney Todd.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqwfTCk…CultureInfluencers overtaking journalists as news source: reportTikTok influencers and celebrities are i…Cyberculture The…
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…