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:A Few Good Men at the Pittsburgh Public TheatreFantastic performances, powerful writing…CultureDaughter made a Rainbow Loom Marty McFly. Note vest jacket and hover board.PersonalPOV: You are coding the automatic doors on your fantasy neovictorian cruiser personal proj… POV:…
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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:Skin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 23)My rewatch reflection on the Star Trek:T…DesignAt the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland.At the airport,…
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#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:Solitaire ChessSpent a relaxing evening in playing soli…AmusingThe daughter joined the cast of this show a few days ago. As Safie, she sings a folk song …She says she got the…
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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:WAOB MisSpelled (final episode airs)The final episode of the fantasy/comedy …AmusingThe Media Pyramid: “Any content where ideology leads to falsehood is bad for you.”You Are the Media You Eat CultureSet…
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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:Pater Noster Passenger ElevatorsSome 50 years ago, my father took me to …AmusingHere's a close look at the scepter leading the procession. #SetonHillGrad 2016 starts…PersonalI just finished recalibrating the port scanner station and lookout post. If you need help … AestheticsTapdance / jazz music outing with the girl.…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:My daughter found where all the missing pens and pencils end upAmusingSupport the arts in your community! @geyer_pac Hello Dolly!AmusingTricking the eye to see 3D details in geometrically flat surfaces for my #steampunk #blend… AestheticsI think this #denoising filter makes my #CGI scene look a bit like…
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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:A little better all the time.A little better all the time.PersonalRossum's Universal Robots (Act 2)https://youtu.be/XfOONrGsf2I For my b…CultureAs a student journo, naturally I covered the visit from…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Brand new chairs for PICT draw applause.PersonalThe captain will shortly address the officers and crew. Please have the custodial bots pol…AestheticsThe girl told me to post this with the caption, “The Addams Family Goes to the Big League….PersonalMore #steampunk control panel…
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:Traces of ScribesBook historian Irene O’Daly notes that t…AcademiaAnyone capitalized in a standard how way without no lowercase pretension down.Fact CheckWhy Photojournalism…
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…