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:The Fantasticks (Oct 18-27, Theatre Factory) https://youtu.be/SYp1jQaSwjo …CulturePut up the Hoop Sooner: 10 lessons of parenting from one wise guy who's done doing the dad…Earlier today, we dropped our daughter o…AcademiaAnother 10sq cm of a beautiful #steampunk control…
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:Performing as Alquist in ActIII of Rossum’s Universal Robots. (Free Zoom performance of gr…https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…PersonalI came of age…
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:This is about half of the #steampunk control panel details I've created in the past m…AestheticsLittle Women (Thurs-Sun)PersonalI have more to do than mark 99…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Today's 10 sq cm of retro #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsA pie slice from the ring surrounding the ballroom, from the #steampunk bedtime stories I …AestheticsNew CarWednesday morning my resourceful brother…Business"seriously, the guy has a point" — on the Charging Bull and Fearless Girl ControversyArt conveys…
#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:I was briefly excited that Turnitin.com's new app works in a park with no WiFiThen I realized… I’m a guy who gets ex…AcademiaHelping students find my office (St. Joseph 403)PersonalChess tournament.PersonalComfort…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis When scholars of journalism study the …BusinessHero Worship (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 11) Orphaned Boy Idolizes DataRewatching ST:TNG The Enterprise-…AmusingCarolyn's performance as Ariel…
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:Had a great time with AmLit students at the August Wilson block party AcademiaThe Future of Academic Style: Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of GoogleLooking forward to getting…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Carolyn featured on Steel City News for The Nutcracker The credit at 0:30 should read “Caro…AestheticsTrump communications director Murtaugh rallies supporters by tweeting fake Washington Time…Here’s more evidence of just how crucial…CultureDon't use…
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…
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The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Student journalists assemble! The Setonian club fair table is looking spiffy.PersonalCrazy, Kinetic, Acoustic Visit to the Carnegie Science CenterA few days ago, I blogged about visiting…EducationOnce On This Island (next weekend)PersonalI had a grand time recording this little story about a misunderstood genius who just wants… The…
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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:Joust @setonhilluniversity discussion of summer book #readyplayeronePersonalMidsummer opens tomorrow.PersonalJerz and Daughter Teach Scratch (Digital Storytelling Tutorial)In the past I have posted tutorials for …CybercultureHere for the daughter.Academia“I’m…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Lighting makes a difference. The officers' pub from the interplanetary cruiser #steampunk … AestheticsCan't upload photos to Facebook from my MacBookI spent 30 minutes trying to upload abou…CybercultureLast event of a busy day downtown. #AgathieChristie #murderontheorientexpressAestheticsOpening night of Sive.PersonalSeton Hill students…
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:Meridian (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 8) Dax falls for a man from a Bridgado…Rewatching ST:DS9 Kira tells Odo about …EmpathyEnjoying…
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…