I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:Earth doesn't need more 'successful people'.The plain fact is that the planet does n…AestheticsWe Are the Product Facebook SellsFacebook does not care what Hobbit you a…BusinessPicking up books for another termAcademiaWhat Jane [Austen] Saw: 1796 Shakespeare GalleryYou are invited…
Basic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project. #mysteryplay #blender3d Not aiming for architectural accuracy, just background details. Similar:What Khan Academy's Fun, Free Learning Empire Has to Do with Dystopian Social Control Over the Christmas break, I’ve been ch…AcademiaDate a girl who reads.I earned a +8 or +9 spousal bonus when I…AmusingWhen students…
The cast of comical, quirky characters are most enjoyable. Marigold (Carolyn Jerz) is hilarious as the new age, love child who always sees the best in everybody and everything. Jerz floats, whirls, and glides across the stage. She’s delightful and believable in her role. Her presence on stage brings lightness and spreads joy. —Burgh Vivant…
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:Soldiers and Sailors Memorial and Museum Another visit to Pittsburgh with my his…CultureTonight's Supermoon.AestheticsKitchen utensils for my steampunk villain's hideout. #Blender3D. There’s nothing particularly steampu…AestheticsBryan A. Louiselle, 1966-2022 (musician, composer, orchestrator, musical director)I was Mayor Shinn to Bryan’s…
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:There’s Something Off About LED BulbsWhen I’m stressed, or I feel life is spi…AestheticsWeird History offers a…
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:The Fantasticks (Oct 18-27)PersonalHow long has Google Docs let you pop up a window with your current word count? Why wasn’t …PersonalParty Like a Jerz My…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Ideology shapes our view of reality, which affects what persuades us. EthicsAnother section of a #steampunk control panel for a texture atlas. #blender3d #blender3dar…AestheticsSo peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.PersonalThe Princess and the PaintFriday night, my daughter will be playin…AestheticsThe Incredible Shrinking Ad [The Future…
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The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:An afternoon with Ben Franklin. CultureBoy, this sort of thing sure makes some racist people very angry.https://twitter.com/steelers/status/1305…CultureWhy We Fall for Fake News and How to Bust ItMeasuring the impact of fake news spread…Academia"The Machine…
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:NASA astronaut: Russians were ‘blindsided’ by reaction to yellow suitsI posted a while back about the yellow a…AestheticsMy son teaching chess to a young pupilCultureKids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore.…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is VulnerableThe transformation of the nation’s news …CultureText, Speech, Machine: Metaphors for Computer Code in the Law : Computational CultureOn my to-read list once I post midterm…
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:SportsWorks Adventure at the Carnegie Science CenterI confess that I have never been all tha…CultureToday's second 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. Love those letter flip tiles. Maybe I'…AestheticsHappy birthday to the son.PersonalOne wild place. (Sunday.) NatureWorked a short day today, and it shows. Tomorrow is another day!PersonalIt…
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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:Among today’s major professional accomplishments: installing this hook. #springbreakMy office door feels more complete now. …Academia#AugustWilson #CenturyCycle Three week intensive course (whew!) All the students did very…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Kitchen utensils for my steampunk villain's hideout. #Blender3D. There’s nothing particularly steampu…Aesthetics#Blender3D practice: #Steampunk control panel #trimsheethttps://youtu.be/4j7qAzaDg3w …AestheticsDear 11yo DaughterYou are growing up smart, talented, dete…PersonalA merry look at journalism in the classic "The Year without a Santa Claus"PersonalLast night…
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…