Your first attempt at a medieval gate and city walls will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:After the haircut. The girl seems to like it.PersonalAny pasta can become a pasta salad when the office microwave stops working!CultureMore household props for a #blender3d #steampunk project. I had made the spice rack and utensi…AestheticsAnonymous comment cards…
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:When you accidentally send a "Dear Satan" letter.My family and I are in the voice cast of…PersonalI…
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:Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much…Taking a break from my syllabustering in…PersonalMy brother set my…
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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:Chipping away at the total as the final submissions pour in.PersonalHappy birthday to the son.PersonalNutcracker dress rehearsal montage. Carolyn plays the Dew Drop Fairy Saturday at 7.PersonalAscending the path to High…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Sherlock Holmes and The Woman (WAOB Live Virtual Performance)I was happy to play Watson. The daughter…Books'Most Transparent’ White House In History Keeps Majority Of Trump’s Remarks SecretOn the White House website, there is no…
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:Why Study Humanities? What I Tell Engineering FreshmenWisdom from science writer John Horgan.[…AcademiaThe false link between Amy Coney Barrett and The Handmaid’s Tale, explainedOne of the weirder ways this debate…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Pipe Trouble’s government woes highlight gaming illiteracyInteresting discussion of a political ho…CultureHow Mickey Mouse Evades the Public DomainI get my fill of Disney pretty quick. In…BusinessMy mother-in-law invited me to try out the…
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:Spring 2024 Grades: SubmittedSpring 2024 Grades: SubmittedPersonalThey've got magic to do. Carolyn is the Leading Player. (Pippin, Oct 21-29) AwesomeYes Virginia the Musical coming to ConnellsvilleCarolyn Jerz may be only 11 but is alrea…Current_EventsI've got a lot to learn, but my #blender3D #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser, and this…AestheticsAmazing show.…
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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:Carolyn and her friend Travis on Twin Day at summer camp.PersonalParty Like a Jerz My dad just made us root beer floats.PersonalWhy Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings?Not…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Dear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…Culture"I don't view Shakespeare's work as intimidating anymore." — midterm reflection from coll… “It has made me more confident in my…AcademiaA support sloop on deck…
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 Hunted (ST: TNG Rewatch; Season Three, Episode 11) Honorable soldier exiled by the pea…(Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break…EthicsShrek: The Musical…
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…