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:Another #steampunk #neovictorian control panel module. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #…AestheticsThere’s Something Off About LED BulbsWhen I’m stressed, or I feel life is spi…AestheticsJerz and Daughter Teach Scratch (Digital Storytelling Tutorial)In the past I have posted tutorials for …CybercultureThe…
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:The Anatomy of a Shakespeare Play: King Lear (Free video lecture from Pict, 2pm Friday)PersonalI had some…
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 truth hits Thorvald. Loved PPT PlayTime’s online presentation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s Hous…PersonalThe girl's modern dance choreography workshopAestheticsMy son (black) has captured better pieces,…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Create Engaging Infographics for your ClassroomSeveral of my journalism students have g…AestheticsThe girl asked me to read R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) to her. #quarantine #partylik…BooksHow are you holding up? What difficult choices have you made? How can we all help each oth…Carolyn and were recently cast…
#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:Girlhood 2014They don’t even seem to want to watch Fr…CultureAnother delightful section of #neovictorian #steampunk control panel, intended for backgro…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsIn Which I Bow Before the…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:She was nervous about the dog misbehaving during "Tomorrow," so I told her she could pract… https://youtu.be/718e4XsNvGY Leap…AmusingEncyclopedia Smithsonian: Star-Spangled Banner and the War of 1812 When he saw “by the dawn’s early light…AestheticsNew…
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:Surprise sidewalk encounter with my man Hopkins outside the Admin shuttle stop this mornin… Spring and Fall Gerard Manley Hop…AestheticsSeven reasons why blogging can make you a better academic writerI’ve…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:West Side Story (One-Minute Preview)From Mrs. Lovett two weeks ago to Maria …AestheticsThirteen seconds. Dozens of bullets. One explosive photo.Forget for a moment that the picture is …CultureEven in the U.S., Chinese Students…
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:Top deck of a #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser needs an airlock at the top of the spiral s… AestheticsNOT a scene from The Miracle Worker.PersonalThe Fantasticks (Oct 18-27, Theatre Factory) https://youtu.be/SYp1jQaSwjo …CultureFallout Monopoly with the boy. PersonalSome new locations for my #neovictorian #steampunk personal project. Created in #blender3d…AestheticsWrite instructions…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:The girl as the Spanish Soloist in @laurelballettheater & @westmorelandsymphony The Nutcra…AestheticsAs Twinkle Twinkle is to Suzuki musicians, so is a wooden shipping crate to CGI modelers. …https://youtu.be/diQF9buONqY I ha…AestheticsWorked a short day today, and it shows. Tomorrow is another day!PersonalAdded multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I…
Similar:The Myth of North America, in One PaintingFascinating art history — a thoughtful …AestheticsHighlighters and Intellectual Growth in CollegeTucked away in this article on how to av…AcademiaStem subject snobbery: a student’s view on why arts subjects matterWhile everyone complains about the subje…AestheticsThe Onion's Supreme Court Briefing on Satire Is StunningFrom October: A man who was…
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:Fall 2025 Grades Submitted!PersonalIf you want to work with words, then journalism courses are very practical options.AcademiaMedea at Seton Hill University.CultureOverwhelmed? Start a new to-do list with…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Fall 2023 Grades: Submitted! AcademiaThat’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. G…That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of…AestheticsMy project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them…
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 Other 21st Century Skills User Generated Education.AcademiaWhat happened when I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kidsThey discovered TikTok. And…
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…