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

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:#4C18 snack still life.PersonalSix rainbow-colored objects, arranged like THIS?These are shoe-holding racks at a local …AestheticsThe Last Jedi: Oh, the Feels.No spoilers here. (I managed…

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.   Similar:Crash site and Tower of Voices. Well worth the side trip on the way back from a weekend gi…Flight 93 crash site and Tower of Voices…CulturePICT's production of Jane Eyre has its first preview tonight.PersonalChess again with my son.GamesInterior Detail of Steampunk Convertible Gazebo Spent much…

#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.

#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:Apparently I’m using boolean modifiers to carve out negative-space greebles for a texture …AestheticsSo peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.PersonalFie upon your multi-page, ad-stuffed crapfest of shame. (Don't click!)What…

The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh.

The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Live theater. August Wilson's Jitney, in the back yard of the August Wilson House.PersonalCode? Not So MuchI teach my journalism students to write …ArtNo results found for "officer on leave after video allegedly shows…

The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh.

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:Part of Wright brothers' 1st airplane on NASA's Mars chopper “Wilbur and Orville Wright would be pl…AwesomeEdgar Allan Poe Was a Broke-Ass Freelancer – The MillionsHis despair is only part…

So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies.

So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Gen Z Never Learned to Read CursiveWhen I used to teach a “Media and Cultur…AcademiaAs a plucky grad student, I walked in the door ready to negotiate with a department that n…I think…

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:Siblings gotta sib.PersonalThey still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good.They still need work but we have 2 weeks…PersonalSold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furni…Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleann…PersonalBryan A. Louiselle,…

The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.

The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:It appears there may be some audience participation in this outdoor production of Richard …PersonalDesk trays, with procedural wood materials by Blendermada. #blender3dAestheticsBeing a dad-nerd means finding new ways to play.https://youtu.be/-c6IirtwFawAestheticsLook how the box leads your eye down to the car, then the two signs lead your…

The daughter sings and performs Shakespeare at the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival today

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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

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:It's Friday night in July, and I'm jamming with my fall course preps.The dean sends me an email at 9:07pm. In…AcademiaRecent SHU journo grad, upon the hiring…

Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d

Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:I try to create one brand new element, modify one existing element, and reuse existing ele…AestheticsAfter a productive run-through of West Side Story, the girl decided to slide out from unde…AmusingLook what I found on my shelf in a closet. #history…

Google, AI Announcements, and the Future of Learning

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…

Not bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunk #neovictorian

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:Understanding Poetry INCIDENTAL COMICS: Understanding Poetr…CultureAuschwitz color photo: 'A 14-year-old girl, not just a statistic'I don’t know what this prisoner did, but…AestheticsUnder…

“Gen Zers know the difference between rock-solid news and AI-generated memes. They just don’t care.”

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…

Modular support craft from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now adult children. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

Modular support craft from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now adult children. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics Similar:Quantum's King Lear at Carrie Blast FurnaceThe girl and I were thrilled to catch Qu…CultureBroken on Purpose: Why Getting It Wrong Pays More Than Getting It RightI have recently started managing the Fac…BooksIdentity Crisis…

Choice of the Journo: A Branching-path Phone-friendly Role-playing Simulation for Journalism 101

How can a nostalgic, branching-path story-game encourage my 100-level journalism students take risks and learn from their mistakes? Using the ChoiceScript programming language, which features a robust stats system that can remember and respond to player choices, I coded up a “writing your first news story for the student paper” scenario, which unfolds as a…