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:This actually happened the other day when I was offline.This actually happened the other day whe…PersonalWhy Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings?Not a day goes by without The Girl remin…BooksOh that sweet, sweet feeling of progress.PersonalFeeding a Neighbor'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:It’s something to do.PersonalEnjoying an ice cream cake, apple pie, and the classic Star Trek episode “The…
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:Friday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprofAcademiaThe girl got picked for an audience participation bit as the muse of comedy in Xanadu. Gre…CultureEnjoyed watching the…
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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:Khan Academy Gets Rare Partnership To Close Wealth Gap In College Test Prep“We think we can make the playing field …Academia"Godspell" is sure to entertain audiences of all ages and faithsThat’s me in the…
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:You’re Just Gonna Be Nice by A. LangeIn a study, over 1000 gamers were survey…CultureWhy Drag It Out?The ways that the informal speech of wom…CultureCarolyn will portray Cosette Saturday at…
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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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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:This happened the last time an eclipse was visible in the area. My students left the room,…Pinhole projection. PersonalYou're Doing It for the Exposure!! The Oatmeal on…
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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:Looking forward to another visit to Illyria. Support humans who create art in your communi…PersonalVisiting my parents. Admiring their original Hallmark Enterprise…
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…