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:The third Google hit for " #steampunk control panel" is a #blender3d image I cre…PersonalWhat blogging wasI’ve maintained this blog since the spri…CyberculturePresenting at #NEMLA…

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.   Similar:Back in the groove. I should be able to keep this number headed in the right direction unt…PersonalSome editing and cropping makes this cartoon a perennial. EthicsShe was a musical ingenue Sunday, filmed a slasher movie past midnight Monday, and was pre…DanceI’ve finally started to create…

#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:Random gauge design, for background details in a fantasy #steampunk project. #blender3d #b… AestheticsA question I find myself thinking all the time.PersonalMake a date with #HeartOurArt at The Westmoreland Museum of…

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:National Science Foundation announces plan for comprehensive public access to research res…This is good news. It’s unfair that gove…AcademiaThe daughter sings and performs Shakespeare at the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival t…CultureWhen F. Scott…

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:Out & About: Cabaret Theatre presents its 'Cabbie Awards'You can just make out Carolyn, Leigh, an…Culture2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Exasperating MasterpiecePosting this mostly to prove that I can …AestheticsStudents must learn…

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:About the Sinkhole in the Adjunct Faculty Lounge, and Other Mid-Semester AnnouncementsI recently spoke with the Sarah Sutton, …AcademiaDeadline seems to have briefly published, then taken down, story that says Pence has teste…Deadline…

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:A very happy geekling playing Dungeons and Dragons on her one free evening. #llapGamesBeauty and the Beast (St. Vincent Summer Theatre)The girl (blue skirt and pigtails), who …Current_EventsBehind the bar in the officers' pub, from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my…AestheticsStage Right's production of 'Secret…

The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.

The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:The girl around the house casually dressed "as a Jacobite."AmusingI’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpcI’ll be seeing the final performance tom…PersonalJesus Christ SuperstarI have a daughter who does things. Her n…CultureSpring office cleaning thoughts: 1) I used to print a lot. 2) I have enough…

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:Jaw-dropping moments of insight and humanity. So funny, so edgy, so affirming! I did not e…PersonalMaking movie magic with my dueling gut-shot daughterAestheticsTips to Improve HappinessKing says…

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:My current Zoom backdrop. #blender3d #partylikeaprofAestheticsGraduation procession #classof2017PersonalAnother section of a #steampunk control panel for a texture atlas. #blender3d #blender3dar…AestheticsThe Problems of Real-Time Feedback in Teaching WritingSometimes my students get nervous becaus…AcademiaDress rehearsal for The Nutcracker.AestheticsMy third time seeing @shu.pippin. I'll…

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:Why Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my news online now, but I grew…AestheticsIntroduction to Twine (Tutorials by Vegetarian Zombie)…

“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:New infographic to help our graduating English majors make sense of their capstone project…AcademiaIn May, 2000, I was blogging about the 'I Love You' virus, hacking URLs, PG Wodehouse, and…In May, 2000, I was…

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…