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:Very interesting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. #pptlaytime @thepublicpghCulture‘Broken Age’ ReviewThis will be my self-reward when I finis…CybercultureChilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small f…Aesthetics#blender3d is teaching me more than…
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:Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulat…Yes, Duolingo…
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:Forward is the officers' wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call o… AestheticsMidterm Grades Spring 2025: Posted!I planned ahead pretty…
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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:The geekling is 14 today.PersonalFinding downtime during orientation week is not a walk in the park. Except when the downti…PersonalSold out show today. Carolyn gets tomorrow off, then a final week.PersonalAnnie…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Foggy April morning on the hill.PersonalReplica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonierReplica of George Washington’s field cam…PersonalHow The Ballpoint Pen Killed CursiveIn Death of a Salesman, Biff impulsively…BusinessSenior Tech #1: How To Master TextingIt’s…
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:Creative writing majors getting rich as demand skyrocketsSee, it’s funny, because poets need to s…AmusingTeacher suspended after pro-Trump yearbook photos alteredFree speech is valuable. It’s dangerous …CultureNotes on Teaching August…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:The Uses of Being WrongUnlike that of most physical and natural…CultureThe dawn of the post-literate societyThe world of print is orderly, logical a…BooksThe daughter joined the cast of this show a few days…
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:Just a handful more of these elegant #steampunk control panels and I can move on to the ne…AestheticsFirst they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshuFirst they came… #kristallnacht @ncchesh…PersonalI dunno what to call this but it really hit the spot.PersonalChurning Out More Non-profit Arts PromosAs part of my volunteer work for…
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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:Thinking about physical therapy and cheerful, chatty older gents…I feel like I’m living in a sitcom. A…CultureThoughtful Gestures Sometimes Speak Louder than WordsShe ended up waiting out…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Stunning picture of my daughterAestheticsFight choreography via teleconference. As You Like It @steelcityshakespearePersonalAmong today’s major professional accomplishments: installing this hook. #springbreakMy office door feels more complete now. …AcademiaFeeling Like an Impostor at 49I reminded my Shakespeare students that …AcademiaProcession #classof2017PersonalLovely set…
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:Why fake news worksFake news works on our emotions, usually…CybercultureHow to Lie with Data VisualizationData visualization is one of the most im…DesignThe…
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…