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:Unmarked assignments. Major drafts came in over the weekend so I lost some ground but I kn…PersonalThings that have made me start singing "Tradition!" in my head so far todayAfter last night’s first rehearsal for “…AmusingEquus. Powerful theatre.PersonalAnother…
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 Xplor Store: The Forgotten Carnegie Science Center Exhibit? (Guest Post by Leigh Jerz…The other day, my…
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:Building a ridiculous amount of detail as I create tiles for distant sections of a #blende…Aesthetics#PPTPlaytime adaptation of The Merchant of Venice.Top — nonverbal addition…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes.I get a little workplace gift as the aca…PersonalAbout to launch. PersonalMy adorable daughter (Easter 2021) AestheticsThe Princess and the PaintFriday night, my daughter will be playin…AestheticsFull Bloom opens next weekend. Tickets 724-527-5777.PersonalThe Most Epic Demo in…
#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:Beautiful. No Data / Lore opposition required. AestheticsNarrating "A Christmas Carol" for WAOB Audio Theatre. (The four episodes will be released …DramaVote for Carolyn's Headshot — Round 2 Vote for Carolyn’s…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Youngster in a tight spot has an inspirationhttps://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1550…AwesomeMemorizer (Memorization Tool)A Midsummer castmate shared a link to th…CybercultureFacebook Axes “Trending” SidebarFacebook is discontinuing the “trending”…BusinessPrime Stage Theatre to end 2018-2019 season with Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night, May…
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:Incoming Seton Hill Students Pick Up Their MacBooks and iPads TodayI find it impossible not to be cheerful …Academia"Look for the helpers" is good for distracting preschoolers from horrors they…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Google: "how can u" vs. "how can an individual" is not really about grammar Yes, I got a chuckle over this, but …Culture"Do Date" vs "Due Date": Do Profs Really Have to Explain…
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:Little green owl, if your emotions depend this much on how often I practice, that’s defin…Little green owl, if your emotions depe…PersonalSecond episode of “Electron Jones” paranormal detective audio series is up. waobaudiotheat…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTe47W3S…AmusingMy big brother and my son facing off at chess. I am outclassed! GamesOverheard: "This 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:More #blender3d #cgi practice. Added workstations underneath the chief engineer's sta…Personal#AugustWilson #CenturyCycle Three week intensive course (whew!) All the students did very …PersonalEnjoyed making a 3D print…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Visiting my parents. Admiring their original Hallmark Enterprise Christmas ornament. I ask…AmusingSpotted: the North American tree daughter.NatureHalf of my students have never read Hamlet. (I told them not to get too attached to any of…We focused just on Act I today…
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:How Russia’s Disinformation Apparatus Ran Aground in UkraineSkillful propagandists always leverage p…CultureTimes photo staffer's invention: the streaming backpack “From a photographer’s perspective…
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…