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:HTML5 Boilerplate: The web’s most popular front-end template HTML5 Boilerplate helps you build fast…Cyberculture'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old…
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…
I was never really a fan of MTV, I assume because I grew up without cable TV as a teenager in the 80s, and because I was very busy with grad school and starting a family in the 90s. I didn’t really feel like I had much in common with my “Gen X” cohort (most…
Cops gotta cop, and that means keeping pesky journalists under control. Tirado was 38 in May 2020 when she drove from Nashville, Tenn., to Minneapolis to cover the unrest unfolding after the murder of George Floyd. He died when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes. The city became an epicenter…
Modular support craft from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now adult children. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics Similar:Quidditch Comes to Seton HillwartsVisitors often remark the campus reminds…AcademiaThey grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clic…Today’s students have many strengths. Th…AcademiaThe black chair is…
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…
I was approached on LinkedIn with the opportunity to work to help train an AI, for an hourly wage that’s much higher than I would get for teaching an extra class at my university. I thought about it. I told myself it would help me do my job better if I have a clear sense…
Support the humans who make art in your community. Death of a Salesman. #wirerecorderlife #fountainpenlife #howdotheywhipcheese #nobodydastblamethisman #bernardwormrising Similar:Amazing birthday cake, created by Jane Eyre herself, Karen Baum. (Thank you @kaboom1250!)PersonalMy Anti-Linkbait Pledge: Cynical Overhyping vs. Simply Being OnlineWhen I find something interesting that a…CultureBreakfast Battle from "The Miracle Worker" (Pamela Lee as Annie Sullivan…
Beautiful set. Support the humans who do arts in your community (instead of settling for AI sludge.) Similar:TARDIS from today's 3D printing class.AestheticsAnd again I ush.PersonalShe feels pretty at the dress rehearsal (opens Thursday)On the ride home, in the middle of a spi…AmusingI have a daughter who does things. If demon curses and buckets of…
Vibing to a park saxophonist as I code for an upcoming conference presentation, and wait to see The Coffin Maker. A neighbor is sending some distinctly fruity smoke my way. Similar:Just a #neovictorian avatar in spats and a tailcoat, checking out the back porch and bridg… AestheticsUntil next term, I have zero more unmarked assignments.…
Details for a modular mid-range scoutship, from the #steampunk #neovictorian bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult children. #blender3d Similar:Horrifying deepfake tricks employee into giving away $25 millionNo names in this single-source anecdote …BusinessElevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3d cruiser, just because. #design #aesthetics #blen… AestheticsInto the depths of code. Algorithmic archaeologies and cave…
Proper commenting is an important part of coding any project, especially in an educational context. #ChoiceScript #journalism Similar:Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.PersonalUnfinished pine and not so ornamented, for the workshops and service areas of my fantasy #…PersonalStandardized Test Scores Don't Really Measure LearningThere are ways…
My basement dehumidifier was flashing an error code. YouTube had a tutorial with a possible fix. The thing is running now. Waiting to see whether the error returns. Similar:Delightful #steampunk #neovictorian control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesth…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsServing at Christmas on the Hill 2025PersonalPluto FlybyWhen I was about 10, I…
Joel Lipton, 10 years old at the time, wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz. Fast-forward to this past February, when Lipton and his wife were cleaning out their closet. […] “Dear Joel,” the letter reads. “I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen then it has ever been…
Apple has apologized, but like writer Peter C. Baker, I’m not quite ready to let go of that really horrifying ad depicting a roomful of beautifully displayed musical instruments, sound gear, art supplies, and even toys being slowly squashed by a huge hydraulic press (ostensibly to highlight the creative potential of the latest iPad). Picture…
I’m very amused at this nerdy news story about some tension between a judge who asks for legible documents and a lawyer who files documents with flasher typography. While I recognize that language changes and the distinction between “font” and “typeface” is unimportant to the general public, I teach my journalism students that historically…
This friendly gangster was parked at WalMart in Johnstown yesterday. Similar:@shu.pippin was great. Four more chances to see it!PersonalLysistrata live.Current_EventsMy mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my f…My mother-in-law invited me to try out t…AwesomeHad a rough day. Designing another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel…
It’s unlikely to be at the forefront of the former president’s mind as he reflects on the verdict, but one immediate consequence is that Trump will probably lose the honorific title of “Mr” in the news pages of the UK’s Daily Telegraph. The Telegraph’s style guide states: “Defendants in criminal court cases … are to be referred…
Frog and Toad at the Mountain Playhouse with the daughter. Similar:The Princess and the PaintFriday night, my daughter will be playin…AestheticsWrite instructions for busy grouches.Updating the graphic for a writing hando…AcademiaColossal Cave: The Board Game by Arthur O'DwyerThe kids and I enjoy nerdy board games. …CultureEach building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of…
She’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We are in town to see the Frog and Toad musical. This seemed logical. Similar:‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading ma…When I went off to college to be an Engl…AcademiaPreppers for the win. Kinda.The euphoria of getting my grades in Fri…PersonalOk,…