I wrote the following in 2004, when my son was 6 and my daughter was 2. The time is waning that my son will want nothing more than to play Battleship and The Magnificent Race with me all afternoon. Some day I’ll make a silly joke, and my daughter won’t giggle with glee, she will…
Sobering analysis. Would I be able to follow this advice in the unthinkable event I had a personal account to share? Terrorists use social media to recruit, but they also depend on you and the media to use it to amplify their message…. The motivation for terrorism is not mere murder or maiming but the…
Does the world need another working definition of digital humanities? Do you have one? Here’s mine. Digital Humanities is the deliberate, critical application of emerging technology to the study of traditional subjects such as literature, art, philosophy, and language, often (but not always) with a focus on how those traditional fields are now using emerging…
Many a high school student has muddled through a book report in a single caffeine-fueled sitting, but successful research term papers or quarterly progress reports require planning. In technical writing, a prototype might be a full table of contents (with summaries for each major section) and one or two complete chapters. If conducting a survey is…
The girl was concerned she wasn’t nerdy enough, so she’s taken to wearing a prop ring on a chain around her neck and calling it “My Precious.” (Photo credit: Kelly Tunney.) Similar:Hasbro removes embedded typeface from My Little Pony website after copyright infringement … Considering the scope of the alleged in…AestheticsSon Doong Cave in Viet Nam…
I’m gobsmacked by the creativity that went into researching, writing, and crafting this layout. A look at how students in the Kansas City region commemorated the campaign in keepsakes meant to be enjoyed by all classmates, no matter their leanings. Source: It Was Hard This Year to Keep Politics Out of High School Yearbooks Similar:Standardized…
The Washington Post, famous for breaking the Watergate scandal that brought down Nixon’s presidency, is churning out top-quality journalism in the age of Trump. As an organization the Post is gaining readers, hiring journalists and scooping its competition. As a private company since 2013, when the deep-pocketed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought it for $250…
This is why I spend time teaching my journalism students about how to write photo captions. Which description is more trustworthy? Which description will likely get more shares on social media? Similar:I’m fairly satisfied with this version of a medieval building trimsheet. (Source photo is …I’m fairly satisfied with this version o…AestheticsBehind the bar in…
Similar:Is Google Making Us Stupid?Nicholas Carr, in The Atlantic: As the …BooksThe Fantasticks (Oct 18-27)PersonalFormer NFL receiver Antwaan Randle El regrets ever playing football“There’s no correcting it. There’s no he…Business#4C18 snack still life.PersonalHow 'Fiddler On The Roof' (And Writing Its Sequel) Helped An Actress Find ClosureI’m not sure what I think of this yet. M…BooksThe…
Similar:Another square of #steampunk control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #a…AestheticsHeard any good stories lately?My daughter has a terrible time settling…BooksChess tournament.PersonalThey figured it out.PersonalI think this #denoising filter makes my #CGI scene look a bit like a hand-illustrated chil…I think this #denoising filter makes my …AestheticsSkin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1…
Not a day goes by without The Girl reminding us that everyone else her age has a phone — but she also compares her desire for a phone to Gollum’s desire for The Ring. Many adults have told her she’s lucky not to carry around the burden of social media updates, though part of her…
This fall I will be teaching Shakespeare again; but thereafter, as part of a curriculum redesign, Shakespeare will be rolled into a “Shakespeare in Context” course that will also need to address Beowulf, medieval drama, Arthurian legend, Chaucer, Marlowe, etc. I intend to do this by teaching five different Shakespeare plays, focusing on one play…
It used to bother me that people got all excited about the color shirt that was being worn by a particular person holding (or throwing, or tossing, or avoiding) a small round object. Then I read the Onion article “Walking Sports Database Scorns Walking Sci-Fi Database:” A self-described “sports fanatic” who experiences vicarious thrills through…
Similar:It's Friday night in July, and I'm jamming with my fall course preps.The dean sends me an email at 9:07pm. In…AcademiaMy daughter was five or six when she created the character “Moonbot” for the #steampunk be…https://youtu.be/GoWiNB_tlJ8 AestheticsForward is the officers' wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call o… AestheticsMy Parents…
Similar:Today's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me to take her f…AwesomeAnother day, another 10 square centimeters of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blende…AestheticsBackstage opening night.PersonalMy journalism students just gave me this wristband: "What would Jerz do? / Verify or duck…. AestheticsProgress over 11 years of Blender3D practiceOver the past few…
Similar:After the haircut. The girl seems to like it.PersonalI may or may not make a zapping sound under my breath while phasering your ticket. @prime_… AestheticsThe girl will be performing as the Dew Drop Fairy in the Dec 8 evening performance of The …AestheticsI made some progress.PersonalWeird History offers a good debunking of this persistent…
Similar:It's a lie that having zero assignments to mark means I have nothing "to do," but this par… A relief.Academia“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little sal…PersonalI'm not tired of @shu.pippin yet! Final performance is sold out.PersonalSondra's Garden: Butterfly Release Honors Dr. Lettrich (Seton Hill University)”Every…
Similar:Not a #carguy but I pried open the hatch of the van to change 4 bulbs. #adulting PersonalBeautifying the exterior of the fantasy cruiser from the bedtime stories I used to tell my…PersonalBooks Come Alive! Catalina Magdalena Cast (Stage Right Greensburg) The cast for “Catalina Mag…BooksDean Jones Dead: Disney Actor Was 84″The Love Bug” was one…
Similar:Not bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunk #neovictorianNot bad for a couple hours of work. #ble…AestheticsWho choked up while reading aloud Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” during a lesson on creative nonf…Who choked up while reading aloud Sagan’…PersonalStephen Coles’ The Anatomy of Type, reviewed.Talk nerdy to me. You’re my type. What …AestheticsWhy…
Day 1 Today was my first full shipwrecked day after our ship hit some sharp rocks a half mile offshore. What started out as a team-building trip to the Cook Islands has turned into a true nightmare. #OnlySurvivor #PleaseSendHelp #SurvivalSundays #HolisticRescueMarketing —McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Similar:Technology's Impact on Education Technology’s Impact on Education | V…AcademiaAnti-globalism Is…