My contribution to WAOB Audio Theatre’s plan to record all the proverbs. Similar:Peer Review Paranoia: The system is built on trust between scholars. AI is undermining tha…From an essay that includes a reflection…AcademiaImagine all the people. Just reading their damned syllabus.These are not the rhetorical choices I w…AcademiaIn September 1999 I was blogging about…
Already facing scandal, the Washington Post‘s new-ish CEO and publisher, Will Lewis, has announced that the newspaper will be pivoting to artificial intelligence to turn around its dismal financial situation. […] The paper’s chief technology officer, meanwhile, announced to staffers that going forward, WaPo is to have “AI everywhere in our newsroom,” according to Tani. It’s unclear,…
Three different sized buildings. Still working on variations for the biggest one. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:How not to attract women to coding: Make tech pinkJust watched videos of the musicals “Tho…AcademiaFrom Shakespeare to Sondheim to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, everything you "dew�…PersonalYesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.Nothing in this…
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More modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-sized buildings next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Now Is the Perfect Time to Memorize a PoemPowerful writing, by Matthew Schneier. …AestheticsBusy with Midterm GradesPosted midterm grades for the most labor…AcademiaYesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not…
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More modular low-poly background buildings. I’ll do some more facades then move to the next size larger. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Looking in on the officers' wardroom (conference and dining) one deck above the main … I thought of the interior as “Missisip…AestheticsVulcan mind-melds from Star Trek: The Original Series, in the order that I can…
Added multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I will make slightly fewer variations of a slightly larger building. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:For God's sake John, sit down!CultureWestmoreland County Air Show 2012 (Photos)Traffic leaving the Arnold Palmer Region…AestheticsAdding details to a clip-art silhouette, for a project that will be released in a day or t… An important…
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Reliving memories and saying goodbye to my late colleague Sr. Ann Infanger. Similar:I have for some reason reached another #duolingo milestone.CultureThank you, anonymous donor of Mardi Gras candy.Okay, on closer inspection I see the red…AestheticsAdded multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I will make slightly fewer variations of a sl…Added multiple swappable upper storeys. …AestheticsA question…
Modular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingbetter Similar:Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhillunivers…Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into…PersonalSnape and Ginny at the Hogwarts Club event.PersonalI rather like my camera. Bought a new zoom lens a few months ago.PersonalEducated, uplifted,…
The new AI advanced version of Google Search, aka Google SGE or Search Generative Experience, provides wicked smart AI answers to your queries. And if you ask it how to pass kidney stones quickly, Google will tell you to drink at least two quarts of urine every 24 hours. Source: Google SGE Recommends You Drink…
Rewatching ST:DS9 A nervous Morn sniffs a flower and presents it to a woman who accepts it warmly. At the replimat, Odo and Sisko chat about the forthcoming O’Brien baby and the risks of interspecies love. Worf’s jealously and aloofness is played for laughs against Dax’s open friendliness as they discuss a trip to Risa…
Weirdly beautiful. Wonderful bit of game history exploring why the code for the 1993 game Doom uses a slightly wrong value for pi (the programmer recalls that he misremembered the 10th digit), and a bizarre exploration of what happens to the gameplay when you deliberately change pi to different values. We all know that the…
I guess now we know why for the past decade or so Google doesn’t seem to be valuing what used to be magical about Google — the ability to rank pages so effectively and connect users to web pages that met their needs. That’s just not what’s driving Google these days. With AI search results…
Enjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s chair from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult kids. Similar:Okay, freshly downloaded app…Okay, freshly downloaded app, If you are…CybercultureA full minute standing ovation after that rousing final “Alleluia.” Thrilling!Personal#PPTPlaytime adaptation of The Merchant of Venice.Top — nonverbal addition with Jessica an…DramaWide-angle view of a…
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This actually happened the other day when I was offline. Similar:If I don’t stock the officers’ pub on my #steampunk #fantasy #CGI flagship, who will? (All…PersonalSteampunk flag for the United States of Britannia (from the alternate history my kids and …In the steampunk world my kids and I mad…AestheticsToday's 10 sq cm of a #steampunk…
Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts have more detail than the upper storey windows and interiors. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingthere My second try is definitely better than my first from a few weeks ago. I’ve told myself at this stage, no props! No barrels or crates or hay bales, wall sconces, procedurally-generated random street…
Spring 2024 Grades: Submitted Similar:My student journos are meming it like bosses.PersonalDaily 10sq cm of control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunkAestheticsHaven (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 10) When a low-stakes rom-com shows Troi's beau and …Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaCEO’s brutalist office, for a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)….AestheticsSlicing up a…