This friendly gangster was parked at WalMart in Johnstown yesterday. Similar:A Successful Failure: The TI-99/4A Turns 40My family had one of these when I was 12…AwesomeKeeping it classy. My 20yo son encounters the fruit-eating scene from the 1996 point-and-c…PersonalMask up.PersonalIn between 3 walks and a chess game with my son, today I managed to churn…
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:Happy Easter 2019 Current_EventsIs this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play?PersonalSaints and Poets, Maybe They Do SomeI wrote the following in 2004, when my s…DramaA little board-gaming for Labor Day.PersonalPart of my daily routine is practicing German for about…
She’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We are in town to see the Frog and Toad musical. This seemed logical. Similar:Another visit to downtown Pittsburgh with my history-loving son.CultureAnother delightful caricature by Rebecca ScassellatiAestheticsIn August 1999 I was blogging about Poohsticks Bridge, penmanship, Archimedes, and ebooksIn August 1999, I was blogging about …BooksEnjoyed watching…
At the Johnstown Flood Museum. (May 31 1889 the neglected dam at the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club broke, unleashing devastation on the valley below.) Similar:Sibling Affection and Paternal Abstraction as Drawn By a Six-Year-Old; or, Aren't My Daugh…My six-year-old daughter is a very visua…AmusingChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth PreservingMany are wailing that this…
Your first #blender3d retractable #steampunk landing wheels will be your worst. But you have to start somewhere. Similar:Biggest accomplishment of the dayThe real problem is timing — they had c…GovernmentNews Feed FYI: Click-baitingIt’s hard for me to think of Facebook as…BusinessStage Right offers four versions of its musical 'Annie' | TribLIVELeapin‘ Lizards! There are four…
My contribution to WAOB Audio Theatre’s plan to record all the proverbs. Similar:She was nervous about the dog misbehaving during "Tomorrow," so I told her she could pract… https://youtu.be/718e4XsNvGY Leap…AmusingEpilogue to Rossum's Universal RobotsMy big finish as Alquist in a Zoom-based…DramaA very happy geekling playing Dungeons and Dragons on her one free evening. #llapGamesOpening…
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 Finland Keeps Kids Focused Through Free PlayNormally, students and teachers in Finla…CultureThe Toulmin model for analyzing arguments came up at a faculty pedagogy workshop today. I … AcademiaThe Tribune-Review published a nice preview of Dani Girl.My daughter Carolyn, Matthew…
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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:In January, 2002 I was blogging about… A 20-something former CEO takes a fa…BooksMany things in the world are awful right now but my latest section of a #neovictorian them…AestheticsFrisbee is a brand name, but…
Enjoying a visit with an Austrian imperial commander (ahistorically but magnificently present) at Ft Ligonier. Similar:These buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough fo…These buildings are so much better than …PersonalBeautiful day for a walk.PersonalIt's exam week, and at the moment I have exactly one unmarked…
More modular low-poly background buildings. I’ll do some more facades then move to the next size larger. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Make a date with #HeartOurArt at The Westmoreland Museum of American ArtWhile our daughter is performing in Stag…ArtMy #Blender3D set design for a Zoom-based production of Rossum's Universal Robots, which I…I’ve loved this 1920s play…
Added multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I will make slightly fewer variations of a slightly larger building. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Meet the 12-year-old boy who makes games instead of going to schoolTurning on the anti-clickbait filter: Ho…CultureHere for the daughter.AcademiaThey grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they…
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Modular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingbetter Similar:Daily 10sq cm of control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunkAestheticsLet there be light The Irish have a weakness for puns, …AestheticsThe Big Goodbye (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 11) When a holodeck glitch taints Picard's… Rewatching Star Trek: The…
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…