Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:Merry Christmas 2019PersonalWe'll Always Have Paris (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 24)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaThe Girl at rehearsal (where else?).PersonalA rare win for Dad. CultureStage Right's 'Seussical' offers songs, messagesThe Tribune-Review does a great job cove…Current_EventsLoved part 1 of Alec Silverblatt's Mon Valley Medium. Part 2 tomorrow…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:This was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight but time…AcademiaScratch 3.0 beta is available. Try out the text-to-speech blocks!PersonalSeeing Floyd Collins, a musical about caving and journalism. Front Porch Theatricals.PersonalThe Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14)Rewatching Star Trek:…
Similar:Can AI write good novels?I expect that this is probably the year …AcademiaAre we spreading fake news about fake news?In a new research paper that Poynter say…CultureFor News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It’s Bend or BustHundreds of thousands of people on Faceb…BusinessPesky journalists, always showing up to document atrocities.No Democratic president should send in…
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:Bag a Bot DayAt midnight tonight, participants in the…Current_EventsLonely Among Us (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) Crew-posessing spark roams and a droid …Conflict between two species…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:So happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her kindness and baking talents.PersonalMemorizer (Memorization Tool)A Midsummer castmate shared a link to th…CybercultureMy parents holding a picture of the family I took with my first SLR camera in 1987.PersonalEpilogue to Rossum's Universal RobotsMy…
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:Still More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaA student who is writing her research paper on Taylor Swift made a passing…
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:Restoring the first websiteVery important bit of history. For a st…CybercultureStar Wars, Star Trek And V Author Ann Crispin Passes AwayAs a high school student, I wrote a fan …BooksNew Renaissance Theatre Company's The…
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:The girl sank her brother's last ship with the homophonous cry "I-1."Amusing@shu.pippin was great. Four more chances to see it!PersonalRandom gauge design, for background details in a fantasy #steampunk project. #blender3d #b… AestheticsHappy Father’s Day One of…
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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:The Measure of a Man (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 9)Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….CultureCreationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomerBrother…
Details for a modular mid-range scoutship, from the #steampunk #neovictorian bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult children. #blender3d Similar:How do I cite a tweet in MLA Style?According to the Modern Language Associa…AcademiaFor God's sake John, sit down!CultureLotteries: America's $70 Billion ShameCan this be true? People spend more mone…BooksOur family has seen David Whalen…
Proper commenting is an important part of coding any project, especially in an educational context. #ChoiceScript #journalism Similar:Sorry, not sorry. I don't want such friends. Back in 2003, shortly after I moved …CultureThe Problems of Real-Time Feedback in Teaching WritingSometimes my students get nervous becaus…AcademiaI created about a dozen basic building shapes, with textures to…
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:Ushering for a school matinee. Love seeing the kids excited about @prime_stage Frankenstei… CultureYeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalI filed my grades early. I shall…