Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:Another delightful caricature by Rebecca ScassellatiAestheticsMy Parents (aged 72 and 78) Demonstrate a Ballroom Dance PoseThis is how my parents finish their Arge…AestheticsThe #Blender3D #eevee denoising filter gives off a pretty amazing Caldecott prize-winning …The filter won’t replace real hand-drawn…AestheticsIf you win the very first time you play…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:On set as Betsy and Philip Schulyer in an historical film.PersonalSo peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.PersonalFacebook, Now You Remind Me of a Half-Drunk Cocktail Party SchmoozerLast week, Facebook asked me what sports…BusinessYes, we will see almost anything branded Sherlock Holmes.PersonalIntroduction to The Skin of Our…
Similar:So, What's in It for Me?All in all, I enjoy my job very much, an…AcademiaBeauty and the Beast (St. Vincent Summer Theatre)The girl (blue skirt and pigtails), who …Current_EventsLife Support (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 13) Bashir keeps the gravely injur…Rewatching ST:DS9 An accident aboard …CultureMedia Bias Chart (Ad Fontes, v. 9)Objective news reporting…
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:Richard Scarry unfinished manuscript to be publishedSome of my happiest memories of fatherho…AestheticsIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpghIn a hole in the…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.Some people out there will never like yo…CultureMy colleague Dr. Cusick bakes Irish soda bread every year to honor Saint Patrick's Day.AcademiaIt's a thing to do.PersonalA rare…
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:Did you share Russian fake news? Facebook, apparently unable to insert items directly in o…Did you share fake news from Russia duri…BusinessTop…
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:NASA sends humans back to the moon for an orbital visit. I was *such* a space nerd as a ki…I remember being SO excited for the laun…AwesomePAC-MAN: The Untold Story of How We Really…
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:What's wrong with the way I talk?Wife & daughter competing w each oth…AestheticsMe: Carolyn, are you ok? Carolyn:Just reminding myself that I am a gift.AmusingI'm down to a king and two pawns but my son likes playing…
Beautiful set. Support the humans who do arts in your community (instead of settling for AI sludge.) Similar:Encounter at Farpoint (Season 1, Episode 1: ST:TNG Rewatch) Picard gathers his crew, hates…Rewatching ST:TNG after almost 20 years….CultureThe girl told me to post this with the caption, “The Addams Family Goes to the Big League….PersonalOne wild place.…
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:Alas for You (Godspell, Stage Right)Three weeks ago tonight, I got an email …DramaThat moment when you're logging into a table read of #RUR (Rossum's…
Details for a modular mid-range scoutship, from the #steampunk #neovictorian bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult children. #blender3d Similar:Quantum's King Lear at Carrie Blast FurnaceThe girl and I were thrilled to catch Qu…CultureWhen People Only Read the Headline — Misuse of JournalismThe Society of Professional Journalists …BusinessI filed my grades early. I shall…
Proper commenting is an important part of coding any project, especially in an educational context. #ChoiceScript #journalism Similar:First Day in the Theatre for Twelfth Night (May 3-12) Daughter: (is sad her “first day in …CultureHearing "Godzilla on My Mind" author Wiliam TsutsuiPersonalI'm honestly not sure where that came from.For my summer project, teaching myself t…AestheticsRecording…
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:Oh that sweet, sweet feeling of progress.PersonalPlaying a well-dressed bad guy.AestheticsThe Missing Will, by Agatha Christie (WAOB Audio Theatre)I had a great time playing Hastings in t…CultureMisSpelled:…