She’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We are in town to see the Frog and Toad musical. This seemed logical. Similar:Star Trek Beyond was an enjoyable nerdy family outing.PersonalPut up the Hoop Sooner: 10 lessons of parenting from one wise guy who's done doing the dad…Earlier today, we dropped our daughter o…AcademiaMy brother is…
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:As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the ProblemWhen reality contradicts the truths that…CultureWhat's a Snollygoster? Even lexicographers are wrong sometimesThis is an amusing little story about…
Your first #blender3d retractable #steampunk landing wheels will be your worst. But you have to start somewhere. Similar:The Neutral Zone (ST:TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 25)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureProofreading matters. (For the record, Blanche actually said, "We most certainly enter a p…I make mistakes on my blog all the time….Current_EventsAnother 10sq cm of…
My contribution to WAOB Audio Theatre’s plan to record all the proverbs. Similar:My Teenage Son Does Not Know How To Mail A Letter – I Blame Technology – ReadWriteA father learns the Postal Service websi…CultureWhy Study Humanities? What I Tell Engineering FreshmenWisdom from science writer John Horgan.[…AcademiaRequiem for the NewsroomWhen I worked at a…
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:Real college classes have writing assignments and required reading.While I can imagine teaching a course th…AcademiaMemories of Toronto Yonge Street EncountersI arrived in Toronto in 1992 as a 22yo g…CultureSomeone I know very well is in the trailer for Midnight…
More 18th Century fun @fortligonier Similar:Not bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunk #neovictorianNot bad for a couple hours of work. #ble…AestheticsBrought my in-progress #blender3d project into the #unity3d gaming engine. Plenty of frust… AestheticsEvery conversation between a parent and a child, in four conversations. (Slate)This whole item applies very well to…
More modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-sized buildings next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Valentines for Journalists Mark S. Luckie, MediumAestheticsEnjoyed watching the restored version of the hugely influential 1927 sci-fi movie #Metropo…Enjoyed watching the restored version of…AestheticsThe daughter is doing another thing, this time in Galway, Ireland. AestheticsCreate…
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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:Police respond to Twitter bot sending death threat to another Twitter botJeffry built himself a harmless little T…CybercultureKittenwar”May the cutest kitten win…” –Kittenw…AestheticsPractice, practice, practice. Making many things in #Blender3D. Arranging them to make a…
Added multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I will make slightly fewer variations of a slightly larger building. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:In August, 2001 I was blogging about… Broken Links and Poor Information Ar…AestheticsFall 2020 Midterm Grades: SUBMITTEDPersonalI feel juvenile enough today that this headline made me snicker.AmusingRadio News Delivery: How to Sound Like a Radio…
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Modular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingbetter Similar:Another section of #steampunk control panel, because reasons. #blender3d #blender3dartOne of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsMy 1951 day DuoLingo streak was fun, but… Ever since DuoLingo announced it…BusinessAmong today’s major professional accomplishments: installing this hook. #springbreakMy office door feels more…
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:When she isn't playing Hodel, she'll be dancing with a bottle.PersonalArsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 21)With an A-plot that comments on the Cold…CultureAirlock for a #steampunk #blender3d project featuring #neovictorian #greebles.…
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