I used to spend time in class teaching students about how your act of choosing to link from your blog to someone else’s blog was part of the formula Google used to rank its search results. The words you picked when you crafted your hyperlink was a way of conveying or withholding value. Tagging is…
Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:If I don’t design the sign for the pub on my #steampunk space cruiser, who will? #prioriti… AestheticsT-Shirts for student journalists who recently leveled up to “staff writer”(with bear signe…PersonalThe Anatomy of a Shakespeare Play: King Lear (Free video lecture from Pict, 2pm Friday)PersonalTwittering The MachineI’ve never been…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Now that I have polished so many details, I'm working on more selective lighting. #steampu… AestheticsCreating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can…Creating textures for background buildin…AestheticsJohn Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale of paces.” My #unity3d placeholde…John Speed’s 1611…
Similar:Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 3) …Rewatching ST:DS9 Outside the O’Brien…AmusingJohn Oliver Returns to Out-News the News—by Ignoring TrumpI prefer reading and listening to the ne…CultureBritish Politician begins reciting colonial-era Kipling poem in in Myanmar templeAfter the UK ambassador cut off his reci…CultureComputer scientist Leslie Lamport…
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:Which of my colleagues wants attention?AcademiaMoonBot (from the family steampunk bedtime RPG 2007-2013) vs. a crate and lamps.https://youtu.be/h2P2Ve-oZ1U AestheticsOne wild place. (Sunday.) NatureA pleasant find: somebody left…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:Slicing up a massively detailed trimsheet to simulate reflections and geometry for four va…PersonalI had to act like I knew something about golf. There I am on the right at about :15.PersonalRenata, Carolyn and Alex in a scene from this weekend's…
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:We Need to Talk about the Burgeoning Robot Middle ClassMaybe it’s not the super-robots we need …BusinessPinkalicious — "Buzz Off"My daughter plays…
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:Mechanical innards for a Steampunk set piece. #Blender3D #greebleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oChXOu8C…AestheticsThe Nth Degree (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 19) Barclay Evolves Rewatching ST:TNG Engineering schlub …MediaIn November 2000, I was blogging about the US Presidential election,…
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:Merry Christmas 2019PersonalI didn't mark a single paper or set foot in a classroom. Here's why this prof is tired fro…I submitted my final grades a few weeks …AcademiaTo DoTo Do (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) 5: …AcademiaA gangway, flanked…
Beautiful set. Support the humans who do arts in your community (instead of settling for AI sludge.) Similar:My daughter found where all the missing pens and pencils end upAmusingHamlet!PersonalSo peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.Personal45m into a game against a player ranked 400pts higher than him. In a frilly shirt for the …CulturePrepare…
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:British Politician begins reciting colonial-era Kipling poem in in Myanmar templeAfter the UK ambassador cut off his reci…CultureImportant University of Virginia Messages Regarding Sexual AssaultUniversity…
Details for a modular mid-range scoutship, from the #steampunk #neovictorian bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult children. #blender3d Similar:Synchronous Online Classes: 10 Tips for Engaging StudentsEvery time I have taught an online class…AcademiaNew book: basic skills for the multimedia journalistLooking forward to this promising resour…CybercultureAngel One (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 13) Sexist…
Proper commenting is an important part of coding any project, especially in an educational context. #ChoiceScript #journalism Similar:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. Trying to add a subtle pattern to the light-…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsI'd love to do a shift at these gorgeous #neovictorian workstations, created in #Blender3D…AestheticsCarolyn and Nick…