She’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We are in town to see the Frog and Toad musical. This seemed logical. Similar:Before the haircut. PersonalSeeing the premiere of a play based on the life of a Holocaust survivor who ended up as a …PersonalMaking movie magic with my dueling gut-shot daughterAestheticsOops. I’m going to bed now.…
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:The other day I did a socialize with some of my Humanities colleagues. (I am proud of myse…PersonalFamily outing to the Pittsburgh National AviaryPersonalThe worst-case scenario Converging in a…
Your first #blender3d retractable #steampunk landing wheels will be your worst. But you have to start somewhere. Similar:Carolyn is in PICT Classic Theatre adaptation of Oliver Twist (opened Sat night, runs thro…[Artistic Director Alan] Stanford had no…Books4 Skills to Help You Stand Out In Any Job InterviewAn employer will never ask you to write …BusinessRemember…
My contribution to WAOB Audio Theatre’s plan to record all the proverbs. Similar:More delightful #steampunk control panels. These are computationally efficient bitmap rect…PersonalVideo Game about Cancer and GriefOn my list for the next time I teach “Vi…AestheticsThe Rhetoric of Anthems and the Drama of KneelingI don’t follow sports, so I don’t feel f…CultureThey Smiled…
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 to fix the internet: If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond th… A teenager in Indonesia may not see …CybercultureI'm having scads of fun designing #steampunk control panels. #blender3d #blender3dart…AestheticsAnother 10sq cm section of a…
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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:I just looked up the context for the bald guy dropping the chili. I guess I was expecting something like…DesignOn Death and iPods: A RequiemI never owned a classic iPod, though I d…CultureLook how the…
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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:Sherlock Holmes and The Woman (WAOB Live Virtual Performance)I was happy to play Watson. The daughter…BooksChoosing Carolyn's HeadshotWhich of these headshots do you like bes…AestheticsCrazy-looking keyboards that never caught on As the typewriter become popular,…
Added multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I will make slightly fewer variations of a slightly larger building. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:I love my students enough to teach them the difference between passive voice and past tens…If a goggles-for-brains Lego character c…EducationDigital Storytelling: Empower the Multimodal Writing Classroom with Scratch How can the busy writing teacher…
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Modular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingbetter Similar:Over time, Google has made paid ads harder to spot In 2007, Google changed the long…BusinessI really enjoyed powering through Wilson’s Century Cycle during winter term.AwesomeBehind the bar in the officers' pub, from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to…
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:Public service announcement! If you are feeling awkward at a social event and you see me t…AwesomeThe daughter (giving the piggyback ride in pic 2) doing a thing that starts tomorrow. Tribune ReviewAmusingRelics (#StarTrek…
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