I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Work-Life Balance, from 11(!) Years AgoI think I’m managing work-life balance p…AcademiaStudents whom I haven't met yet… Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’l…AcademiaVibing to a park saxophonist as I code for an upcoming conference presentation, and wait t…Vibing to a park saxophonist as…
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Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes shut, her face flushed with pleasure. The 16-year-old exhales with her head thrown back, collapsing into laughter that causes smoke to billow out of her mouth. The clip is grainy and shaky – as if shot in low light…
My simulation project does not require me to master medieval daub and wattle architecture. But sadly, I now know just enough to be disappointed by this first attempt. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #keepgoing Similar:Why Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my news online now, but I grew…AestheticsCat-sitting. Hello, Blue.Personal7 web design trends you’ll actually…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Classic. So good! #startrek #tosPersonalRenata, Carolyn and Alex in a scene from this weekend's Pippin.CultureThe Duolingo owl has been judging my German every day for the last year.EducationI came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these stee…I…
Have you seen Apple’s “Crush” ad? It features a huge huge hydraulic press crushing musical instruments, art supplies, google-eyed toys, and other beloved artifacts of imagination and creativity. I remember seeing a video years ago that showed how a smartphone replaced a desktop full of tools like a calculator, notepad, rolodex, and so forth. But…
I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside as faculty adviser to the Setonian. The student voice of the hill (founded in 1919) will continue to evolve. First published in 1919, The Setonian not only predates SHU’s journalism major, it also predates the majestic London planetrees that the…
A Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2 million trees. #hope #life #stewardship #earth #ispeakforthetrees Similar:Overheard: "This is the best show I've ever seen at the Geyer" and "Who IS that girl playi…Gasps from the audience, shouts of “No!”…CultureMerry Christmas 2019PersonalSHU Community Lines Up to Honor JoAnne Boyle's Final Trip…
A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump every piece of this carefully honed metal letterpress type into the river. It was an act of retribution against his business partner, Emery Walker, whom he believed was attempting to swindle him. With its extra-wide capital letters, diamond shaped punctuation and…
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So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Standardized Test Scores Don't Really Measure LearningThere are ways to raise a child’s test s…AcademiaFree Game Friday: Text-Based Games 2012 Interactive Fiction contest we’ll…AmusingCome see Carolyn as “The Girl” in The Fantasticks, Oct 18-27. CultureI'm really enjoying seeing how my students are…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Renata, Carolyn and Alex in a scene from this weekend's Pippin.CultureThoroughly enjoying Collaborators at Quantum Theatre.PersonalThe #Blender3D #eevee denoising filter gives off a pretty amazing Caldecott prize-winning …The filter won’t replace real hand-drawn…AestheticsWhy Creative Side Projects Are Good…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:My colleague @crissycp once again left an amazing Irish soda bread in the break room. (Yes…AwesomeMy precious is fifteen. PersonalSorry, not sorry. I don't want such friends. Back in 2003, shortly after I moved …CultureSpaghetti dinner with my son.PersonalMisSpelled: Premiering Oct 1In this podcast series, I voice a…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Another #neovictorian control panel for a personal #steampunk project. #design #aesthetics…AestheticsSynergistic Synthesis XVII Sub B1 Chair by Kenneth SmytheAfter my daughter’s theater workshop, I …AestheticsRemember Who The Enemy IsGood article on Catching Fire. (I haven’…BooksRIP Metaverse, we…
Nothing in this stack is pressing, but they do include rough drafts of final papers, so that will involve concentration and tact and empathy and time. Similar:Finally — the pace at work subsides a bit.PersonalVerify or Duck! Journalists should confirm all details they didn't witness.New instructional web page — Verify or …AcademiaThesis Critique Activity: Another…
Here’s the underlying problem. We have an operating image of thought, an understanding of what thought is and how to make thought productive of knowledge and truth through the use of various methods. This image and its methods are, of course, products of human history. They change over time, in different cultures, and so on.…
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The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much…Taking a break from my syllabustering in…PersonalAnother fun 10 sq cm of a #neovictorian #steampunk control panel. #elegance #design #aesth…AestheticsEnjoying more live theater.CultureFinally — the pace at work subsides a bit.PersonalThe girl…
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