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:‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading ma…When I went off to college to be an Engl…AcademiaA vacation minibar story from 20 years ago.PersonalHello, I’m Dr. Jerz, I’ll…
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This actually happened the other day when I was offline. Similar:Okay, freshly downloaded app…Okay, freshly downloaded app, If you are…CybercultureCarolyn as Cosette in the wedding scene in Les Miz. #feelsPersonalOnce on This Island (Stage Right! Greensburg; May 11 & 12 Promo Video)The girl plays Ti Moune in “Once on This…CultureAn Unexpecting MinorityTruthfully, I expected my new…
Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts have more detail than the upper storey windows and interiors. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingthere My second try is definitely better than my first from a few weeks ago. I’ve told myself at this stage, no props! No barrels or crates or hay bales, wall sconces, procedurally-generated random street…
Spring 2024 Grades: Submitted Similar:Spring office cleaning thoughts: 1) I used to print a lot. 2) I have enough tote bags. I used to print a lot. I have e…AcademiaThe only snow alert you'll ever need.AmusingLooking forward in the back room of the officers' pub, in the #steampunk cruiser from…AestheticsCarolyn's Theater Bio for Prime Stage's…
I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:We're enjoying the intensity and also the (surprisingly appropriate) humor.PersonalGame night at our local library.GamesAnother 10sq cm of background details for a #steampunk project. #blender3d #blender3dart #…AestheticsSet design for a virtual production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots). Post-apocalypti… AestheticsBetween static hand-coded HTML pages and…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Modular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d #medievalyork …Modular components to mix and match. The…AestheticsThe girl will be Mrs Lovett in Stage Right's Sweeney Todd at the end of July. #3week #musi…DramaA…
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:Today's annoying adventures of adulting: fixing the bathroom ceiling fan.Not fun, but done. ModdingFigured out how to configure my iPad as an external…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:I am a dog and I am a good boy and I am prepping my Spring courses.AcademiaFinished Reading "Fibble," Book 4 in "Heck: Where Bad Kids Go."I finished reading to my daughter the fo…BooksIt was Mrs. White with the revolver in the…
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:Merry Christmas 2013Current_EventsIn-home schooling popularity slipping across stateWe were on our way out the door to see A…CultureFacebook paid Teen Vogue to run a fake article praising Facebook for "helping ensure the i… After FB…
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:No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a me…No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta st…AestheticsHappy U.S. citizenship, Dr. Garcia-Quismondo @SHUHumanities @Setonhill AcademiaBoston Herald Guild Members Boycotting Twitter After Reporter SuspendedMembers of the Herald’s editorial guild …Current_EventsBully: She told her…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Elderly woman who botched religious fresco demands royalties – TelegraphThe elderly Spanish woman who ruined a r…AestheticsFake Kitsch! Not Really the 80s! There is a part of me that misses …AestheticsThe Hut Where the Internet Began – Atlantic…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:I was perhaps a bit more conversational and chipper than usual during class today. A grinn…I was perhaps a bit more conversational …AcademiaTouch Me Now: York Plays 2025A cast of hundreds participated in a pub…AcademiaEnjoying a peaceful fall moment while it's possible. Taking these moments as they…