Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:"I'm a geek. Deal with it." –my 11yo daughter. #geekgirlproblemsAmusingThe girl told me to post this with the caption, “The Addams Family Goes to the Big League….PersonalBad Doggy — practicing "Tomorrow" with a human Sandyhttp://www.youtube.com/v/718e4XsNvGY …AmusingMy brother set my parents up for…
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:Annie — Cabinet TomorrowMy 10yo daughter Carolyn played Annie in…AmusingMy crazy Friday night involved tweaking the graphic for an #MLAstyle instructional web pag…AcademiaA selfie with a Chekov action figure after learning of Anton Yelchin's deathCurrent_EventsAnother…
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…
A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son. Similar:Culture Desk: My Life in PencilsDevotees of the Blackwing had been payin…AestheticsHere for the daughter.AcademiaMerry Christmas 2018PersonalThank you, anonymous donor of Mardi Gras candy.Okay, on closer inspection I see the red…AestheticsMTV VMAs: Will Smith Family's Reaction Was to Gaga, Not Miley (Video)I didn’t watch the…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Fall 2017 Grades Submitted. No professional tasks until Tuesday. Bliss!PersonalFirst steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the …First steps towards reconstructing a 30-…AestheticsGraduation procession #classof2017PersonalThose emails can wait.PersonalHow exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medie…How…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:In June, 2001 it seems I only blogged three times…I’m not sure what else I was doing durin…AmusingDon't Give Apple Too Much Credit for Bowing to Taylor SwiftApple is skilled at attracting praise. O…BusinessFirst steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Ship in a Bottle (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 12) Barclay's holodeck hack br…Rewatching ST:TNG Data and LaForge ar…CybercultureRediscovering History’s Lost First Female Video Game DesignerRCA’s console never rivaled the impact o…CybercultureA new headshot for the girl.Personal19…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Some problems bringing #Blender3D models into the #Unity3D game engine. The pink represent…AestheticsEnjoying more live theater.CultureIf I don’t hang my own artwork on the walls of my #steampunk fantasy ship-of-the-line, who…AestheticsThe Toulmin model for analyzing arguments came up at a faculty pedagogy workshop today. I … AcademiaIt's…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:copyranter: New Milwaukee Public Library ads mock facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. copyra…AmusingThe Sword of Kahless #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 9) Kor invites Worf and Dax…Rewatching ST:DS9 Kor (the charismatic …AmusingRay Harryhousen, visual effects…
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:Brass desk lamp, with translucent green shade and glowing light bulb filament. #blender3dPersonalThe Value of Truth: We are living through an epistemological crisis. In the jargon of academia, the study…AcademiaThe…
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.…
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day. Similar:Happy Easter!PersonalVery impressive mural has been installed in Admin for SHU’s Centennial.PersonalI didn't exactly set out to achieve this goal, but it's not hard to do the minimum to keep…EducationThey're coming in faster than I can mark them. This number will be higher tonight, so I'm …PersonalHad a…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Happy Father’s Day One of my favorite pictures of my fa…Current_EventsIt's a Didactic Day in the Neighborhood: Mister Rogers and Educational IdeologyI recently lamented that my kids are gro…AestheticsThe YouTube "Blender3D to Unity UMA" tutorials blow through all the steps in a h…PersonalPippin! Last show today at…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated WritersThe AI authors’ writing often sounds lik…Cyberculture5 of the Fiercest One-Liners in HistoryYes, the Spartans’ one-word response to …CultureOn the Importance of Nonverbal Feedback in the Classroom [an Anecdote]I don’t generally like teaching with…
After learning of his AIDS diagnosis, artist Keith Haring created the work, “Unfinished Painting” (1989), which is mostly a blank canvas, with streaks that evoke his own interrupted, incomplete life. Someone who thought it was “so sad” that the painting was unfinished used AI to “complete what he couldn’t finish.” Needless to say, the bot…
Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in a scene from “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.” This weekend only… opens tonight! Order tickets online at http://www.setonhill.edu/tickets by phone at 724-552-2929, or by mail at SHUPAC Box Office, Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pa., 15601-1599. Box Office Hours are…
Inspiration can come to those with the humblest heart. Caedmon the Cowherd believed he had no talent for singing, but the voice in his dream encouraged him. Listen to what he does with it in, “The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. A Production of We Are One Body® Audio Theatre. Read by…
Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) featured during Seton Hill‘s “Celebration of Scholarship.” Similar:Feeling Like an Impostor at 49I reminded my Shakespeare students that …AcademiaWork / Life Balance: UnlockedI think I must be doing something right …AcademiaThe Myth of the Unemployed Humanities MajorStudents who work their way up to…