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:A colleague bakes Irish soda bread to share on the Humanities floor every St Patrick's DayPersonalChess again with my son.GamesWest Side Story (Aug 9-12) #somethingscomingCultureHere for the daughter.AcademiaMy colleague Dr. Cusick bakes Irish soda…
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This actually happened the other day when I was offline. Similar:Classic. So good! #startrek #tosPersonalMore #Blender3D practice. Additional details for a steampunk control panel. Just because.AestheticsI think this #denoising filter makes my #CGI scene look a bit like a hand-illustrated chil…I think this #denoising filter makes my …AestheticsLast night I dreamed I was a stagehand…
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:Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mys…Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildi…PersonalThe girl sank her brother's last ship with the homophonous cry "I-1."AmusingElevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3d cruiser, just because. #design #aesthetics #blen… AestheticsSupport the arts in your community!PersonalAnother 10 sq cm of details for…
I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Next up for the girl: Amy, the youngest sister, in Little Women: The Broadway Musical. Nov…PersonalMechanical innards for a Steampunk set piece. #Blender3D #greebleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oChXOu8C…AestheticsWho is the more dramatic — my extroverted tween or my philosophical teen?Stoked from a morning show-choir perform…AmusingFaculty assembling in launch…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furni…Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleann…PersonalProgress over 11 years of Blender3D practiceOver the past few years I have created l…AestheticsToday's 10 sq cm…
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:Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch I was in college and grad school dur…CultureMerry Christmas 2022.PersonalMy journalism students just gave me this wristband:…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:We are all of us works in progress. Sometimes progress looks messy.PersonalEveryone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes.CultureAfter lights out, the girl is knitting.PersonalLove outdoor theater. Love #Chekhov ! Love #cherryorchard Support 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:The Problems of Real-Time Feedback in Teaching WritingSometimes my students get nervous becaus…AcademiaIt’s been a while since something got me into a movie theater. Obviously I wasn’t in a rus… It’s been a while since…
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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The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Here I am sketching spaceships like I’m 12 again. I feel like re-reading the novelization …AestheticsWorked a short day today, and it shows. Tomorrow is another day!PersonalStudents whom I haven't met yet… Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’l…AcademiaOk, never mind Dusgcxms2… buddy, you can keep your first…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Why the British Tell Better Children’s StoriesIf Harry Potter and Huckleberry Finn wer…BooksSomewhere out there, somebody is working really hard to come up with a meme to blame this …Front page of the Miami Herald newspaper…BusinessThe Battle (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Not attempting historical accuracy but still had to learn a heck of a lot to model the ste… Later I need to add spokes to those …DesignThe Best Word Book Ever, 1963 and 1991.As a child, I obsessed…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Self-Regulation: American Schools Are Failing Nonconformist KidsFor a while, we were part of a homeschoo…CultureAuditioning in Pittsbugh (flanked by shots from recent performances).CultureHow to interact with the introverted…My daughter spends a lot of time with he…DesignGetting there.Getting there.PersonalMe (glares in iambic pentameter)Me: I need to post the…