I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside …I’m still teaching journalism and my usu…AcademiaI created about a dozen basic building shapes, with textures to add variety. #goodenough #…I created about a dozen basic building s…AestheticsCharming solar…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:We found a mushroom fairy ring in our yardIt won’t make the afternoon of mowing mo…AestheticsAbout to launch. PersonalThe girl around the house casually dressed "as a Jacobite."AmusingMy big brother and my son facing off in chess. I…
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:In March, 2001, I was blogging about "All Your Base…", digital history, 3D printers, and…In March 2001, I was blogging about …AestheticsMidterm Grades…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day.Representing the Humanities at Accepted …PersonalA very happy geekling playing Dungeons and Dragons on her one free evening. #llapGamesOn the upside, no fake news is currently being shared on Facebook. Can't think of a do…PersonalAudisee Presents:…
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:They figured it out.PersonalSettling in for a half day updating my knowledge of the job market my students will face.Settling in for a half day updating my k…PersonalOh the Overthinks You Can Overthink: Horton the…
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:Why ‘Cats’ the Movie Fails So FlamboyantlyI can’t seem to get into superhero movie…AestheticsWhat Do Happy Teens Do? Hint: It doesn't involve their phones.I was surprised to see how closely happi…CultureDon't Talk to the Police (law professor explains why everyone — even if you're innocent…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Report to the bridge so the captain can assess your virtual upholstery skills. #blender3d …AestheticsThe girl is rehearsing for Hello DollyPersonalOn the upside, no fake news is currently being shared on Facebook. Can't think of a do…Personali trained an ai chatbot on my childhood journal entries – so…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:GenZ prefers searching with TikTok, Instagram over GoogleEducating myself about how today’s colle…CybercultureAn Academic Conference Where YOU are the Hero: Interactive Fiction in Print and OnlineI wish I had known about this in advance…AcademiaAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness.…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slowerCoders who used AI self-reported that th…BusinessAnother section of a #steampunk control panel for a texture atlas. #blender3d #blender3dar…AestheticsCode is not literatureA literate programmer describes his atte…CybercultureJon…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Seeing A Wrinkle in Time. @prime_stagePersonalSupport the arts in your community!PersonalAnnie 2012 with Annie 2017. Annie 2012 with her Warbucks. "Together at last. Together …PersonalThis the last hour I will have a teenager in my house. (Tomorrow my youngest turns 20.) I blogged in 2004: “The ti…AwesomeLooking…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Every family has one.PersonalMore glorious #steampunk control panels, created for no practical purpose. #blender3d #ble…AestheticsMan enough to sew my own computer bag. Insecure enough to seek validation on social media …AmusingThat Class Where Stanford Profs Projected Hundreds…
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:Rossum's Universal Robots (Act 2)https://youtu.be/XfOONrGsf2I For my b…CultureToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me to take her f…AwesomeThere are two factions working to prevent…
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:Chess again with my son.GamesAnother 10sq cm section of a #neovictorian control panel for a personal #blender3D #steamp…AestheticsAbout to launch. PersonalOpening night of Sive.PersonalAs a student journo, naturally I covered the visit from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry…I recall just sort of telling the editor…AcademiaWhen you need to record…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Loved part 1 of Alec Silverblatt's Mon Valley Medium. Part 2 tomorrow at 7. #pptplayt…CultureMS-Word's helpful "View -> Focus" mode delays stress-related breakdowns.You won’t usually catch me saying anythi…CybercultureThe barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation f…The barbican at…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Ready to teach another set of students what research is (and what it isn’t).AcademiaSo Why Do People Shrug? Researchers Say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯While contemplating what sort of body la…CultureMcDouble is cheapest and most nutritious "food" in human historyMorgan “Supersize Me” Spurlock spoke at…