I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Enjoying a visit with an Austrian imperial commander (ahistorically but magnificently pres…Enjoying a visit with an Austrian imperi…Personal"I don't view Shakespeare's work as intimidating anymore." — midterm reflection from coll… “It has made me more confident in my…Academia"The plain fact is that the planet…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Congrats to all the winners at the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project! Bit-Sized Productions …Bit-Sized Productions was nominated for …ArtThey still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good.They still…
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:Cooper Hewitt: the typeface by Chester Jenkins “[S]ince Cooper Hewitt is a governme…AestheticsYouTube distortion after the same clip is re-uploaded 1000 timesIn theory,…
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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…
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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:This Is Not a Book: Thomas Jefferson & Apple's App StoreHumanities professors from the Universit…AcademiaThe Best Word Book Ever, 1963 and 1991.As a child, I obsessed over many Richard…BooksJerz Nerdcation 2013On a visit to the Washington DC area for…CultureGawker Media Files for…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:When your January term starts Dec 18. #partylikeaprofAcademiaYesterday my wife took this last known picture of our two teenagers. The boy is 20 today. PersonalRussian Grand Ballet Swan Lake.PersonalA very happy geekling playing Dungeons and Dragons on her one…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:My buddy JTK helps me make a key point in my slideshow. #4c18 #b29Putting speaker notes on an iPad is alwa…AcademiaWhy Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my news online now, but I grew…AestheticsProper commenting is an important part of coding any project, especially in…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Google Docs "Writing to Learn" ActivityI created a fresh Google Docs page with …AcademiaA.I. 'Completes' Keith Haring's Intentionally Unfinished Painting After learning of his AIDS diagnosis…AestheticsAir miles be damned. I say the best way to find out…
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:Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes.CultureHe checkmates me in two moves. I lasted about a half hour, and went…
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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