I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Look what I found on my shelf in a closet. #history #archaeology #media Look what I found on my shelf in a cl…PersonalMostly German, sometimes refreshing my high school Latin.PersonalAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsMy wife reports: “There was one…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Here's a close look at the scepter leading the procession. #SetonHillGrad 2016 starts…PersonalLast day filming for “The First Night of Summer”PersonalIn Which I Bow Before the Mistress of Teen SnarkThe Girl: I’m sorry I’m being so… Me:…CultureTerm…
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:Find yourself someone who makes you plomeek soup like Nurse Chapel makes for Spock.Personalcopyranter: New Milwaukee Public Library ads mock facebook, YouTube, and…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Thank you, anonymous donor of Mardi Gras candy.Okay, on closer inspection I see the red…AestheticsContagion (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11)Picard faces aggressive Romulans and an …DesignCEO’s brutalist office, for a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)….AestheticsThey both reached for 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:My Memories of "Joseph…" [an original cast member reflects on Rice/Webber/Waring's amazi…My high school Drama coach and freshman …DramaDeus Ex MemoriesI’ve just finished my final training run…CybercultureAn afternoon with Ben Franklin. CultureWest Side Story Maria…
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:What’s My Cue? Let’s Talk Shakesepare with Andy Kirtland Virtural #BritsburghCultureAnnie — Cabinet TomorrowMy 10yo daughter Carolyn played Annie in…AmusingAgain with the @shu.pippinPersonalVery interesting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. #pptlaytime @thepublicpghCultureJoust @setonhilluniversity discussion of summer book #readyplayeronePersonalWhat would holidays be without Dickens' beloved 'Christmas Carol?'It takes some…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:How to Annoy Your Parents (Smurfs, Tweety, Jar-Jar and Ewoks) http://www.youtube.com/wat…AmusingFree Game Friday: Text-Based Games 2012 Interactive Fiction contest we’ll…AmusingEnglish Is the Language of Science. That Isn't Always a Good ThingEnglish speakers tend to assume that all…AcademiaHow Different Cultures Understand TimeBusiness…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:They figured it out.PersonalFolger Shakespeare Library on "The Fate of Ophelia"On my ride into work yesterday, my mothe…AcademiaStar Trek: Voyager Premiered 20 Years AgoI remember wanting to like Voyager a lot…CultureUpdated my "Show, Don't (Just) Tell" HandoutTaking advantage…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Academic robe, Is this the year I finally send you out to be cleaned? Nah, Febreeze is goo…PersonalClues (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 14) Data's faslehoods nonpluss and Pic…Rewatching ST:TNG After the crew blac…EmpathyThe boy approved of the WWII historical fiction Dunkirk. CultureUnfinished pine and not so…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Feeding a Neighbor's LambsA neighbor invited us over to help feed …AmusingDeus Ex MemoriesI’ve just finished my final training run…CybercultureMe waiting for students to drop by during office hours. AcademiaNarrow ParsersCreating n00b-friendly interactive ficti…CybercultureI touched up an…
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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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The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:My crazy Friday night involved tweaking the graphic for an #MLAstyle instructional web pag…AcademiaMy brother drove my mother in to see Carolyn in tonight’s opening night Kinetic Theatre pr…PersonalMisleading to suggest that because I have nothing left to mark that I have nothing to do, …PersonalWhat’s My…
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