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:Hollow Pursuits (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 21) Misfit Crewmember Faces…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….AmusingA colleague bakes Irish soda bread to share…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Today's 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsMore Adventures in Suburban AdultingAbout four years ago I bought an electri…CulturePhysics simulation demo: crate made up of mostly loose boards. #Blender3d #design #practic… https://youtu.be/OqqlWZvWaqM Physic…AestheticsCarolyn at about 7yo drew Titania in love with…
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:Latest #blender3d progress on a villain's lair. Added more carpets and cabinetry, and sta… AestheticsChristopher Robin made for a pleasant family outing.PersonalParadise Blue (so glad to be seeing more live theater lately)PersonalLast day filming for…
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:Finally — the pace at work subsides a bit.PersonalThings are not going well when the other king and queen stop by for such an intimate visit…AmusingThe Battle (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 8) A Ferengi plots tricks with Picard's former …A Ferengi set on revenge tricks Picard i…HistoryA…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Realm of Fear (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 2) When transporters reveal Barcl…Rewatching ST:TNG When the Enterprise…CultureMonument Valley: Minimal story, but an engaging world and a satisfying ending.I was in no rush to finish the beautiful…AestheticsDespite its impressive output, generative AI…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:My laptop hard drive is full & my comfort-food shelf is emptyMy laptop drive is full & my comfort…CultureIffy "Cloak of Darkness" on Inform7/Parchment”Iffy Cloak of Darkness” is based on the…CybercultureUntil next term, I have zero more unmarked…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:The black chair is down to 18¢ per ounce? Shut up and take my money, Amazon!PersonalWe found a mushroom fairy ring in our yardIt won’t make the afternoon of mowing mo…AestheticsAnd if my point of view is somewhat misty-eyed…And if my point of view is somewhat mist…AestheticsMy…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:At the chess club holiday party. Peter looks forward to his Wednesday…GamesSeton Hill Student Journalists Launch Local Election Coverage Students in my journalism class are pu…AcademiaMerry Christmas 2022.PersonalSPJ Journalist’s Toolbox Tools of the Month: Transcription favoritesTechnology is…
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:Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve racked up prizes — and completely misled you about the Mid…Recently on Facebook I made some of my f…AcademiaStudents present their research for the Celebration…
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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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…