I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:So peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.Personal“Waiting for Life” (Once on This Island)https://youtu.be/NeoVD3prQWYPersonalThis is about half of the #steampunk control panel details I've created in the past m…AestheticsIdlewild's Story Book Forest Improves Its SignageIn the past, I have pointed out copy-edi…AestheticsStupid Puns…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:More #steampunk control panels. Recessed workstations with fold-down keyboards. #blender3d…PersonalCelebration of Writing Fall 2019PersonalCEO’s brutalist office, for a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)….AestheticsAngry 10yo Edits the Paper Heart She Gave Her MotherAestheticsWatching a National Guard…
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:First page of a student’s Texture project. (This made me laugh.) This clever freshman writing student…AcademiaResearch Before Google Books (from 2006)Me: It took…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Dance Nation @barebonesblackboxCultureThe Best Word Book Ever, 1963 and 1991.As a child, I obsessed over many Richard…BooksSuch A Good Feeling: The Affectionate Documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'My son and I saw “Won’t You Be Ny Neighb…CultureDaughter made a Rainbow Loom Marty…
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:Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better …Your second attempt at modeling #medieva…AestheticsA vacation minibar story from 20 years ago.PersonalTop deck of a #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser needs an airlock at…
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:My crowd simulation handles 2000 capsule NPCs at 130fps. I’m really pushing my coding skil…AestheticsHello, I’m Dr. Jerz, I’ll be your server tonight for Christmas on the Hill. Hello, I’m Dr. Jerz, I’ll be your serv…PersonalMore #blender3d #steampunk control panel details. #blender3dartAestheticsDelighted, amused, touched, and quite frankly weirded…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:The daughter (giving the piggyback ride in pic 2) doing a thing that starts tomorrow. Tribune ReviewAmusingI had a singular time voicing Sherlock Holmes in The Mystery of Dr. Watson (WAOB Audio The… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azja…CultureMathematics and What It Means to Be HumanA humanities…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Broken on Purpose: Why Getting It Wrong Pays More Than Getting It RightI have recently started managing the Fac…BooksFamily outing to the Pittsburgh National AviaryPersonalShe doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:It not only went VROOM, it carried chunky plastic letters that could *spell* VROOM.Tonight, when I got home after all the e…AestheticsMy brother drove my mother in to see Carolyn in tonight’s opening night Kinetic Theatre pr…PersonalI regularly teach Uncle Tom's Cabin, but have never seen it…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Finland's Museum of Contemporary EmotionsA history of the beginning of the pandem…AestheticsGoogle Pledges $300 Million to Clean Up False NewsThis is a welcome step, but we cannot tr…CultureBlind-accessible audio adventure Grail to the Thief seeks crowdfundingGrail to…
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:No, this photo of people wearing coats standing in front of bare trees was not a fake news…It’s distressing and shocking to realize…Current_EventsThoughtful Gestures Sometimes Speak Louder than WordsShe…
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:Adam Bard shaves off half his hair and beard on opposite sides for unique driving licence …Something I might want to do one day, be…AestheticsIf you want to work with words, then journalism courses are very practical options.AcademiaLate night set construction for The Miracle Worker.ArtSold out show today.…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Part of my daily routine is practicing German for about 15m per day. With no particular pr…EducationAfter a successful piano recital.CultureCarolyn and Nick in Beauty and the BeastAestheticsThe Course of True Fun Never Did Run Smooth: A Midsummer Night's Dwarf Fortress ReflectionI am in rehearsals to play…
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