I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:I’ve roughed out earthen embankments for the city walls. I know there was at some point a …I’ve roughed out earthen embankments for…CultureI've completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels, which I'll eventually use… AestheticsWhat kids do when Dad won't hand over…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Yes Virginia the Musical coming to ConnellsvilleCarolyn Jerz may be only 11 but is alrea…Current_EventsA Successful Failure: The TI-99/4A Turns 40My family had one of these when I was 12…AwesomeI actually don't mind Canvas — it just…
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:The Struggle to Save Ballet From ItselfA former dancer reckons with the rigors …AestheticsSo happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Every day on my fantasy #neovictorian interplanetary cruiser features glowing green ether … In the backstory for the interactive…AestheticsMaking movie magic with my dueling gut-shot daughterAestheticsMy current Zoom backdrop. #blender3d #partylikeaprofAestheticsMy parents doing their daily brain treasers in a coffee shop.PersonalThey both…
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:The storage shelves of my fantasy steampunk CGI starship will need props with appropriate … Aesthetics“If music be the food of love, play on!” I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who d… …
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:In an Unpredictable Job Market, How Should People Think About College Majors?I tell my students that if what they wan…AcademiaThank you, frog and friends, for reminding us all what the Internet is supposed to be for. https://twitter.com/PicturesFo…AestheticsValid for any new yearEthicsThe world's oldest story? Astronomers…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Beautiful. No Data / Lore opposition required. AestheticsMy Shakespeare students are off peer reviewing their term paper rough drafts. I’m official…AcademiaThis class has been everything that I expect it would be and I cannot believe that we are …Some days are slogs. Some weeks are slo…AcademiaWaiting for the…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Never trust a corporation to do a library’s jobThe Internet Archive is mostly known for…BooksAfter a pretty crappy day, I found shreds of joy in this clip of socially distanced salsa.In my discipline, teaching small seminar…AestheticsNetflix’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ adaptation breaks cycle by not…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Feature: History Lesson: the treasured past of LucasArts point and clicksI played more of the Sierra point-and-c…CultureMore #Blender3D practice. Additional details for a steampunk control panel. Just because.Aestheticsn+1: The Stupidity of ComputersComputers are pretty dumb, but they’re d…CybercultureI…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. E…#blender3d is teaching me more than I ev…PersonalShall we dance? The girl tries on her ball gown for The King and I. Her featured show is …DanceAnother delightful section of a…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:#Blender3D rendition of the bridge of the æthership that featured in the musical #steampun…PersonalIs this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play?PersonalTwitter, Fix Your Cropping AlgorithmWhen given the chance to crop four…
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:It's such a privilege to introduce these young people to Shakespeare's body of work.After starting my 200-level “Shakespeare…AcademiaNo, this photo of people wearing coats standing in front of bare…
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:The #Blender3D #eevee denoising filter gives off a pretty amazing Caldecott prize-winning …The filter won’t replace real hand-drawn…AestheticsFamily, I Hear You. I Love You. Go Away. This Weekend, I'm Marking Papers.No, I don’t want to see the new jacket y…AcademiaI had to act like I knew something about…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Enjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s chair from the #steampunk bedtime stories I use…Enjoyed making a 3D print of the captain…PersonalThe daughter looks stunning in pink. AestheticsThere, in my morning snapshot of the kids home-schooling in the kitchen, is the cable I sh…EducationIn Which I…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:The Left has a post-truth problem too. It's called comedy.As I gear up to teach about memes and fa…CultureSeton Hill's Latest Interactive Multimodal Communications Technology The other day, a worker was pushing …AcademiaCrime coverage on Fox News halved once US midterms…