I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:These chairs were cheap, but it really annoys me how the design collects water.PersonalFriend I hadn't seen for about 20 years delivers a vintage nerdy gift.During the original run of Star Trek: Th…MediaRecording my lines for a student escape room project.PersonalToday’s #blender3d modeling, inspired…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Now that I have polished so many details, I'm working on more selective lighting. #steampu… AestheticsWe're enjoying the intensity and also the (surprisingly appropriate) humor.PersonalWhat would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an…
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:After the haircut. The girl seems to like it.PersonalThis was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Carolyn portrays Maria in West Side Story, Aug 9-12. #ifeelpretty #tonight #somewhereAt the Geyer Peforming Arts Center in Sc…AestheticsSome editing and cropping makes this cartoon a perennial. EthicsEquus. Powerful theatre.Personal"The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people.…
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:It’s that time again.PersonalAfter a successful piano recital.CultureAt the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland.At the airport, sending the daughter off…PersonalServing at midnight breakfast.PersonalSold out show today. Carolyn gets tomorrow off, then a final…
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:Sesame Street had a big plot twist in November 1986My older siblings say they remember our …CultureFaculty lining up for #SetonHill's "Go Orientation" — new ceremony hands students from th…AcademiaDozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every II’m not saying…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:FULL BLOOM (Aug 31-Sep 2)PersonalOpens Wednesday.PersonalSlicing up a massively detailed trimsheet to simulate reflections and geometry for four va…PersonalSome problems bringing #Blender3D models into the #Unity3D game engine. The pink represent…AestheticsI played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my familyI played hooky to go see Wild…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Clever Modernization of Hamlet: Polonius with an iPhoneI teach Shakespeare in a literature clas…CultureSon Doong Cave in Viet Nam Featurers Skylight, JungleAs a fan of Colossal Cave Adventure, I’m…AestheticsDear Jacksonfish.com: Please contact me to discuss your plans for compensating me for this…Here’s…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:No, Running Online Classes Isn't CheaperA good response to the myth that the lab…AcademiaFirst steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the …First steps towards reconstructing a 30-…AestheticsHearing "Godzilla on My Mind" author Wiliam TsutsuiPersonalCreating…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:The spoils.PersonalCarnegie Science Center: Roboworld (and a bit of SportsWorks)Here’s a brief video, made up of clips I…CultureFancy a game of whist with your nemesis? The prospect of ruin adds piquancy to the pleasur…PersonalLooking forward to what looks like an exciting evening of dance.PersonalFrog and Toad at…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:News report from 1981 about the Internet.A human interest story about an early ex…BusinessFaculty/staff orientation begins @setonhilluniversity PersonalBother (a minor Turnitin.com grademark bug)That whole thing should be a link — the…AcademiaSuch pictures fill my weekday world at fiveYour…
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:Rip Van WinkleCertain it is, that he was a great favor…AcademiaWhat About “The Breakfast Club”?I made three movies with John Hughes; wh…CultureWorld Press Freedom Day. (Don't take the free…
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:Crazy, Kinetic, Acoustic Visit to the Carnegie Science CenterA few days ago, I blogged about visiting…EducationTwittering The MachineI’ve never been a phone guy. My vo…Academia#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…PersonalThis…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:John Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale of paces.” My #unity3d placeholde…John Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork f…PersonalHanging with the rude mechanicals @setonhilluniversityA Midsummer Night’s Dream.CultureThe daughter (giving the piggyback ride in pic 2) doing a thing that starts tomorrow. Tribune ReviewAmusingPreppers for the win.…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:How Poetry Helps You Improve Your WritingWhile I’d rather see a reminder that we …AestheticsDon't Automatically Blame the Reporter for a Headline ErrorWriters make mistakes. That’s why we hav…Current_EventsI just looked up the context for the bald guy dropping the chili. I…