Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Blender 2.8 Released. Please leave us alone together for a few days.I’ve been using the beta for months, but…CybercultureHey there, chaotic world in academia and beyond, could you settle down just a bit so I can…AcademiaAfter your shift at the protocol station,…
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:Overheard: "This is the best show I've ever seen at the Geyer" and "Who IS that girl playi…Gasps from the audience, shouts of “No!”…CultureGetting in the Christmas spirit.PersonalJerz Nerdcation 2013On a visit to the Washington…
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:Research Before Google Books (from 2006)Me: It took a few days for the spool of …AcademiaIn December 1999, I Was Blogging About Joseph Heller, E-Journalism, and Travel WritingIn December 1999, I was blogging about: …BusinessWhat Borges Learned from CervantesBorges reinvented Don Quixote as a playf…BooksToday's…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Sparkle unicorn "Winston" lends ethos to a presentation on moral agency on anima…PersonalI Find Myself in Another Showhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=517BhV1j0…DramaDear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…CultureMore #blender3d #steampunk goodness. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart AestheticsHappy 13th Birthday CarolynI’ve had the privilege of…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:They've got magic to do. Carolyn is the Leading Player. (Pippin, Oct 21-29) AwesomeFrozen (Greensburg Civic Theatre, Greasepaint Players)DramaPlagiarism Today Plagiarized in a Plagiarism Atonement EssayJonathan Bailey writes: In short, Bello…BooksMedia Bias Chart version 10 — Left / Center / Right; Fact…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Tuxedo Pooh Reads Oscar Wilde I spent an hour on this. Below is the …AestheticsColorful variations of an upholstered desk chair for my fantasy #steampunk #blender3d proj…AestheticsDon't call it "social distancing" or you just might get a polite…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:I apologize for this one. R2-D2 stars in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical CATS.PersonalIt's a Didactic Day in the Neighborhood: Mister Rogers and Educational IdeologyI recently lamented that my kids are gro…AestheticsDate a girl who reads.I earned a +8 or +9 spousal bonus when I…AmusingAnother student matinee. So…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:War via TikTok: Russia's new tool for propaganda machine “This is the way they go to war; it’s …Current_EventsFake News Can Be Deadly. Here's How To Spot ItWe are all vectors by which fake news ca…Current_EventsHooded faculty…
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:The Little Professor: How to write an essay about teaching that will not be published in t…All instructors have to assemble their o…AcademiaCharlie and the Chocolate Factory Coloring PagesOver…
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:Today I didn't save the world, but I did help a student while power-walking at the mall.I’m far from perfect, and injustice and …AcademiaFor God's sake John, sit down!CultureMy older brother falls to my son's chess skills.PersonalThe Most Toys (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 22) Data Abducted…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:See The Nutcracker!@laurelballetperformingco dancers and full @westmorelandsymphony orches…DanceMy third time seeing @shu.pippin. I'll be back tomorrow for closing night.PersonalMy outward-bound editor's graduation cap.PersonalI’ve roughed out earthen embankments for the city walls. I know there was at some point a …I’ve roughed out earthen embankments for…CultureThat should be…
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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…
Inspiration can come to those with the humblest heart. Caedmon the Cowherd believed he had no talent for singing, but the voice in his dream encouraged him. Listen to what he does with it in, “The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. A Production of We Are One Body® Audio Theatre. Read by…
Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) featured during Seton Hill‘s “Celebration of Scholarship.” Similar:In July, 2002, I was blogging about military close reading, weblogs in journalism, UX evan…In July, 2002, I was blogging about …CybercultureCivil Defense (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 7) O’Brien accidentally triggers …Rewatching ST:DS9 Although…