I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2 ( #StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 1) Your res…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break …PersonalCreate Joy with Content Management System Hexcodes for Canvas LMSI spent about 30 seconds eyeballing the …AcademiaThe Woman in BlackLast night’s preview…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:The first officer's office adjoins the officers' pub, because of course it should. Working… AestheticsLighting makes a difference. The officers' pub from the interplanetary cruiser #steampunk … AestheticsMarching in a parade and watching a patriotic musicalHappy Independence…
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:You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.Some people out there will never like yo…CultureGeorge Stone…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:"No, no, the drink, the drink,–O my dear Hamlet,– The drink, the drink! I am poison…PersonalA little board-gaming for Labor Day.PersonalI dunno what to call this but it really hit the spot.PersonalBeam me up, Chewie!AwesomeIt was Mrs. White with the revolver in…
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:Another random background control panel for a #blender3d #steampunk project. I wish all us…AestheticsBeautiful. No Data / Lore opposition required. AestheticsIn-person classes heighten age-related hearing problems (opinion)My family tells me I’m starting to speak…AcademiaNot doing…
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:A question I find myself thinking all the time.PersonalJust a #neovictorian avatar in spats and a tailcoat, checking out the back porch and bridg… AestheticsI'm nerdy enough to give my 15yo a used copy of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." I’m nerdy enough to give my 15yo…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Children of the Holocaust return to Auschwitz and pay tribute to those who saved themIn the last chaotic days of Nazi Germany…CulturePresidential RhetoricCultureDon’t patronize older adults by calling them ‘the elderly’In English grammar, we use the definite …CultureMore bits of my summer…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Misleading to suggest that because I have nothing left to mark that I have nothing to do, …PersonalMy second greenscreen test.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d-LPwKQ…CybercultureA Quick and Comprehensive Guide to Type A Quick and Comprehensive Guide to T…AestheticsLet there be light The…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:"Only You" — 11yo Carolyn Sings a Power Ballad from "Starlight Express"The observation car Pearl sings of her l…AestheticsHappy Easter 2024PersonalMany familiar faces in this cast but this one is my favorite. Sold out opening of Grand Ho…PersonalShrek: The Musical (Nov 22-24; Stage Right! Greensburg)Come see me…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:The boy tied for second place in Saturday's Monroeville Chess Club tournament.Peter was the lowest-ranked player to en…GamesA Message from Hester Prynne (Student Video)Have I mentioned lately that I have awes…AcademiaSetonian Photo Editor Wins Second Place for…
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:One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School ShootingsEvery Friday since Columbine, one school…CultureOpen Letter from a Millennial: Quit Telling Us We’re Not SpecialEven the things we do for…
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…AestheticsA pleasant find: somebody left a painted rock by the side of the road.AestheticsBrought my in-progress #blender3d project into the #unity3d gaming engine. Plenty of frust… AestheticsMore #steampunk control panel goodness.…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:These chairs were cheap, but it really annoys me how the design collects water.PersonalI spent Thanksgiving break building a #trimsheet for steampunk control panels, because why…AestheticsBrought my in-progress #blender3d project into the #unity3d gaming engine. Plenty of frust… AestheticsVisiting Ft Ligonier #sevenyearswar #history #localhistoryPersonalTricking the eye to…
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