Spring 2024 Grades: Submitted Similar:The coronavirus is today just as contagious and just as serious as it was when we were all…CultureThe Library Adjacent to My Ethership Control Room Needed BooksFor me, summer vacation means spending h…AestheticsDean Jones Dead: Disney Actor Was 84″The Love Bug” was one of the movies tha…Current_Events‘People are rooting for the…
I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Haven (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 10) When a low-stakes rom-com shows Troi's beau and …Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaCaptain Gearheart inspects progress on his #neovictorian #steampunk æther cruiser. Now fea…https://youtu.be/VXz7kspFimM AestheticsRespect the Text: Teaching Textual Primacy to Non-English MajorsIn the past, I…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:On the way to closing night of "Orphans."PersonalRichard Scarry unfinished manuscript to be publishedSome of my happiest memories of fatherho…AestheticsDid you see that guy’s license plate?Did you see that guy’s license plate? …AmusingA serious summer activity.Once classes…
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:Heart of Glory (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 20)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaDo television and electronic games predict children’s psychosocial adjustment?Wow… what…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Chess with my son. As usual, it didn't go well for me.GamesLife would be so much better if all the interfaces we encountered looked like #Steampunk c…AestheticsOverheard: "This is the best show I've ever seen at the Geyer" and "Who IS that…
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:We were a Neilsen ratings family during the pandemicIn March 2020, just as the lockdown clos…BusinessAugust Wilson Trifecta (Two Trains, Ma Rainey and Fences on the same day)Fences was performed in the backyard of …CultureThe…
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:Steampunk officer uniforms — test #Blender3D #Unity3Dhttps://youtu.be/SDh4TW8ujNg The vide…Aesthetics45m into a game against a player ranked 400pts higher than him. In a frilly shirt for the …CultureKickball Ice Cream Maker Is Both a Stupid and Awesome Idea$35 Kickball Ice Cream Maker does exactl…AestheticsThe Struggle to…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:I didn't exactly set out to achieve this goal, but it's not hard to do the minimum to keep…EducationPics from Thursday's dress rehearsal of Shrek: The Musical. This weekend only! @stage…PersonalFamily outing to the Pittsburgh National AviaryPersonalAt Computers and Writing #cwcon for the weekend.Am I wise now? At…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:I can't really articulate why i enjoy crafting #steampunk control panels, but it's been a …AestheticsIn a literature class, the author's words matter more than the author's life and times, or… Updating the graphic for a resource …AcademiaNo I didn’t exactly *plan*…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpghIn a hole in the ground there lived a ho…BooksLintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mys…Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildi…PersonalIt's a Didactic…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:If I don’t hang my own artwork on the walls of my #steampunk fantasy ship-of-the-line, who…AestheticsBetween static hand-coded HTML pages and modern content-management systems, there used to …When I started my blog in 1999 (by addin…CybercultureEncounter at Farpoint (Season 1, Episode 1: ST:TNG Rewatch) Picard gathers his…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:After you finish your brass-polishing shift, join me at the Gear and Heart to swap stories…AestheticsCoding Sucks: Why a Job in Programming Is Absolute HellI enjoyed the essay, but the truths it i…CultureI am not really sure…
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:Jerz Nerdcation 2013On a visit to the Washington DC area for…CultureIn August, 2000 I was blogging about poetry, presidential wordplay, home-schooling, online…In August 2000, I was blogging about …CybercultureOne…
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:A student who had often been frustrated during my class used this poem in her final reflec… PersonalThe girl was cast as Luciana (the younger sister) in The Comedy of Errors in the PPT's sum…Show is July 28 at the O’Reilly Theater….DramaThings are not going well when the other…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:It's Science! Carolyn Uses Anastasia's Lip Balm KitMy friend Anastasia gave me a home-made …AestheticsFriday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprofAcademiaAdding detail to a #steampunk control panel workstation. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #b…AestheticsLysistrata live.Current_EventsThis was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight…