I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:I'm in the timeline where the Borg are everywhere and Riker doesn't want to go b…PersonalYes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of…AestheticsProgress.PersonalDaughter Carolyn plays Cherry in Prime Stage's production of The Outsiders (Mar 6-15)My daughter…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:I'm happy with today's #steampunk control panel. To fill out the master plan I'm constrain…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsFriday night board game therapy. #startrek #monopolyPersonalSet design for a virtual production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).…
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:They grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clic…Today’s students have many strengths. Th…AcademiaThe girl…
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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 School of Humanities honors me and my colleagues @mikearnzen and Dan Martino as we com…The School of Humanities honors me and m…PersonalArsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 21)With an A-plot that comments…
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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So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Create Joy with Content Management System Hexcodes for Canvas LMSI spent about 30 seconds eyeballing the …AcademiaA certain potions instructor is done with everything after submitting midterm grades. (Har…AcademiaBen Franklin Sings about Your Rights as a PhotographerIf you’re legally present on a…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:We're enjoying the intensity and also the (surprisingly appropriate) humor.PersonalGoogle engineers mined the text adventure game "Zork" for AI image promptsYouTube commenter Bob Hepple writes, “Tw…AestheticsWhat would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:A brief respite from grading. A brief respite from grading. PersonalWorked a short day today, and it shows. Tomorrow is another day!PersonalAnother lovely variation of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3dart #neovictorian #desig…AestheticsReader, I ushered him. @pictclassictheatrePersonalThe Rivals #PPTPlaytimeA great production of a delightful play.CultureTrying out a new…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:BlewsMicrosoft researchers discuss Blews, whi…Cyberculture3-Year-Old's Birthday Party Theme: 'NewsHour'When a young St. Paul boy got to pick th…HumanitiesSons of Mogh #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 15) Worf's brother Kurn seeks an ho…Rewatching ST:DS9 Worf wins a…
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:Parent: "Why don't you use one of your stress balls?" The girl: "They don't like me."PersonalRandom sibling selfie.PersonalThis Is How My Composition & Culture Class Preps an Oral PresentationInstead…
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.…
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