Similar:Tweaking yesterday's #steampunk workstations. Now with darker wood (better contrast with c…AestheticsHow the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive The ink used in a fountain pen, the …CultureMy brother set my parents up for a Mother's Day video call.AmusingAnother sold-out Midsummer Thursday night. PersonalA serious summer activity.Once classes start again, we will all ha…CultureWinnie the Pooh saga turns…
This actually happened the other day when I was offline. Similar:Populating my simulation with a crowd. Tweaking and experimenting. #unity3d #medievalyork …PersonalWrite instructions for busy grouches.Updating the graphic for a writing hando…AcademiaMade it to the closing performance @quantumtheatreDramaTrying out a new lens to capture creepy-toy-come-to-life choreography. AestheticsBack in the groove. I should be able to…
Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts have more detail than the upper storey windows and interiors. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingthere My second try is definitely better than my first from a few weeks ago. I’ve told myself at this stage, no props! No barrels or crates or hay bales, wall sconces, procedurally-generated random street…
Spring 2024 Grades: Submitted Similar:The boy is visiting the Prohibition exhibit @HistoryCenter while I continue at NeMLA.PersonalThe Girl Has Started Rehearsals for PICT Classic Theatre’s Jane EyreI’ve chauffeured the girl into Pittsburg…Books"Jewish priests do this. It's where Leonard Nimoy got the Vulcan sign," says the geekling,…CultureMy son teaching chess to a young pupilCultureThe girl rehearsing…
I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Out & About: Cabaret Theatre presents its 'Cabbie Awards'You can just make out Carolyn, Leigh, an…CultureMore #steampunk control panel bits for a #neovictorian #blender3D project. I have a master…Aesthetics"Chores" — Clip from Snow White: The Musical (Stage Right Greensburg, Sept 2012)Here’s what it sounded…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Carolyn plays Ti Moune in the Stage Right homeschool company "Once on This Island"…PersonalYes Virginia the Musical coming to ConnellsvilleCarolyn Jerz may be only 11 but is alrea…Current_EventsWhy Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my…
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:Share a Coke with "Pepsi"AestheticsStarship Mine (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 18) Picard out-thinks thieves rai…Rewatching ST:TNG Picard plays cat-an…CybercultureOops. I’m going…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Keeping things in the proper perspective at 4Cs: Praise for my delivery of a line from Sta…Already met a lot of good people and fou…AcademiaDaughter Carolyn plays Cherry in Prime Stage's production of The Outsiders (Mar 6-15)My daughter Carolyn plays Cherry 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:I'm down to a king and two pawns but my son likes playing until he crushes me.PersonalA brief respite from grading. A brief respite from grading. PersonalCarolyn at about 7yo drew Titania in love with…
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:Carnegie Science Center: Roboworld (and a bit of SportsWorks)Here’s a brief video, made up of clips I…CultureThings are not going well when the other king and queen stop by for such an intimate visit…AmusingSummer Project: Responsive Web DesignI spent more time than I’d like to…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:How to Annoy Your Parents (Smurfs, Tweety, Jar-Jar and Ewoks) http://www.youtube.com/wat…AmusingLysistrata live.Current_EventsShe’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We are in town to see the Frog and Toad musical. This s…She’s wearing a shirt with a frog. We ar…AmusingMore #steampunk control panel goodness. This section features a…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:When He Clicked the Link, You Won't Believe How Disappointed He WasAuthors of overhyped link text are like …CybercultureLawyers who won Happy Birthday copyright case sue over “We Shall Overcome” “We Shall Overcome,” a song that was the…BusinessMy son showed me Seven Samurai. I…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Looking forward in the back room of the officers' pub, in the #steampunk cruiser from…AestheticsDo you get your news mostly from social media? I check NPR, Drudge, and news.google.com.Do you have a regular news-consumption r…CultureFaculty/staff orientation begins @setonhilluniversity PersonalThey…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Recent SHU journo grad, upon the hiring of an even more recent SHU journo grad: "Many time…A couple weeks ago I posted about a rece…AcademiaThe daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.The daughter is performing now Twin Lake…PersonalMe (glares in iambic pentameter)Me: I need to post the…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext StoryIt’s not that hypertext went on to becom…CultureWhere the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe. —Thomas JeffersonEducationClose reading is hard to do in…
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:Granting a Student SuperAdminGoddessOMGWhatHaveIDone Network PrivilegesI should probably not grant a student su…AcademiaTrying out a new lens to capture creepy-toy-come-to-life choreography. AestheticsWhen she's grown and flown, I will miss the…