Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:The daughter (giving the piggyback ride in pic 2) doing a thing that starts tomorrow. Tribune ReviewAmusingHappy retirement celebration to two dear colleagues.AcademiaIf I don’t design the sign for the pub on my #steampunk space cruiser, who will? #prioriti… AestheticsThis Is What…
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:On set as Betsy and Philip Schulyer in an historical film.PersonalHearing "Godzilla on My Mind" author Wiliam TsutsuiPersonalChristopher Robin made for a pleasant family outing.PersonalMy parents doing their daily brain treasers in a coffee shop.PersonalBiggest…
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:100 Careers for English MajorsAnyone with an English degree will tell …AcademiaBeowimp (spoof I wrote for my high school lit magazine c. 1985)I got an email this morning from someone…AmusingMy journalism students just gave me this wristband: "What would Jerz do? / Verify or duck….…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:A pleasant Independence Day photo shoot with the daughter.AestheticsSeton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in …Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabet…AcademiaAdding details to a clip-art silhouette, for a project that will be released in a day or t… An important but small…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:The president of the US bonds with Vladimir Putin over journalists: "Get rid of them." The president of the US bonds with Vladi…CultureGoogle's Super Bowl Ad: A Romance in SearchI didn’t watch the game, but I did catch…AestheticsLife Support (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:This winter I changed my weekday alarm tone to chirping birds. This winter I changed my weekday ala…AestheticsPracticing my Unity3D design skills. Forgot to turn on gravity.https://youtu.be/PkxxiPAmTFg I’m brus…AmusingDuet (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 18) Kira is…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:The Woman in BlackLast night’s preview was a layered treat…CultureThat moment when you're logging into a table read of #RUR (Rossum's Universal Robo…PersonalSome new locations for my #neovictorian #steampunk personal project. Created in #blender3d…AestheticsAt the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland.At the airport, sending the daughter…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Portraits of my 11yo: Pretty, Goofy, and Pretty GoofyAmusingForgotten closet box: powder blue summer suit with a crisp 1990 $10 bill in the pocket and…The chunky laptop seems to boot and the …DesignThe third Google hit 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:'Inappropriate' dance moves lead to calls for student lessons in Peters Mr. Merrell said the students told h…AmusingThat one ungraded assignment is an early submission due Jan 2. I’m…
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:Surprised and delighted to find that Scratch 3.0 runs on an iPad.PersonalThings are not going well when the other king and queen stop by for such an intimate visit…AmusingLintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mys…Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildi…PersonalOut for a walk…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsMy buddy JTK helps me make a key point in my slideshow. #4c18 #b29Putting speaker notes on an iPad is alwa…AcademiaThe spoils.Personal"The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does …PersonalIt’s…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Make Video Horizontal Again For confessionals or tapdance routi…AcademiaAI crawlers destroying websites in hunger for contentTraffic on my website has plunged over t…BusinessJournalists Prefer "Said"Journalists prefer the neutral “said” to…EducationNo, the Fed Did Not Just Give Stock Traders $1.5 TrillionI don’t…
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:“The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. (Read by Dennis Jerz)Inspiration can come to those with the h…BooksMy project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them…