Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:How long has Google Docs let you pop up a window with your current word count? Why wasn’t …PersonalVibing to a park saxophonist as I code for an upcoming conference presentation, and wait t…Vibing to a park saxophonist as I code f…Personal‘Snow…
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:This happened the last time an eclipse was visible in the area. My students left the room,…Pinhole projection. PersonalJerz Nerdcation 2013On a visit to the Washington DC area for…CultureVisiting my parents. Admiring their original Hallmark…
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:Adding detail to a #steampunk control panel workstation. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #b…AestheticsA news site used AI to write articles. It was a journalistic disaster. Artificial intelligence has been deplo…BusinessStudents say "math class is stupid and boring," and they are right. –Mathematician Paul…
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This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Next up for the girl: Amy, the youngest sister, in Little Women: The Broadway Musical. Nov…PersonalReading a Classic American Play to My Daughter BooksWhat blogging wasI’ve maintained this blog since the spri…Cyberculture“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Very glad I got my son interested…
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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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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:David "Mr. McFeely" Newell Still Delivering at Seton Hill TEDxDavid Newell is one of the speakers at t…CulturePlato's Allegory of the CaveIn The Republic, Plato uses an extended …AcademiaLatest #blender3d progress on a villain's lair. Added…