Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Frozen opens tonight. (All shows have been sold out for over a month.)Dramai trained an ai chatbot on my childhood journal entries – so that i could engage in real-t…I kept a journal from Feb 3 1983 (the da…CultureThe storage shelves of…
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:World Press Freedom Day. (Don't take the free press for granted. Journalists are not the e…PersonalNarrating "A Christmas Carol" for WAOB Audio Theatre. (The four episodes will be released …DramaSparkle unicorn "Winston" lends ethos to…
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:The Last Soviet CitizenInteresting reflection on the collapse o…CultureMesmerizing Video of a Printer Terminal Running "Adventure" on a PDP-11/45After spending several days clicking but…AcademiaTheory Trading CardsThis set of 21 Theory Trading Cards, pub…AcademiaAmenities are limited on a short range excursion craft, but we can still…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Reception after faculty workshop. #partylikeaprofessorPersonalSon took out trash w/o being asked; daughter wore papercraft tophat to grocery store. Life…I took my daughter to an Alice-in-Wonder…ArtUnmarked assignments. As more keeps coming in, can I reduce that number each day, without …PersonalLiz Fosslien's insightful comic on unhealthy conflict vs. healthy…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:35% of my site visitors right now are using mobile devicesThis year I have seen an uptick in the p…CybercultureElevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3d cruiser, just because. #design #aesthetics #blen… AestheticsMy second greenscreen test.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d-LPwKQ…CybercultureI just looked up the context for the…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Support the arts in your community!PersonalImagine a world…PersonalBlender 3D UpdateHoly ray-tracing, Batman, it’s a Blender…AestheticsHappy Easter!PersonalIs this Wonka's factory, or the presidential picnic @setonhilluniversity ? PersonalNational Dance DayIn the restaurant parking lot after dinn…Culture
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:More world-building props for a fantasy #steampunk #Blender3D project.DesignThe Daughter's 21st Birthday Current_EventsThe daughter was invited back to perform at this year’s Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Co… The daughter was invited back to perfo…AwesomeThat moment when you're logging into a table read of #RUR (Rossum's Universal Robo…PersonalGo…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:How to Reduce Racial Bias in Grading (Use Objective Rubrics)To gauge the potential impact of a stand…AcademiaTrying out a new lens to capture creepy-toy-come-to-life choreography. AestheticsI played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my familyI…
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:▶ Taylor Mali on "What Teachers Make"I find that re-watching this every year …CultureAfter my conference talk, a post-audition, pre-Jane-Eyre-performance dinner with the girl.Personal"She even disgraces the name of…
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:I saw this Friday night. Great fight choreography, lighting & staging, adaptation of t…PersonalGreen / mahogany variation of the vibe I'm working on for a fantasy #steampunk #blend…PersonalThe Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, by Edwin Austin Abbey.This painting was inspired by the scene …AestheticsMany of these individual…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Dress rehearsal for Mamma Mia.PersonalA quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son.A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier wi…CultureIf I don’t stock the officers’ pub on my #steampunk #fantasy #CGI flagship, who will? (All…PersonalServing at midnight breakfast.PersonalLiving Room PhysicsI’ve blogged before about my eight-year-…EducationShrek: The Musical…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Headphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureOpen Letter from a Millennial: Quit Telling Us We’re Not SpecialEven the things we do for fun – playing …BusinessHistorians Admit To Inventing Ancient GreeksI knew it! Busted!! “One night…
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:Len Deighton’s Bomber, the first book ever written on a word processor.The talented and insightful scholar Matt…BooksMy current Zoom backdrop. #blender3d #partylikeaprofAestheticsGoogle 1407Philipp Lenssen and I had a bit of fun i…Aesthetics13: The Musical Promohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MbeApiX…CultureWondermark: In Which…