I guess now we know why for the past decade or so Google doesn’t seem to be valuing what used to be magical about Google — the ability to rank pages so effectively and connect users to web pages that met their needs. That’s just not what’s driving Google these days. With AI search results…
Enjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s chair from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult kids. Similar:Another section of a #steampunk control panel for a texture atlas. #blender3d #blender3dar…Aesthetics“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little sal…PersonalAnd again I ush.PersonalSold out opening night…
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This actually happened the other day when I was offline. Similar:Building a ridiculous amount of detail as I create tiles for distant sections of a #blende…AestheticsSnazzy officer uniforms from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult ch…AestheticsThe girl asked me to read R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) to her. #quarantine #partylik…BooksOh the Overthinks…
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:Looking forward to what looks like an exciting evening of dance.PersonalWe found a mushroom fairy ring in our yardIt won’t make the afternoon of mowing mo…AestheticsYour first attempt at a medieval gate and city walls will be your worst. #blender3d #medie…Your first attempt at a medieval gate an…PersonalStage Right Nation goes…
I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Prepare to lower the personnel deployment gondola from the forward eployment bay, two deck… AestheticsBeautiful day for a walk.PersonalFriday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprofAcademiaThoroughly enjoying Company.PersonalAt the Stage Right Gala.PersonalPreview of "The Fantasticks" (thanks, Tribune-Review, for covering the arts community)For Luisa, Jerz’s character,…
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…AestheticsSlicing up a massively detailed trimsheet to simulate reflections and geometry for four va…PersonalBetween static hand-coded HTML…
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:The Tribune-Review published a nice preview of Dani Girl.My daughter Carolyn, Matthew Hommel, Vin…DramaThat Much-Despised Apple Ad Could Be More Disturbing Than It LooksApple…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:And so it begins.BooksMy meeting was cancelled, so I spent the morning assembling a cabinet for a Little Free Li…AcademiaMy student journalists sport their fashionable “What Would Jerz Do?” wristbands.AcademiaThe last submissions of this o'er ripe term, Ungraded, mock me though this…
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:Sibling Affection and Paternal Abstraction as Drawn By a Six-Year-Old; or, Aren't My Daugh…My six-year-old daughter is a very visua…AmusingThis friendly gangster was parked at WalMart in Johnstown yesterday.This friendly gangster was parked at Wal…PersonalOpening…
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:After your shift at the protocol station, join me in the officers' lounge, just up the spi… AestheticsThe false link between Amy Coney Barrett and The Handmaid’s Tale, explainedOne of the weirder ways this debate has …BooksPassage: a Gamma256 video game by Jason RohrerGrand Text…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:A masked, socially distant museum visit. So nice to get away from syllabuses and email for… Ford built about a half dozen of the…AestheticsI just discovered what will grind up a significant portion of my free time over the break.So Khan Academy now has a grammar unit. …PersonalComing…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:No, this photo of people wearing coats standing in front of bare trees was not a fake news…It’s distressing and shocking to realize…Current_EventsThe Homecoming (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 1) War hero rescued by Kira has …Rewatching ST:DS9 Quark receives a…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:In June 2021 I roughed out the proportions and deck heights for the flagship of the #steam…AestheticsMy kids are in a tree. How's your Friday?PersonalIdeal Homeschool Summer Day: Studying Latin, Justifying Nilla Wafers, and Making a Duct Ta…Today,…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:A performance, two auditions and a cast party. #busyweekendPersonal"I don't view Shakespeare's work as intimidating anymore." — midterm reflection from coll… “It has made me more confident in my…AcademiaCarolyn appears as homeschooled teenager "Carolyn." Free holiday show Tuesday at 7. PersonalAfter lights out, the girl is knitting.PersonalTrack and…