Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:"Godspell" is sure to entertain audiences of all ages and faithsThat’s me in the white shirt, with a tie…CultureMy Anti-Linkbait Pledge: Cynical Overhyping vs. Simply Being OnlineWhen I find something interesting that a…CultureAI generated images from the prompt "guy being bricked 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:Younger friends, can you write or read cursive? I’m curious.CultureThe daughter looks stunning in pink. AestheticsThe daughter is doing another thing, this time in Galway, Ireland. AestheticsGame night at our local library.GamesCreated a new graphic…
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:Owner of former Latrobe Athletic Club continues pursuit to transform it into a theater The lead roles in “A Midsummer Night’s…CultureKeeping 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…AcademiaWhy…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:I'm nerdy enough to give my 15yo a used copy of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." I’m nerdy enough to give my 15yo a used …BooksLego goes steampunkBe still, my nerdy heart. Steampunk —…AestheticsMoonBot is back. This time he fights a new adversary. #Blender3D physics practice.I submitted…
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No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Next up for the girl: Cherry in "The Outsiders" (March 6-15)BooksI both like and hate that Canvas tracks the number of unmarked assignments that await me. …I both like and hate that Canvas tracks …PersonalInfinite Scrolling: XKCD's Creative…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Here's how Maria amuses herself on the ride home from dress rehearsal. #WestSideStoryPersonalI am slightly ahead of the boy. Rare.PersonalOpening night. They've got magic to do! CultureRossum's Universal Robots (Act 1) Artistic ProsperityThe first act of Artistic Prosperity’s v…CultureI have for some reason reached another #duolingo milestone.CultureChilling…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Saturday morning cartoons are no moreI certainly have fond memories of Saturd…BusinessRay Harryhousen, visual effects pioneer, dies The Harryhausen family regret to…AestheticsChatBot Helps Crack the Case of the Missing 45GBThe other day I got a last-minute reques…BusinessA…
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:Forward is the officers' wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call o… Aesthetics#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to…
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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The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Twittering The MachineI’ve never been a phone guy. My vo…AcademiaMore modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-si…More modular, swappable building compone…AestheticsHappy Easter 2022PersonalCreate Joy with Content Management System Hexcodes for Canvas LMSI spent about 30 seconds eyeballing the …AcademiaCarolyn's Theater…
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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:Picture Books Languish as Parents Push ‘Big-Kid Books’Picture books are so unpopular these day…BooksThe Onion's Supreme Court Briefing on Satire Is StunningFrom October: A man who was arrested ov…AmusingGreebles make me happy.Before CGI, filming a science-fiction…