I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:Can't upload photos to Facebook from my MacBookI spent 30 minutes trying to upload abou…Cyberculture1776. Binge-watching Liberty's Kids. New this year: Carolyn singing songs from Hamilt…PersonalThe other day I did a socialize with some of my Humanities colleagues. (I am proud of myse…PersonalTheir faces…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Faculty/staff orientation begins @setonhilluniversity PersonalI am very happy for these folks, who spent 20 or so years tweaking an insanely complex, co… AwesomeOwner of former Latrobe Athletic Club continues pursuit to transform it into a theater The lead…
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:NASA has flown a drone on Mars. A tiny robot. A flying robot. On. Another. Planet. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succe…Awesome"Why are you…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Again with the chess.I try to go to Planet Fitness or chess w…Personal8k trimsheets baked as efficient building blocks for my #fantasy #steampunk #cgi cruiser. …PersonalMerry Christmas 2022.PersonalAfter you finish your brass-polishing shift, join me at the Gear and Heart to swap…
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:Anonymous comment cards from student journalists at the end of the second week. These folks are amazing! It’s such a…AcademiaFancy a game of whist with your nemesis? The prospect of ruin adds piquancy to the…
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:Another random background control panel for a #blender3d #steampunk project. I wish all us…AestheticsAbout the Sinkhole in the Adjunct Faculty Lounge, and Other Mid-Semester AnnouncementsI recently spoke with the Sarah Sutton, …AcademiaRelics (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 4) When a huge hollow sphere traps…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:James Goodwin Clonney: Mother's WatchThis painting, of two impish children ta…AestheticsThat’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. G…That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of…AestheticsThis class has been everything that I expect it would be and I cannot believe that we are…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Consciousness: Where Are Words?Words, words, words. With the advent of …CultureOkay, freshly downloaded app…Okay, freshly downloaded app, If you are…CybercultureOnce on This Island (Stage Right! Greensburg; May 11 & 12 Promo Video)The girl plays Ti Moune in “Once on This…CultureLaughter and Light Abound…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Toasting Shakespeare at the Bard's Birthday BashOrganized by Pittsburgh Shakespeare in t…CultureMedia Bias Chart version 11 — Journalism sorted by bias (Left / Center / Right), reliabili…The very useful “media bias chart” is on…CultureProfessor Sees Parallels Between Things,…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Who is the more dramatic — my extroverted tween or my philosophical teen?Stoked from a morning show-choir perform…AmusingI remember these young people. I remember these young people. Personal1776. Binge-watching Liberty's Kids. New this year: Carolyn singing songs from Hamilt…PersonalIf I don’t stock the officers’ pub on my…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Video-Game Violence Is Now a Partisan IssueScholar and essayist Ian Bogost traces t…CultureLooking forward to what looks like an exciting evening of dance.PersonalFree Game Friday: Text-Based Games 2012 Interactive Fiction contest we’ll…AmusingI almost cried when I saw…
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:Loki's Loop Escape RoomGreat concept for a virtual escape…CultureThe Miracle Worker opens tomorrow.PersonalDon't Help Your Kids With Their HomeworkGreater parental involvement in school (…AcademiaIt's Friday night in July, and…
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:The girl is the Dew Drop Fairy in @laurelballetperformingco The Nutcracker Saturday evenin…PersonalWhen you need to record footsteps on a sidewalk, and the carpeted studio has a brick wall.AmusingA Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2 million tre…A Brazilian couple bought a deforested…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:Justice (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 7) When Wes trips on a fence, joggers' god gets in…In which Wesley commits a crime on the L…CultureMy college writing students are out making short videos responding to a prompt.While my students are out of the room ma…AcademiaBusy with Midterm…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Why I Was Wrong About Liberal-Arts MajorsIt’s a little bit shallow and solipsisti…AcademiaI’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside …I’m still teaching journalism and my usu…AcademiaDouble Entry Journals: Your Scholarly Research Notes for…