Monument Valley: Minimal story, but an engaging world and a satisfying ending.

I was in no rush to finish the beautiful mind-puzzler game Monument Valley. Minimal story, but an engaging world and a satisfying ending. Similar:Chess tournament in Monroeville. Two losses, two wins.The boy’s personal best in terms of win-…CultureHalloween Candy Poisonings, School Shootings and Human Psychology What can parents do to minimize thei…Current_EventsURL Hacking (new graphic…

Carolyn and spider friends performing "Power" from Stage Right's Sleeping Beauty this Friday.

Similar:Finally — the pace at work subsides a bit.PersonalMore modular low-poly background buildings. I’ll do some more facades then move to the nex…More modular low-poly background buildin…AestheticsRossum's Universal Robots (Act 2)https://youtu.be/XfOONrGsf2I For my b…CultureStage Right offers four versions of its musical 'Annie' | TribLIVELeapin‘ Lizards! There are four versions…CultureIn April, 2001 I was blogging about…

Actors Fail to Distract Audience from Prop Newspaper Headlines

My daughter and I were talking about prop newspapers, and she suggested making a newspaper prop with headlines such as “Actors Fail to Distract Audience from Prop Newspaper Headlines” Similar:Pompeii artifacts at the Carnegie Science Center The lighting was very low, so the phot…AestheticsAvoiding Spoilers Gives You a Superficial Appreciation of ArtI very much appreciate that…

Schiller schools internet on correct Apple device plurals, but Cook says “iPad Pros”

“Siri, is the world ready for Apple pod people who are also grammarians?” According to Schiller, multiple Apple products should be referred to without pluralization, for example the plural of “iPhone” is “iPhone” or “iPhone devices.” It seems years of rampant misuse have taken their toll, finally and absolutely corroding the exec’s resolve to maintain…

Why are we so bored?

On average we spend six to seven hours in front of our phone, tablet, computer and TV screens every day. All this is simply becoming boring. Instead of performing varied activities that engage different neural systems (sport, knitting, painting, cooking, etc) to relieve our tedium, we fall back on the same screen-tapping schema for much…

What Borges Learned from Cervantes

Borges reinvented Don Quixote as a playful novel, full of surprises and unexpected anticipations of the way we read today. Across genres and over decades, his varied meditations opened new paths for readers. The following conversation took place during January 2016 between Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College,…

Celebration of Writing

  My freshman writing students are among the scores presenting their research in preparation for drafting their big term paper. Similar:A professor examines why her students seem to act so helpless (essay)This essay on college students acting he…AcademiaImma Let You Integrate QuotationsIn the poem “Imma Let You Integrate Quot…AcademiaNAVY TO DROP ALL-CAPS COMMUNICATIONSCaps off to the…