And yes, that’s her picture in the program (from the PPT Shakespeare contest).
At PPT’s The Diary of Anne Frank.
‘Great Pause’ Among Prosecutors As DNA Proves Fallible : NPR
It seemed the labs were using an outdated protocol for calculating the probability of DNA matches in “mixtures”; that is, crime scene samples that contain genetic material from several people. It may have affected thousands of cases going back to 1999. At first, they assumed the update wouldn’t make a big difference — just a…
Track and field fundraiser:photo by Carolyn. FIRST ONE!!!
My Kids Are Shatner Than Most
I passed along to my geeklings an appreciation for hammy sci-fi overacting.
Every conversation between a parent and a child, in four conversations. (Slate)
This whole item applies very well to one of my children. Me: Put your shoes on. Child: Did you know that we don’t actually vote for president, we vote for people who vote for president? Me: I don’t care, put your shoes on. Child: I am. Me: You’re not. Put your shoes on. Child: Why do we have shoes anyway? Me: Just put your…
So Long Blogging. Hello—Yep, We’re Going to Say It—Plogging
I still blog, because I want control over my own archives, so that I can link back to my own posts to provide context (such as this 2004 post on the emerging SHU blogging community, or this 2011 post on the switch from MovableType to WordPress). Your past pretty much doesn’t exist if you post it…
Cave Gave Game: Subterranean Space as Videogame Place | Electronic Book Review
Electronic Book Review just published an article I wrote with Dave Thomas, on cave space in video game ecology. Parts of this article are a companion to my 2007 Digital Humanities Quarterly article on the 1970s text computer game Colossal Cave Adventure. Crowther’s translation of real world caving experience into the digital medium provides a…
The Tribune-Review published a nice preview of Dani Girl.
My daughter Carolyn, Matthew Hommel, Vinny Tresco, and my wife are in this show. (My wife is also the director.) The show runs Oct 1-3 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 at the Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottsdale, Pa.) Geyer production ‘Dani Girl’ offers inspiration to those touched by cancer. –Tribune Review
NASA confirms the best-ever evidence for water on Mars
Mars is the only [other] place where we have solid evidence for liquid [water]. —The Washington Post ––
All the ‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright claims are invalid, federal judge rules
In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, the judge ruled that Warner/Chappell never had the right to charge for the use of the “Happy Birthday To You” song. Warner had been enforcing a copyright since 1988, when it bought Birch Tree Group, the successor to Clayton F. Summy Co., which claimed the original…
Joust @setonhilluniversity discussion of summer book #readyplayerone
Pac-Man on Atari 800 @setonhilluniversity discussion of Summer reading book #readyplayerone
Male Microsoft Leaders Ignored Women Who Really Hated Clippy
I hated Clippy, not because it looked like it was leering at me, but because it was so intrusive. [T]he engineers in the room were willing to throw out the focus-group-provided data—data which they paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for—because it didn’t cohere to their expectations. The software shipped with 10 male assistants and…
Allergic to Grammar Errors
Source: Cyanide & Happiness (Explosm.net)
Kafka Meets Charlie Brown
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. An opportune time, then, to revisit R. Sikoryak’s “Good ol’ Gregor Brown,” which first appeared in Russ Kick’s The Graphic Canon, from Seven Stories Press. —Literary Hub
Thespian robot doesn’t let stiff acting stop it from applying for Screen Actors Guild card
A clever little stunt, getting a little publicity for the robot and the dance troupe. A robot has taken the first step towards becoming a working actor by applying for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card.The robot, whose acting style could be considered stiff, is named IRB 2400. It made its screen debut recently by costarring…
Academic robe, Is this the year I finally send you out to be cleaned? Nah, Febreeze is good enough for you. #SHUConvocation @setonhilluniversity
Journalism students guiltily ignoring the “no electronic devices” note in the program during Fall Convocation
That moment when you see a dozen or more of your own journalism students guiltily ignoring the “no electronic devices” note in the program so that they can livetweet Honors Convocation.
#SHUConvocation is about to begin @setonhilluniversity
