The new AI advanced version of Google Search, aka Google SGE or Search Generative Experience, provides wicked smart AI answers to your queries. And if you ask it how to pass kidney stones quickly, Google will tell you to drink at least two quarts of urine every 24 hours. Source: Google SGE Recommends You Drink…
Rewatching ST:DS9 A nervous Morn sniffs a flower and presents it to a woman who accepts it warmly. At the replimat, Odo and Sisko chat about the forthcoming O’Brien baby and the risks of interspecies love. Worf’s jealously and aloofness is played for laughs against Dax’s open friendliness as they discuss a trip to Risa…
Weirdly beautiful. Wonderful bit of game history exploring why the code for the 1993 game Doom uses a slightly wrong value for pi (the programmer recalls that he misremembered the 10th digit), and a bizarre exploration of what happens to the gameplay when you deliberately change pi to different values. We all know that the…
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:Introduction to The Cherry Orchardhttps://youtu.be/8o_4Bjcfl0Y …AcademiaI broke the garage door when I left for work this morning. Fixed it when I got home.PersonalAnother lovely variation of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3dart #neovictorian #desig…AestheticsIt's…
Similar:The Fantasticks (Oct 18-27, Theatre Factory) https://youtu.be/SYp1jQaSwjo …CultureShow, Don't (Just) Tell (another update)AcademiaUpdated Media Bias Chart — Left/Center/Right, Facts/Analysis/Partisan/Propaganda (Ad Font…Update — Media Bias Chart 10.0 All h…CultureModular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts have more detail than the up…Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Gro…AestheticsLonely Among Us (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) Crew-posessing spark roams and…
This actually happened the other day when I was offline. Similar:Chess tournament final pairing. (He’s currently tied for 2nd.)PersonalA Grave Tale (a short story I narrated for WAOB Audio Theatre)A Grave Tale (WAOB Audio Theatre) Wri…LiteratureMore #Blender3D practice. Making many objects to liven up a #steampunk environment.PersonalA pleasant find: somebody left a painted rock by…
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:Another square of #steampunk control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #a…AestheticsTwittering The MachineI’ve never been a phone guy. My vo…AcademiaThe Princess and the PaintFriday night, my daughter will be playin…AestheticsI actually don't mind Canvas — it just happens to be the course management system I have …Academia"Orphans" was amazing. Powerul,…
I get a little workplace gift as the academic year closes. Similar:"Jewish priests do this. It's where Leonard Nimoy got the Vulcan sign," says the geekling,…CultureFrom Shakespeare to Sondheim to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, everything you "dew�…PersonalThe girl around the house casually dressed "as a Jacobite."AmusingOkay, freshly downloaded app…Okay, freshly downloaded app, If you are…CybercultureSet design for Acts…
At the airport, sending the daughter off to Ireland. She: “Use that one, because we both look derpy.” Similar:Now that I have polished so many details, I'm working on more selective lighting. #steampu… AestheticsPublic service announcement! If you are feeling awkward at a social event and you see me t…AwesomeYou cannot serve both…PersonalMy 4Cs StoryI…
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:Sweet Lenten RegretsThis Lenten evening / Your orphaned feas…AestheticsThey both reached for the gun.PersonalMaking sidewalks to go with the buildings. Tedious but will…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:"A Mushroom at Last… A Mushroom Forever"I asked my 10yo why she was moping. “…AmusingAnd yes, that's her picture in the program (from the PPT Shakespeare contest).At PPT’s The Diary of Anne Frank. …CultureYounger friends, can you write or read cursive? I’m curious.CultureTaking…
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:Take a look at the moon tonight!I wish I had the time or energy to get o…AestheticsExpecting the usual theatrical adventure from @quantumtheatrePersonalLook what I found on my shelf in a closet. #history #archaeology #media…
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:Just an elegant retro keyboard for a #steampunk #cgi project. Procedural materials mean I …AestheticsCombating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and ActionFake news is frustrating. Nothing new th…CultureDelightfully geeky news story about a legal kerfuffle over typefacesI’m very amused at this nerdy news story…AestheticsPartisan…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Had a rough day. Designing another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel doesn't fix everyt…AcademiaIf I don’t design the sign for the pub on my #steampunk space cruiser, who will? #prioriti… AestheticsThese buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good…