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…
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…
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 Similar:My son (black) has…
Mars is the only [other] place where we have solid evidence for liquid [water]. —The Washington Post –– Similar:NASA finally makes contact with Voyager 2 after longest radio silence in 30 yearsI was thrilled as a middle-schooler to s…Current_EventsMoonBot is back. This time he fights a new adversary. #Blender3D physics practice.I submitted midterm grades at about…
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…
Similar:My Shakespeare students are off peer reviewing their term paper rough drafts. I’m official…AcademiaJust an elegant retro keyboard for a #steampunk #cgi project. Procedural materials mean I …AestheticsMore split-screen actinghttp://youtu.be/EGgeZWskEs8DesignBoy that feels good. AcademiaRussian Grand Ballet Swan Lake.PersonalJust a #neovictorian avatar in spats and a tailcoat, checking out the back porch and bridg… Aesthetics
Similar:Ugh. Unmarked items waiting for me as I start to recover from an illness.PersonalJerz and Daughter Teach Scratch (Digital Storytelling Tutorial)In the past I have posted tutorials for …CybercultureVisiting my parents. Admiring their original Hallmark Enterprise Christmas ornament. I ask…AmusingMy Daughter's Synesthesia: "S" Is Always Red, and "T" Is Lime GreenAccording to a color-picking test…
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…
Source: Cyanide & Happiness (Explosm.net) Similar:National Science Foundation announces plan for comprehensive public access to research res…This is good news. It’s unfair that gove…AcademiaThe chief engineer of a fantasy #steampunk flagship needs a small booth for shift change r…AestheticsWhat happened when I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kidsThey discovered TikTok. And Fortnite. An…CultureWhy…
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 Similar:Writing for the Godless: Flannery O’Connor on Dogma, Belief, and the Difference Between Re…I’m not teaching her…
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…
Similar:More #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d #blender3dart #aestheticsAestheticsNew home office setup. I was delighted to find those little storage boxes that fit in a ni…PersonalAbove the Forward Ops conference platform we see the chief engineer's station and a glimps…AestheticsAnother 10 sq cm of details for a #steampunk control panel. Just background eye candy, not…AestheticsMy mom’s…
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. Similar:‘Heil Trump’ and an anti-gay slur were scrawled on an Indiana church right after Trump’s e…A well-written news story, covering a se…CultureInternet Explorer and…
Similar:Tin Man (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 20) Sad telepath bonds with starshi…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….CultureThe daughter missed her graduation ceremony because she was performing in Kinetic Theatre'…The daughter missed her graduation cerem…AcademiaEpilogue to Rossum's Universal RobotsMy big finish as Alquist in a Zoom-based…DramaSigma Tau Delta English Honors Society induction ceremony. Congratulations…
Similar:Outtakes from “Once on This Island” promohttps://youtu.be/QlMJuogD9to AmusingA Thursday throwback to end 2015.PersonalThere’s Something Off About LED BulbsWhen I’m stressed, or I feel life is spi…AestheticsSpotted: the North American tree daughter.NatureHow exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medie…How exactly do bridges bridge? How do ri…AestheticsLovely set…
Pretty sure you can’t do this to a Kindle. Posted by Tenth + Fourth on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Similar:Boy, this sort of thing sure makes some racist people very angry.https://twitter.com/steelers/status/1305…CultureWoah there, online tech site. Let's not set that bar too high, now.I just saw the following clickbait for a…Current_EventsGrumpy Gamer – Happy Birthday Monkey…
Get the brand of the beer, the make, model and year of the car and the name and breed of the dog. Here’s a great story that suggests journalists also “get the brand of the bra.” Similar:PR Pop Quiz: Intro to Crisis ManagementPop quiz for public relations 101. Sc…BusinessAnti-globalism Is Common Factor in Social Media Conspiracy…
What other accessory ensures the safety of your essentials, with easy access, while also liberating your hands? The fanny pack, when used properly, enables a whole host of activities that other bags render awkward: a deep embrace, a dance party, the ability to quickly find and swipe and secure your MetroCard. Through its rare combination…
In order to provide some context for a blog post on a blinking lights prop we’ve all seen in dozens of different TV shows and movies, I opened different tabs for compilations of the Wilhelm scream, the castle thunder sound cue, and the Amen break drum solo. All three of those sound effects are now playing at once, and I am…
The new logo retains the rainbow of colors but sheds the grownup curlicues: it now evokes children’s refrigerator magnets, McDonald’s French fries, Comic Sans. Google took something we trusted and filed off its dignity. Now, in its place, we have an insipid “G,” an owl-eyed “oo,” a schoolroom “g,” a ho-hum “l,” and a demented,…