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:Sorry, not sorry. I don't want such friends. Back in 2003, shortly after I moved …CultureWhat Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?Current US law extends copyright protect…BooksSurprise: Humanities Degrees Provide Great Return On InvestmentCompleting a humanities degree is a good…AcademiaHow PatrioticAmusingThe Fantasticks…
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing. Similar:Carolyn is the Production Understudy for PPT’s Dial M for Murder in September A great professional experience for he…CultureHi, I’m the St Joe’s basement doorstop. Let me start your three-day weekend by wrapping my…PersonalEvery few years, I Google the name of the kid who saw "The Empire Strikes…
So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:Lighting really makes a difference! A glimpse into the captain's ready room, off the offic… AestheticsTwo Steps Down the Interactive Fiction RoadWonderfully detailed analysis of two gro…AestheticsAs yearbooks die, colleges lose a link to the pastThis year, for the first time in…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Happy Easter 2024PersonalSpace Shuttle Challenger (Destroyed 28 Years Ago Today)I was in my final semester of high schoo…EducationHappy birthday to the son.PersonalBefore the haircut. PersonalHow to interact with the introverted…My daughter spends a lot of time with he…DesignCrabby 9yo…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. –Mr Dooley on the function of journali…“Comfort the afflicted and afflict the c…CultureI just bought Diamond City.GamesAdded a splash of color to this section of a #neovictorian #steampunk control panel (for m…AestheticsPart of my daily routine is practicing German for…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Fantasy football and the cold future of robot journalismFor fantasy football players, the servic…BusinessOne deck below the bridge, the chief engineer coordinates with his technical heads here at…AestheticsSo happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her…
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:Unscheduled Disasters in Journalism: Learn to DealIn school, we expect our professors to a…AcademiaI should be writing my "Fake News" paper for this weekend's "Computers and Writing." Inste…Could the…
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:Seriously, clouds? Now?PersonalThis is about half of the #steampunk control panel details I've created in the past m…AestheticsCreated a new graphic for an existing handout on writing editorials.The “lead editorial” represents the offi…EmpathyComing of Age (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 18)Rewatching ST:TNG A character-heavy e…MediaI really enjoyed powering…
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only. Similar:A support sloop on deck and in the landing bay. #steampunk #neovictorian #aesthetics #desi…AestheticsIt's Friday night in July, and I'm jamming with my fall course preps.The dean sends me an email at 9:07pm. In…AcademiaThinking about the new semester vs. Creating submission slots in CanvasPersonalStar Trek: The Next…
How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Out of the Zuckersphere, (back) into the BlogosphereThis is why I still blog. While commerci…AcademiaEditorial: Video Games and The Great Train Robbery Through the development of crosscuttin…AestheticsJournalism: Muzzle your biases. Seek out diverse but credible sources. You’ll be criticize…AcademiaShakaar #StarTrek #DS9…
After learning of his AIDS diagnosis, artist Keith Haring created the work, “Unfinished Painting” (1989), which is mostly a blank canvas, with streaks that evoke his own interrupted, incomplete life. Someone who thought it was “so sad” that the painting was unfinished used AI to “complete what he couldn’t finish.” Needless to say, the bot…
Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in a scene from “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.” This weekend only… opens tonight! Order tickets online at http://www.setonhill.edu/tickets by phone at 724-552-2929, or by mail at SHUPAC Box Office, Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pa., 15601-1599. Box Office Hours are…
Inspiration can come to those with the humblest heart. Caedmon the Cowherd believed he had no talent for singing, but the voice in his dream encouraged him. Listen to what he does with it in, “The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. A Production of We Are One Body® Audio Theatre. Read by…
Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) featured during Seton Hill‘s “Celebration of Scholarship.” Similar:Millennials Shy Away from Voice MailI was happy a few years ago when Seton H…CultureNo, Running Online Classes Isn't CheaperA good response to the myth that the lab…AcademiaThings That Will Freak out Every OCD PersonA good…
Gotta love how this reporter worked the spelling variations into the story. Meet Ben F orgers (we wish we were making this up). The founder of the accounting firm hired by Donald Trump’s social media group has used 14 variations of his name in filings with the industry regulator, far more than any other US…
Last weekend I roughed out shapes to represent buildings, in order to provide some sense of scale in a 3D simulation. For the past few days I’ve been texturing. #blender Similar:My daughter was five or six when she created the character “Moonbot” for the #steampunk be…https://youtu.be/GoWiNB_tlJ8 AestheticsBeautiful set. Support the humans who do arts in…
The School of Humanities honors me and my colleagues @mikearnzen and Dan Martino as we complete our service to @setonianonline, @eye.contact.shu and the Pastoral Ministry program. (We’re all still here @setonhilluniversity, looking forward to our next adventures on the hill.) Similar:Trying something a bit different for today's 10 sq cm of #steampunk #blender3d control pan…AestheticsIt…
NASA says it is once again able to get meaningful information back from the Voyager 1 probe, after months of troubleshooting a glitch that had this venerable spacecraft sending home messages that made no sense. The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes launched in 1977 on a mission to study Jupiter and Saturn but…