Support the arts in your community. Similar:The Decline of Humanities Enrollments and the Decline of Pre-LawIt’s a myth that humanities majors don’t…AcademiaLA Photographer Fired for Digitally Altering News Photo”On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Ti…EthicsLearning How to Love My Daughter Image description: A teen girl in a …CultureSurprise: Humanities Degrees Provide Great Return On…
Similar:Yeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalRandom gauge design, for background details in a fantasy #steampunk project. #blender3d #b… AestheticsWhat would holidays be without Dickens' beloved 'Christmas Carol?'It takes some visits from three scary sp…DramaThe heir to the throne of Gondor and and a scruffy looking nerf herder are handing out can… PersonalThe Last Jedi:…
Leftovers from the food my colleagues brought in to bribe/reward those few students who showed up on the last day before spring break. (I had 40% attendance.) Similar:New York Times runs just 1000 names of the nearly 100,000 Americans who have already died …AcademiaIn December 2001 I was blogging aboutIn December 2001, I was blogging…
MLA In-text citations: Writing that got you through high school won’t do in college. Similar:This class has been everything that I expect it would be and I cannot believe that we are …Some days are slogs. Some weeks are slo…AcademiaHere for the daughter.AcademiaAnother student matinee. So many excited kids for Frankenstein. @prime_stage BooksFun with…
The daughter was invited back to perform at this year’s Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest. @thepublicpgh #prouddad #amazingdaughter #shakespeare Similar:The choreographer daughter is doing a thing.The choreographer daughter is doing a th…PersonalChristopher Robin made for a pleasant family outing.PersonalExplorers (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 22) Sisko builds an ancient Bajoran s…Rewatching ST:DS9 With a…
Perhaps I should have been shocked at the revelation that Trump, should he return to power, would jail reporters. I wasn’t of course. […] Those in power do not want us to inform everyone else about what is going on. To do so would be to risk losing control over the masses. How long shall…
This story is about the admissions process, not about academics. Duke University is no longer assigning numerical ratings to applicants’ standardized test scores and essays, a university spokesperson confirmed in an email to Inside Higher Ed. The change was made earlier this year and has been in effect for the latest round of applications. […] Dean…
Insightful, funny list. (This guy is a good writer.) Let’s be fair: technology has improved my life in ways that still surprise and delight me on a daily basis. My phone is also a torch! My TV remembers how far I got in last night’s episode, even if I don’t! The bus stop knows when…
Rewatching ST:DS9 On an assignment to write a profile on Bashir, budding writer Jake tags along to a medical conference, and nothing really surprising happens. Their casual, character-based banter is not interrupted by a distress call from a colony in desperate need of medical assistance, and no side-quest, custom-tailored to appeal to the people who…
In my lit classes, I’m definitely teaching more short stories and fewer novels that I used to. I’ve expanded the time I spend on note-taking, synthesizing quotes from different sources, and why at the college level it’s not a good paragraph if it simply introduces “One quote that supports my position,” repeats three or four…
For years I used ScreenFlow, which offers a paid upgrade every couple of years, and doesn’t update the old versions when OS upgrades break them. There was a time when I was making promotional videos almost every week for a nonprofit, and at the time I thought some of the specific features of ScrenFlow were…
Starting with the robot and basic locomotion that comes with Unity3D’s “Starter Assets.” I’ve added a system that lets you tag an object with a custom translation/rotation, and a custom help text message (such as “[E] Activate Door”). Similar:Obama vs. Romney D&D Smack-Down at NYC GalleryThis week, if you head to the Allegra La…AestheticsMaybe I'll…
Persuasion: Logos, Pathos, Ethos and Kairos Similar:A Better Way to Say Sorry I’m sorry for… This is wrong beca…CultureExcessive Copyright Strikes Again in 2016Current US law extends copyright for 70 …BusinessShort Reports: How To Write Routine Technical DocumentsI don’t get to teach technical writing m…BusinessWhy Teachers, Parents, and Society at Large Have Destroyed Kids’ Love…
Teaching myself the #Unity3D game engine. Each step requires a lot of focused attention. I lost 2 hours today trying to decide the right typeface for text overlays for a steampunk game. Similar:Out for a walk and saw this. I hope you are having a nice day.Out for a walk and saw this. I hope…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Outside the O’Briens’ quarters, Quark catches Bashir eavesdropping on raised voices. (It’s actually Miles and Kira fighting.) Dax and Worf are happily bickering over opera when he is smitten by the sight of a “glorious” Klingon woman. “She’s okay,” says Dax. It’s Grilka, Quark’s ex-wife. Quark realizes she needs his financial advice, but…
TThe automatic doors on my fantasy steampunk cruiser do work… kinda. My PC got trapped. Similar:The girl continues her exploration of Scottish history.Carolyn: “Does no one have a kind word f…PersonalCharlie Brown has his kite-eating tree. I have my keys-eating chair. #foundthem PersonalIt will be harder to leave Facebook than it was to leave Twitter It…
Interesting. I don’t particularly care for the title of this YouTube clip, which seems very self-centered and not at all in tune with the message the speaker (Connor Neill) gives. He focuses on that moment when we realize there’s a difference between what we feel we need to say, and what we know the other…
No names in this single-source anecdote out of Hong Kong, credited to “Senior Superintendent Baron Chan Shun-ching.” The employee joined a video call with who he thought was the business’s chief financial officer. He was initially suspicious after a message from the CFO mentioned a ‘secret transaction’, suggesting it was a phishing scam…. However, after other…
The organ composition is called “As Slow As Possible.” It’s currently being performed in a church in Germany. The first chord proper whooshed through the pipes in February 2003, prompting complaints from neighbours that it was too noisy. In 2011, a way was found to reduce the air pressure. “We haven’t had any complaints since…
Ok, never mind Dusgcxms2… buddy, you can keep your first place as far as I’m concerned. Similar:MoonBot is back. This time he fights a new adversary. #Blender3D physics practice.I submitted midterm grades at about 11 l…AestheticsThe Curtains Were Blue: In Which I Fix Another Meme. Above is my response to a meme that …AcademiaStarting my…