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:A Note to My Remaining Students at the Close of the 2021 Fall SemesterOf course, the power outage meant that w…Academia"Chores" — Clip from Snow White: The Musical…
MLA In-text citations: Writing that got you through high school won’t do in college. Similar:Paper Titles: Inform by Stating your Topic and Position; Grab the Reader’s Interest If You…An effective research paper title will …AcademiaUsing a Typewriter Simulator to Teach Media HistoryWorking on the syllabus for my “Media an…CultureIndustriousness. Self-improvement. Thrift. And orange slime.…
The daughter was invited back to perform at this year’s Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest. @thepublicpgh #prouddad #amazingdaughter #shakespeare Similar:We Are the Product Facebook SellsFacebook does not care what Hobbit you a…BusinessListening to Weird Al's "Word Crimes." Awesome. My teaching method does not involve sham…AmusingHow Different Cultures Understand TimeBusiness Insider calls this article an “…BusinessChristmas…
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:Another chess tournament with the boy.GamesFacebook shrinks fake news after warnings backfireIn its efforts to combat the…
Persuasion: Logos, Pathos, Ethos and Kairos Similar:Commonly Misused Words: ALL RIGHT and (Slang) ALRIGHT For more on ALL RIGHT, ALL R…AmusingChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.“In every previous automation threat, th…BusinessLove This Headline: "He took a date to the park where he was gored by a bison, figuring it…DramaMedia…
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:Marching in a parade and watching a patriotic musicalHappy Independence Day, fellow Americans…CulturePortraits of my 11yo: Pretty, Goofy, and Pretty GoofyAmusingFact Check: No,…
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…
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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:My son showed me #PacificRim.My son showed me #PacificRim. Liked the …CybercultureStanford to offer new undergraduate majors integrating humanities, computer scienceTraining humanists who can code like a t…AcademiaContagion (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11)Picard faces aggressive Romulans and an…
Researchers had programmed the various large language models (LLMs) to act in what they termed malicious ways, and the point of the study was to see if this behaviour could be removed through the safety techniques. The paper, charmingly titled Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training, suggests “adversarial training can teach models…
The amazing daughter is featured in the ads for this commercial dance event. Similar:Pie, anyone?PersonalA familiar performer choreographed and dances the "Canaan Days" tango in Stage Right's Jos…AestheticsThis is the first time during the pandemic that we’ve brought this game out. Very topical.PersonalThe Big Boy GraveyardOn road trips in my youth, watching the …AmusingHaving a…