The video clip shows uniforms I’ve created lately, for a personal project based on the steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult children. I start with the standard human models that are part of the Unity Game Engine’s UMA system, and in Blender3D I shape each piece of clothing as 3D geometry, down…
Similar:Don't Like Hamlet? Now's Your Chance To Rewrite It”It’s not really fair to say, ‘Look at t…CultureFigured out how to configure my iPad as an external monitor for my laptop. Much more effic…CybercultureEdward Gorey illustrates H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, 1960 Edward Gorey illustrates H. G. Wells’s…AestheticsThe Inner Light (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch,…
Rewatching ST:DS9 In Ops, O’Brien frets to Dax about his very pregnant, very active wife’s latest outing to the Gamma Quadrant. Quark, having just returned from a visit to Ferenginar, seems unusually happy to be back, but blurts out just before the opening credits that he’s dying. While on Ferenginar, Quark was diagnosed with the…
Similar:New rules governing drone journalism are on the way — and there’s reason to be optimisticMapping disasters? So long as you’ve got…Current_EventsYes, this is my 11yo daughter yodeling on stage.http://youtu.be/reyclH7zuHIAmusingDisruptions: Texting Your Feelings, Symbol by SymbolBeing a word-oriented thinker, I don’t h…AestheticsFantasticks (Theatre Factory, Oct 18-27) AestheticsUnderstanding the difference between credible information and propagandaIn the…
Similar:The girl rehearsing as Babette in Stage Right's Beauty and the BeastCarolyn rehearses with Nick Lenz. Her sh…Current_EventsHealing the WebThe lessons I learned in just over an ho…BusinessRestoring the first websiteVery important bit of history. For a st…CybercultureInto the depths of code. Algorithmic archaeologies and cave fantasies in video gamesThe full article (by Angelo Careriis)…
Similar:[2.5] FPS MouseLook ScriptYay, me. I got the MouseLook script to w…DesignThe girl's modern dance choreography workshopAestheticsVolunteering at our local food bankEthicsWith actor Ken Bolden, who appears in Quantum Theatre's gripping (and hilarious, and shock… Mix the paranoia of 1984, the absurd…CultureMechanical innards for a Steampunk set piece. #Blender3D #greebleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oChXOu8C…AestheticsWhat's wrong with the way I…
Similar:The girl continues her exploration of Scottish history.Carolyn: “Does no one have a kind word f…PersonalI am not really sure why I have kept it up this long. I have no immediate or foreseeable p… CultureFall 2017 Grades Submitted. No professional tasks until Tuesday. Bliss!PersonalTapdance / jazz music outing with the girl. Tapdance / jazz…
Similar:My understanding of biased polls is… (choose one) AmusingBeautiful News Writing: "Rampaging rooster attacks girl."I don’t want to make light of a little g…AestheticsAnd the People of the Book of Face Were Deceived “And I looked up and saw a sign, and…AestheticsShakespeare on EclipsesPrepping for tomorrow’s first meeting of…AcademiaInternet Explorer cheated its way to the top,…
Tribune Review Similar:The Language of Gender ViolenceOppressors deny their own agency and deh…CultureThere are many Star Wars references in Dani Girl, so I made this tribute to Tom Jung's 197…Culture‘I saw the possibility of what could be done – so I did it’: revolutionary video game The ….. Realising that statistics wasn’t for…CybercultureChilling analysis of…
Similar:My students seem increasingly confused by the difference between journal title vs. article… Sometimes students will submit bibli…AcademiaWilliam Zinsser: What Is Good Writing? (Clarity, Simplicity, Brevity, and Humanity.)Most of the students in my “News Writing…CultureA woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears …This looks like…
Rewatching ST:DS9 After a comic opening on the station (featuring Quark working an advertising jingle into the cups served up by the food replicators), we join Kira, Dax and a starry-eyed Bashir (“Is it my imagination or are the stars a little brighter in the Gamma Quadrant?”) on a runabout, following a distress beacon to…
Similar:Psychology Today: Dreams: Night SchoolJay Dixit, in Psychology Today, surveys …GamesMaking Interactive Fiction Mainstream: ReadersJon Ingold describes the gamelike storyt…AestheticsToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me to take her f…AwesomeStudents say they prefer lectures, but "active learning" is more effectiveA recent study measured differences in s…AcademiaSurvivorship Bias – You Are…
Similar:Mask up.PersonalAdded a pilot and cockpit details to my flyby of a #steampunk scout ship. Costume is a pr…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyvR90jm…AestheticsThe only snow alert you'll ever need.AmusingI played Pseudolus freshman year in college. Haven't seen the show in a while.AmusingSpring 2022 Midterm Grades: SubmittedPersonalShe was nervous about the dog misbehaving during "Tomorrow," so I told her she…
I check into Musk’s X every few days, but I no longer *use* it as I once did, as a way of learning from credible experts responding to breaking news, and as a way of connecting with colleagues in my field, mostly just listening quietly while they shared their wisdom with each other. I first…
Similar:The magic of words opens a whole new world of funEmily Short’s work is always worth seeki…AestheticsI played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my familyI played hooky to go see Wild Robot this…AestheticsLearn from this typesetter's mistakeWisdom to keep in mind as I plan for thi…LiteracyBlogging is NOT Analog Writing in Digital…
Similar:Why Our Brains Make Us Click on ListsThe article-as-numbered-list has several…CultureThe internet’s memory is fading in front of us. Preserve what you can. Long, self-indulgent essays from a wri…BusinessMost Americans have a high opinion of the humanities, and 81% use at least one humanities-…While some survey respondents were unfam…AcademiaThe Terrible Things I Have Said and…
Similar:In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpghIn a hole in the ground there lived a ho…BooksMy #AugustWilson #Steampunk NightmareToday is my last official day teaching a…AcademiaDarmok (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 2) Picard of the Federation, His Metapho…Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureKing Hedley II ( #AugustWilson #CenturyCycle, 9 of…
Similar:Rip Van WinkleCertain it is, that he was a great favor…AcademiaLawyers who won Happy Birthday copyright case sue over “We Shall Overcome” “We Shall Overcome,” a song that was the…BusinessThere are many Star Wars references in Dani Girl, so I made this tribute to Tom Jung's 197…CultureTricking the eye to see 3D details in geometrically flat surfaces…
Long before sci-fi shows created their visuals with computer-generated images, sfx crews filmed detailed models against a plain background, which would later be removed and replaced with stars and planets. Wide-angle close-up lenses, softly glowing internal lights, and slow camera motion give the impression of great size. The large 11-foot model of the original Star…
Rewatching ST:DS9 In the Defiant mess hall, Dax and Bashir give O’Brien friendly advice about parenting, and Dax and O’Brien warn Bashir not to sit in Worf’s favorite seat. A Jem-Haddar sneak attack on DS9 has fragmented a docking pylon, and during the hectic scene that follows, the camera leaves Kira’s in-progress tactical report so…