I remember these young people. Similar:Here for the daughter.AcademiaMore #Blender3D practice. Making many objects to liven up a #steampunk environment.PersonalJaw-dropping moments of insight and humanity. So funny, so edgy, so affirming! I did not e…PersonalHearing "Godzilla on My Mind" author Wiliam TsutsuiPersonalThe girl asked me to read R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) to her. #quarantine #partylik…BooksAnother…
Similar:Another corner building. Designed and textured. Needs an interior. #blender3d #design #ae…Another corner building. Designed and te…Aesthetics80 Days: "1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the…I stayed up way too late last night play…CybercultureHeadphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureFinished the girl's 10th grade homeschool…
The AI authors’ writing often sounds like it was written by an alien; one Ortiz article, for instance, warns that volleyball “can be a little tricky to get into, especially without an actual ball to practice with.” According to a second person involved in the creation of the Sports Illustrated content who also asked to be kept anonymous,…
Rewatching ST:DS9 In Garak’s shop, the enigmatic proprietor tries to play matchmaker between Odo and an attractive Bajoran woman. Odo is characteristically formal and polite to her, but as a shape-shifter who is liquid in his resting state, he just isn’t interested in “these convoluted mating rituals.” He reluctantly admits she’s lovely, but has a…
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:Body Parts #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 25) Quark announces he's dying; Kira …Rewatching ST:DS9 In Ops, O’Brien frets…AmusingGoodbye, Google Search. I've switched to search.brave.com …for now. I can’t stand Pinterest. I hate when G…BusinessSecurity is Sleeping in the Back Seat of the CarFor decades, my mother collected paperba…EmpathyInside the utopian, brick-loving world of…
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:Fall 2023 Grades: Submitted! AcademiaThe Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, by Edwin Austin Abbey.This painting was inspired by the scene …AestheticsHappy Father’s Day One of my favorite pictures of my fa…Current_EventsAnonymous comment cards from student journalists at the end of the second week. These folks are amazing! It’s such a…AcademiaSTAR TREK's Still as Relevant…
Similar:The Measure of a Man (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 9)Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….CultureA new study says young Americans have a broad definition of newsI expect that many of my students will b…Culture“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little sal…PersonalWorld Press Freedom Day. (Don't take…
Similar:This morning I awoke to YouTube’s live footage of crowds circling a mosque in Mecca. For m… CultureQuick Study: Neuroscience: Crosswords don’t make you cleverMany people think classical music is goi…GamesAnother day, another 10 square centimeters of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blende…AestheticsA Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2 million…
Similar:‘Broken Age’ ReviewThis will be my self-reward when I finis…CybercultureHappy Father’s Day One of my favorite pictures of my fa…Current_EventsHeadphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureApparently I’m using boolean modifiers to carve out negative-space greebles for a texture …AestheticsI had already created the little utility craft on the lower left,…
Similar:Adding a media project to a semester-long paper assignment is like adding a jetpack to a d…Academia“We hate math,” says 4 in 10 – a majority of AmericansIf 30% love math, and 30% are neutral ab…AmusingTom Wayman's FAQ on "Did I Miss Anything?"I’ve long been a fan of Tom Wayman’s poe…AcademiaPuns really matter to us…
Tribune Review Similar:What to Do With a B.A. in English?Some good tips on what to say about your…AcademiaBoston marathon bombing: All the mistakes journalists make during a crisis like the Boston… First, do not pass on speculatio…Current_EventsThe Maquis, Part 2 (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 21) Sisko must stop the diss… Rewatching ST:DS9 Hudson…
Similar:College is not a commodity. Stop treating it like one.If we are going to treat college as a co…AcademiaStephen Coles’ The Anatomy of Type, reviewed.Talk nerdy to me. You’re my type. What …AestheticsOn the Importance of Nonverbal Feedback in the Classroom [an Anecdote]I don’t generally like teaching with sli…AcademiaInto the depths of code. Algorithmic…
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:UVA administrator awarded $3M in Rolling Stone caseJurors awarded a University of Virginia …AcademiaMTV VMAs: Will Smith Family's Reaction Was to Gaga, Not Miley (Video)I didn’t watch the show, but I did see t…BusinessThe Case Against High-School Sports”I’ve been in hundreds of classrooms,” s…CultureMerry Christmas 2018PersonalA performance, two auditions and a cast party. #busyweekendPersonalJournalist flexes…
Similar:Lysistrata live.Current_EventsMidterm Grades Submitted.AcademiaProfessor Sees Parallels Between Things, Other Things”By drawing parallels between things and…AcademiaToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me to take her f…AwesomeFather-daughter bonding between takes.That’s a prop knife in my right hand. AestheticsMy #AugustWilson #Steampunk NightmareToday is my last official day teaching a…Academia
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:School ditches rules and loses bulliesSwanson School signed up to the study by…CultureDennis Jerz, R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots), Karel Capek's "Fantastic Melodrama" – YouT…”In which the origin of the word “robot”…AestheticsWhat Causes the Smell of New & Old Books?Generally, it is the chemical breakdown …AestheticsReal college classes have writing assignments and required reading.While I can…
Similar:Brilliant, Troubled Dorothy Parker by Robert GottliebIn 1915, Parker, aged twenty-two, went t…CultureFuture Imperfect (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 8) Riker Van WinkleRewatching ST:TNG after 30 years. Aft…PopCultFascination (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 10) Comic crush after crush; that's…Rewatching ST:DS9 A character-driven …AmusingNASA's Perseverance lander brought some Easter eggs with it to MarsIt’s a bit…