Translating the markings from base 60 – the counting system used by ancient Babylonians – showed that these ancient mathematicians were aware of the Pythagorean theorem (not called that, of course) as well as other advanced mathematical concepts. “The conclusion is inescapable. The Babylonians knew the relation between the length of the diagonal of a square and…
Similar:In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpghIn a hole in the ground there lived a ho…BooksGoogle engineers mined the text adventure game "Zork" for AI image promptsYouTube commenter Bob Hepple writes, “Tw…AestheticsNASA has flown a drone on Mars. A tiny robot. A flying robot. On. Another. Planet. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter…
Similar:"The face of the last man on Earth." #alquist #rur #robots #capek #virtual #theater Gettin…AestheticsWhat if I design a #steampunk fantasy cruiser and there aren’t enough chairs? How do I kno… AestheticsThe #Blender3D #eevee denoising filter gives off a pretty amazing Caldecott prize-winning …The filter won’t replace real hand-drawn…AestheticsI'm Gradually Losing My Hearing. (It’s Part…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Lonely Jake frumps in the Promenade people-watching spot where he and Nog used to hang out, and Odo and Quark try to offer him comfort in their own faux-antisocial way. At home, Jake is shocked to find a visitor — Jennifer Sisko from the mirror universe. Though he knows this is not actually…
About four years ago I bought an electric mower that was quiet enough that I could listen to audiobooks while doing my suburban adulting duties. The battery held enough charge that I could get about 1/2 of my lawn done at a time so that summer I bought another battery. A couple years later I…
As much as I love escapist science fiction, the way to get to the future for real is to avoid killing each other and ourselves in the present. We can’t count on capitalist techbros selling joyrides to billionaire tourists. People tend to liken space exploration to expansion on Earth—pushing the frontier. But on the edge…
After starting my 200-level “Shakespeare in Context” students on a few sonnets, I assigned Twelfth Night (most had never read a Shakespeare comedy before) and Othello (they loved Iago), and then asked them to sample four different plays — The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta, and Jonson’s…
If you are writing an academic paper that quotes from an author that uses the ellipsis in a way that differs from MLA style (such as the script of a modern play that uses “…” to indicate when a speaker is interrupted, or a graphic novel that might use “…” to indicate a meaningful silence…
Similar:Is this stripe appearing or disappearing? FULL BLOOM (Aug 30 to Sep 2)PersonalThe boy is visiting the Prohibition exhibit @HistoryCenter while I continue at NeMLA.PersonalThe girl as the Spanish Soloist in @laurelballettheater & @westmorelandsymphony The Nutcra…AestheticsDetailed Articulation of Feet in Unity3DI’m following a lot of tutorials, and co…AestheticsProud of My JournosI saw several heads that…
Similar:MLA Citations: Citation generators make mistakes. Here’s how to spot 5 errors they often m…Overview Animated GIFIndividual SlidesC…AcademiaStudy confirms that ending your texts with a period is terrible.Language evolves, so oldsters like me sh…CybercultureAll About Soap — Why Washing Your Hands Fights the CoronavirusPeople typically think of soap as gentle…CultureJimmy Maher's Appreciation of Infocom's Classic…
Similar:The Duolingo owl has been judging my German every day for the last year.EducationOn Instructional Technology and Face-to-Face Interaction CybercultureMeridian (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 8) Dax falls for a man from a Bridgado…Rewatching ST:DS9 Kira tells Odo about …EmpathyMan of the People (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 3) When a tranquil envoy…
Similar:Facebook Updates News Feed So Your Favorite Friends Rise to the TopNow, News Feed, at its most basic level,…BusinessTrimsheets baked with greebly texture goodness add eye-pleasing woodgrain & tech detai…AestheticsWhen an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a MoraySomewhere today a headline writer is wea…AwesomeMy Father's Day adventure included replacing…
Rewatching ST:DS9 A haggard O’Brien, with a scraggly beard, is released from an alien prison. He seems disoriented… “I can’t leave. Where would I go to?” A concerned Kira watches as smug aliens infodump that they punish offenders by inserting extended memories of incarceration — twenty years, in O’Brien’s case. Sisko explains to Keiko that…
Similar:This happened the last time an eclipse was visible in the area. My students left the room,…Pinhole projection. PersonalWhen it comes to the truth, point of view really does matter.You may have seen a version of this meme…DesignBird flight simulator. The boy goes for altitude and distance, the girl does stunts.In the bird-flight simulator at…
Similar:Now that I have polished so many details, I'm working on more selective lighting. #steampu… AestheticsLoved part 2 of Romeo and Juliet @thepublicpgh #pptplaytime (Next week: Tartuffe)CulturePaparazzi-proof clothing that's embedded with reflective glassThis article featuring reflective clothi…BusinessThe Truth About Test ScoresIt’s not hard to design a test that has …BusinessThe Journey That Changed Geoffrey Chaucer’s…
Rewatching ST:DS9 After a nightmare featuring dead Klingon children, Worf wakes up in Odo’s security cell. He’s clearly in trouble. A Vulcan admiral convenes a Federation hearing called to explore allegations that, while commanding The Defiant, Worf destroyed a Klingon civilian transport. A Klingon prosecutor, Ch’pok, intends to prove Worf’s negligence, thereby stoking sympathy for…
In September, 2003, I was blogging about What the NY Times called the “campus fad” of Internet plagiarism. “What Does a Professor Do All Day?” (Clearly we are wasting our time whenever we are not standing in front of a classroom.) “Graphic Artist Carefully Assigns Ethnicities To Anthropomorphic Recyclables“ Leni Riefenstahl Dies (although she distanced…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Bashir reluctantly helps O’Brien clean up before Keiko is due to return after an extended absence. At the family reunion, little Molly points to her mother’s belly and announces she has a little brother. At the request of Kira and her mentor Porta, Sisko blesses a young couple. He’s not thrilled with his…
Similar:Open Source College Math BookOne day last year, David Lippman got an …Academia15 more sites that forbid you from linking to them » Malcolm ColesSome people don’t seem to get it. Here,…CybercultureTwo Trains Running ( #AugustWilson #CenturyCycle, 7 of 10)August Wilson’s Century Cycle > Spoi…BooksHow Daydreams and Videogames Can Make Us Confident In Real Life…
For the past 2 weeks I have slept a lot, coughed a lot, and one of my four classes is a week behind where I had hoped to be, but I guess I’ll be okay. Still dealing with some heavy eldercare and other issues that I just don’t have the energy to write about here,…