Rewatching ST:DS9 After losing to O’Brien at darts, Sisko visits Kira in her quarters (where she is praying before a memorial for Bareil) to report that the scheming Kai Winn, already the spiritual leader of Bajor, has been elevated to First Minister. During a routine meeting with Odo, a distracted Kira vents about her recent…
Similar:Crochet octopus for the win! Crazy costume for #pptplaytime Boougie Gentleman (adaptation …PersonalI had some unexpected downtime today, so I filled out another span of my #blender3d #steam…AestheticsSoldiers and Sailors Memorial and Museum Another visit to Pittsburgh with my his…CultureI came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these stee…I came…
Similar:8 (Short Halloween film by Josh Reardon)My daughter and I appear in this short f…AestheticsAll About Soap — Why Washing Your Hands Fights the CoronavirusPeople typically think of soap as gentle…CultureOut for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsbur…Out for a walk during some downtime. Pau…PersonalJimmy Maher's Appreciation of…
The first few weeks of June were very busy for me. I spent a week leveling up my skill in ChoiceScript, I pivoted to marking AP English papers for a week, then I prepped a workshop for the Computers and Writing 2023 conference, which I attended remotely last weekend. The other day I returned to…
Similar:Come see Carolyn and her talented castmates in The Fantasticks (Theatre Factory, Trafford …PersonalBackstage with the White Swan and her prince.PersonalI create five color variations of each #blender3d building I #design, and each of those ha…I create five color variations of each #…AestheticsDrawing of Once on This Island by the amazing Rebecca Scassellati.PersonalIn the Hands…
Similar:Here's how Maria amuses herself on the ride home from dress rehearsal. #WestSideStoryPersonalMisleading to suggest that because I have nothing left to mark that I have nothing to do, …PersonalTake a look at the moon tonight!I wish I had the time or energy to get o…AestheticsCheerful scene from @pictclassictheatre Jane Eyre (getting great reviews; 11…
How is AI going to change individuals and society in the not-too-distant future? AI will obviously make it easier to produce disinformation—from fake images to deepfakes to fake news. That will affect people’s sense of trust as they’re scrolling on social media. AI can also allow someone to imitate your loved ones, which further erodes people’s…
Similar:The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation f…The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled do…PersonalIn a literature class, the author's words matter more than the author's life and times, or… Updating the graphic for a resource …AcademiaMy Polish grandmother used to bake these cookies, which my wife…
Similar:After your shift at the protocol station, join me in the officers' lounge, just up the spi… AestheticsCarolyn's "waiter with wobbly stack of plates" bit from Hello DollyPersonal“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little sal…PersonalThe captain will shortly address the officers and crew. Please have the custodial…
TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute. The figures were based on interviews with some 94,000 people across 46 countries, conducted for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, part of…
Think of ChatGPT as a blurry jpeg of all the text on the Web. It retains much of the information on the Web, in the same way that a jpeg retains much of the information of a higher-resolution image, but, if you’re looking for an exact sequence of bits, you won’t find it; all you will ever get is…
I make mistakes on my blog all the time. But I’m not CNN. (Check out the line under the photo.) Yes, that’s right… that blue box is missing an important word. Similar:R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) Artistic Prosperity TrailerWe rehearsed and recorded a Zoom recordi…ArtThe coronavirus is today just as contagious and just as…
Years ago I spent some time in Second Life, taking my young son to visit a display of NASA rockets and historical sites from classical history, and for my own amusement wandering through a few Star Trek exhibits, and exploring the mostly empty landscapes. My university bought an island, and I was briefly excited at…
I rather miss teaching HTML and doing my own web design on the side. These days, when my students propose to make a web page, they have already decided to use Google Sites or Wix. Sometimes I can talk them into using WordPress, but there just isn’t room in my curriculum to teach them everything…
A good article about kids and dopamine. Apps and sweets can hijack the neural pathways we need to survive, triggering tantrums and aggression. The problem describes plenty of adults, too! It’s not actually happiness we feel when we fulfill that craving. While she’s staring into the technicolor images, her brain experiences spikes in dopamine, over and…
Great story about the art of photographing theatre performances. Given that the choreographers and lighting designers and set designer and costume, hair and make-up people have already done a lot of work, not to mention the contributions of performers themselves, I just love grabbing 1000 or more shots during a show, and culling them down…
As Mike Edwards notes, “AI doomers will eagerly tweet this article, unaware that it’s not about the dangers of LLMs: it’s about *information literacy*”
In a cringe-inducing court hearing, a lawyer who relied on A.I. to craft a motion full of made-up case law said he “did not comprehend” that the chat bot could lead him astray.
Similar:Is this why oldsters love nostalgia? I’m 50. I’m in my office casually sharp…CultureSeeing a different cast. Break all the legs!CultureUshering for a school matinee. Love seeing the kids excited about @prime_stage Frankenstei… CultureThe poetry of deafnessMy auditory processing disorder makes it…AestheticsThe Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesThe reception…
Similar:Unity Normal Problems (Importing an object from Blender 2.8b)I had a complex model that I created in …AestheticsThis winter I changed my weekday alarm tone to chirping birds. This winter I changed my weekday ala…AestheticsWhat the ‘Grievance Studies’ Hoax Means As the hoaxers explained in Areo, they …AcademiaThe Tempest, According to My 9yo DaughterShe’s 10 now, but here is her…
It was time to download Google Chrome on a new Windows 11 computer. I typed “Chrome” into the Microsoft Edge search bar. I was greeted with a full-screen Microsoft Bing AI chatbot window, which promptly told me it was searching for… Bing features. Source: Microsoft has no shame: Bing spit on my ‘Chrome’ search with a…