“Hospice.” Once the word is uttered aloud, there is a seismic shift. You will feel it. Like a (very short) thread through the eye of a needle, swiftly in and swiftly out. The air itself becomes thin, steely. At the periphery of your vision, an immediate dimming. The penumbra begins to shrink. In time, it…
In Blender3D, I created a jumpsuit, rigged and weighted it with the UMA_Male_Rig, and created a simple animation (right). From within Unity3D, I can see the animation just fine, which seems to tell me the model is properly weighted (lower left). I’ve carefully watched every second of Secret Anorak’s “UMA 201 – Part 5: Converting…
I joined Twitter for the first time during a session at an academic conference, and since then have mostly used it to keep in touch with academics who share my professional interests. But many of those professional contacts feel about Twitter the way I do, and have moved much (though not all) of their activity…
In the backstory for the interactive bedtime stories I told my kids from about 2007-2012, a young Benjamin Franklin discovered glowing green aether (which expands & glows when exposed to radiation), used it to power his printing press and light the streets of Philadelphia. When he threatened to share it with France, King George reluctantly…
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:"Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania."PersonalCarolyn and her friend Travis on Twin Day at summer camp.PersonalLecturing is So Much Easier than Leading a DiscussionLecturing is So Much Easier than Leading…AcademiaDear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…CultureTalked too much during a meeting today.Talked too much during…
Similar:Seton Hill's Griffin Holds an iPad in Front of Admin Steps (Blender 3D Models)I textured the model I created yesterday…ArtGrandpa Joe's Candy Store.Sugar rush at Grandpa Joe’s Candy Store….AestheticsObamacare's broken website cost more than LinkedIn, Spotify combinedMuch of the criticism of Healthcare.gov …CultureShowcase of 60 Free Horror Fonts For Graphic Designers I think that should…
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:A vacation minibar story from 20 years ago.PersonalMany things in the world are awful, but my latest #Blender3D work on my #steampunk control…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsGo not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.PersonalA Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2…
Similar:Amazing birthday cake, created by Jane Eyre herself, Karen Baum. (Thank you @kaboom1250!)PersonalOh that sweet, sweet feeling of progress.PersonalDogmeat and I may yet win this game. Yes, this was the decisive moment. I…GamesAnd if my point of view is somewhat misty-eyed…And if my point of view is somewhat mist…AestheticsBag a Bot DayAt midnight tonight, participants…
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:Pict Classic Theatre Romeo and Juliet. PersonalAdvising incoming majors.AcademiaI've missed doing this! Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d …Aesthetics“Waiting for Life” (Once on This Island)https://youtu.be/NeoVD3prQWYPersonalMore #blender3d #steampunk #design. #blender3dart #aesthetics The officers’ conference roo…AestheticsMy daughter was five or six when she created the character “Moonbot” for the #steampunk be…https://youtu.be/GoWiNB_tlJ8 Aesthetics
Similar:After I noticed an overnight traffic spike to a classic handout, I touched it up and creat…This is the overall traffic to my websit…PersonalMy Anti-Linkbait Pledge: Cynical Overhyping vs. Simply Being OnlineWhen I find something interesting that a…CultureCelebration of Writing Fall 2019Personal"Moorish girl" in Man of La Mancha. (Vulcan Moorish girl.)Personal"Chores" — Clip from Snow…
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:Inside Voices — A Weekend MusicalCarolyn was in this short movie, conceiv…AestheticsStorage Wars Sued By Its Star; Show Is Faked And Execs…
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…