Nyan Cat Rock

My daughter saw the Nyan Cat video, and then opened a rock-painting gift from a secret Santa. The result was inevitable. Similar:If You Think You Hate Puns, You're WrongI wrote my college application essay on …AmusingLittle People, Big Fun: A Brief History of Fisher-Price Little PeopleI remember having a Fisher Price airplan…BusinessPrepare to lower the…

Blender Griffin, Part 3

Okay, that’s enough work for one evening. I added a skeleton I had already created for another project, and I added new rigging for his wings and tail. I still need to add the fancy stuff, like having the eyes follow a target, having the limbs move automatically to follow the placement of the feet…

Blender Griffin, Part 2

After another couple of hours of work, I’ve added the Griffin logo and a tail (trust me — it’s there). I’ve improved the lighting, and added some very subtle ambient occlusion (the inside of his beak and the inside of his eyes are shaded more realistically). I could probably do a better job differentiating such…

Correlation or Causation? – Businessweek

Correlation or Causation? – Businessweek. Similar:R.I.P. Blogging, Killed By Screenshorts Are screenshorts slowly killing bloggi…CybercultureHow Facebook is killing comedy (and other indie content creators)Facebook has monetized access to online …BusinessHenry V Fans: Today is St Crispin's DayKing Henry rallies his troops just befor…CultureHappy U.S. citizenship, Dr. Garcia-Quismondo @SHUHumanities @Setonhill AcademiaHow journalists can prep for a possible…

Blender 3D Update

Holy ray-tracing, Batman, it’s a Blender 3D update! I have not had the chance to try out Blender 2.61, which features an ocean simulator, motion-tracking, and real-time ray-tracing. blender.org – Blender 2.61. Similar:Journalists dole out cash to politicians (quietly)Traditionally, many news organizations h…EthicsNASA Calls It A Mission As Curiosity Rover Fills Up Whole 2-Gigabyte Memory…

Blender Griffin

To celebrate yesterday’s on-time submission of final grades, I spent part of last night and much of today working on this Blender 3D model of our school mascot, the Griffin.   Similar:My son showed me Seven Samurai. I had never seen it before. Amazing!I’m going to have to watch this one agai…AestheticsTell Me a Smart…

Narnia Lesson Plans: Activities Related to the Musical (based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) — Jerz’s Literacy Weblog

I just posted the latest musical theater education packet, written by my wife, as she aims to make the most of our home-schooled children’s participation in Stage Right Greensburg’s student theater production. 1.10) Narnia, once a utopia or paradise, has become a sad, cold dystopia under the Witch’s rule. Read & discuss other examples of…

Pittsburgh Parent Magazine: Future-oriented College Majors

Pittsburgh Parent Magazine’s December issue features Seton Hill’s New Media Journalism major in a cover story by Kelli Robinson. Similar:Rest assured, there will soon be enough Rey toys to monetize the imaginations of the littl…The problems of female characters being …BusinessThe Case Against Reading EverythingRight now, I’m teaching “American Lit 19…BooksMy mother-in-law invited me to…

Losing Face

This story features my Seton Hill colleague, Lee McClain. “It’s kind of like if you are looking at a bunch of leaves on a tree, you could study them, but you’d have to work really hard to tell them apart,” said McClain. That is how she sees faces. “That part of my brain that most…

On the Spot: Campus Diversity

One of my journalism students posted this insightful and well-edited documentary. (She also posted a brief introduction.) HTML5 HTML5 480p FLV360p FLV360p MP4240p FLVFlash Similar:The Secret Lives of Tumblr TeensThat feeling when you hit a million foll…CybercultureIn MLA Style, use the ellipsis only to mark an omission from the middle of a quotation. If you…

National study: Youth ‘sexting’ is downplayed

A national study released Monday suggests there is a smaller percentage of young people involved in “sexting” — sending or receiving explicit or sexually suggestive images via cell phone or Internet — than previous studies found. via National study: Youth ‘sexting’ is downplayed – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Wait a minute… who or what is doing the…