For more on ALL RIGHT, ALL READY and ALL TOGETHER, see Grammar Girl. The slang term “alright” is always slang. Similar:Stapler jam during a midterm exam.My years of watching MacGyver definitely…AcademiaUnscheduled Disasters in Journalism: Learn to DealIn school, we expect our professors to a…AcademiaMore Evidence That, to Trump, "Fake News" Means Critical NewsNothing really new…
Similar:What Miley Cyrus Did Was Disgusting — But Not For the Reasons You Think | Anne TheriaultI still have not seen the “performance” …AcademiaFacebook Fallen Angel « AwkwardFamilyPhotos.c…AmusingAI-generated essays are nothing to worry about (opinion)After reviewing 22 AI essays I asked my …AcademiaThe ‘Little Free Library’ arrives in the D.C. areaThe “Little Free Library”…
The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left…
In addition to iPads and MacBooks, every freshman who arrives at Seton Hill this fall will get a copy of The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. I taught this book last term in my American Lit class. Here are two of the best student projects on The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games: 2 Sides of…
Similar:Visiting my parents. Admiring their original Hallmark Enterprise Christmas ornament. I ask…AmusingPrivacy and reporting on personal livesInteresting guidelines, phrased as sugge…CybercultureLate night set construction for The Miracle Worker.ArtThe Girl's Obsession with Scottish History ContinuesWife: “What did you do with your bedshee…AestheticsThe Onion's Supreme Court Briefing on Satire Is StunningFrom October: A man…
Similar:In November 2001 I was blogging aboutIn November 2001, I was blogging about …AmusingChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.“In every previous automation threat, th…BusinessThe ChatGPT Lawyer Explains HimselfAs Mike Edwards notes, “AI doomers will …CultureSupport the arts in your community! @geyer_pac Hello Dolly!AmusingCopy Of The Scarlet Letter Can't Believe…
According to a somewhat dry AFP article (posted on a URL that will probably expire soon), “The researchers estimated that in 2008 Australian adults aged 25 and older spent 9.8 billion hours in front of the small screen, and that this time was associated with 286,000 years of life that ended prematurely. | Every single hour…
Our iPads will one day be stacked on a pallet, like these old PCs. They’ll be retro curiosities, having done their jobs — empowering us to build even better tools. Similar:Why fake news worksFake news works on our emotions, usually…CybercultureDespite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the …[A] popular type…
The business of journalism is changing. The approaching anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks is an occasion to reflect on how we received news in the days when newspapers updated their web pages once a day, and Google did not constantly monitor newspaper home pages looking for fresh stories. For journalists thinking about the future,…
A popular handout from my site, Short Stories: 10 Tips for Creative Writers, includes a phrase uncommon enough that Googling for it (“practiced scream therapy“) leads me to short story exercises that develop an example into more detailed studies, or pages that remix the content of my site in order to make a similar point.…
There is a lot to like about Google+, and getting to 25 million users so quickly certainly seems promising for the Google social network. But, it doesn’t bode well if the excitement is already fading. Google needs to not only create a capable social network, but it needs to make that social network compelling enough…
This rhetorical power derives from the “-ification” rather than from the “game”. -ification involves simple, repeatable, proven techniques or devices: you can purify, beautify, falsify, terrify, and so forth. -ification is always easy and repeatable, and it’s usually bullshit. Just add points. Game developers and players have critiqued gamification on the grounds that it gets…
I was doing a lot of impulse buying during the $9.99 days, but since then, on occasions when I’ve seen the ebook offered at a higher price than a paperback, I have just turned to interlibrary load instead. “Terrified” by Amazon’s Kindle e-reader and discounted e-book pricing, five major publishers allegedly acted together to increase…
David Mahokey of Dunbar, a senior at Point Park University, and Greg Kerestan of Greensburg, a senior at Seton Hill University, wrote the 20-song score and script, respectively, for ″In Control,″ a musical that focuses in part on Mahokey’s real-life battle with bone cancer. Two free performances of ″In Control,″ directed by Anthony Marino, artistic…
Which is cooler? That my 13yo son was just sitting at the kitchen table singing lyrics to MC Frontalot’s “It Is Pitch Dark,” or that my 9yo daughter was chiming in with corrections? It Is Pitch Dark Similar:Drawing of Once on This Island by the amazing Rebecca Scassellati.PersonalSeton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake…
The heartbreaking thing is that this fall, over 10,000 bookstore employees across America will be out of work. The way the publishing industry is going, many of those people won’t be able to find jobs that are even tangentially related to books anymore; they’ll go on to work in movie theaters and grocery stores and…
The layout of this display at the Carnegie Science Center almost makes it look like the Maria duplicate in Metropolis came before Karel Capek’s play RUR (which was written in 1920, first performed in 1921). Similar:Theatre Crowd Mustn't Be Bitter The entertainment industry seem…CultureThe Naked Now (Season 1, Episode 2: ST:TNG Rewatch) When a script…
The control panel. Similar:5 myths about Facebook’s Messenger appReal journalism takes a look at that Huf…BusinessUnity Normal Problems (Importing an object from Blender 2.8b)I had a complex model that I created in …AestheticsPushing and pulling vertices. Components that fit together perfectly when I model them in …AestheticsTwitter / Search – "couldn't remove your contacts" -…
Images from an extended tour of a cold war submarine. (We liked the tour we took last year so much, my son and I came back.) [portfolio_slideshow size=medium trans=scrollHorz ] Similar:The Internet Is RottingI do what I can. It’s disheartening how,…AcademiaI was 'raped' in VR – the effects can 'mirror' real sex assaultsThis is offensive,…
My daughter, as the wizard, with her talented castmates, in our local theater school’s preteen summer camp musical. Similar:Mathematics and What It Means to Be HumanA humanities faculty member and a math f…AcademiaAt the Stage Right Gala.PersonalIgnorance Meets an Invisible DisabilityI’m sure my young, healthy-looking frien…CultureQuoth the ramen, "Eat some more!"PersonalAnother delightful section of a…