Rather than wanting to make a film about Tetris the video game as such, Baird was fascinated by this human story that pushed the game into existence. “The original title of the film was actually Falling Blocs, just like the Eastern blocs that dissolved when the Soviet Union collapsed. I thought it was a really…
I’m still grappling with exactly how the rise of AI writing apps will affect my teaching. I don’t think it’s reasonable to ban technology from the classroom. While I will likely assign more in-class, hand-written activities, that strategy won’t work for online classes — and I am just not interested in requiring students to use…
“That was easy!” Today three different students made some variation of that statement. In that class, we are gearing up to write a research paper. I have broken the project up into multiple tasks, that I can grade quickly and generously. Today’s assignment asks students to submit a paragraph that argues the…
this frog and their band pic.twitter.com/bVo6xuakuv — non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) March 26, 2023 Similar:Twitter is testing a tool for reporting fake & offensive contentIt’s risky to get your news from a socia…Current_EventsCooper Hewitt: the typeface by Chester Jenkins “[S]ince Cooper Hewitt is a governme…AestheticsAdvice for My Conservative StudentsA professor who had been…
An in-person casino opened up a few years ago in the shopping mall near my house. I haven’t been inside, but I hope the rent helps the rest of the mall stay open. Just as the in-person shopping has to compete with online retailers, the in-person casino offers a restaurant and entertainment, to establish it…
Similar:Spring and Fall, by Gerard Manley HopkinsMárgarét, áre you gríeving Over Goldeng…AestheticsLast night I dreamed I was a stagehand during a metatheatrical number called “Butts in Sea…I saw Seton Hill’s production of The Dro…DramaWhy You Hate Google’s New LogoThe new logo retains the rainbow of colo…BusinessNo, Kirk and Uhura didn't share the first interracial kiss…
Similar:Toasting Shakespeare at the Bard's Birthday BashOrganized by Pittsburgh Shakespeare in t…CultureThe Girl's Obsession with Scottish History ContinuesWife: “What did you do with your bedshee…Aesthetics“Waiting for Life” (Once on This Island)https://youtu.be/NeoVD3prQWYPersonalMy Kids Are Shatner Than MostI passed along to my geeklings an apprec…DramaFurnished a random nook in the #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser I'm building. Not ha…PersonalSubtle…
Similar:Advising incoming majors.AcademiaJimmy Maher's Appreciation of Infocom's Classic Sherlock Text AdventureI learned a lot while reading this enjoy…BusinessNYT newsroom integration memoBy integrating the newsrooms we plan to …BusinessAnd so it begins: the unmarked assignments counterThis little icon will control my life fo…AcademiaSobering data; stunning visualization.This NYT story on the effects of race on…CultureViolations (#StarTrek #TNG…
Some people out there will never like you, no matter what you do. Some hurting and traumatized people will latch onto you as the symbol of their insecurities, and treat all your imperfections as personal attacks. It’s important not to pay that negativity forward, or to punch down, or to take it out on yourself.…
A dedication in the script of a 1603 Ben Jonson play (Sejanus: His Fall) may have been written by Shakespeare, who appeared in that play as an actor. “It’s tantalising. There are so many parallels with Shakespeare’s style that it must surely make even the most hardened sceptic pause and think.” Initially intrigued, he had…
My grandmother shaped them a little differently, more like segments of a sphere… the name I must have given them in my childhood is just “powdered sugar crescent cookies.” She packed them in a tin with chocolate chip , oatmeal raisin, fork-impressed peanut butter, and maybe sugar cookies? I would have made a beeline for her…
My family thoroughly enjoyed this performance at Greensburg’s Palace. Similar:Employers Will Hire You For: 1) Leadership; 2) Teamwork; 3) Writing; 4) Problem-solving 5)…What do employers say they are looking f…BusinessThe Distracted Classroom: Transparency, Autonomy, and PedagogyI don’t ban technology in my classroom, …Academia"I don't view Shakespeare's work as intimidating anymore." — midterm reflection from…
Similar:AI coding assistants do not boost productivity or prevent burnout, study findsMy job is often to help students underst…BusinessThe Duolingo owl is proud of me.PersonalMy Shakespeare students are off peer reviewing their term paper rough drafts. I’m official…AcademiaVirtual debates about homelessness in Sim City hold up a mirror to real lifeBack in 2009, the story…
Similar:Another delightful section of #neovictorian #steampunk control panel, intended for backgro…One of many steampunk control panels I’v…AestheticsThis is what happened when a KDKA-TV journalist showed biasSocial media platforms are full of peopl…CultureInfographics: the PowerPoint of the 2010sI used to say that PowerPoint slideshows…CybercultureIf you want to work with words, then journalism courses are very practical…
Similar:Open Source College Math BookOne day last year, David Lippman got an …AcademiaCompleted uniforms for the officers and crew from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime sto… Right now I can move the player aroun…AestheticsHow Trump Is Making Journalism School Great AgainThis is an important time to teach peopl…AcademiaBrand new chairs for PICT draw applause.PersonalThe Truth About…
We are assigning more societal decision-making power to systems that we don’t fully understand and can’t always audit, and that lawmakers don’t know nearly well enough to effectively regulate. As impressive as modern artificial intelligence can seem, right now those AI systems are, in a sense, “stupid.” They tend to have very narrow scope and limited computing…
Similar:This weekend… Would YOU trade a Hank Aaron rookie card for Roberto Clemente… for her? …PersonalAnother sold-out Midsummer Thursday night. PersonalJust reminding myself that these moments do and will exist. I’ve evaluated every student s…AcademiaA gangway, flanked by still more #steampunk control panels, leads forward from the chief e…AestheticsI may have mentioned that I have a…
Similar:Faces the girl makes during her Luisa monologue. (Four more chances to see The Fantasticks…AestheticsKate Upton and Ryan Gosling Explain the SequesterApparently these are two famous and phys…AestheticsWant a tech job? Study this. Advice from Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr and moreStudents often say they hate group work….AcademiaA 20 sq cm section of #steampunk #blender3d goodness. #blender3dartAestheticsMy…
Police chief and writer Cliff Couch knows his audience. In a paragraph from an article advising LEOs how to deal with reporters, Couch begins with context he assumes his readers already accept, and carefully moves from there to the new ideas he wants them to consider. The horror tales you may have heard about reporters…
In September, 2002, I was blogging about “The Science of Scientific Writing” (1990) from ‘pong’ to ‘pac man’ Michigan Police fall for The Onion satire about terrorist telemarketers “Ebonics” (ebony + phonics) Silly alarmist story about recessive blonde genes A scientist undone by plagiarism Google News (when it was new) Mel Gibson’s plan to film…