Rainbow in Suburbia

The HD version actually came out better than I thought it would. More photos after the jump… Similar:Eclipse!PersonalSledding in Spring Break SnowMy wife suddenly decided I should be a G…Current_EventsMidterm Grades Spring 2025: Posted!I planned ahead pretty well this term. I…AcademiaObama vs. Romney D&D Smack-Down at NYC GalleryThis week, if you head to the Allegra…

NASA's restored video showing Neil Armstrong's first moonwalk

Amazing! Similar:The belief that if people only were better educated, they'd engage  A few hours after the horrifyi…AcademiaYes, I do feel rather awesome right now.Lost brand-new earbuds. Reached in pocke…PersonalMy daughter who sometimes does things will be singing & swinging August 16 – 25 with @fron…My daughter who sometimes does things wi…Culture#setonhill remembers 9/11/2001.AcademiaThey called…

Interactive fiction, from birth through precocious adolescence: a conversation with Jimmy Maher

A great interview, on Adventure Classic Gaming. Was something like Adventure inevitable? That’s a tough question, but I think probably so. I’d say that the real wild-card here is not Adventure but rather Adventure‘s inspiration, Dungeons and Dragons. You just can’t exaggerate the importance of D&D to all of the many storygames that have followed it.…

Quirk Classics #2: Book Trailer

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Pronouns Must Agree in Number with Referents

Clearly by “Them” the sign means “dogs,” but the since the sign refers instead to “Your Dog,” so it was already in need of some attention even before this alteration took place. Via Bryan Alexander. Similar:The bots are coming. And they have poems.  Yet in a circle pallid as it f…CybercultureThe Moral Authority Of AnimalsChimpanzees…

We Choose the Moon

A website will re-create the 1969 moon mission in real time (allowing for the 40-year time lag).  http://wechoosethemoon.org/ Similar:People who caught Covid in first wave get ‘no immune boost’ from OmicronScience deniers who expect medical resea…CultureScratch StatsScratch is a kid-friendly programming sa…CybercultureGettysburg Address event marks 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s historic speechOn the Civil War…

Views: The Case of the Disappearing Liberal Arts College – Inside Higher Ed

The gradual, and almost invisible, transformation of many “liberal arts colleges” to more comprehensive institutions is similar to another gradual trend that has reshaped the composition and the work of the American academic profession. Over the past three decades, colleges and universities have replaced tenure-track faculty positions with part-time and full-time term-contract positions — a…

Google to launch operating system

A roundup of the initial reactions, via BBC: “One of Google’s major goals is to take Microsoft out, to systematically destroy their hold on the market,” said Mr Enderle. “Google wants to eliminate Microsoft and it’s a unique battle. The strategy is good. The big question is, will it work?” At the popular blog, TechCrunch,…

Steampunk Gears and Hearts

I tell my kids steampunk bedtime stories about the adventures of Captain Rod Gearhart and the Magnificent Blimpship. Since I also enjoy playing with Blender 3D, it seemed natural to make these clockwork heart decorations. (My wife offered detailed pointers to tweak the one on the right.) Similar:The Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode…