A Famous Person Has Died (Cartoon Parody of TV News)

The first few panels of a 12-panel cartoon. Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. Similar:JJ Abrams announces fourth rebooted Star Trek movie“We are thrilled to say that we are hard…Current_EventsThe Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesIn December 2001 I was blogging aboutIn December 2001, I was blogging about …AmusingThe grudging…

Fall, 2009

LA100: Basic CompositionEL200: Media Lab and SetonianEL227: News WritingEL237: Writing about LiteratureEL266: American Literature I (1800-1915) Similar:The Dadliest DecadeThe eighties, at least, were drenched in…HomeTake that, grass! Eat rotary analog steel.HomeKirby Delauter SagaLet’s hope many, many more journalism st…HomeFacebook, really? More people liked the picture in my post than saw the post that includes…I don’t…

The 2009 Lyttle Lytton Contest

My favorite “winner” in this year’s Lyttle Lytton Contest, which awards writers who can, in one sentence, imitate the infamous “It was a dark and stormy night” novel opening. Alex turned to Gertrude, in much the same way Martin Landau turned to Barbara Bain in the opening of Space: 1999. — Alex Dering Similar:Police stage…

Blender 3d Softbody Demo

I can’t say I understand my creation, but it sure was fun making it. Similar:Captive Pursuit (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) O'Brien Befriends a Nervous,…Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko is listening …DesignMy copy of Plotkin's Hadean Lands arrived today. Current_EventsGen Z Never Learned to Read CursiveWhen I used to teach a “Media and Cultur…AcademiaLet's conÅ¿ider Å¿ome…

Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well

Big, two-dimensional drop-down panels group navigation options to eliminate scrolling and use typography, icons, and tooltips to explain the user’s choices. — Jakob Neilsen Similar:Wonderfully Detailed Tribute to 1970s British TV Show Space: 1999″A middle aged geek” puts it well: “Utte…AestheticsThou shalt not commit logical fallacies  Thou shalt not commit logical fallaci…AmusingNo girl wins: three…

Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners

“You’ll have half the participants BlackBerrying each other as a submeeting, with a running commentary on the primary meeting,” Mr. Reines said. “BlackBerrys have become like cartoon thought bubbles.” Some professionals admitted that they occasionally sent mocking commentary about the proceedings, but most insisted that they used smartphones for legitimate reasons: responding to deadline requests,…