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:When In Academia – WHEN A COLLEAGUE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT ‘DIGITAL HUMANITIES’:When In Academia – WHEN A COLLEAGUE KEEP…AmusingUmberto Eco and his legacy in open-world gamesI read “The Name of the Rose” during the…BooksA Matter of Honor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode…

Fall, 2009

LA100: Basic CompositionEL200: Media Lab and SetonianEL227: News WritingEL237: Writing about LiteratureEL266: American Literature I (1800-1915) Similar:Kirby Delauter SagaLet’s hope many, many more journalism st…HomeWhat my classroom looks like during today's video journalism workshopWithin 3 minutes of being placed into gr…HomeA Revolutionary Approach to Treating PTSDInhabiting an improvised play designed t…HomeMemories of Toronto Yonge Street…

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:Advice to…

Blender 3d Softbody Demo

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Secretary charged with changing daughter's grades

A high school secretary has been charged with illegally changing grades in a school computer system to improve her daughter’s class standing and with lowering the grades of two other girls. —Elanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Similar:And so it begins: the unmarked assignments counterThis little icon will control my life fo…AcademiaMuseum of Endangered SoundsImagine a world…

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:Added a splash of color to this section of a #neovictorian #steampunk control panel (for m…Aesthetics19 Book Cover ClichésThis one is #3, “Man Lurking by Fence.” …AestheticsI can probably remove that…

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,…