Beautifying the exterior of the fantasy cruiser from the bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult kids. #blender3d #neovictorian #steampunk #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Today’s students aren’t growing up reading “man” for “mankind” — and they notice when they read historical texts that do use “man” that way

I’m about 1/4 through teaching an online American Lit course. Some students are commenting on the use of “men” to mean “people,” as if it’s brand new to them. Others helpfully explained to their peers that in an era when only men could vote or hold office, it would have been in some cases historically…

‘Unexpected item’: how self-checkouts failed to live up to their promise

Businesses still fret over these issues, and against a tight labor market, more companies are making self-checkouts the norm. But the machines failed to live up to their promises. This week, Walmart’s CEO said that thefts “are higher than what they’ve historically been”, which many staff and customers link to self-checkouts. On top of that,…

So many dials to polish. More workstations. #steampunk #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #blender3dart #blender3d

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I just finished recalibrating the port scanner station and lookout post. If you need help on starboard, scribe me. #steampunk #neovictorian #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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I am not really sure why I have kept it up this long. I have no immediate or foreseeable practical need to know German.

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"I think the Exposition Officer's bridge station might have too many control panels" is what I will say if I've been kidnapped and I'm trying to send a coded warning to save yourselves while you still can. #steampunk #blender3d #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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A computer animation showing scutiods, complex 3D geometrical shapes (like an irregular prism with a hexagon on one end and a pentagon on the other, with the sides broken up in such a way as to create several irregular polygons, some planar and some non-planar, that let two identical scutoids fit together in multiple different ways.

Fun with Geometry — Biological and Theoretical

For some reason today I was thinking of the 3D shape scientists recently discovered in our cells — I had to look it up just now to refresh my memory. Not being an expert in geometry, I would describe the “scutoid” as an irregular prism-like shape with a hexagon on one end and a pentagon…

She was nervous about the dog misbehaving during “Tomorrow,” so I told her she could practice the number with me. (I did not behave. She kept singing.) This was Dec 2012.

Leapin’ lizards, the clip from the cabinet scene (where I played FDR) has 42k views on YouTube. Loved this set by Mark Kissner!

Report to bay 3, where tea will be served as the gondola delivers you to the planet’s surface. Mind the gap. #blender3d #steampunk #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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After your shift at the protocol station, join me in the officers’ lounge, just up the spiral staircase from the main bridge. #blender3d #steampunk #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Four people sit in lawn chairs in the yard of a house, very close to an erupting volcano.

It’s Not Cool to Overreact: How Normalcy Bias Will Define Our Future

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By the way, humans sent a robot to another planet, and the robot sent us the sound of a dust devil. On. Another. Planet.

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I am very happy for these folks, who spent 20 or so years tweaking an insanely complex, completely free game, and are now selling a deluxe version that fans like me can’t wait to buy.

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Fall 2022 Grades: SUBMITTED

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Practicing with materials and geometry. The lamps and chair require hundreds of times as much geometry as the walls and furniture, which look great but are mostly flat planes. #blender3d #steampunk #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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College students are often great at using apps, but struggle with basic computer tasks

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Tricking the eye to see 3D details in geometrically flat surfaces for my #steampunk #blender3d personal project. #aesthetics #design #blender3dart

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I am happy with how this turned out. My mother told me about this story when I was little, possibly because a priest mentioned it during a Christmas homily. I didn't read the story myself until I was an adult.

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