The Gift of the Magi (by O. Henry; read by Dennis Jerz; We Are One Body Audio Theatre)

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Eco-critical Code Studies: Reconfigurations of nature in the born-digital artifact “Colossal Cave Adventure” from text to VR

Video game history is colliding: Sierra founders are bringing a seminal text adventure game to VR (The Verge) Colossal Cave Adventure (Crowther 1976; Crowther and Woods 1977) (photo credit) Photo of Ken and Roberta Williams; Wikipedia photo of Adventure on a CRT Sierra On-Line (Sierra Entertainment, Inc.); King’s Quest, Space Quest, Phantasmagoria; original publisher of…

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Academic Writing Blues

Two days ago my problem was that I had nothing written and I had three days to produce a 2250-word document. Today my problem is that I have 3150 words written and I have one day to produce a 2250-word document. I liked the first problem better. Similar:The geekling is 14 today.PersonalHow To Talk To…

We’re in Denial About the True Cost of a Twitter Implosion

The public disintegration of a platform that millions of people used every day has been painful to watch. Now that Google’s search results seem almost completely colonized by AI-generated crap, it will be harder for me to listen in on and learn from a wide range of everyday people sharing their opinions and talking to…

Elevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3d cruiser, just because. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Meet Our Advisor: Dennis Jerz

“Journalism is an imperfect human activity done by biased people who have bills to pay and passions that drive them,” said Dennis Jerz, Seton Hill associate professor and advisor of The Setonian. “If you believe that your organization is the only pure organization that exists you are approaching journalism from a perspective that I just…

Forward is the officers’ wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call officers’ bunkroom. Not happy with the misaligned texture on the chair back, but it’s fixable. #blender3d #steampunk #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Mariah Carey meets William Carlos Williams

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i trained an ai chatbot on my childhood journal entries – so that i could engage in real-time dialogue with my “inner child”

I kept a journal from Feb 3 1983 (the day my freshman high school English teacher assigned a journal entry as homework) through about 1992 (when I was busy in grad school, though I did write long emails to my fiancee). As I was wrapping up my dissertation, I started blogging in 1999. At no…

Furnished a random nook in the #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser I'm building. Not happy with the obviously flat bars on the window, but I'm learning. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Just a random side corridor in the #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser I’ve been building in #blender3d for fun. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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On the spiral staircase that leads from the top deck down to the officers' pub and wardroom. #blender3d #steampunk #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Crime coverage on Fox News halved once US midterms were over

In the weeks leading up to the US midterm elections, the message from Fox News was clear: violent crime is surging, cities are dangerous hellscapes and Democrats are responsible. With the vote over, however, the rightwing news channel appeared to decide things weren’t that bad after all, and decreased its coverage of violent crime by 50% compared…

Combating Shakespearean shrinkage – Shakespeare & Beyond

The worst reaction to Shakespeare’s complicated language, it seems to me, is thinking that it should be hard for an audience to understand. This will only cause Shakespeare shrinkage to expand, creating entire productions that are difficult to understand, not just occasional moments, and alienating audiences who have been disappointed too many times. Shakespeare should never be a…

Top deck of a #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser needs an airlock at the top of the spiral staircase and a railing to keep awkward robots from falling through the skylight. #blender3d #design #aesthetics

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The White House’s plan to colonize the moon, briefly explained: Putting humans on the moon is more political than you might think.

Political tensions alone could be a major source of conflict, according to Michelle Hanlon, the co-director of the Air and Space Law Center at the University of Mississippi law school. For one, there still isn’t a globally shared vision for what the future of the moon should entail. Just over 20 countries have signed the US-led Artemis…

Airlock for a #steampunk #blender3d project featuring #neovictorian #greebles. #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

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CBS News Suspends Twitter Posting ‘In Light of the Uncertainty’ About Musk-Owned Social Platform

CBS News is halting its activity on Twitter over Elon Musk’s turbulent and potentially devastating moves following his takeover of the company. “In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues to monitor the platform,” Jonathan…

A pallet of cabinet fronts and structural elements to flesh out #neovictorian #steampunk interiors. I watched many YouTube tutorials to acquire these #blender3d skills. #blender3dart

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