Creationist Diorama-Rama

Bennett Gordon, Science and Technology blog (Utne Reader): Every diorama in the Home School Science Fair, which took place inside a shopping mall in Roseville, Minnesota, had a biblical quote attached to it. A young woman whose project involved teaching her dog how to run circles between her legs decorated the words: “If you love…

Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain

Stephanie Rosenbloom, NYT: Research shows that among the youngest Internet users, the primary creators of Web content (blogs, graphics, photographs, Web sites) are not misfits resembling the Lone Gunmen of “The X Files.” On the contrary, the cyberpioneers of the moment are digitally effusive teenage girls. “Most guys don’t have patience for this kind of thing,” said Nicole Dominguez, 13,…

A Real Swinger

It probably only makes sense if you pay attention to Lego sets, but its made my kids and me all laugh. Similar:Updated Media Bias Chart — Left/Center/Right, Facts/Analysis/Partisan/Propaganda (Ad Font…Update — Media Bias Chart 10.0 All h…CultureExplorers (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 22) Sisko builds an ancient Bajoran s…Rewatching ST:DS9 With a come-hither …AmusingMany…

Retro Sabotage – True Self

Retro Sabotage remixes Pac-Man.  Lots more where that came from. Via MetaFilter. Similar:Detailed Articulation of Feet in Unity3DI’m following a lot of tutorials, and co…AestheticsChallenger Disaster: 30 YearsI was a high school senior, watching on …CybercultureMany things in the world are awful, but my latest #Blender3D work on my #steampunk control…One of many steampunk control…

Star Trek – Video Episodes on CBS.com

CBS makes up for canceling Star Trek almost 40 years ago, by publishing the full video of every episode on their website. (Sigh. Yet another cool thing I won’t have time for.) Similar:Jon Bentley | My Life in ArtWonderfully weird retro pop art. Jon re…AestheticsHigh Schooler's Fake Story of Stock Riches Fools New York Editors”If…

Aardvarchaeology : Ruins of Childhood

Aardvarchaeology has a fascinating piece on abandoned suburban treehouses. These sites and their formation processes reflect children’s psychological characteristics. Kids have little sense of order, short memories and strange rationality. They also have no idea that childhood is brief and transient. They will happily fill their treehouses with junk without any thought that they might…

Short Story of the Day

American Literature.com The Short Story of the Day features works by Anton Chekhov, Jack London, Louisa May Alcott, H.H. Munro (SAKI), Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. An archive of all the stories featured to date can be found here. Similar:Author of 80s classic…

Up Right Down # 1

Up Right Down already features over a dozen versions of the same story. What’s yours? (Via) THE PLOT: In a bistro in Paris a young woman (A) tells her three girlfriends (B, C, and D) about the affair she had with an American tourist, who returned home promising to write, and hasn’t. It’s been over…

Paths to Publication

A great series hosted by Heidi Ruby Miller, a recent graduate of Seton Hill’s Writing Popular Fiction program. She has asked writers of genre fiction (fantasy, crime, etc.) to tell the story of their first publication. I’m just starting a career track unit in Introduction to Literary Study, and several of the students want to…

Seton Hill University – Google Maps

I just noticed that Google Maps has added Greensburg to its street view service. How long has this been available?  Here’s a look up Seton Hill’s lovely sycamore-lined driveway.View Larger Map Similar:Richard Halloran / Owns Home Computer.“Engineers now predict the day will come…AmusingMore sections of #steampunk control panel. #blender3dart #blender3d #design #aestheticsAestheticsCaptain, the Fake News…