Star Trek Bonanza

—Star Trek Bonanza (Something Awful) Similar:TWEEN GIRL: "What's a tribble?"TWEEN GIRL: “What’s a tribble?” MY GE…PersonalThe News from Ferguson – Live, on Twitter[I]t turns out that Twitter is not just …AcademiaTime article with clickbaity headline: Web users annoyed by marketing tricksThis Time magazine article is a good one…CybercultureThe Best of Both Worlds, Part 2 ( #StarTrek…

Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

Science Fiction movies have been a source for speculation about the future of technology and human computer interaction. This paper presents a survey of different kinds of interaction designs in movies during the past decades and relates the techniques of the films to existing technologies and prototypes where possible. The interactions will be categorized with…

Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims

The researchers gave the example of a secondary school in an unnamed northern city, which dropped the Holocaust as a subject for GCSE coursework. The report said teachers feared confronting ‘anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils’. It added: “In another department, the Holocaust was taught despite anti-Semitic sentiment among some pupils. “But…

The Road to Ruin

Grand Theft Auto and its progeny — nearly a dozen sequels and spinoffs, including this fall’s GTA IV — let players live out their fantasies. But few videogame fantasies match the real-life adventures of Rockstar Games. Almost a decade ago, a gang of young prep-school-educated Brits invaded New York with a then-outrageous dream: to make…

Maraka

—Maraka (YouTube | Saturday Night Live) “Pump your hands to make the balloon fill up. Pump them harder. Come on! Harder! What’s wrong with you? There! You did it!” “Can you help me decide if Robert Blake was innocent?” “Don’t question it, just do it!” Wonderful spoof of “Dora the Explorer.” Similar:T. S. Eliot and his…

President's Blog

Jim Towey is writing a blog to communicate with Saint Vincent students and to share the fruits of his experiences as their leader. These will be posted from time to time as his schedule permits. Click on this link to reach the archive and the latest posting. —President’s Blog (Saint Vincent College) The president of St.…

Star Trek / Mission Impossible Prop Mash-up

Star Trek / Mission Impossible Prop Mash-up (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) While riding the train back from a conference, I spent some time watching early episodes of Mission Impossible. This screen capture shows the characters prepping for a mission. Because I recently designed 3D models of Star Trek furniture in order to teach myself Blender 3D, my…

Pay attention to the world

By presenting us with a limitless number of nonstopped stories, the narratives that the media relate – the consumption of which has so dramatically cut into the time the educated public once devoted to reading – offer a lesson in amorality and detachment that is antithetical to the one embodied by the enterprise of the…

Building a MAME console inside a TARDIS

— Building a MAME console inside a TARDIS (STAR WARS ASCIIMATION) Awesome. I particularly like the image with the caption “Another famous folding design.” Similar:15 more sites that forbid you from linking to them » Malcolm ColesSome people don’t seem to get it. Here,…CybercultureUdacity's Sebastian Thrun, Godfather Of Free Online Education, Changes CourseSuddenly, something that had…