A 40sq cm section of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart

Similar:The Mystery of Charles Dickens by Joyce Carol OatesDickens is so brilliant a stylist, his v…AestheticsSelling Point (Audio Drama) I had fun recording this in the stud…AmusingKids Turn Bratz into Star Wars Rey DollsSometimes, I catch myself thinking there…AestheticsCanadians Love Poop, Americans Love Pizza: How Emojis Fare Worldwide The company SwiftKey analyzed more tha…AestheticsElevator shaft…

Scat “boop oop a doop” and variations (Esther Lee Jones, Helen Kane, Betty Boop, Marilyn Monroe); hippie “coo coo ca choo”; Beatles “goo goo ga joob”

A few years ago I was working regularly with a director who filled any conversation pause with a descending musical vocalization “doo de-doo de-doo.” While the similar “dum de-dum de-dum” means “I’m just sitting here minding my own business,” the brighter, more cheerful “doo de-doo de-do” was a cross between a satisfied sigh and a…

Rivals (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11) A charming entrepreneur opens a casino to rival Quark’s

Rewatching ST:DS9 A man in a fancy suit charms a wealthy widow at Quark’s, as she reveals her secret investment plans. Just when Martus asks about a partnership, Odo apprehends him for a previous con. O’Brien, in schlubby workout clothes, trundles into an angular, futuristic racquetball court and is crestfallen to find Bashir already there,…

Enjoying more live theater.

Similar:Script: Prospero Makes a Circle on the Beach. Scene Designer: "How?"I was amused by this little note on the …AmusingYes I do own a copy of the 1975 Star Trek Enterprise blueprints, but this guy annotated hi…PersonalMerry Christmas 2017 PersonalTake a look at the moon tonight!I wish I had the time or energy to get o…AestheticsWill…

Enjoying live theater.The Illustrious Invalid. @kinetictheatre_pgh

Similar:More Adventures in Suburban AdultingAbout four years ago I bought an electri…CultureI can’t fix this broken world but I guess I did okay using #blender3d to model this wedge-…  AestheticsAlex and Carolyn rehearse for “The King and I” Saturday nightPersonalEmpathy in a Downtown Sub ShopSitting in a downtown sub shop. A half d…CultureOne strategic twist-tie,…

Internet Explorer cheated its way to the top, and I won’t miss it

I started teaching myself HTML in earnest after I attended a crowded presentation at the Modern Language Association in the early 90s. Midway through his demonstration of what a mouse was, the speaker asked a crowd of hundreds who had used a graphical web browser (everyone raised their hands), and who had used the Internet…

Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient

We’ve all encountered this scene in all the the AI-goes-amok stories, just before the scientist’s “Fools! I shall crush you all!” speech. The technology giant placed Blake Lemoine on leave last week after he published transcripts of conversations between himself, a Google “collaborator”, and the company’s LaMDA (language model for dialogue applications) chatbot development system.…

Rules of Acquisition (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 7) Plucky waiter Pel offers Quark sound financial advice

Rewatching ST:DS9 After-hours at Quark’s, Dax is gambling with the Ferengi and casually challenging their uber-patriarchy. A spunky young waiter named Pel makes a business suggestion to Quark; Rom is envious. The Grand Nagus Zek (Ferengi financial leader) makes a video call, offering Quark an “opportunity.” Zek negotiates with Sisko for permission to hold a…

Melora (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 6) Bashir floats a relationship with an officer from a low-gravity world

Rewatching ST:DS9 Bashir shows off an electric wheelchair that he replicated to accommodate the mobility needs of Ensign Pazlar, a newcomer from a low-gravity world, and whose usual anti-grav unit “just isn’t compatible” with the station’s Cardassian design.  When she arrives, Pazlar is brusque and not interested in socializing. (She is probably physically exhausted adjusting…

Cardassians (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 5) Garak takes an interest in Cardassian war orphan adopted by Bajorans

Rewatching ST:DS9 Garak, the station’s resident Cardassian tailor, is intrigued by a young Cardassian boy dressed like a Bajoran. Bashir has no sooner told Sisko the youngster bit Garak than the unctuous Gul Dukat contacts the station, seeing in the incident evidence that Bajorans are teaching Cardassian war orphans to hate their own kind. The…

I’ve completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels, which I’ll eventually use as background detail in a #steampunk #blender3d project. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

Similar:Alike (2015)This short film reminds us why art matte…AestheticsMerry Christmas 2018PersonalSamaritan Snare (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 17)(Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generati…DramaTop U800. #chesstournamentPersonalThe Wire (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 22) While examining an ill Garak, Bash… Rewatching ST:DS9 While sparring …EmpathyDaily 10sq cm of control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunkAesthetics

Another random background control panel for a #blender3d #steampunk project. I wish all user interfaces looked like this! #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

Similar:My schedule every Friday this term. (Payback for teaching a course over Christmas break.) PersonalYou come very close to successfully combining argument and explication here… I recently came across a box of old wr…AcademiaThank you, male ballet dancers everywhere, for making moments like this possible.AestheticsStar Trek: "Wink Of An Eye"/"The Empath"Amusing, if cynical, reaction to some…

Another #steampunk #neovictorian control panel module. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

Similar:"Syllabus Day": The Absolute Worst Way to Start the SemesterI’d rather blog about prepping my fall c…Academia35% of my site visitors right now are using mobile devicesThis year I have seen an uptick in the p…CyberculturePater Noster Passenger ElevatorsSome 50 years ago, my father took me to …AmusingSilicon Avatar (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode…