This winter I changed my weekday alarm tone to chirping birds. Now that real birds are singing early outside my window I’m waking up to them instead of my alarm — even on weekends. That’s not a bad thing. Similar:I just looked up the context for the bald guy dropping the chili. I guess I…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko is listening to a sexual harassment complaint from one of Quark’s employees when an unexpected ship arrives through the wormhole — the Alpha Quadrant’s first visitor from the other side. The ship’s pilot is jumpy; O’Brien gets him to relax a bit, but when asked his name, species, and job, the new…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Overworked O’Brien is fixing all the things. (The scene in Dax’s lab is great comedy). As he tinkers in a crawlspace, we see an ominous little hidden blinking thing. Various brief character scenes (is Odo gloating or commiserating over the slow business at Quark’s; Sisko thanks the overworked O’Brien and we get a…
Similar:I am happy with how this turned out. My mother told me about this story when I was little,…PersonalMore #steampunk #neovictorian goodness. Bring the wood polish. #design #aesthetics #blende… AestheticsWrite instructions for busy grouches.Updating the graphic for a writing hando…AcademiaCarolyn had fun playing a street urchin this weekend in Stage Right’s production of Little…Another fun…
Similar:80 Days: "1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the…I stayed up way too late last night play…CybercultureValid for any new yearEthicsAt the chess club holiday party. Peter looks forward to his Wednesday…GamesShow, Don't (Just) Tell (another update)AcademiaBusiness as Usual #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 18) Quark accepts a…
Mobile is a really punishing format for independent developers. It used to be that the App Stores drove users to find games in viable quantities – 80 Days certainly benefitted enormously from Apple’s Editorial featuring – but that process has largely stopped. To be big – which is to say, to be viable – on…
Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day manning the micro hydroelectric plant she built to overcome daily electricity cuts in her town of Miti in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The whoops echoed through airplanes as flight attendants and pilots announced midair that a judge in Florida had tossed out the federal mask mandate that has been in effect since January 2021. On a Southwest flight from Nashville to Charlotte, passengers hooted and hollered and twirled their freshly ditched masks in the air with giddy…
Rewatching ST:DS9 After threatening a man who later turns up dead, Constable Odo becomes the prime suspect. The episode takes its time getting started, with character-driven bits developing Bashir’s one-sided interest in Dax, Sisko’s adjustment to his former mentor Curzon Dax’s new identity as Jadzia Dax, Sisko’s insistence that the Javert-like Odo play within the…
The “lead editorial” represents the official collective position of the editorial board of a news publication.
More generally, an editorial is a special genre of journalism that aims to inform, persuade, and/or entertain through a well-written short essay.
Rewatching ST:DS9 The pilot of a Bajoran ship under Cardassian fire requests asylum. Tahna is a former resistance colleague of Kira’s. Kira sees Sisko’s level-headed reaction as a sign of weakness, and on her own she works with Bajor to secure amnesty for her former comrade. A camouflaged Odo observes a clandestine meeting between Tahna…
Similar:Toiletries for a steampunk villain who needs to look dapper. Straight razor and shaving br… Nice lighting shows clearly that I h…DesignBackstage opening night.PersonalThe Days of Microsoft Internet Explorer Are Numbered—But Its Sorry Legacy Will Live OnStarting today, Microsoft will no longer…BusinessI've completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels, which I'll eventually use……
Similar:Updating a villain's lair in #Blender3D. Still a work in progress.AestheticsThe Cosmic Brownie fairy has visited my office. Is “brownie fairy” redundant? Thank you an…PersonalCarolyn portrays Maria in West Side Story, Aug 9-12. #ifeelpretty #tonight #somewhereAt the Geyer Peforming Arts Center in Sc…AestheticsCarolyn as Maria in West Side StoryPersonalThe boy wins once again. #chessGamesPlaying a…
Rewatching ST:DS9 The episode begins with a slide of text about Picard being assimilated by the Borg and forced to lead a devastating assault on Federation forces at Wolf 359. During that battle, Benjamin Sisko, first officer on the USS Saratoga, gives the order to abandon ship. He rescues his young son Jake, but is…
Similar:My parents doing their daily crossword puzzle.PersonalFaculty Senate meet & greet. With food. In the parlors till 6. AcademiaEveryone Nov 1AmusingEnjoying more live theater.CultureFull Bloom opens next weekend. Tickets 724-527-5777.PersonalServing at Christmas on the Hill 2025Personal
Similar:My contribution to WAOB Audio Theatre’s plan to record all the proverbs.My contribution to WAOB Audio Theatre’s …CultureChess tournament final pairing. (He’s currently tied for 2nd.)PersonalInto the depths of code. Algorithmic archaeologies and cave fantasies in video gamesThe full article (by Angelo Careriis) in…Academia35% of my site visitors right now are using mobile devicesThis year…
I think enough time has passed that I can tell this story. When I was a PhD student at the University of Toronto in the mid 1990s, the department asked me to sit through a week of undergrad presentations and proctor a final exam for my advisor, who needed to take a brief medical leave.…
Similar:The Loss (#ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 10) Troi's Empathic Sense FlatlinesRewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….EmpathyExplorers (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 22) Sisko builds an ancient Bajoran s…Rewatching ST:DS9 With a come-hither …AmusingCOVID-19 Cases (Useful Breakdown by Country, State, Population) A few interesting bits I found interes…Current_EventsCrossover (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode…
Similar:Wanted in College Graduates: Tolerance for Ambiguity”What answer do you want?” “Just tell…AcademiaI ditched Google for Bing with ChatGPT for a month — here's what happened | Tom's Guide Occasionally, when I don’t know exactl…CybercultureFor the record, if I should happen to be murdered by someone with a gun… For the record, if I should…
Similar:Very interesting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. #pptlaytime @thepublicpghCultureA pie slice from the ring surrounding the ballroom, from the #steampunk bedtime stories I …AestheticsOpening night. Support local artists in your community!PersonalStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaWhat if I design a #steampunk fantasy cruiser and there aren’t enough chairs? How do I…