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:The ballroom of my #steampunk fantasy space cruiser is now a less lonely place. Thanks to…
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:Making sidewalks to go with the buildings. Tedious but will save time later. #blender3d #m…PersonalSpring 2020 Quarantine Grades SubmittedPersonalSo glad to be attending another live theatrical production. @quantumtheatre never disappoi…Projections, live music, sounds, props, …BusinessThe girl is rehearsing for Hello DollyPersonalI don't expect any but the largest text will be legible in my #steampunk project,…
Similar:Preteen Acting Scene Version 2 – YouTubeI had a free evening and a copy of Blend…DramaA #neovictorian master status display board for a #steampunk #blender3d project. Inspired …AestheticsStar Wars: The Last Jedi abuse blamed on Russian trolls and 'political agendas'More than half of the hostile responses …CultureI’m fairly satisfied with this version of a medieval…
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:The girl was cast as Luciana (the younger sister) in The Comedy of Errors in the PPT's sum…Show is July 28 at the O’Reilly Theater….DramaStudents Speak Up: Trust Us With DevicesThe students who are, in the first few w…CybercultureTuxedo Pooh Reads Oscar Wilde I spent an hour on this. Below is the …AestheticsBetween static hand-coded…
Similar:Top deck of a #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser needs an airlock at the top of the spiral s… AestheticsMy mom’s Lionel train set (a gift from her father in 1948) had been in storage for 35 year… My mother wants me to thank John at …AestheticsWhat would I get if I added powdered root of…
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:AnniePersonalWhy scientists should care about artMy artsy daughter loves stories about sc…ArtCarolyn portrays Maria in West Side Story, Aug 9-12. #ifeelpretty #tonight #somewhereAt the Geyer Peforming Arts Center in Sc…AestheticsLatest #blender3d progress on a villain's lair. Added more carpets and cabinetry, and sta… AestheticsI just thought of a time before you were born when I…
Similar:Mostly German, sometimes refreshing my high school Latin.PersonalStar Trek Beyond was an enjoyable nerdy family outing.PersonalAnother delightful section of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #…AestheticsWhat blogging wasI’ve maintained this blog since the spri…CybercultureEnjoy the showmanship as a 94yo woman performs in a dance competition.https://youtu.be/8LOdmka4_90Aesthetics2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Exasperating MasterpiecePosting this mostly to prove that…
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 Case for Slow Journalism: When to Unplug from the Endless News CycleOften when I see people in my social med…CybercultureCouples in successful relationships always use these 6 phrases: 'You'll grow stronger both…”If you and your partner regularly use t…CultureDog and TP WallAmusingAir miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about…
Similar:I'm no longer surprised, but still want to document.This is really noteworthy. Today the Pre…Current_EventsThe Child (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 1)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureBe Kind, for Everyone You Meet Is Misattributing This Quote in a MemeBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighti…AmusingStudents are trusting software like this to do their work. …
Similar:Your verbs have been lost and will be invisible until sentence author revision.The marketers and programmers at Google’…Cyberculture8k trimsheets baked as efficient building blocks for my #fantasy #steampunk #cgi cruiser. …PersonalBad Doggy — practicing "Tomorrow" with a human Sandyhttp://www.youtube.com/v/718e4XsNvGY …AmusingThe Course of True Fun Never Did Run Smooth: A Midsummer Night's Dwarf Fortress ReflectionI am…