New utility chair and appliances from the service areas of my fantasy #steampunk #blender3d project. #practice #design #selfcare #creativity

Similar:Eye of Sauron, Hobbit Door, Palantir and One Ring Easter Eggs.Aesthetics#PPTPlaytime Tartuffe @thepublicpgh (Looking forward to Part 2 of this live videoconferenc…CultureSondra's Garden: Butterfly Release Honors Dr. Lettrich (Seton Hill University)”Every good lesson plan has a culminatin…AcademiaPeter vs. the PenguinsFor the past hour, Peter (who is not yet…AmusingCNN Profiles Former White House "Chief Calligrapher"Today was…

As a plucky grad student, I walked in the door ready to negotiate with a department that needed my labor.

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.…

Really enjoyed watching this documentary about an octopus who moved in with a human father and daughter in a tank in their living room.

Similar:R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) Full Play (via Zoom)All 3 acts and the epilogue to R.U.R. (R…BooksThe Nagus (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 11) Quark is named the financial lead…Rewatching ST:DS9 In an episode focus…CultureLife Support (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 13) Bashir keeps the gravely injur…Rewatching ST:DS9 An accident aboard …CultureSTEM Education Won't…

Do you know you could be a flight attendant when you grow up?

Similar:Just finished a good literature class discussion on this powerful play.Would love to teach it to healthcare stu…Academia"If It's Not Baroque, Don't Fix It" Cogsworth Broadway Supercuthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx6t-pef…AmusingToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me to take her f…AwesomeThe Trouble With Online EducationI’ve taught an online “Video Game Cultur…AcademiaLong Live The English…

When students don’t show up during office hours: I adjusted the cabinet and added a new (shorter) lamp so the doors can open freely. #blender3d

Similar:The 7 key components of a perfect elevator pitch Whether you are trying to raise mone…BusinessSome problems bringing #Blender3D models into the #Unity3D game engine. The pink represent…AestheticsAnother section of a #neovictorian control panel for a #steampunk #blender3d project. I h…AestheticsThe boy approved of the WWII historical fiction Dunkirk. CultureI've spent 8 hours with 24 different…

The secret police: Cops built a shadowy surveillance machine in Minnesota after George Floyd’s murder

Many of the same people who reject masking and vaccinations on the grounds that they allegedly threaten the free will of the citizenry are perfectly OK with authoritarian police systems that harass and assault citizens who are exercising their First Amendment rights to a free press and free speech. If you’re worried that vaccines are…

Unfinished pine and not so ornamented, for the workshops and service areas of my fantasy #steampunk #blender3d project.

Similar:Faculty stacked up in launch tube beneath McKenna gym, ready for graduation 2022.AcademiaPreparing for some serious nerd time with the family this summerSet phasers to “nerd”! This summer I’ll…CultureTo DoTo Do (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) 5: …AcademiaDear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…CultureComputers and Writing 2020 Funding…

Green / mahogany variation of the vibe I'm working on for a fantasy #steampunk #blender3d project. Rendered in #eevee and getting a little better every time.

Similar:A full minute standing ovation after that rousing final “Alleluia.” Thrilling!PersonalFall 2017 Grades Submitted. No professional tasks until Tuesday. Bliss!PersonalOur family has seen David Whalen in the persona of Sherlock in five or six different shows…Our family has seen David Whalen in the …CultureTime Squared (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 13)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next…

Getting a little bit better with each #blender3D scene I render.

Similar:Alex and Carolyn rehearse for “The King and I” Saturday nightPersonalWhy It’s So Hard For Foley Artists To Make Footstep SoundsAccording to Foley artist Stefan Fratice…AestheticsOut for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsbur…Out for a walk during some downtime. Pau…PersonalOutsiders. Four sold out matinees this coming week. –…

If I don’t hang my own artwork on the walls of my #steampunk fantasy ship-of-the-line, who will? #blender3dart #blender3d #blender3dmodelling #eevee (flowers, picture frame, and upholstered texture and backdrops are all remixed)

Similar:Living Room PhysicsI’ve blogged before about my eight-year-…EducationAmenities are limited on a short range excursion craft, but we can still meet for tea in t…AestheticsBlue Feed, Red FeedFacebook is designed to keep your attent…CultureEnjoying a peaceful fall moment while it's possible. Taking these moments as they come. AestheticsBreaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic…

A familiar performer choreographed and dances the “Canaan Days” tango in Stage Right’s Joseph (tonight and tomorrow)

Similar:Toasting Shakespeare at the Bard's Birthday BashOrganized by Pittsburgh Shakespeare in t…CultureIt's Not "Fake News" Just Because You Disagree With ItI use the term “fake news” to refer to d…CultureMy brother set my parents up for a Mother's Day video call.AmusingI created about a dozen basic building shapes, with textures to add variety. #goodenough #…I…

This the last hour I will have a teenager in my house. (Tomorrow my youngest turns 20.)

I blogged in 2004: “The time is waning that my son will want nothing more than to play Battleship and The Magnificent Race with me all afternoon. Some day I’ll make a silly joke, and my daughter won’t giggle with glee, she will roll her eyes and say, ‘Dad, you’re embarrassing me.’” https://jerz.setonhill.edu/blog/2004/07/09/2657/ …

Opening night! So great to see live local theatre.

Similar:The girl continues her exploration of Scottish history.Carolyn: “Does no one have a kind word f…PersonalMore #blender3d #steampunk goodness. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart AestheticsOn set as Betsy and Philip Schulyer in an historical film.PersonalThe Forsaken (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 17) Lwaxana Troi and the station c…Rewatching ST:DS9 Bashir is hosting t…CultureBooks Come Alive! Catalina…

NASA astronaut: Russians were ‘blindsided’ by reaction to yellow suits

I posted a while back about the yellow and blue color scheme of the suits worn by Russian cosmonauts who had then just arrived at the International Space Station. This story says all three Russian had gone to a school whose colors are yellow and blue, and that they did not intend the colors to…

Stuffed planet Venus, made for me by my dear mother, around 1974.

Similar:Auschwitz color photo: 'A 14-year-old girl, not just a statistic'I don’t know what this prisoner did, but…AestheticsThoughtful analysis of how the tension, shot choices, and music contribute to a memorable …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbq9xy8a…AestheticsMy brother is visiting to play a game of chess with his nephew and watch his niece perform…GamesSymbiosis (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 22)Rewatching Star…

Windows 3.1 Turns 30: Here’s How It Made Windows Essential

After watching all the episodes of the 80s/90s Star Trek: TNG, with the beautifully designed fictional LCARS computer interfaces, it’s amazing to look at what actual computer interfaces looked like in the early 90s. (OK, the Macs of that era looked prettier.) 30 years ago—on April 6, 1992—Microsoft released Windows 3.1, which brought the company…

We were a Neilsen ratings family during the pandemic

In March 2020, just as the lockdown closed down my daughter’s production of The Outsiders and the next couple of shows she had already lined up, and my school went to virtual teaching, my wife got a call from the Nielsen Ratings company. My household had been selected as one of the representative families whose…

All Good Things… (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 25) Picard faces a timey-wimey puzzle in three different timelines

Rewatching ST:TNG When we all first met the crew of the Enterprise-D, I was an undergraduate living in a dorm at the University of Virginia. Seven years later, I was a Ph.D. student in a dorm at the University of Toronto. I saw the series finale on a channel that was hosting a huge live…

Paradise Blue (so glad to be seeing more live theater lately)

Similar:This time of year I trust the process. Students are learning why a "yes/no" rese…PersonalMy 13yo and 18yo enthralled by WarGames.Wife likes movies. Son likes military th…CultureThe Outrageous Okona (TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 4)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalThe Incredible Shrinking Ad [The Future Web Is Mobile]Is higher education ready for the switch…AcademiaSpring office…

In April, 2002, I was blogging about an autistic person’s guide to asking a girl on a date; The Inform 6 Beginner’s Guide; broken links;

In April, 2002, I was blogging about Instructions for “Asking a Girl on a Date” (autistics.org) The Inform Beginner’s Guide (I edited this book on programming text adventure games in Inform 6) Broken Links: Just How Rapidly do Science Education Hyperlinks Go Extinct? (yes, the link was broken but I linked to the backup on…