Rewatching ST:TNG When Picard is up in the middle of the night amusing himself with his archaeology hobby, he’s annoyed to find that Stellar Cartography has taken communications, library systems, and the replicators offline. When he heads down there, the officer in charge is taking some sensor readings that are so delicate they can be…
Objective news reporting is an ideal. Wherever humans are involved, there will be bias. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with journalism that reports with a particular slant, but informed consumers of news who want to understand a complex issue aren’t served by one-sided media coverage that flatters and amplifies their world view. This chart sorts popular…
If you said hello to me recently and I didn’t seem interested in smalltalk, but just raised my eyebrows, made friendly sounds, and drifted on, I hope I didn’t seem indifferent. I really was glad to see so many familiar upper halves of faces at the Lamp Theatre last night, but it was also kind…
The role of mainstream journalists is significant, and, overall, their record has been far less than stellar. Too many, whether in a one-on-one interview or at larger sessions with a number of reporters, have failed to push back in a way that matters. Trump is such a facile talker — one who specializes in dazzling…
Rewatching ST:TNG The Enterprise-D visits Deep Space Nine, so that the producers can take advantage of the beautiful promenade set and jam in a guest appearance from DS9’s Dr. Bashir. O’Brien doesn’t appear in this episode, but he’s mentioned in a brief and completely unnecessary scene where LaForge complains the pasta on DS9 “tastes like…
Similar:On Office Hours and Student Contact at the Small Liberal Arts College I don’t expect students to be constantl…AcademiaBeam me up, Chewie!AwesomeVisiting my parents. Admiring their original Hallmark Enterprise Christmas ornament. I ask…AmusingStack of wooden desk trays with metal supports. #Blender3D. Normal map, glossy map; mahoga…My goal in trying to do an object each d…AestheticsDuet…
For decades, champions of the video game industry have touted gaming’s cultural impact as the equal of literature, film and music. Traditionally, the classic works from those mediums have been preserved for study by future generations, and amid gaming’s global rise in relevance, a group of video game scholars and advocates is pushing to preserve…
Similar:Hi, I’m the St Joe’s basement doorstop. Let me start your three-day weekend by wrapping my…PersonalCEO’s brutalist office, for a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)….AestheticsProgress over 11 years of Blender3D practiceOver the past few years I have created l…AestheticsLooking forward to another visit to Illyria. Support humans who create art in your communi…PersonalAnother…
Similar:I apologize for this one. R2-D2 stars in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical CATS.PersonalMore #Blender3D practice. Additional details for a steampunk control panel. Just because.AestheticsPopulating my simulation with a crowd. Tweaking and experimenting. #unity3d #medievalyork …PersonalLook what I found on my shelf in a closet. #history #archaeology #media Look what I found on my shelf in…
Rewatching ST:TNG Picard is in sickbay with a gaping hole in his chest. Crusher can’t save him. In a white void, Picard meets a familiar figure, Q, who claims to be God, and conjures up a vision of Picard’s father (who is *so* disappointed), and voices from Picard’s past — people he says have died…
Similar:GIFs, memes and liveblogs: The controversial new language of book reviewingSalon has an interesting essay on multim…AestheticsAnother 10sq cm section of a #neovictorian control panel for a personal #blender3D #steamp…AestheticsTerm grades submitted. Homeschool son graduated. Time to breathe.AcademiaBrand new chairs for PICT draw applause.PersonalIn December 2000, I was blogging about typeface snobbery, freedom in…
Similar:Imaginary vs Real Office SpaceHere’s a fantasy workspace, that I built…AcademiaYour first #blender3d retractable #steampunk landing wheels will be your worst. But you ha…Your first #blender3d retractable #steam…AestheticsCarolyn is the Production Understudy for PPT’s Dial M for Murder in September A great professional experience for he…CultureBag a Bot DayAt midnight tonight, participants in the…Current_EventsFull Bloom…
My friend from high school passed away a few days ago. What an amazing preacher. So intelligent, so approachable, so passionate. What a loss to the Diocese of Lansing and everyone who knew and loved him. I am laughing through my tears at his aside, “I want to smack ’em!” (I knew him…
Rewatching ST:TNG Troi wakes up, looking like a Romulan. When Subcommander N’Vek tells her she’s impersonating the imperial intelligence officer Major Rakal, and that she’ll be killed if she doesn’t play along, he invites her to use her empathic powers to see whether he’s lying. He’s not. He’s using the assumed authority of “Rakal” to…
A conspiracy theory featuring a news story that NPR posted early on Jan 6 2021 and then updated after the pro-Trump demonstration turned into an anti-democracy riot was shared widely last year. My meme explaining the concepts of time-stamps and updating a breaking news story didn’t get shared nearly as much. People who already believe…
Rewatching ST:TNG LaForge gets a little too involved when investigating the disappearance of a lieutenant posted on a remote relay station. On a routine supply mission near the Klingon border, the Enterprise-D finds only a friendly dog and a mystery. The plot requires the details of the mystery to remain fuzzy so that LaForge has…
Similar:What Does the Demise of Cursive Mean?Are you aware that our children aren’t b…CultureThe Rhetoric of Anthems and the Drama of KneelingI don’t follow sports, so I don’t feel f…CultureWhy do journalists use "allegedly" when they report on obvious crimes captured on video?Look at this picture. A guy in a uniform…EthicsTransfigurations (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season…
Some of my amazing colleagues have collaborated on an amazing NEH-funded summer institute that provides teachers in grades 6-12 with resources for teaching about genocide. The event, scheduled for summer 2022, includes units on the erasure of Native Americans, an empathy-building Narrative 4 storytelling workshop, and more. There’s a stipend for participating in this event,…
Similar:Why Computers Will Never Write Good Novels If it were possible to build a digit…BooksMore rehearsing. More dancing. PersonalNo, these "Perspective matters" photographers aren't misrepresenting the size of a fire in…I have shared and liked this image, and …AestheticsThe Printed Word in Peril: The age of Homo virtualis is upon usWho, I thought, besides a multidisciplin…BooksEnjoying…
Similar:Book geyser. My latest #Blender3D practice.In a peaceful grassy setting, a geyser o…AestheticsVisiting the KLBE Air MuseumPersonalWe'll Always Have Paris (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 24)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaI am a dog and I am a good boy and I am prepping my Spring courses.AcademiaCooper Hewitt: the typeface by Chester Jenkins “[S]ince Cooper…