Similar:Something to Ponder — Let Me Fix That Meme For YouArtQuick visit to see my mother and siblings.AestheticsYes I do own a copy of the 1975 Star Trek Enterprise blueprints, but this guy annotated hi…PersonalLego goes steampunkBe still, my nerdy heart. Steampunk —…AestheticsWhere There's a Whip, There's a WayThe girl was singing lyrics she learned…
Rewatching ST:TNG A glowing Space Thing causes the transporter to revert Picard, Guinan, Ro and Keiko into 12-year-olds, with their adult memories intact. The four child actors do a fantastic job channeling the personalities of characters we already know well. Tween Picard tries to carry on giving orders as usual, and contemplates returning to the…
Kelly testified at the hearing that he believes masks do not add substantial protection to airplane passengers and cited aircraft ventilation systems.
“I think the case is very strong that masks don’t add much, if anything, in the air cabin environment,” he said. “It is very safe and very high quality compared to any other indoor setting.”
The hearing lasted approximately three hours. Five witnesses were seated in close proximity and went most of the hearing unmasked.
Kelly was seated between American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby. Kirby tested negative, the airline said. American said that “Doug is symptom-free, fully vaccinated and getting tested this afternoon.” –CNN Business
Rewatching ST:TNG On its way to help an ecologically devastated planet, the Enterprise-D picks up a clever young intern, who reveals for us her secret power of making puppies appear from nowhere. Amanda (played with an impressive mixture of maturity and teenaged vulnerability by Olivia D’Abo) chats with Dr. Crusher about family, and we learn…
Similar:I had already created the little utility craft on the lower left, but this weekend I expan…PersonalNovel defined: a term used by some students to mean “any text we study in English class”AcademiaSam Shepard Giggles, Doesn't GoogleI wrote my undergraduate honors thesis o…CybercultureThornton Wilder’s Optimistic Catastrophe: “The Skin of Our Teeth”From a review of a…
Rewatching ST:TNG Riker is having trouble sleeping, except during Data’s poetry recitation. (“O Spot! The complex levels of behavior you display / Connote a fairly well developed cognitive array.”) As the ship faces a labor-intensive task of charting the Space Thing of the Week, LaForge has made some adjustments to the deflector grid. Riker’s dozing…
I had made the spice rack and utensils last year but everything else I’ve churned out in the past few weeks. I remember that a year ago it took me about a week to make that spice rack, but now in just one day I made all the copper cookingware, dishes, and many little things…
Mission accomplished. Similar:A masked, socially distant museum visit. So nice to get away from syllabuses and email for… Ford built about a half dozen of the…AestheticsYes I do own a copy of the 1975 Star Trek Enterprise blueprints, but this guy annotated hi…PersonalThe Physics Behind Traffic JamsIn between today’s various events, I das…CultureShe feels pretty…
A relief. Similar:Serving at Christmas on the Hill 2025PersonalColossal Cave: The Board Game by Arthur O'DwyerThe kids and I enjoy nerdy board games. …CultureToday's 10 sq cm of #blender3d #steampunk control panel. #aesthetics #design #blender3dartAestheticsSo happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her kindness and baking talents.PersonalHappy to see a familiar face in a…
Similar:World Trade Center Literary and Cultural Reflections (first posted September 11, 2001) Not knowing what else to do, in the nu…AestheticsWatching ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ with 18,000 teenagers was one of the most profound theate…The arts are vital to our lives as human…BooksHow to Reduce Racial Bias in Grading (Use Objective Rubrics)To gauge the potential…
In November 2001, I was blogging about Florida recounts would have favored Bush (contentions election famous for a Florida ballot that many voters found confusing) Is this a burger which I see before me, / The soft bun in my hand? Come, et me clutch thee. / I eat thee not, and yet I want…
Rewatching ST:TNG The Enterprise-D traces a distress call to a huge star-enclosing Dyson sphere. On a crashed ship, they find a jerry-rigged transporter that has suspended someone in its buffer for 75 years. That someone is the legendary engineer Montgomery Scott, who is surprised to see a Klingon among the rescue party. LaForge promises to…
https://twitter.com/ConnorMEwing/status/1469369756138590209/photo/1 Similar:How Not to Hate Shakespeare The problem isn’t Shakespeare—it’s h…CultureTeenage Usability (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)Teens often work on laptops with track p…CybercultureStudents are trusting software like this to do their work. The technology will continue t…CultureThe super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse This was probably the wealthiest, most…BusinessFake Graph: The Actual "Dunning-Kruger…
I’ve often had dreams about returning to a former home and discovering a hidden room there. When I was a kid, the local TV station trimmed a couple minutes out of every rerun of Star Trek, so as an adult I would occasionally be surprised by a few minutes I had never seen before. …
I came very close to accepting an offer to Purdue’s Ph.D. program, so it’s heartbreaking to read about the recently announced cuts to the famous and influential writing program. (What English teacher or writing student hasn’t relied on resources from the Purdue OWL?) [A] university that is only good at STEM education is nothing more…
Similar:The Tribune-Review published a nice preview of Dani Girl.My daughter Carolyn, Matthew Hommel, Vin…DramaI apologize for this one. R2-D2 stars in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical CATS.PersonalSold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furni…Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleann…PersonalModular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d…
Similar:[2.5] FPS MouseLook ScriptYay, me. I got the MouseLook script to w…DesignAnime Treatment of Star WarsI am not particularly into anime, though…AestheticsHappy Easter!PersonalThe chief engineer of a fantasy #steampunk flagship needs a small booth for shift change r…AestheticsLighting makes a difference. The officers' pub from the interplanetary cruiser #steampunk … AestheticsAI coding assistants do not…
Similar:Teaching myself the #Unity3D game engine. Each step requires a lot of focused attention. I… Teaching myself the #Unity3D game engi…AestheticsMS-Word's helpful "View -> Focus" mode delays stress-related breakdowns.You won’t usually catch me saying anythi…CybercultureSeeing the premiere of a play based on the life of a Holocaust survivor who ended up as a …PersonalLet’s Make…
High praise for a K-9 officer at Dallas Love Field Airport after more than $100,000 was found in a passenger's luggage. https://t.co/lJoDg5lWfh pic.twitter.com/sA1unHSCCB — CBS News Texas (@CBSNewsTexas) December 7, 2021 Some cop set up this shot hoping journos would publish feel-good stories unencumbered by context on exactly why it’s legal for cops to seize…
Similar:My Father's Day adventure included replacing the family gaming computer (a 2011 Mac Mini…..One of the benefits of working at Seton …AcademiaSeeing A Wrinkle in Time. @prime_stagePersonalMicrosoft Research Launches Code Hunt Game to Teach ProgrammingAnother item for the “when I’m finished …BusinessWhy Computers Will Never Write Good Novels If it were possible to build a…