More #Blender3D practice. Making many objects to liven up a #steampunk environment.

Similar:Today's 10 sq cm of #blender3d #steampunk control panel. #aesthetics #design #blender3dartAestheticsOnce on This Island (Stage Right! Greensburg; May 11 & 12 Promo Video)The girl plays Ti Moune in “Once on This…CultureAnother visit to downtown Pittsburgh with my history-loving son.CultureWhat a great time everyone had at the "Cabbies."CultureSetting up high, medium and low levels of…

Rascals (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 7) Transporter glitch tween-ifies Picard, Ro, Guinan and Keiko

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…

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, who testified unmasked at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, has since tested positive for the coronavirus, the airline said in a statement.

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

True Q (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 6) Visiting Intern Exhibits Q-like Powers

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…

Happily masked in center row C. (The daughter is dance captain.)

Similar:Clever Modernization of Hamlet: Polonius with an iPhoneI teach Shakespeare in a literature clas…CultureTwo More Chances to See Prime Stage's Twelfth NightThe show runs tonight at 8 and Sunday at…BooksJust submitted final grades for the compressed course that began the day after fall grades…PersonalA stranger approached me today.A stranger approached me today. I was a…CultureSaturday…

Schisms (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 5)

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…

Fall 2021 Grades Submitted

Mission accomplished. Similar:Keeping it classy. My 20yo son encounters the fruit-eating scene from the 1996 point-and-c…PersonalAgain with the chess.I try to go to Planet Fitness or chess w…PersonalLeveling up my skills in #blender3D. Using invisible shapes to cut holes …DesignThe truth hits Thorvald. Loved PPT PlayTime’s online presentation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s Hous…PersonalBless thee, Carolyn,…

It’s a lie that having zero assignments to mark means I have nothing “to do,” but this particular task is done.

A relief. Similar:Pict Free Summer Webinar: Shakespeare’s HeroesCultureMy #AugustWilson #Steampunk NightmareToday is my last official day teaching a…AcademiaHad a blast watching all the amazing entries in Pittsburgh's 48 Hour Film Festival, b…PersonalAdded an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplayAdded an overhead minimap to my #medieva…DesignAs yearbooks die, colleges lose a link to the…

Adding random objects to the bookshelves for a fantasy #steampunk project. #blender3d

Similar:There's No Substitute for FictionWhat do Peskin and Astington recommend f…BooksWhat Is Life Like For an Amazon Worker?You dont actually get hired by Amazon. A…BooksSuperman Comic about Sympathy and HopeJust in case someone out there could use…AestheticsSocrates envisaged a time when we would forget how to remember.From Daisy Dunn’s review of Puchner’s Th…BooksThe ‘Little Free…

Relics (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 4) When a huge hollow sphere traps a Scots engineer, that’s a-survey

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…

Students Don’t Read Syllabi, Exhibit 58623

https://twitter.com/ConnorMEwing/status/1469369756138590209/photo/1 Similar:If You Check the Source of an Inspirational Prayer You Shared on Social Media, You Might B…I needed this prayer yesterday. I checke…AmusingStem subject snobbery: a student’s view on why arts subjects matterWhile everyone complains about the subje…AestheticsMy J-Term course on August Wilson doesn’t actually start until tomorrow, but the first ass…We’ll cover all…

Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu Logo

Hidden Spaces, New Possibilities

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.  …

Worked a short day today, and it shows. Tomorrow is another day!

Similar:The reception line begins. Grad2018PersonalIt's exam week, and at the moment I have exactly one unmarked assignment (for a paper due …It’s exam week, and at the moment I have…AcademiaWhat kids do when Dad won't hand over the iPod So I’m not being selfish… this is …EducationOne of my undergrad lit papers. Dot-matrix printed, with…

Okay, not my most thrilling #blender3D creation, but a fantasy steampunk ship-of-the-line should have supplies for all contingencies.

Similar:TARDIS from today's 3D printing class.AestheticsShrek: The Musical (Nov 22-24; Stage Right! Greensburg)Come see me as the Captain of the Guard,…Current_EventsBooks Come Alive! Catalina Magdalena Cast (Stage Right Greensburg)  The cast for “Catalina Mag…Books#SHUConvocation is about to begin @setonhilluniversityPersonalThat time three-year-old me spotted a Mary Cassatt painting at the Art Institute of Chicag…My mother had…

Chipping away at the total as the final submissions pour in.

Similar:Out for a walk and saw this. I hope you are having a nice day.Out for a walk and saw this. I hope you …AestheticsFormer student: "I remember sometimes being annoyed with all of our blogging assignments, …A third alum in the last few weeks has c…AcademiaSo happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her kindness…

A very shallow story that doesn’t provide any context for who is giving the high praise and why

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…

I didn’t exactly set out to achieve this goal, but it’s not hard to do the minimum to keep the streak going.

Similar:Ignorance Meets an Invisible DisabilityI’m sure my young, healthy-looking frien…CultureA Conversation with Dennis Jerz, Actor — WAOB Audio Theatrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6vs0ZB…DramaThe Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalLiving Room PhysicsI’ve blogged before about my eight-year-…EducationMy mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my f…My…