Man of the People (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 3) When a tranquil envoy makes a b*tch out of Troi, that’s a-plot twist

Rewatching ST:TNG Called to the aid of a transport ship on its way to an important peace summit, the Enterprise-D scatters raiders and beams aboard an ambassador and his elderly mother Maylor, who dramatically warns Troi not to pursue him.   Wishing to be transferred to another civilian transport, Alkar stands his ground against Picard and…

Unmarked papers today. How it started, how it's going.

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So glad to be attending another live theatrical production. @quantumtheatre never disappoints.

Projections, live music, sounds, props, costumes, scene changes, casting, performances… everything spot-on and professional. A moving, deeply relevant story, with lots of flawed characters whose story arcs were rich and engaging. The mystery was well-executed, with subtle details (parallels, echoes, clever misdirection) that amplified the plot twists. Very powerful. I leapt to my feet applauding…

CNN fires Chris Cuomo

This is what an ethical news organization does when one of its employees becomes embroiled in a conflict of interest. No human institution is perfect, and no journalist is perfect. But Cuomo should have known better, and should have acted differently, and is now paying the price.  CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has…

Random eye candy for props in my #Blender3D #retrotech project. Turned two circle logos into shields instead.

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Making more retro props for a #blender3d project. The way to get better at a thing is to do the thing.

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Where is the comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” supposed to go?

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More world-building props for a fantasy #steampunk #Blender3D project.

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I'm not showing you my email inbox, or my laundry pile, or the state of my soul. Just the ungraded papers in my stack, which I'm managing pretty well.

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I’m really enjoying the embossed labels. #Blender3D (Making props for my fantasy #steampunk starship, as one does.)

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Back in the groove. I should be able to keep this number headed in the right direction until the end of term.

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They’re coming in faster than I can mark them. This number will be higher tonight, so I’m posting this now. More marking tomorrow.

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Into the depths of code. Algorithmic archaeologies and cave fantasies in video games

The full article (by Angelo Careriis) in French, but there is an English abstract, and Google Translate is just a few clicks away. By examining a mixed body composed of video games linked to the American hacker culture (Colossal Cave Adventure, Rogue, Dwarf Fortress), and some academic research that examine these objects with an experimental…

Making progress.

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Unmarked assignments. As more keeps coming in, can I reduce that number each day, without bringing work home?

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Practice, practice, practice. Making many things in #Blender3D. Arranging them to make a texture atlas, to add more detail to the interior of a fantasy steampunk spacecraft.

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Realm of Fear (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 2) When transporters reveal Barclay’s muppet-mouthed eels, that’s a-facepalm

Rewatching ST:TNG When the Enterprise-D locates the missing science vessel Yosemite, twitchy Lt. Barclay makes a technobabble suggestion that’s so good, LaForge adds him to the away team. But when it comes time to beam over, Mr. Smarty yeets himself to the counselor’s office instead. We learn that Barclay is afraid of the transporter, but…

I'm marking them faster than they come in, which is a good thing. I won't be doing any work tomorrow.

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