The technology will continue to improve so that that simulated gymnastics videos will look less and less bizarre, but people who can use AI to create flawless gymnastics videos aren’t actually learning gymnastics. No human being will become a better gymnast thanks to a better AI simulation of a gymnastics routine. More convincing AI-generated…
Similar:These chairs were cheap, but it really annoys me how the design collects water.PersonalHooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhillunivers…Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into…PersonalThe exposition officer needs instant access to a pencil case, logbook and mission-critical…AestheticsMore #steampunk control panel bits for a #neovictorian #blender3D project. I have…
Similar:Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots, then develop friendships, No…A new study from researchers at Northeas…AwesomeLGN Launches Quandary to Develop Ethical Thinking through PlayThe Learning Games Network, a non-profit…CultureWood pile stacking animation (Blender 3D)For a medieval project, I wanted a wood …AmusingFlying Saucer Irony AmusingI may or may not make a…
When I went off to college to be an English major, my father (who passed last December at 90) told me a story about how his respected professor at Northwestern University spent a whole lecture on the seven levels of symbolism in Melville’s Moby-Dick. Being of an analytical mind and precise mind, my father copied…
Similar:Carolyn at about 7yo drew Titania in love with Bottom. #tbt #midsummerArtParent: "Why don't you use one of your stress balls?" The girl: "They don't like me."PersonalYeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalMe: Carolyn, are you ok? Carolyn:Just reminding myself that I am a gift.AmusingGet Hands-on Writing Experience.AcademiaFinally — the pace at work subsides…
Similar:Jury Duty UpdateI’m a happy, responsible, and no-longer-…GovernmentMy English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.Wildcard? You mean quitter tile! GamesMy crazy Friday night involved tweaking the graphic for an #MLAstyle instructional web pag…AcademiaSunny but cool. Great day for a long walk with my son.PersonalAgain with the chess.I try to go to Planet Fitness or…
Similar:Slicing up a massively detailed trimsheet to simulate reflections and geometry for four va…PersonalOnce On This Island (next weekend)PersonalHappy retirement celebration to two dear colleagues.AcademiaThe annual patriotic showing of #1776 has begun.CultureOn Her One Free Day Between Two Shows…[View the story “On Her One Free Day Bet…DesignBetween static hand-coded HTML pages and modern content-management systems,…
When I ask my students to use the library database to find scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, some students stick with the search methods they’re already familiar with, and they submit works cited lists that include articles written by undergraduate interns, or articles from low-value pay-to-publish ecosystems like “Frontiers.” While I don’t read every article students…
Similar:The lighting doesn't really convey that this is supposed to be a slightly curved scroll of…AestheticsFallout Monopoly with the boy. PersonalIn September, 2000, I was blogging about PICK UP AX, Bellamy's Looking Backward, WB Yeats,…In September 2000, I was blogging about …BusinessMy meme about the distracted boyfriend memeAmusing"Chores" — Clip from Snow White: The Musical (Stage…
Similar:Here's how Maria amuses herself on the ride home from dress rehearsal. #WestSideStoryPersonalSet design for Acts II and III of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) #blender3dDesignToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me to take her f…AwesomeLast day filming for “The First Night of Summer”PersonalSomeone seems to have slipped this over my…
Similar:Summer project: learning the Unity gaming engine.One bedtime about 11 years ago, my 5yo d…PersonalSet design for a virtual production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots). Post-apocalypti… AestheticsSnazzy officer uniforms from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult ch…AestheticsI didn't mark a single paper or set foot in a classroom. Here's why this…
Similar:Beam me up, Chewie!AwesomeThe daughter opens another show. This weekend only.The daughter opens another show. This we…PersonalI try to create one brand new element, modify one existing element, and reuse existing ele…AestheticsPublic service announcement! If you are feeling awkward at a social event and you see me t…AwesomeI was briefly excited that Turnitin.com's new app…
Similar:There’s Something Off About LED BulbsWhen I’m stressed, or I feel life is spi…AestheticsI am happy with how this turned out. My mother told me about this story when I was little,…PersonalMore 18th Century fun @fortligonierMore 18th Century fun @fortligonierPersonalJournalists are vital to the health of a free nation. #firstamendnent #freepressPersonalMy 13yo homeschooler had no…
Similar:You Are Not a Digital Native: Privacy in the Age of the InternetCory Doctorow tries to wake young people…BusinessA slave who works in a junk shop naturally builds a protocol droid. Right.He could have built, you know, a junkyar…DesignFacebook's Mike Hudack rants about the media: Why won't anybody do something about these s…When a Facebook…
Similar:Daily 10sq cm of control panel eye candy. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunkAestheticsMechanical innards for a Steampunk set piece. #Blender3D #greebleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oChXOu8C…AestheticsI'm honestly not sure where that came from.For my summer project, teaching myself t…AestheticsI am slightly ahead of the boy. Rare.PersonalSparkle unicorn "Winston" lends ethos to a presentation on moral agency on anima…PersonalI wish I could credit…
Similar:Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society induction ceremony. Congratulations new members. #s…PersonalThe Daughter's 21st Birthday Current_EventsAugust Wilson Trifecta (Two Trains, Ma Rainey and Fences on the same day)Fences was performed in the backyard of …Culture'Robot Journalist' Out-Writes Human Sports ReporterSports journalism is full of colorful fi…GamesThe Boat (Graphic Novel)My mother had a cousin who served…
Another corner building. Designed and textured. Needs an interior. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Zagg Rugged iPad Air2 keyboard case — USB mini socket came right out with the plug. Grr!I have not had much luck with Zagg keybo…PersonalWhy Tetris is the 'perfect' video gameRather than wanting to make a film about…AestheticsThe Tempest, According to…
What have my students learned about creative nonfiction writing? During class they are collaborating on a Google Doc that’s coming together very nicely before our eyes. Similar:Elderly woman who botched religious fresco demands royalties – TelegraphThe elderly Spanish woman who ruined a r…AestheticsFacebook Hired Journalists to Train Its Trending Topics AlgorithmRecently I noticed an unusually…
Two years after the release of ChatGPT, it may not be surprising that creative work is used without permission to power AI products. Yet the notion remains disturbing to many artists and professionals who feel that their craft and livelihoods are threatened by programs. Transparency is generally low: Tech companies tend not to advertise whose…
I both like and hate that Canvas tracks the number of unmarked assignments that await me. (This number was 230 this weekend.) If marking papers was all I needed to do, this number would be much lower. Similar:The boy approved of the WWII historical fiction Dunkirk. Culture"I think the Exposition Officer's bridge station might have too…