How long has Google Docs let you pop up a window with your current word count? Why wasn’t I informed?

Similar:This friendly gangster was parked at WalMart in Johnstown yesterday.This friendly gangster was parked at Wal…PersonalOn my fantasy #steampunk capital ship, every uniform is a full dress uniform. #blender3d #…Aesthetics@shu.pippin was great. Four more chances to see it!PersonalMy 10yo Created Bookmarks to Express Her Complex Relationship with ReadingMy 10yo has a complex relationship with …Books"It's…

Background for Trump’s remarkable pivot to a pro-mask stance; via right-leaning Forbes and The National Review

Background for Trump’s remarkable pivot to a pro-mask stance. First, here’s a report from the right-leaning Forbes, last week. One possible reason for Trump’s continued public embrace of Fauci–even as he shirks his advice behind the scenes–is Fauci’s popularity: an Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday showed 55% of voters surveyed have a favorable view of Fauci…

The black chair is down to 18¢ per ounce? Shut up and take my money, Amazon!

Similar:And again I ush.PersonalOpening night. They've got magic to do! CultureNo I didn’t exactly *plan* to spend my Sunday evening tweaking the pedestrian access to th…AestheticsJury Duty UpdateI’m a happy, responsible, and no-longer-…GovernmentWhat blogging wasI’ve maintained this blog since the spri…CybercultureThe girl's modern dance choreography workshopAesthetics

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

In July, 2000, I was creating handouts on the sounds of poetry, prototypes, and writing for the web

It seems that an unusually high percentage of links I posted to my website in July 2000 no longer work, but here are a few links that I could find via the Wayback Machine: The guy who invented the “pet rock” won the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest for really bad writing. Humorous courtroom transcripts Q: All…

This Woman Inspired One of the First Hit Video Games by Mapping the World’s Longest Cave

The Medium headline calls Colossal Cave Adventure “one of the first the video games,” but it’s a stretch to use “video” to describe the modality of a command line text parser game. The former Patricia Crowther was very helpful to me when I interviewed her by telephone for my DHQ article. I could have written…

No, this photo of people wearing coats standing in front of bare trees was not a fake news media attempt to misrepresent what’s happening in Texas and Arizona in July

It’s distressing and shocking to realize that some people are more willing to spread conspiracy theory shit than it they are to check their sources. Isn’t it the bad guys who are supposed to be spreading lies? I like reading news stories for myself, rather than spreading disinformation on social media. How hard is it…

On set as Betsy and Philip Schulyer in an historical film.

Similar:Pictures only hint at her passion and can't capture how smart she is. I love you, daughter… Current_EventsThe third Google hit for " #steampunk control panel" is a #blender3d image I cre…PersonalFamily catch and eat octopus with six tentacles during Greek vacationI keep a silly personal blog devoted to …PersonalFirst steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old…

No, Dr. Anthony Fauci did not write the “How dare you you risk the lives of others so cavalierly?” essay

A copy-paste meme I’ve encountered recently compares chickenpox, herpes and HIV with COVID-19, and builds up to a powerful rebuke to those who dismiss the seriousness of the current pandemic. I was particularly moved by these words: For those in our society who suggest that people being cautious are cowards, for people who refuse to…

Pict Free Summer Webinar: Shakespeare’s Heroes

Similar:What About “The Breakfast Club”?I made three movies with John Hughes; wh…CultureNicholas Winton, “Britain’s Schindler,” Dies at 106Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker w…CultureRoyalty: For the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, y…When I lived in Canada, I had friends wh…AmusingLearning How to Love My Daughter Image description: A teen girl…

This is Ralph. Ralph is a concept, created by you while reading this.

Similar:Happy retirement celebration to two dear colleagues.AcademiaI'm just getting around to watching this speech from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Impressive!I really never paid much attention to Sc…AestheticsYoungster in a tight spot has an inspirationhttps://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1550…AwesomeApple faces threat of legal action over ‘in app’ paymentsI haven’t taken the plunge and installed…BusinessAfter the haircut. The girl seems to like it.PersonalThe…

Just Doesn’t LIke Masks

Similar:Lego faces are getting angrier, study findsThe headline is hype. How about “Lego fa…AestheticsThe coronavirus is today just as contagious and just as serious as it was when we were all…CultureEaster Blessings 2021 Current_EventsConfronting the Myth of the 'Digital Native'It’s one thing to be able use a service …AcademiaNicholas Winton, “Britain’s Schindler,” Dies at 106Nicholas…

Novel defined: a term used by some students to mean “any text we study in English class”

Similar:Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports The decades-old White House press pool…CultureDragging Myself to a New Skill Level with Blender 3DWorking on some very complex stuff in Bl…AestheticsOur news is dominated by people in expensive suits, shouting at each otherMost of the time, I religiously avoiid w…CultureThe disastrous voyage of Satoshi,…

Mechanical innards for a Steampunk set piece. #Blender3D #greebles

Similar:Futuristic Acrylic Chair (Blender 3D Animation)Yesterday, I sketched a chair I found at…AestheticsFilmmakers fighting “Happy Birthday” copyright find their “smoking gun”Who owns the copyright to the “Happy Bir…BusinessSummer project: learning the Unity gaming engine.One bedtime about 11 years ago, my 5yo d…PersonalGinger Christ Superstar!AestheticsI am not really sure why I have kept it up this…

Okay, a lot of the world is pretty awful right now, but here’s an uplifting video about the “success kid” meme.

Similar:A Simple Investigation #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 17) Odo falls for a femme…Rewatching ST:DS9 A duo of knobby-fac…AmusingReleasing a Tiny Game and Trying to Get Paid[G]ames is a bit more financially brutal…BusinessI have a daughter who does things. If demon curses and buckets of stage blood are your thi…I have a daughter who…

What the police really believe: Inside the distinctive, largely unknown ideology of American policing — and how it justifies racist violence.

“That whole thing about the bad apple? I hate when people say that,” Rizer tells me. “The bad apple rots the barrel. And until we do something about the rotten barrel, it doesn’t matter how many good fucking apples you put in.” Fascinating story, that starts by focusing on Arthur Rizer, a former military police…