Back in 2003, shortly after I moved with my wife and two young children to take my current job, I was eager to make new friends and rebuild my social network. One evening, my wife agreed to watch the kids so I could drop by the local branch of a national service organization in which…
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh Similar:Presenting at #NEMLA session 8.1 Friday. “Hacking English: Examining a multimedia sandbox …AcademiaJudge: Apple conspired to fix eBook prices.Judge: Apple conspired to fix eBook pric…BooksThe Nightingale (WAOB Audio Theatre)I haven’t done any audio theatre recordi…AestheticsA few Dwarven Moments in Stage Right's Snow WhiteThe dwarf…
[A] popular type of generative AI model can provide turn-by-turn driving directions in New York City with near-perfect accuracy — without having formed an accurate internal map of the city. Despite the model’s uncanny ability to navigate effectively, when the researchers closed some streets and added detours, its performance plummeted. When they dug deeper, the researchers…
I was perhaps a bit more conversational and chipper than usual during class today. A grinning student asked what I was drinking. (It really is just iced tea.) Similar:Pac-Man on Atari 800 @setonhilluniversity discussion of Summer reading book #readyplayeron…PersonalHyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at EverythingThe Alot is an imaginary creature…
I create five color variations of each #blender3d building I #design, and each of those has closeup, high, mid, and low resolution variations. It’s tedious but enjoyable. Kinda like knitting. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #aesthetics Similar:LEGO turned itself around by analyzing overbearing parents[C]hildren play to get oxygen, to unders…CultureFacebook Finally Rolls Out 'Disputed News' Tag Everyone Will…
Journalism is not a crime. It’s not a crime if it offends the powerful. It’s not a crime if it doesn’t offend them enough to suit you. Yes, journalists make mistakes. Yes, you should take a break from doomscrolling for your mental health. But the First Amendment freedom of the press is crucial to democracy.…
I just caught myself thinking, “This doesn’t suck.” #medievalyork #mysteryplay #blender3d #design #aesthetics Similar:Weaving: Breathing: Thinking: The poetics of Emerson's NatureText derives from texere, which means “t…Aesthetics"Why are you throwing out all the books?!"The short answer is because we’re about …AestheticsIPads in the classroom: The right way to use them, demonstrated by a Swiss school.The…
As part of an ongoing bid to get his hands on Vantablack, the super dark, light-absorbing material to which Anish Kapoor controversially has the exclusive license, artist Stuart Semple has legally changed his name to… Anish Kapoor. “It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” Semple told me. “I like the idea of being able to try a name…
Predatory publications are not concerned with writing quality (or even coherence), and thus also do not care about writing tools (although we could, perhaps, include generative AI as a tool that replaces those used by human authors). The rules change pretty radically as the predatory version does away with nearly all of the rules in…
Our family has seen David Whalen in the persona of Sherlock in five or six different shows. So happy Carolyn will be on stage with him this time. Similar:How Russia’s Disinformation Apparatus Ran Aground in UkraineSkillful propagandists always leverage p…CultureChurnalism SearchAt the University of Virginia, one summe…CultureDrumhead (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 21) Federation…
“While my dad has always spoken lovingly and fondly of his old Camaro he sold for my ‘diaper money’ he was never sour about it,” Jared confesses. “There wasn’t negativity about it. He wasn’t sad. He wasn’t angry. He talks about the selling of the car like it was a duty.” This diaper money Camaro…
“While my dad has always spoken lovingly and fondly of his old Camaro he sold for my ‘diaper money’ he was never sour about it,” Jared confesses. “There wasn’t negativity about it. He wasn’t sad. He wasn’t angry. He talks about the selling of the car like it was a duty.” This diaper money Camaro…
I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:The intelligence coup of the century: For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communicatio… The Swiss firm made millions of dollar…CultureI was briefly excited that Turnitin.com's new app works in a park with no WiFiThen I realized… I’m a guy who gets…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:Today's second 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. Love those letter flip tiles. Maybe I'…AestheticsAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk #neovictorian control panel. Not the end product. Just prac…AestheticsSnape and Ginny at the Hogwarts Club event.PersonalSam Shepard Giggles, Doesn't GoogleI wrote my undergraduate…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Dear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…CultureElsa at noon. College “Intro to Chemistry” in the afternoon. Amy March at night.PersonalI have a daughter who…
I have a daughter who does things. If demon curses and buckets of stage blood are your thing, join the fun this weekend in Greensburg. (I will not be seated in the splash zone.) Similar:Pictures only hint at her passion and can't capture how smart she is. I love you, daughter… Current_EventsThe Zombie Argument that…
Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulation. I’m still using it but I changed my user name. Similar:My brother set my parents up for a Mother's Day video call.AmusingDear organization from my past that just sent me a scolding email…Dear organization from my past that just…CultureNew…
“Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes. I can’t believe I just had to type that.” — Michigan-based meteorologist Katie Nickolaou. A wide range of misinformation has been spread as Helene and then Milton gathered pace in the Gulf of Mexico, such as claims spread by Trump that Fema had run out of cash for hurricane survivors…
It’s so heartbreaking seeing the amount of disinformation being spread by elected officials and partisan agitators with lots of followers. FEMA is not out of money, it’s not confiscating damaged property, and it’s not biased for against any ethnic groups or political affiliations. Similar:If you win the very first time you play a game, that…
My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my father-in-law. When I worked in radio news in the late 1980s, we were still loading reels and splicing tape, so it all came back to me pretty quickly. Similar:My son showed me #PacificRim.My son showed me #PacificRim. Liked…