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:I'm having scads of fun designing #steampunk control panels. #blender3d #blender3dart…AestheticsFun and Games with Samuel Beckett and Pict.Beckett’s masterpiece Waiting For Godot …CultureTheir faces when another dad joke drops. See The Fantasticks today at 2 or next week Thu-S…PersonalMemorizer (Memorization Tool)A Midsummer castmate shared a link…
[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:My big brother and my son facing off at chess. I am outclassed! GamesColossal Cave: The Board Game by Arthur O'DwyerThe kids and I enjoy nerdy board…
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:Living Room PhysicsI’ve blogged before about my eight-year-…EducationMore delightful #steampunk control panels. These are computationally efficient bitmap rect…PersonalGreat Twitter thread on Aaron…
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:Kirk's manly, sensitive advice to young CharlieIn popular culture, Captain Kirk from th…CultureTurnitin.com UI Woes: One-click, No-confirmation Deletion of QuickMark SetsIn general, I find Turnitin.com’s GradeM…AcademiaThe Surprisingly Savvy Weird Al Internet Machine When he talks about his business being…AestheticsTin Man (#StarTrek #TNG…
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:Superman Comic about Sympathy and HopeJust in case someone out there could use…AestheticsThe storage shelves of my fantasy steampunk CGI starship will need props with appropriate … …
“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:Media Bias Chart (Ad Fontes, v. 9)Objective news reporting is an ideal. Wh…CultureWhat's a Snollygoster? Even lexicographers are wrong sometimesThis is an amusing little story about ho…CultureTwo Cheers for the Middle Ages! by Eric ChristiansenI love good writing. “Even those who dou…CultureAnother lovely…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:The Fantasticks (Oct 18-27, Theatre Factory) https://youtu.be/SYp1jQaSwjo …CultureMy wife reports: “There was one smart aleck walking along the street who exclaimed: “Look,…PersonalHow exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medie…How exactly do bridges bridge? How…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Family, I Hear You. I Love You. Go Away. This Weekend, I'm Marking Papers.No, I don’t want to see the new jacket y…AcademiaQuidditch Comes to Seton HillwartsVisitors often remark the campus reminds…AcademiaConspiracy (#StarTrek #TNG…
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:[E-Mail is for Old People] –[E-Mail is for Old People] (User Frie…AmusingThine Own Self (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 16) Data…
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:Look at how many times this false claim of media conspiracy is being shared. Compare that …PersonalDress rehearsal for The Nutcracker.AestheticsI’m fairly satisfied with this version of a medieval…
“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:In February 2000, I was blogging about "The Heist" (Sorrels); the "Instant…
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:‘Twelfth Night’ is a Shakespearean hoot, and Prime Stage actors…