I first started teaching with this handout in 1999 and posted it on my blog in 2000. Like the Ship of Theseus, I’ve made gradual changes so it’s not really the same document, but just now I spotted hilariously out of date references to bringing along transparencies with you as a backup. Similar:Yesterday's Enterprise (#StarTrek…
First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:Trimsheets baked with greebly texture goodness add eye-pleasing woodgrain & tech detai…AestheticsJust a random side corridor in the #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser I've been building in …AestheticsReader, I ushered him. @pictclassictheatrePersonalHappy 13th Birthday CarolynI’ve had the privilege of being this ama…DramaAnother sold-out Midsummer Thursday night. PersonalThank you, anonymous person who left a…
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:Controversial Content in YA Literature: A College Professor and Homeschooling Parent Answe…I received this comment on my blog: [F]…BooksThings That Will Freak out Every OCD PersonA good collection. I’m only linking to i…AestheticsOn the Importance of Nonverbal Feedback in the Classroom [an Anecdote]I don’t…
[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:Yes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of…AestheticsSet Phasers to Teach!Fans of Star Trek have thus already been…AcademiaHow professors use their…
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:Feeling Like an Impostor at 49I reminded my Shakespeare students that …AcademiaThe Falling Man — 9/11 Suicide PhotographPowerful, painful essay. Worth revisitin…CultureEveryone…
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:from “The Poet” by Ralph Waldo EmersonThe poets made all the words, and theref…AestheticsGIFs, memes and liveblogs: The controversial new language of book reviewingSalon has an interesting essay on multim…AestheticsWhat would holidays be without Dickens' beloved 'Christmas Carol?'It takes some visits from…
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:If I don't design the control panels for my fantasy #steampunk project, who will? #blender…AestheticsThough I have marking and prep and committee work and paperwork to do,…
“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:Journalists are vital to the health of a free nation. #firstamendnent #freepressPersonalWhat happened when I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kidsThey discovered TikTok. And Fortnite. An…CultureSlicing up a massively detailed trimsheet to simulate reflections and geometry for four va…PersonalSledding in…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:My too-big Android phone stresses the pockets of one of my favorite shirts. My grandmother…Personal'Dream' casting a family affairAmong actors in Cabaret Theatre’s upcomi…CulturePrepare to lower the personnel deployment gondola from the forward eployment bay, two deck… AestheticsWork-Life Balance, from 11(!) Years AgoI…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Folger Shakespeare Library on "The Fate of Ophelia"On my ride into work yesterday, my mothe…AcademiaSummer project: learning the Unity gaming engine.One bedtime about 11 years ago, my 5yo d…PersonalIf you like bloody, singing, punning…
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:In July, 2000, I was creating handouts on the sounds of poetry, prototypes, and writing fo…It seems that an unusually high…
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:The geekling is 14 today.PersonalYou Must Not ‘Do Your Own Research’ When It Comes To ScienceI don’t have scientific expertise. I wor…CultureFive myths about daylight saving timeNo, Daylight Saving…
“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…