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:Today's second 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. Love those letter flip tiles. Maybe I'…AestheticsMy View: What will you do with an English degree? PlentyI just found my first reading assignment…AcademiaScreening of "Indentured" (short film the girl and I filmed in January)PersonalCommentary: What My…
[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:Shakespeare on EclipsesPrepping for tomorrow’s first meeting of…AcademiaI told them to put their name on both pages.I told them to put their name on both pa…AcademiaFun with…
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:Fox lawyers Convince Judge that Fox's Tucker Carlson is "not stating actual facts" and "an…To defend Fox personality Tucker Carlson…CultureClickbait Tactics Drive…
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:Thesis Reminders and Transitions: Touched up and created an infographic for a web page tha…Touched up and created an infographic fo…AcademiaFoggy April morning on the hill.PersonalMy adorable daughter (Easter 2021) AestheticsI didn't ask for the AI icon on my Kindle app. I…
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:Snape and Ginny at the Hogwarts Club event.PersonalAnother section of a #steampunk control panel, made in #blender3d for a personal project. …AestheticsOn Immigration, Poetry Isn’t Policy, but…
“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:When it comes to the truth, point of view really does matter.You may have seen a version of this meme…DesignMy big acting moment in this scene is declining a drink. #indie #filmAmusingJournalist Nellie Bly Began her Around the World in 72 Days…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:Nature walks 2012 and 2018.AestheticsTrees (an "Interpretive Travesty")A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Ag…AestheticsThe black chair is down to 18¢ per ounce? Shut up and take my money, Amazon!Personal1776. Binge-watching Liberty's Kids. New this year: Carolyn singing songs from Hamilt…PersonalRedemption, Part I…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:They've got magic to do. Carolyn is the Leading Player. (Pippin, Oct 21-29) AwesomePlaying video games linked to breast-feeding, not crimeGreat piece from Ben Kuchera at Ars Tech…AmusingLet's face it, it's time to give…
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:I just finished recalibrating the port scanner station and lookout post. If you need help … AestheticsKittenwar”May the cutest kitten win…”…
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:During a modest snowfall, I’m passing the time in a public place where someone else has tu…Stay tuned for more live footage of Stor…CultureForgive and Remember: How a Good…
“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:The Irreversible Damage of Mark Zuckerberg’s SilenceWired, obviously having worked on a…
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:Rehearsing for Little Women Tuesday (Carolyn plays Amy)PersonalA Tribute to…