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the Ship of Theseus, I’ve made gradual changes so it’s not really the same document, but just now I spotted hilariously out of date references to bringing along transparencies with you as a backup.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:'Jane Austen, Game…
First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:Fall 2017 Grades Submitted. No professional tasks until Tuesday. Bliss!PersonalThoreau's Cellphone ExperimentWhen I teach “Intro to Literary Study,” …AcademiaServing at Christmas on the Hill 2025PersonalMore #steampunk control panels. Recessed workstations with fold-down keyboards. #blender3d…PersonalTom Wayman's FAQ on "Did I Miss Anything?"I’ve long been a fan of Tom Wayman’s poe…AcademiaDance Nation…
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:"What Teachers Make" Sequence of AssignmentsEvery year I rewatch Taylor Mali’s passi…AcademiaSkin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 23)My rewatch reflection on the Star Trek:T…DesignEnjoying a peaceful fall moment while it's possible. Taking these moments as they come. AestheticsPa. agency explains why it…
[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:Out of the Zuckersphere, (back) into the BlogosphereThis is why I still blog. While commerci…AcademiaFinished Reading "Fibble," Book 4 in "Heck: Where Bad Kids Go."I finished reading…
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:Shall we dance? The girl tries on her ball gown for The King and I. Her featured show is …DanceWhy We Dug…
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:Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, Now a Rich Man, Receives a Letter from His HOADear Tevye, This letter is to inform …AmusingPrepare to lower the personnel deployment gondola from the forward eployment bay, two deck… AestheticsOn Night, Darkness & the PastWhen…
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:Scrooge Is My BrotherMy daughter delivered the opening “Marle…CultureDesiderata (Nerdy Inspiration)This is a little story about an inspirat…CultureStunning writing in this WaPost reflection on the Trump campaign's…
“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:Seize the Day!PersonalI just picked up both Aslan's How and Cair Paravel. #narnia #monopolyPersonalI create five color variations of each #blender3d building I #design, and each of those ha…I create five color variations of each #…AestheticsRude mechanical sighting! Shakespearing it up with…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:Improbable Cause (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 20) Odo investigates an attemp…Rewatching ST:DS9 During his usual lu…CultureEveryone Nov 1AmusingThe Fantasticks closes today at 2.PersonalThis was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight but time…AcademiaThe Princess and…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Prepare to lower the personnel deployment gondola from the forward eployment bay, two deck… AestheticsPeter vs. the PenguinsFor the past hour, Peter (who is not yet…AmusingLittle Green Men #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode…
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:Trying something a bit different for today's 10 sq cm of #steampunk #blender3d control pan…AestheticsWho left these on my office door?…
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:Ship in a Bottle (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 12) Barclay's holodeck hack br…Rewatching ST:TNG Data and LaForge ar…CybercultureEnjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s chair from…
“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…