First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:The Cosmic Brownie fairy has visited my office. Is “brownie fairy” redundant? Thank you an…PersonalThoroughly enjoying Company.PersonalAnd yes, that's her picture in the program (from the PPT Shakespeare contest).At PPT’s The Diary of Anne Frank. …CultureEach building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that distant ob…AestheticsToday's annoying…
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:A Video Game About Changing What Happens In Shakespeare's HamletElsinore is a game where you play as Oph…CulturePracticing my Unity3D design skills. Forgot to turn on gravity.https://youtu.be/PkxxiPAmTFg I’m brus…AmusingMargaret Atwood: English lessons teach us to miss the true meaning of literatureEvery time I teach…
[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:Freshman writing students present their research projects in a suitably decorous setting. … PersonalThe boy tied for second place in Saturday's Monroeville Chess Club tournament.Peter was the lowest-ranked…
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:Creative People Say NoWhen I was a master’s student working as…AcademiaAn overnight traffic spike on an older online handout prompted me to…
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:Spring office cleaning thoughts: 1) I used to print a lot. 2) I have enough tote bags. I used to print a lot. I have e…AcademiaHappy Easter 2022PersonalThe Last Soviet CitizenInteresting reflection on the collapse o…CultureSnow White: The Musical Opens Fridayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIRCoHoN…AestheticsApple Watch…
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:My crazy Friday night involved tweaking the graphic for an #MLAstyle instructional web pag…AcademiaJimmy Maher's Appreciation of Infocom's Classic Sherlock Text AdventureI learned a lot while reading…
“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:Video ResumesI’m thinking of asking students in a med…BusinessMy students seem increasingly confused by the difference between journal title vs. article… Sometimes students will submit bibli…AcademiaFox lawyers Convince Judge that Fox's Tucker Carlson is "not stating actual facts" and "an…To defend Fox…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:The Cabaret Theatre (Latrobe) presents Shakespeare's popular Midsummer Supernatural pranksters! mismatched …CultureA Grave Tale (a short story I narrated for WAOB Audio Theatre)A Grave Tale (WAOB Audio Theatre) Wri…LiteratureWhen you accidentally send a "Dear Satan" letter.My family and I are in the voice…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Amenities are limited on a short range excursion craft, but we can still meet for tea in t…AestheticsSpring office cleaning thoughts: 1) I used to print a lot. 2) I have enough tote bags.…
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:Set design for Acts II and III of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) #blender3dDesignMaking sidewalks to go with the buildings. Tedious but…
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 case for puns as the most elevated display of wit Geary admits that he often makes pun i…CultureHalf a Life (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 22) Lwaxana…
“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:How to Deal With 2016 DespairDon’t let a TV screen make you…