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the Ship of Theseus, I’ve made gradual changes so it’s not really the same document, but just now I spotted hilariously out of date references to bringing along transparencies with you as a backup.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:What Is Life…
First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:"Shakespeare in Love" with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra and Stage Right!When I teach Shakespeare, I will from ti…CultureTo DoTo Do (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) 5: …AcademiaAngry 10yo Edits the Paper Heart She Gave Her MotherAestheticsMore modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-si…More modular, swappable building…
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:Ethics of standardized testingA blogger who had a much worse day than …AcademiaSo Why Do People Shrug? Researchers Say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯While contemplating what sort of body la…CultureLining up for Honors Convocation 2016. #setonhillAcademiaA warning to college profs from a high school teacherMy students did well…
[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:In August, 2000 I was blogging about poetry, presidential wordplay, home-schooling, online…In August 2000, I was blogging about …CybercultureWhat Grammar and Style Checkers MissTeaching students to write…
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:It's a lie that having zero assignments to mark means I have nothing "to do," but this par… A relief.AcademiaWhy Photojournalism Matters…
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:Riding on Square WheelsStan Wagon, a mathematician at Macaleste…DesignTesting out my new greenscreenFriendly advice… If you are practicing…AestheticsSix rainbow-colored objects, arranged like THIS?These are shoe-holding racks at a local …AestheticsJesus Christ SuperstarI have a daughter who does things. Her n…CultureWho is the…
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:Quick Study: Neuroscience: Crosswords don’t make you cleverMany people think classical music is goi…GamesIndependence of the press: the "essential ingredient of liberty" (Alexis de Tocqueville)CultureThat’s water under…
“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:Those emails can wait.PersonalBreakfast Battle from "The Miracle Worker" (Pamela Lee as Annie Sullivan and Carolyn Jerz …Update: Here’s a clip of the whole break…CultureMore #blender3d #steampunk control panel details. #blender3dartAestheticsOh No, Performers Coming Into AudiencePITTSBURGH—Audience members at the Bened…AmusingA Message from…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:Unmarked papers today. How it started, how it's going.PersonalI Cannot Begin to Tell You How Proficient I Am in Microsoft WordIs this satire? It doesn’t matter. It ga…AestheticsDetails for a modular mid-range scoutship, from the #steampunk #neovictorian bedtime stori…Details for a modular mid-range…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with a bunch of kids”This movie has so many cliches in it,” …CultureRude mechanical sighting! Shakespearing it up with @newrentheatreco.PersonalMicrophowned .Amusing The Expensive Education of Mark…
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:What, exactly, am I looking at here? I’m so confused.What, exactly, am I looking at here? I’m…PersonalI'm happy with today's #steampunk…
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:I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside …I’m still teaching journalism and my usu…AcademiaBeautiful News Writing: "Rampaging rooster attacks girl."I don’t…
“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…