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the Ship of Theseus, I’ve made gradual changes so it’s not really the same document, but just now I spotted hilariously out of date references to bringing along transparencies with you as a backup.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:Creating textures for…
First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:More #blender3d #steampunk control panel details. #blender3dartAestheticsDance of "the awkward nerd trying to act really cool" Carolyn (doing a really cool dance m…AestheticsOn the spiral staircase that leads from the top deck down to the officers' pub and wa…AestheticsToday's 10 sq cm of a #steampunk control panel (background greebles for…
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:Earth doesn't need more 'successful people'.The plain fact is that the planet does n…AestheticsVoiceover artist Gayanne Potter urging ScotRail to remove her voice from new AI announceme…When I was working in radio news in the …Culture"It's called an amphora," the artist says.AestheticsI felt a…
[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:Rossum's Universal Robots (Act 2)https://youtu.be/XfOONrGsf2I For my b…CultureCome see Carolyn and her talented castmates in The Fantasticks (Theatre Factory, Trafford …PersonalHandshakes Really Do MatterMonday night handshake/eye contact…
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:Pipe Trouble’s government woes highlight gaming illiteracyInteresting discussion of a political ho…CultureComfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. –Mr Dooley on the…
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:Games Based Learning through Text Adventures As I make progress in designing the cl…AcademiaPlans for the Little Known Confederate HelicopterThe possibilities of combining Civil War…DesignSupport the arts in your community! I’m here for the daughter and the rest of the cast. @j…Support…
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:Death to high school English”There’s such an emphasis on keeping stu…AcademiaHomefront #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 11) Sisko Investigates a Changeling In…Rewatching ST:DS9 The wormhole is…
“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:Neuroscientist Explores the Ethical Quandries of a Digital AfterlifeNow imagine the resources required to si…CultureI wish I could credit the designer. This is brilliant.PersonalAs part of an ongoing feud over the rights to use a particular shade of ultra-black paint,…As part of…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:To Apple, Love TaylorApple changes its plans, after initially…BusinessCarolyn as Dolly Levi (Arts4Homeschoolers / Stage Right)I loved listening to her practice the “M…AestheticsIn July 1999, I was blogging about Dante's ashes, Apollo 11, gender-neutral language, and …In July, 1999, I was blogging about:…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:CEO’s brutalist office, for a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)….Aesthetics'Star Trek' TV Series in the WorksI am not sure what I think of this. I’m …Current_EventsSteampunk flag for the United States of…
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:Fight choreography via teleconference. As You Like It @steelcityshakespearePersonalAnother NewsBreak.com Exclusive Exposes a Royal Family Lie #FakeNewsYou sheep who trust the…
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:First page of a student’s Texture project. (This made me laugh.) This clever freshman writing student…AcademiaSupport the arts in your community!PersonalState officials: Bushy Run staff must consult with Native…
“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…