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the Ship of Theseus, I’ve made gradual changes so it’s not really the same document, but just now I spotted hilariously out of date references to bringing along transparencies with you as a backup.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:Pesky journalists, always…
First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:My wife reports: “There was one smart aleck walking along the street who exclaimed: “Look,…PersonalShe feels pretty at the dress rehearsal (opens Thursday)On the ride home, in the middle of a spi…AmusingFirst page of a student’s Texture project. (This made me laugh.) This clever freshman writing student…Academia"Moorish girl" in Man…
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:Thinking about the new semester vs. Creating submission slots in CanvasPersonalShort-range #neovictorian excursion craft, now with glowing power orbs! Over the past year…https://youtu.be/-cJp-kelrL8 AestheticsSecret Mouthwash Dance Exposed as FraudRecently, while getting the kids ready f…AmusingAn open letter to Trump from the US press corpsThis…
[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:There was a hand, too. Did you bring the hand?AmusingA warning to college profs from a high school teacherMy students did well on those questions …AcademiaNerd-buddies”He likes…
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:Writing, Coding and Education: Why They MatterBack in my grad school days, I was calle…AcademiaBabylon 5 redefined TV science fiction, so why…
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:Pa. agency explains why it enacted new 'no force-on-force rule' for Bushy Run, other sitesAttending the re-enactment of the Battle…CultureLego goes steampunkBe still, my nerdy heart. Steampunk —…AestheticsHide and Q (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 9) Riker, buffed up by Q, grants…
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:‘These are all fake news,’ said the honor student. He was wrong.Kim Ash teaches the Newseum’s “Fighting …CultureCulture Desk: My Life in PencilsDevotees of the Blackwing had…
“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:Airlock for a #steampunk #blender3d project featuring #neovictorian #greebles. #blender3da… AestheticsSarek (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 23) Aging with Dignity and Vulcan Min…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….CultureGo Ask AliceFrom the tangled tale of mass literacy o…BooksALL ABOUT 'ARCHIE' – Jason…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little sal…PersonalLet Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This MorningBrutally honest satire, from The Onion. …AmusingParadise (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 15) Anti-technology…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:You aren’t doing it wrong… if no one knows what you are doing.PersonalLoud as a Whisper (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 5)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…DramaCarolyn made it to the next round 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:Vienna State Opera, funny ballet.Vienna State Opera, funny ballet. Слава …AestheticsAnime Treatment of Star WarsI am not particularly into anime, though…AestheticsThank…
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:Dragging Myself to a New Skill Level with Blender 3DWorking on some very complex stuff in Bl…AestheticsServing at midnight breakfast.PersonalMedia Bias Chart (Ad Fontes, v. 9)Objective news reporting is…
“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…