Similar:It Costs So Much to Run ChatGPT That OpenAI Is Losing Money on $200 ChatGPT Pro Subscripti…I’m also thinking of the cost to the stu…AcademiaThe Drinks are On Us! and Us! and Us Too!I got a text message a couple days ago…..CultureLoki's Loop Escape RoomGreat concept for a virtual escape…CulturePortrait of a Ten-Year-Old GirlThis thoughtful…
Sobering report from the New York Times, providing evidence that COVID-19 deaths have been over-reported. Mortality data in the middle of a pandemic is not perfect. In most places, the disparities between the official death counts and the total rise in deaths reflect limited testing for the virus rather than intentional undercounting. Officially, about 355,000 people had…
Similar:Chipping away at Pygmalion and GalateaPygmalion is a legendary sculptor (whose…ArtThey Should Have Used Another TypefaceHave you ever noticed that the letters “…AestheticsThe battle against airborne COVID has shifted. Why your mask is the last layer of defence There has been a paradigm shift in t…CultureThe History of Typography Told in Five Animated MinutesOpen Culture.…
Updating the graphic for a writing handout on how to write instructions, which I created in 2000. Similar:This winter I changed my weekday alarm tone to chirping birds. This winter I changed my weekday ala…AestheticsReal college classes have writing assignments and required reading.While I can imagine teaching a course th…AcademiaThe ballroom of my #steampunk fantasy…
Updating the graphic for a resource I created in 2012. Similar:Peer Review Paranoia: The system is built on trust between scholars. AI is undermining tha…From an essay that includes a reflection…AcademiaIn August, 2002, I was blogging about ebook readers and email in teaching; how urban legen…In August, 2002, I was blogging about …AcademiaOn this date…
On social media recently I saw people mocking Trump for “refusing” to unveil the traditional presidential portrait of Obama, and I saw people attacking “the fake news media” for pushing a narrative designed to make Trump look bad. The original NBC story that broke this item accurately states that neither Trump nor Obama is interested…
(Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break) The meddlesome entity Q, stripped of his powers, throws himself at the mercy of Captain Picard: “in all the universe you’re the closest thing I have to a friend, Jean-Luc.” Lots of well-done banter and self-absorbed patter from actor John De Lancie. While Worf and Crusher have memorable reactions to…
I just found a post on economics in early computer games, tucked away as a “Draft” in my WordPress database, dated Jan 2011. I’m not sure why I never published it. The web page I was responding to has disappeared from the Internet, so I’ve linked to the Wayback Archive instead. Similar:WFAA legend on pioneering…
More progress as I continue to level up my #blender3d skills. Similar:The Child (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 1)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureCombating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and ActionFake news is frustrating. Nothing new th…CultureSomewhere out there, somebody is working really hard to come up with a meme to blame this …Front…
Every time I have taught an online class, I have made it asynchronous. I’m blogging these synchronous teaching tips so I can find them again when I’m prepping my fall classes (which will likely be HyFlex). The tips offered here won’t miraculously eliminate the initial awkwardness of virtual class sessions, but they’ll help. And over…
About a dozen local TV news stations aired a video segment produced by Amazon. Some identified the source, but most just let TV viewers assume the video was a news story, rather than a PR piece hosted by an Amazon employee. Journalism matters. See Forbes for details on the story. Similar:Vote for your favorite Monopoly…
Fascinating use of social media. To be clear, this story about “Carolyn Gombell” is a fabrication, intended to spark Twitter to take action against people (such as Donald Trump) who use Twitter to publicize unfounded accusations. Will that matter to people who share it? It’s parody accounts, not journalists, who are retweeting this story as…
Similar:Do you remember Harry Monster counting with adorable little John-John? Watch this 2 min cl…https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/15…AmusingNASA prepares a Mercury probe for orbitNASA’s Messenger probe is about 10 days …Current_EventsAnother day, another 10 square centimeters of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blende…AestheticsBob Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speechhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlcPRla…CultureCrying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship EverI’ve felt a…
Powerful writing, by Matthew Schneier. Most of the essay is on the power of poetry as an oral art form. (See also Poetry is for the Ear and Poetry Writing Hacks: Top 10 Tips.) But I blogged it because of the paragraphs about the author’s father. Right now, a machine is breathing for my father,…
Yet in a circle pallid as it flow by this bright sun, that with his light display, roll’d from the sands, and half the buds of snow, and calmly on him shall infold away Deep-speare’s creation is nonsensical when you read it closely, but it certainly “scans well,” as an English teacher would say—its…
Similar:Live theater. August Wilson's Jitney, in the back yard of the August Wilson House.PersonalMore #steampunk control panels. Recessed workstations with fold-down keyboards. #blender3d…PersonalLike digging ‘your own professional grave’: The translators grappling with losing work to … While workers worldwide ponder how AI …BusinessValentines for Journalists Mark S. Luckie, MediumAestheticsLooking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong…
Yes, this was the decisive moment. I ended up cleaning my son out when he landed here later in the game. Similar:Twelfth Night Cast Photo (Prime Stage, May 3-12)My daughter can hardly stop talking abou…AestheticsProud of My JournosI saw several heads that I recognized, b…AcademiaCarolyn's performance as Ariel #bardinbloom @ThePublicPGHSo good to see her preforming…
Using invisible shapes to cut holes in the hull, and a shrinkwrap modifier to align the cockpit frame and the glass. Similar:The school mocked. I turtled.Draft: “As my classmates tormented, I sh…AcademiaJust submitted final grades for the compressed course that began the day after fall grades…PersonalOpinion | Fake News Comes to AcademiaThe three academics call…
Similar:Just submitted final grades for the compressed course that began the day after fall grades…PersonalStudents in “A.I. and the Future of Literacy” are presenting now in Cecilian Hall. @setonh…PersonalThis is manageable. Far better than some semesters.This is manageable. Far better than some…PersonalRecording my lines for a student escape room project.PersonalScratch 3.0 beta is available. Try…
A great production of a delightful play. Similar:In February 2000, I was blogging about "The Heist" (Sorrels); the "Instant Muse Poetry Gen… In February 2000, I was blogging abo…CybercultureThe Anatomy of a Shakespeare Play: King Lear (Free video lecture from Pict, 2pm Friday)PersonalU.S. Press Freedom TrackerIt’s frustrating and terrifying that the…CultureHow 'A Wrinkle in Time'…