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:Top 8 events not to miss in DecemberMy daughter Carolyn appears as Young Est…CultureCoronavirus Tribute to Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" (1942) I found this image on Facebook (wher…AestheticsShall I Encode Thee In DNA? Sonnets Stored On Double HelixIf you took everything human beings have…CultureAdventure | T.M. CampGreat story of nerdiness and discovery a…CybercultureHow to Think Like…
Yes, this was the decisive moment. I ended up cleaning my son out when he landed here later in the game. Similar:Father copes with toddler son's cancer by creating 'empathy' gameGreen and Larson both admit that even th…AestheticsEvery Post-Game Press Conference (Weird Al)https://youtu.be/oXAW2qd65nAAmusingAdventure | T.M. CampGreat story of nerdiness and discovery a…CybercultureOregon Trail: How three…
Using invisible shapes to cut holes in the hull, and a shrinkwrap modifier to align the cockpit frame and the glass. Similar:Mount St. Mary's president fires two faculty members, one with tenureMount St. Mary’s fires two faculty membe…AcademiaHandshakes Really Do MatterMonday night handshake/eye contact pract…CultureQuantum's King Lear at Carrie Blast FurnaceThe girl and I were…
Similar:Took the whole day off and spent part of it making #greebles with #Blender3D because reaso…AestheticsMurder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained DeathSimulations are powerful tools for under…AestheticsAfter the haircut. The girl seems to like it.PersonalTerm grades submitted. Homeschool son graduated. Time to breathe.AcademiaGeometry and color maps for wooden…
A great production of a delightful play. Similar:Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreamingNeil Gaiman tells us why books matter:Wh…BooksOne of the Sadder Lost and Found Messages You'll Probably See TodayNot my item, but the pathos caught my ey…DesignI Felt a Great Disturbance in the Font. And the Margins.You don’t want to use…
(Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break) Crusher finds herself sympathizing with the charming terrorist who kidnapped her. After last week’s “The Hunted” and the week before’s “The Defector,” it seems the writers are very interested in humanizing perceived enemies. An unusually exposition-heavy captain’s log establishes the Enterprise is visiting a non-aligned world shaken by terrorists.…
Similar:Cave Gave Game: Subterranean Space as Videogame Place | Electronic Book ReviewElectronic Book Review just published an…AcademiaI may or may not make a zapping sound under my breath while phasering your ticket. @prime_… AestheticsVote for Carolyn's Headshot — Round 2 Vote for Carolyn’s Headshot — Round…AestheticsFamily outing to the Pittsburgh National AviaryPersonal'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb…
Similar:Keeping it classy. My 20yo son encounters the fruit-eating scene from the 1996 point-and-c…PersonalMy crazy Friday night involved tweaking the graphic for an #MLAstyle instructional web pag…AcademiaThe Comic Sans SongComic Sans is a typeface, not a font. I …AestheticsEmily Dickinson’s Singular Scrap PoetryThere’s never enough time to cover Emily…CultureStack of wooden desk trays with metal supports.…
Similar:Seeing A Wrinkle in Time. @prime_stagePersonalYesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.Nothing in this stack is pressing, but t…AcademiaOnly a Dad (Edgar Guest poem, read by Carolyn and Peter Jerz for WAOB Audio Theatre)Carolyn and Peter Jerz recite “Only a Da…CultureThe Geekling Worked a Shatner/Nimoy Tribute into GodspellMy…
Researchers identified more than 100 false narratives about COVID-19 that are proliferating on Twitter by accounts controlled by bots. Among the misinformation disseminated by bot accounts were tweets that conspiracy theories about hospitals being filled with mannequins, or tweets connected the spread of the coronavirus to 5G wireless towers, a notion that is patently untrue.…
(Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break.) A great Trek morality drama, most obviously inspired by the challenges faced by US troops returning from Vietnam, but light on preachiness and heavy on action. Impressed by the cultured and intellectual Angosians, Picard offers to help them recapture a violent prisoner who escaped a penal colony. The prisoner’s…
Similar:Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack informationFrom whaling and sealing stations to mis…AwesomeThe stair railings on my #blender3d #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser need some realigning….AestheticsWatched "Apollo 11" at local library with my son today50 years ago today, three humans were on…CultureHappy Flag Day! All flags matter, but nobody needs to say that out loud.Happy…
(Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break.) A Romulan defector exposes a planned incursion against the Federation, in a slow but gripping character study that comments on the Cold War. As I kid, I remember being transfixed by the 1983 TV movie The Day After, which depicts a nuclear attack on America. I doodled mushroom clouds…
Similar:Made it to the closing performance @quantumtheatreDramaHaving a rough day. But in a span of about 24 hours, three former students reached out to …One former student said I’m the only adu…AcademiaStuffed planet Venus, made for me by my dear mother, around 1974.AestheticsStar Trek: "Wink Of An Eye"/"The Empath"Amusing, if cynical, reaction to some of…AmusingWhy…
In May, 2000, I was blogging about The “I Love You” IRC virus A college that shifted to online applications only A poem about Pez that has lodged this couplet forever in my brain: What art thou, Pez, that must needs be dispensed? T’ be merely wrapped would leave thee so incensed? Hacking the URL…
I was happy to play Watson. The daughter played Irene “The Woman” Adler. Similar:Happy Easter 2024PersonalGames as Text and K12 Social Studies Rather than training students to ident…CultureCould We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)?I can’t really get myself that worked up…CultureHow Daydreams and Videogames Can Make Us Confident In Real Life (Yes)Is there…
Similar:This long-nelected CD-ROM case tucked away behind my monitor holds almost as many portable…PersonalSo many dials to polish. More workstations. #steampunk #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #… AestheticsAnd now that June’s almost over, it’s time to start prepping for the fall term. (Sigh.)PersonalMe (glares in iambic pentameter)Me: I need to post the opening lecture f…AcademiaThe daughter looks…
Similar:Ambiguous language in journalism: Monkey Pox and Camel Privates Amazing lead: A veterinarian prescr…AmusingAmong today’s major professional accomplishments: installing this hook. #springbreakMy office door feels more complete now. …AcademiaWhen it comes to the truth, point of view really does matter.You may have seen a version of this meme…DesignOne of the Sadder Lost and Found Messages…