Similar:Restoring the first websiteVery important bit of history. For a st…CybercultureFacebook's Mike Hudack rants about the media: Why won't anybody do something about these s…When a Facebook executive whines about a…AmusingYes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of…AestheticsMy wife Leigh will direct the small-cast drama "Full Bloom"…
According to an article in Medium, toilet paper isn’t selling out because the supply chain is collapsing, or because people are hoarding. We’re using more toilet paper at home. Yes, some people are hoarding, but we’re all spending a lot more time at home. All the toilet paper we would have used at work, in…
Similar:Gen Z Never Learned to Read CursiveWhen I used to teach a “Media and Cultur…AcademiaOn Night, Darkness & the PastWhen we banish the dark, what do we lose…AestheticsMy Anti-Linkbait Pledge: Cynical Overhyping vs. Simply Being OnlineWhen I find something interesting that a…CultureThe AI Mirror Test: Why Even the Smartest People Keep Falling…
This is just an excerpt. Read the whole thing. Similar:The Impact of Google on Our MemorySo what is it that makes us memorize les…CultureGrading writing: The art and science — and why computers can’t do itTech companies and university administra…Academia"I’d never heard of this play before now, but I love it." — World Drama studentA…
Other than one trip to the grocery store, I haven’t been in public since March 13, so I haven’t noticed if people in my community have started wearing masks. But I’ve wondered how I’ll be able to respond to people’s voices when I can’t see their mouths. In the past few years, I have…
A few interesting bits I found interesting to explore: There are two different ways to view the exact same data: The logarithmic scale shows a great comparison of the magnitude of growth between countries, but less of the human impact. The linear scale shows the real human impact — a growth twice the size is twice the number of…
My weekend coronavirus lockdown project was writing up a new handout devoted to Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” for academic arguments. Does the word “argument” make you think of angry people yelling? This document presents Graham’s “disagreement hierarchy,” which catalogs multiple stages between juvenile name-calling and carefully refuting an error in your opponent’s central point. Siblings might…
Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break. After a member of a landing party dies an accidental, senseless death, Picard must break the news to her young son. “Jeremy, on the starship Enterprise, no one is alone,” says Picard. “No one.” Numerous times on my rewatch, I’ve wished episodes would devote less time to scanning and probing…
Public officials misspeak all the time. Journalists make mistakes all the time. Ordinary citizens over-react to headlines without reading the full article all the time. We are all of us human. It’s unfair for any of us to treat every gaffe as evidence of malice or incompetence. For example, critics of President Trump are stretching…
The Shape of the World, According to Old Maps Similar:Gambit Part 1 (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 4) Artifact Raiders Raid Artifact…Rewatching ST:TNG I didn’t for a minu…Media'Facebook is simply not cool anymore' to teens, study findsTeens also don’t seem to care that Faceb…BusinessSlow flyby of a scout shop. Starfield backdrop; particle-based engine exhaust;…
In March 2000, I was blogging about Palm V handheld computers for Navy officers Teaching with bells and whistles Stephen King selling a short story online NCAA banning online journalists Great moments in bureaucratic history Diploma mills Maps of imaginary lands Similar:Engrossing but difficult to watch: "Man in Cave" documentary on caver Floyd Collins…
Similar:Minnesota authorities can't arrest or threaten journalists after judge approves settlement… A federal judge brokers an agreement i…Current_EventsThe Amazon Mystery: What America's Strangest Tech Company Is Really Up ToSeriously: What is Amazon? A retail comp…BusinessThe Pointlessness of UnpluggingWhat sex was for the Puritans, technolog…Current_EventsWhen it comes to the truth, point of view really does matter.You…
Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break. After a primitive, rationalist society mistakes Federation technology for supernatural power, Picard must do whatever it takes to undo the resulting cultural contamination. Fortunately for Picard, that involves lots of talking. A grim scene in sickbay memorably demonstrates that humans in the 24th century can sometimes delay but cannot…
Similar:Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math ClassMy math education predated the widesprea…BusinessCreating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can…Creating textures for background buildin…AestheticsRelics (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 4) When a huge hollow sphere traps a Sco…Rewatching ST:TNG The Enterprise-D tr…AmusingUnplugging for a Few Hours at Spruce Flats…
Similar:‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AIArtificial intelligence is making steady…ArtInto the depths of code. Algorithmic archaeologies and cave fantasies in video gamesThe full article (by Angelo Careriis) in…AcademiaRestoring the first websiteVery important bit of history. For a st…Cyberculturelittle drops — Why Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" Video Makes Me Uncomfortable… and…
Not fake news. Not the enemy of the American people. “Nobody ever thought a thing like this could have happened,” said the the president at Thursday’s press event. Feb 27: “We’re going very substantially down, not up.” [Narrator: “Cases were not going down.”] Feb 26: “The 15 [documented cases of COVID-19 in the USA] within…
Similar:He couldn’t get over his fiancee’s death. So he brought her back as an A.I. chatbotThe death of the woman he loved was too …CybercultureThe girl is rehearsing for Hello DollyPersonalAlike (2015)This short film reminds us why art matte…AestheticsComputer Interfaces in Star Trek's "Assignment Earth"I was watching classic Star Trek with my…CybercultureMy big brother and…
I haven’t done any audio theatre recordings in a while (thanks, coronavirus) and I miss it. Here’s my interpretation (recorded some time ago) of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Nightingale.” The nightingale is considered the most beautiful thing in the kingdom… until a mechanical nightingale wins over the citizens, and the true nightingale is banished. But…
Similar:A little better all the time.A little better all the time.PersonalMy son, volunteering at the local food bank.PersonalBabylon 5 redefined TV science fiction, so why isn’t it better known?The article doesn’t actually answer the …CultureAll the Classroom’s a StageSome good observations in this essay. As…AcademiaStop Using 'Poet Voice'This article analyzes (and skewers) that…AestheticsMedia Companies Are…
The Society of Professional Journalists links to an interview with an MIT professor who’s studying misinformation on social media (which is not the same thing as bad journalism — some bad actors take journalism out of context in order to deceive). Responsible journalists are aware that sensational headlines can harm the public. The truth is…