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I’m thinking this is a still from the cringey Season 1 episode of TNG where the natives build a religion around a bag of Starburst candy that falls out of Wesley’s pocket. #design #aesthetics #startrek #tng
6h ago
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Carolyn choreographed a fight-dance adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
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Carolyn choreographed a fight-dance adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
8h ago
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Each building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that distant objects render faster). #blender3d #mysteryplay #design #cgi
on Sat, 9PM
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Another corner building. Designed and textured. Needs an interior. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #medievalyork #mysteryplay
on Fri, 6AM
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What have my students learned about creative nonfiction writing? During class they are collaborating on a Google Doc that’s coming together very nicely before our eyes.
on Thu, 3PM
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There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI
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Two years after the release of ChatGPT, it may not be surprising that creative work is used without permission to power AI products. Yet the notion remains disturbing to many artists and professionals who feel that their craft and livelihoods are threatened by programs. Transparency is generally low
on Wed, 4PM
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I both like and hate that Canvas tracks the number of unmarked assignments that await me. (This number was 230 this weekend.) If marking papers was all I needed to do, this number would be much lower.
on Wed, 6AM
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The complex geometry on this wedge building took me all weekend. The interior walls still need work. And from this angle, those roof tiles look too big.
on Mon, 2PM
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Sesame Street had a big plot twist in November 1986
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My older siblings say they remember our mother sitting them down to watch a new TV show called Sesame Street. A running gag was that Big Bird's friend, the huge, gentle wooly-mammoth-like Snuffleupagus somehow always disappeared before anyone else on Sesame Street could see him, leading the
on Nov 17
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I played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my family
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I played hooky to go see Wild Robot this afternoon, so I went back to the office to mark more papers. Plenty more to go, but I put a good dent in things. The story and characters of Wild Robot were not as engaging as those of Wall-E, and the problem of "how do predators and prey form a community"
on Nov 16
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I can’t fix this broken world but I guess I did okay using #blender3d to model this wedge-shaped building for my #medievalyork #mysteryplay project.
on Nov 15
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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.
on Nov 14
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First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu
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First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu
on Nov 12
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Sorry, not sorry. I don't want such friends.
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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 I had been a
on Nov 10
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh
on Nov 9
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Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world
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[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 a
on Nov 8
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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.)
on Nov 5
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“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
on Oct 24
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Diaper Money Camaro Comes Home Four Decades Later
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“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
on Oct 24
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I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. @frontporchtheatricals
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I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. @frontporchtheatricals
on Oct 23
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I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community.
on Oct 19
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If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show.
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If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show.
on Oct 19
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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.)
on Oct 17
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It’s so heartbreaking seeing the amount of disinformation being spread by elected officials and partisan agitators with lots of followers. FEMA is not out of money, it’s not confiscating damaged property, and it’s not biased for against any ethnic groups or political affiliations.
on Oct 9
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Out for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsburgh.
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Out for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsburgh.
on Oct 4
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The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d
on Oct 4
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Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much this summer! #blender3d
on Oct 4
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John Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale of paces.” My #unity3d placeholder character currently takes 45 steps to run the distance Speed marked as 50 paces. (I can adjust that easily.)
on Oct 4
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I think I’ve mentioned I have a daughter who sometimes does things.
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I think I’ve mentioned I have a daughter who sometimes does things.
on Oct 4
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They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good.
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They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good.
on Oct 4
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My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my father-in-law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nDtrzmnO8w
on Oct 2
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AI coding assistants do not boost productivity or prevent burnout, study finds
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My job is often to help students understand things that they aren't good at doing yet. If a student arrives in my classroom with a solid ability to construct clear sentences and summarize difficult readings, using an AI tool that helps them spot grammar mistakes with less effort and capture the gist
on Oct 1
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Did you see that guy’s license plate?
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Did you see that guy’s license plate?
on Sep 26
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Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000.
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Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000.
on Sep 26
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A healthy respect for the free press and the institution of journalism is absolutely crucial for a healthy democracy. Media literacy matters, while a jaded "I don't trust journalists, I do my own research" DIY attitude is easily co-opted. A false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved
on Sep 24
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What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.)
on Sep 23
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About 30 years after I first saw John Speed’s 1676 map of York, today I was working on a region labeled “Z.” Or is that a “2“? There’s both an X and a 3 nearby… confusing context! A glance at the legend shows how brilliantly Speed handled the ambiguity. #usability #ux #ui #design #medieval #cartogra
on Sep 23
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Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay
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Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay
on Sep 22
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Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (
on Sep 22
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Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh
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Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh
on Sep 21
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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder.
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She's on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder.
on Sep 21
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My simulated city has 1000 capsule inhabitants that are just smart enough to gather around markers and wait. In May, I had nothing. I‘m learning. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d
on Sep 14
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Stories from the Tall Tales Club – Episode 1 The Time Elephant
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I've had a lot of fun in this new ensemble audio storytelling series. Did I do a good job convincing my friends I really saw a time-traveling elephant? https://youtu.be/43el2nZC4cU?si=qgZ-mn86IrZ3tpza
on Sep 14
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That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay
on Sep 12
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How exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medievalyork need? My first try will be my worst try. #mysteryplay #blender3d
on Sep 10
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My project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them up into groups of about 10, and only give instructions to the group leader, that will help. Not bad for my first weekend simulating crowds. #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay
on Sep 9
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My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d
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My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d
on Sep 7
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Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow.
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Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow.
on Sep 7
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First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the traditional performance stations for the York Corpus Christi pageant. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d
on Sep 6