FEATURED
Group Word Play
We often think of writing as a solitary activity. When we picture a writer at work, we might think of Emily Dickinson composing her poems alone in her garret, or Jo March from Little Women writing her stories in the corner of an attic, or the reclusive J.D. Salinger writing in a secluded house in rural New Hampshire. Although the stereotype of the solitary writer is deeply rooted in our culture, it, like so many stereotypes, does not always match reality. Many writers actually...
Jonathan Z. Smith and My Work on Paul the Apostle
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Podcasts During Zoom
My mentor, Dr. Lynne Markus, wrote a very important article (Culnan & Markus, 1987 and while that is not the direct link to it b/c it’s a handbook article, the article I do link to is a follow-up that is similar). ANYHOOOOO, the gist of Culnan & Markus is stop trying to make computer technologies replicate FtF communication. Computer communication can do things FtF can’t. Find those communication differences and use them to your advantage.
I have to honestly...
HUMANITIES
Group Word Play
We often think of writing as a solitary activity. When we picture a writer at work, we might think of Emily Dickinson composing her poems alone in her garret, or Jo March from Little Women writing her stories in the corner of an attic, or the reclusive J.D. Salinger writing in a secluded house in rural New Hampshire. Although the stereotype of the solitary writer is deeply rooted in our culture, it, like so many stereotypes, does not always match reality. Many writers actually...
Jonathan Z. Smith and My Work on Paul the Apostle
NATURAL SCIENCES
Superoscillations: imaging beyond the limits of diffraction
This past week I gave a virtual talk to the Charlotte Amateur Astronomy Club about a fascinating development in wave physics and imaging called “superoscillations,” and I thought I would record a version that I could share here!
Hopefully the video makes sense — I throw in a little history about the wave theory of light in addition to the discussion of modern developments.
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Some of my favorite horror video games!
So Halloween may be done, but I’m not quite done with Halloween! I was sitting around thinking about horror-themed video games, and decided that I wanted to put together a list of some of my favorites!
Such a list is, of course, a personal one and is not intended to be some sort of list of the “absolute” best, as I haven’t played many of the most well-known. I wasn’t gaming during the early PS “Resident Evil” era, so I missed a lot of those...
