Maybe Del Toro could make an egotistical monster movie about a movie critic?
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Maybe Del Toro could make an egotistical monster movie about a movie critic?
Great article but regards "the South-Auckland based contractor excavated being put on hold" why dig up a contractor? Let them stay buried! đź‘Ť
Just a reminder!
DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026. The 2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures. digra.org/digra-2026-h...
Gorgeous glass gaming pieces from the Late British Iron Age. This unique set of 24 coloured glass domes with a flattened base and spiral decoration may have been used for a game similar to ludo some 2,000 years ago. British Museum đź“· by me #Archaeology
a bit of good news at least .. Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It's exciting that digital heritage is continually tantalised by new technological developments for reality capture. But what about the culturally intangible, unreality capture? Any promising technology on the horizon?
#firstworldproblem in a heartbreaking and headaching sideswerve to normal life I am trying to give up or at least reduce caffeine. Not many alternatives I found appeal. Has anyone tried Golden Milk (Turmeric Latte)? "A comforting drink made with turmeric, milk, and spices like cinnamon and ginger."
So much effort, so *little* impact....
Those students are gold!
When they said "free car wash" ... I was visiting around the corner a few weeks earlier. Didn't think of that spot for parking the rental car. My bad. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
#Web3D2025 is colocated with Digital Heritage 2025 in Siena in 2 weeks. I've reviewed for years yet never been, but, this program really looks useful, congrats to the organisers! web3d.siggraph.org/2025/program/
"Interesting digital humanities data sources": I blogged about 18 datasets for DHy teaching, research, & tool-learning I've bookmarked, & why they might be useful—plus some relevant tools, events, & resources re:data at risk:
First impression, remarkably uniform! www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-t...
Spring is here?!
I blame Napoleon Dynamite.
The schools all seemed to teach it back in the day.
Natalie Zemon Davis, 1996: “I still find history full of wonders; I still find in the differences in past societies a way to take stock of the present—a source of sober realism, but also a source of hope." Read more about why history matters and the importance of historical thinking in public life.
Chateau Guédelon is an amazing project and I always enjoy reading their updates. Honestly, if I had my time again I’d be there like a shot. If you love a good medieval castle. . .
I don't follow Aussie Rules (AFL). Which is really surprising, because, apparently, that is "where Champions are made."
I like the argument that a long-dead person wouldn't recognize the pronounciation of a restaurant named after him but not created for him, not providing what he liked to eat, nor existing in his time. Therefore, change the pronounciation. Or maybe, serve some fried dormice.
where is that melted cheese dripping from? Is it a burger torture room?
ICOMOS Australia released its #CFP for a 17-19 November conference in Ballarat (same venue as a previous AMAGA I believe). Hmm, registration and what is included could be clearer. Interesting themes though. sjvenues.eventsair.com/a-icomos2025/
Thongs for the memories.
Almetric now has sentiment analysis (Bluesky, X) of articles. Didn't notice that before. www.altmetric.com/explorer/
I think she'll forgive you. She's had quite a few of these in her amazing life youtu.be/-jxQSBpXdDQ?...
why does it look so much like a game level (with nice surface finishes)?
Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
#FindsFriday What's he got in his pocket today? An Anglo-Saxon gaming board cut into a fragment of Roman tile.
The AI & 3D event taking place today events.humanitix.com/ai-and-3d-a-...
Fall of Rome, huh? They better not get a jump on my 'Toga Party on a Trampoline' merch idea...
But is no one concerned about the age difference?
well, at least he wouldn't have to get down on one knee to propose to the chatbot.
first attempt at homemade chinotto. With homegrown chinotto citrus. Not bad but more rosemary next time!
what an actor. He **was** GrĂma Wormtongue (for me). www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
I'd be even more alarmed if the instruction to Grok was to find a hinged comedian..
A scratch, on a warm carpet, on a sunny day. Aim high, humans.
kitchenware with extra-sensory powers?
I see the "literacy for police" program is going so well... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Dogs should really stop reading Hegel.
Every time they want to tax EVs I wonder how much they save in health from not addiing to air pollution. And no, I don't drive an EV. Yet. Still miss having a bicycle actually.
Only if you don't milk it.
did it give you a badge?
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Mix it up into a smooth lava (did I spell that right?)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... $5 million for consultants to tell anxious staff to brush their teeth. I think we academics chose the wrong profession!
so it's "keep your genre away from my literary fiction!" time?
After some scheduling challenges, back in Tuscany in Sept (was there also in 2023). More conferences. Heartbreaking! This time really must remember to take a sketchbook. Would really like to run more DH game design workshops in future than present papers. People will get bored with me speaking.
We obviously can't even afford our own photographers!
"The NTEU estimated that more than 1,000 roles were on the line, less than five years after more than 17,000 job cuts during the Covid pandemic – 13% of the workforce." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A very strong argument for humanities and their role in developing critical thinking can be found, ironically, in the lack of vision and insight displayed by tech founders when they defend rampant AI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
His analogies are terrible (AOK, oxen?), the logic faulty, and the implicit assertion that lab directors seeking funding wouldn't benefit from an understanding of politics (or people/social sciences more generally) raises an eyebrow or two.
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I present today at the Australasian Simulation Congress 2025 in Adelaide "Gamifying the Past: Challenges of Immersive 3D for Heritage" & tomorrow helping a workshop "Serious Games Australia New Zealand: Reconnecting and Shaping the Future of Serious Games in Australia" (simaust.com/australasian...)
#CFP Fwd: CAA Australasia Conference - ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO TUESDAY 19 AUGUST. 2025 Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Australasia Third Online Conference. Free reg. Online.. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'm in a bus, the driver's first day it appears. He's been cursed for a tough stop, and hard braking, nearly missed a hard to see stop but hey, day #1! It will get better, mate!
my fave instruct www.instructables.com/Gotye-and-Ki...
#cfp autocare.ai/abc2026 (papers due 29 Nov) is colocated with 2026.persuasivetech.org (papers due November 7, 2025) in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Interesting area for digital heritage, methinks.
look like snow burrowing sharks to me..
seen Time Trap (2013)?
That will have them sty-mied.
catnapped!
They seem to have hit a snag.
Try planting (or potting) a chinotto (Citrus myrtifolia).
Depending on space, wonder if there is a dwarf ebony tree (Trochetiopsis melanoxylon) you could plant next to its replacement. Then you could have ebony and lemony.
For those in Adelaide, a free event "AI & 3D: A Mini-Symposium for Game Designers, Architects & Creatives" will take place on Friday 22 August, 9.30am-1pm (not 12) + free afternoon workshops. Bradley Building (above MOD museum), North Terrace, Level 8 Room 18. events.humanitix.com/ai-and-3d-a-...?
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Just saw @ntanzi.bsky.social 's excellent account of the quandaries librarians face with AI-generated books. Will definitely cite some of his examples in my webinar tomorrow the-digital-librarian.com/2025/08/05/a...
🎓 PhD Studentship Alert 💰 Want to do a fully funded PhD in serious games? 🕹️ We have a studentship open at Imperial on using service design to create games for undergraduate science curricula. Apply by August 17, UK home students only. Full details 👉 bit.ly/games-phd-25 @ & DM open, pls share!
Darts? Darts?!!
if they did, they'd be lion. Sorry, couldn't resist.
On the upside I've been reliably informed that gargoyles are very staturesque.
highly specialized or sentimental value?
people who don’t like soup will lose out says Mr. Campbell-Baxter
Quick! To the nearest shell station!
"and I’d be a fucking great professor" at an R-rated college!
well something seems fishy here.
I'd like to say I've got dyscalculia but on this matter I've nothing to add.
It was a highly edible era. Where dropping in for lunch were both popular and short-lived.
It’s official. My last day of employment is August 2 (Saturday). I am still looking for anything, but my skills are in #archaeology (🏺), #gaming and #games, #publishing (#academia), adventure tourism and science expeditions (safety and logistics), and I’d be a fucking great professor.
very sad yet revealing article about uni fees in Australia www.watoday.com.au/national/the...
but check out that full-length hallway mirror!
was the ice cream parlour shuttered because only a skeleton crew were working there?
Hmm. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/s...
Can't you hear the children of the night?
Applications are open to become the new Graduate Trainee at HES - after seeing how much fun our most recent trainee had I’m quite jealous! Please share widely: ekov.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Do you know Buddy's breed? Colouring like a distant relative to my rescue dog.
While these are wise words I'm fairly sure that there are some people who when they laugh are more likely to fart afterwards than if they hadn't laughed!
I gave a talk there in 2023 but hadn't been there since about 1989 (arch. study tour as a student).
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Was Ireland a kingdom or colony of the UK? Ooh. Thoughts seem to differ mightily. What about Wales?
isn't the stone gorgeous!?!
Anyone off to Digital Heritage 2025 in Siena Italy? I'll present 2 student papers, be on a panel, zoom into o/seas panel & generally try to get as much sleep as I can (flying Adelaide to Perth, direct to Rome, 16 hours 25 minutes non-stop!) While coordinating a course remotely. Sanity is overrated.
What a tasty paper!
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