I think they are most usually 100% fake. I just read a blog post with 50 tips for living your best life. At one point, he (or she?) advises us to: decide your goals for the next five years, and then achieve them in 2 years! And just a little bit later, his next tip… Continue reading No need to listen to “life wisdom” advice
Author: mh
Feeling ghosted – Animations with kids
I feel like I have very bad follow-through sometimes when it comes to my Science animations with kids program. Sometimes, it's my fault. Like at my last viewing party, about 30 parents, grandparents, aunts, everyone, showed up. I gave them all a little slip of paper with the URL of my website (the one you're… Continue reading Feeling ghosted – Animations with kids
Compare: how different countries reported on the Oslo mosque shooting
This was the day after the attack, so August 11. I think I first read this article on the BBC: Norwegian shooting probed as terror attack. I think what stands out in the article is if you scroll down to almost the bottom, and it starts talking about reactions from Norway's Muslims: The shooting has… Continue reading Compare: how different countries reported on the Oslo mosque shooting
Bad audio, all the time
I usually use my trusty laptop to record kids' voices for animations. It usually works out really well, and picks up the kids' voices even when they're speaking softly. But I ran into a problem this time around at the summer camp. There was a super annoying buzzing sound in the hall where I started… Continue reading Bad audio, all the time
GIS and Blender at once
Two of my favorite pieces of software are QGIS - used for making maps on a computer - and Blender 3D - used for 3D animations. Both of these pieces of software, furthermore, are open-source. That means they are free for anyone to download. Every time I make an animation with a group of kids,… Continue reading GIS and Blender at once
Five-year-olds computer animating
Is there a minimum age-limit when it comes to computer animation? Well, I'm sure there is for toddlers and babies, but in the summer camp I'm in, there's three little kids that are entering kindergarten in September. They're all five. They reach out their hand for me to hold if I chance to walk them… Continue reading Five-year-olds computer animating
Animating at a summer camp
I had written a dour and grim post about the futility of applying to grants, but before it went live, I actually received one. Which means I was able to do one more 'Animations with kids' project in Concord before my run here ends (at least for the expected near future.) I am working with… Continue reading Animating at a summer camp
Animations of geology
In the last few weeks, I made one of the coolest things I ever made in Blender: these planetary marbles rolling towards each other while swirling inside: planetary marbles in #blender3d #b3d #planetaryScience #evolvingEarth pic.twitter.com/CzKp2Fi7wz — Lila Gardiner (@lilagardiner) June 9, 2019 And before that, I made a volcano and a glacier. I've been blendering… Continue reading Animations of geology
Helping out at the Science Festival
We had a "Science Festival" on Union Street, and I got to share about my Animations with Kids project. In typical fashion, I started making my poster about 5 hours before the event started. (But I got it done in time!) Now, I'm pretty proud of my poster, because in keeping with the environmental theme… Continue reading Helping out at the Science Festival
Making people in Blender 3D
My first attempts at making people in Blender looked like this: a came up with a baby with a detachable head. She lost one of her cheeks, and she had no hands and non-moving arms. However, she's still pretty cute, isn't she? Then I moved on to these teenagers: They're pretty cute, too! I then… Continue reading Making people in Blender 3D
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