For Graduation, Cal Students Build ‘Blockeley University’ in Minecraft
What do you do if you’re a college senior with a sense of humor, a canceled graduation and, suddenly, a lot of spare time?
On March 15, UC Berkeley senior Bjorn Lustic got the idea to recreate his graduation in Minecraft, a video game where the objective is to build structures by placing blocks around a 3D environment. He cites a sarcastic Facebook comment as the source of inspiration. A month, a few more Facebook posts and several thousand likes later, the project has grown into a full-scale recreation of the UC Berkeley campus with a waiting list of students trying to get in on the fun of construction.
When IRL events started to disappear around campus, students, like everyone else, turned to the internet. “It’s kind of a natural thing at this point to look online and look to virtual communities to hang out, that’s what we’re used to,” Lustic says.
Heard about this via band channels; not surprisingly the Cal band is involved in helping. This is a great idea, and one that could catch on on a wide spread basis.
A friend just posted a recommendation for Circus of Books, and I looked up the description. It sounds fascinating! Have any of you watched it?
Description: For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
Also a friend recommendation. I had seen the review in the Post but hadn't picked up the book. A friend just finished it and liked it. The author has a B.A. from Cal.
I mostly read mysteries and popular fiction so can usually kind of just go on autopilot. I've started this and though it does have a story line it's got me thinking a lot more than I often have to. Which is a good thing.
Twitter is both the best/worst social media platform, but LinkedIn (it counts right?) has to be my least favorite. Just a bunch of techy/entrepreneur-y types that blog about how innovative and great they are and everyone else is so far behind. I saw a post (screenshot on twitter) of someone praising themselves for giving their staff a "self-care power hour" during the middle of the day to do what they need to take care of themselves. They meant a lunch break.
The worst part about LI is people treat it like FB, and say the same racist/misogynistic shit. With their professional careers tied to said accounts. It's mind-boggling.
dude, I told you. Its an absolutely beautiful, powerful story. Slow paced but the pace feels right and each episode is really impactful. The chemistry between the 2 leads is off the charts too. One of my favorite k dramas of all time
A month ago, I adopted a DBD topic of having a bit of butter sitting outside the fridge at room temperature. I kept putting some out and it kept being put back in the fridge. My explanation to the wife and eventual purchase of a butter crock was met with derision and mockery. Let it be known that today, the butter crock is empty and all the Kerry Gold butter has been eaten. The wife has fully adopted my counter-butter campaign. For those of you who've been in any form of relationship, getting someone to completely reverse their mind is something worthy of note.
I feel old for not sure what this is. Then felt even worse when I realized that I actually do know what this is (that TikTok dance) but just doesn't know its name. The only reason why I would care to know this is for trivia.
Have you checked out Ring's app?!? It's a mini-Nextdoor for just Ring owners, where every post is accompanied by a poor quality video of something being interpreted as shady.
The non-chronological timeline makes it worthless. Nothing like finding your favorite restaurant's specials for tonight, three days later when it shows up in your feed.
Reminds me of the randomness of youtube. Little annoys me more than any site that makes it difficult for me to find what I need because its so busy pushing copious amounts of miscellaneous stuff at me.
All yesterday, WH Spokesperson Blondie McWhatsHerFace went on Fox News to say that Redfield was misquoted by MSM. She spun it as that it's hysteria and that Redfield was just saying get your flu shots.
Today, Trump trotted Redfield out Redfield. Trump then pushed the idea that the fall will be fine and there will only be "embers of corona". Two minutes later, Redfield was prompted to clarify his statements. He then contradicted Trump saying he was correctly quoted by WaPo.
Trump announces his support for nation's frontline healthcare workers by ordering fly-overs by the Navy's Blue Angels and Air Force's Thunderbirds in the upcoming weeks.
Trump throws GA Gov Kemp under the bus, saying he strongly disagrees with Kemp's Reopening approach. When will GOP governors realize that they are being set up to be the fallguys?
Reuters: HHS Secretary Azar's new chief of staff (head of day-to-day operations) of the agencies with a $1.3 trillion budget is a 37 year-old labradoodle breeder from Dallas.
It’s not that people like this dog breeder haven’t been political appointees before, it’s just that they’re usually not so well positioned to exacerbate a crisis
Trump tries to distract the US, saying he ordered the US Navy to "shoot down" Iranian gunboats if they harass US ships. Naturally, he made this policy after seeing a video clip on Fox News of some gunboats video taping themselves near a US frigate.
Red Sox cheating pinned on the Video Replay system operator. Cora still suspended not for Red Sox participation but for Astros participation in 2017. Red Sox also lose some draft picks.
Cal's Ricky Walker (RS Jr. WR) has entered the transfer portal as a graduate. He was a starter at the beginning of last season, but slipped to second, then 3rd string. I believe injuries weighed him down. He was known for his speed, but struggled to get open.
He played 11 games, had 2 catches for 30 yards. No TDs.
- Players disqualified for targeting will no longer have to leave the field
- Video reviews must not exceed 2 minutes except in "exceptionally complicated" or end-of-game situations
- Only two players can wear the same jersey number
- Players can choose to wear the number 0 now
- Pre-game warm-ups: coaches must be present, players must be wearing numbers, and refs' jurisdiction begins 90 minutes before kickoff (up from 60 min)
It depends on how the virus is going. Which will also determine if students are coming from around the world, as that will impact the current suspension of green cards.
There is a tremendous and growing amount of pressure to reopen to some degree, just as there is with a lot of other activities. How misguided that is is both debatable and un-determinable at this point, but the fact that jobs and careers and scholarships and more have already been lost, and many more will be the longer this goes on, is not. The fact of the matter is there are a number of people who do not care if there are deaths, and they vote and write checks too.
I'm nervous as all get out about it no matter which way it goes because disaster could result in any event, and we don't have nearly enough information to make the best of decisions. Not the least of which is intentionally limited demographic info that might (pc for would) prove to be politically inconvenient.
The idea was at least in part to prevent some of the incidents where especially visiting players and staff were getting bombarded on the way out. Even when it was a home team player, these can become a side show, accompanied by an out proportion amount of camera coverage.
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879036/for-graduation-cal-students-build-blockeley-university-campus-in-minecraft?fbclid=IwAR36WQ3kKGeRVYTMYzQWEcfKaAZQCI0w0B_TL2jtPGWqORnAaxPmGTC-Ubg
For Graduation, Cal Students Build ‘Blockeley University’ in Minecraft
What do you do if you’re a college senior with a sense of humor, a canceled graduation and, suddenly, a lot of spare time?
On March 15, UC Berkeley senior Bjorn Lustic got the idea to recreate his graduation in Minecraft, a video game where the objective is to build structures by placing blocks around a 3D environment. He cites a sarcastic Facebook comment as the source of inspiration. A month, a few more Facebook posts and several thousand likes later, the project has grown into a full-scale recreation of the UC Berkeley campus with a waiting list of students trying to get in on the fun of construction.
When IRL events started to disappear around campus, students, like everyone else, turned to the internet. “It’s kind of a natural thing at this point to look online and look to virtual communities to hang out, that’s what we’re used to,” Lustic says.
Heard about this via band channels; not surprisingly the Cal band is involved in helping. This is a great idea, and one that could catch on on a wide spread basis.
Should have called it UC Blockley, amirite?
A friend just posted a recommendation for Circus of Books, and I looked up the description. It sounds fascinating! Have any of you watched it?
Description: For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
Also a friend recommendation. I had seen the review in the Post but hadn't picked up the book. A friend just finished it and liked it. The author has a B.A. from Cal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/alexandra-changs-days-of-distraction-experiments-with-form-to-reveal-the-complexities-of-modern-life/2020/03/24/ea4e7efe-6cff-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html
interesting!
I mostly read mysteries and popular fiction so can usually kind of just go on autopilot. I've started this and though it does have a story line it's got me thinking a lot more than I often have to. Which is a good thing.
I added it to my "recommend to buy list" in the ebook library, so I hope they buy it!
Twitter is both the best/worst social media platform, but LinkedIn (it counts right?) has to be my least favorite. Just a bunch of techy/entrepreneur-y types that blog about how innovative and great they are and everyone else is so far behind. I saw a post (screenshot on twitter) of someone praising themselves for giving their staff a "self-care power hour" during the middle of the day to do what they need to take care of themselves. They meant a lunch break.
The worst part about LI is people treat it like FB, and say the same racist/misogynistic shit. With their professional careers tied to said accounts. It's mind-boggling.
I only use LinkedIn to search for jobs. I have never read ANYONE's writing there - even some of my good friend's.
I saw that too - management culture is toxic
any management that thinks management is important is toxic. management should be only about facilitation of the work.
And everything just has to have a silly catchphrase or it won't have the same effect
Not all management but a lot of it
FS JLEE
FS - I just watched When the Weather Is Nice Ep 2-15 in one day. Wow. So much better than I expected after Ep 1.
dude, I told you. Its an absolutely beautiful, powerful story. Slow paced but the pace feels right and each episode is really impactful. The chemistry between the 2 leads is off the charts too. One of my favorite k dramas of all time
absolutely. and the extras are so extraly perfect lol
Last one out switch off the lights
https://twitter.com/qz/status/1252683534453506048?s=21
Everyone should watch "A Day Without a Mexican". It's an interesting movie on what happens when Mexicans disappear for a day.
A mother bear’s coronavirus pandemic lessons
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/nation/mother-bears-coronavirus-pandemic-lessons/
CLICK FOR BEAR PICTURES! Also: Two years ago, she was exiled to live near the Canadian border, a fate she chose not to accept.
Go Bears.
Red Letter Day
A month ago, I adopted a DBD topic of having a bit of butter sitting outside the fridge at room temperature. I kept putting some out and it kept being put back in the fridge. My explanation to the wife and eventual purchase of a butter crock was met with derision and mockery. Let it be known that today, the butter crock is empty and all the Kerry Gold butter has been eaten. The wife has fully adopted my counter-butter campaign. For those of you who've been in any form of relationship, getting someone to completely reverse their mind is something worthy of note.
Well done
I guess FB now. Chance to invest in FB but our senior partner nixed it.
MySpace (R.I.P.) though I brought in $15 million in funding for it back in the day, Killed by News Corp cheapskates and Cold Fusion.
No.
No.
WaPo: Steak-umms Twitter account is dropping truth-bombs. It is run by David Koresh's son.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/21/steak-umm-twitter-account-feed/
Wait, that's not what it says?
"The feed’s main writer is social media manager Nathan Allebach, the 28-year-old son of the firm’s owners."
Yeah, but that narrative is more fun. Boo to Mr. WetBlanketsAreEnough
lol, did you just make something up out of whole cloth to see how many people would buy it? 😄
ah
Steak-umm bless
Earth Day
Class of 77's birthday
Have you done the Renegade yet? (I have no idea what that means)
Yes, big Lorenzo Lamas fan.
That's a name I haven't seen in years.
I feel old for not sure what this is. Then felt even worse when I realized that I actually do know what this is (that TikTok dance) but just doesn't know its name. The only reason why I would care to know this is for trivia.
Is it the one that Judi Dench did with her grandson? I think that's who it was.
it seems to be a TikTok related dance. i dont dance
I’m willing but inept, I suppose if I need to cheer up the teenagers I could give them something to laugh at by trying
Glad your willing to step up when there is a need to be met!
I’m a giver
[Alcohol]: "Actually, you do dance."
It helps.
Worst social media
Facebook is clearly worst because it helped to give us Trump
That I use: Facebook
Although I’m starting to turn on TikTok tbh
Nextdoor, Neighbors, or any of those other ones that bored, white suburbanites use to police their neighborhoods.
Have you checked out Ring's app?!? It's a mini-Nextdoor for just Ring owners, where every post is accompanied by a poor quality video of something being interpreted as shady.
On the other hand https://twitter.com/bestofnextdoor is a gold mine
Ha, I'm friends with the girl who runs that.
This is a great answer. Every calm suburban neighborhood is secretly a hive of scum and villainy, if you believe the posts on Nextdoor.
Nextdoor for sure, followed closely by Insta.
Curious to know what puts you off insta - I could imagine but better to ask
The non-chronological timeline makes it worthless. Nothing like finding your favorite restaurant's specials for tonight, three days later when it shows up in your feed.
Ah that makes sense. I basically follow some people I know and a bunch of photographers so there’s nothing very time sensitive involved.
Reminds me of the randomness of youtube. Little annoys me more than any site that makes it difficult for me to find what I need because its so busy pushing copious amounts of miscellaneous stuff at me.
Best social media
Love Twitter.
I like reading Twitter, but have little interest in posting anything.
I still like using Facebook, but I keep my feed pretty tightly curated so it's only people I actually know and groups that are well-moderated.
I like twitter and insta within their limitations
I enjoy and use Twitter, but acknowledge that it is terrible.
none of them, other than the DBD
The 'Gram
DBD.
Duh.
Today in COVID-19
Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others
COVID-19 is proving to be a disease of the immune system. This could, in theory, be controlled.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-immune-response/610228/
Today in our crumbling democracy
Yesterday, CDC Director Redfield was quoted by WaPo saying the fall season may be worse due to double whammy second-wave + flu.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/21/coronavirus-secondwave-cdcdirector/
All yesterday, WH Spokesperson Blondie McWhatsHerFace went on Fox News to say that Redfield was misquoted by MSM. She spun it as that it's hysteria and that Redfield was just saying get your flu shots.
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1253008430832312321
This morning, Trump tweeted that Redfield was misquoted and that Redfield would be issuing a statement.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252964659960971265
Today, Trump trotted Redfield out Redfield. Trump then pushed the idea that the fall will be fine and there will only be "embers of corona". Two minutes later, Redfield was prompted to clarify his statements. He then contradicted Trump saying he was correctly quoted by WaPo.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/under-trump-coronavirus-scientists-can-speak--as-long-as-they-toe-the-line/2020/04/22/a0a67c12-84b9-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html
I think it won't be long before Trump "Chauca his ass".
Brandon Chauca is not a name I'd thought about in a minute.
Trump announces his support for nation's frontline healthcare workers by ordering fly-overs by the Navy's Blue Angels and Air Force's Thunderbirds in the upcoming weeks.
https://twitter.com/AndreaWBZ/status/1253093394819231744
Trump throws GA Gov Kemp under the bus, saying he strongly disagrees with Kemp's Reopening approach. When will GOP governors realize that they are being set up to be the fallguys?
https://twitter.com/politico/status/1253102300199038977
Larry Hogan is nodding
Reuters: HHS Secretary Azar's new chief of staff (head of day-to-day operations) of the agencies with a $1.3 trillion budget is a 37 year-old labradoodle breeder from Dallas.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hhschief-speci/special-report-former-labradoodle-breeder-tapped-to-lead-u-s-pandemic-task-force-idUSKCN2243CE
It’s not that people like this dog breeder haven’t been political appointees before, it’s just that they’re usually not so well positioned to exacerbate a crisis
Jesus, the more know, the worse it looks.
If you haven't seen some of Anderson Cooper's interview with Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman (DEM), it's... uh... hooboy.
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1253051235483242502
She's not ready for primetime to be sure, but it wasn't as bonkers as I thought was going to be.
"We volunteer as t̶r̶i̶b̶u̶t̶e̶ control group!"
"Give us the placebo!" (nevermind, that's not how placebos work)
Trump tries to distract the US, saying he ordered the US Navy to "shoot down" Iranian gunboats if they harass US ships. Naturally, he made this policy after seeing a video clip on Fox News of some gunboats video taping themselves near a US frigate.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252932181447630848
Dope, they ain't flying, how do you "shoot them down"?
You sink their planes, obviously.
Obviously.
Pros
Red Sox cheating pinned on the Video Replay system operator. Cora still suspended not for Red Sox participation but for Astros participation in 2017. Red Sox also lose some draft picks.
https://theathletic.com/1766135/2020/04/22/mlb-report-pins-red-sox-violations-on-staffer-issues-suspension-takes-draft-pick/
This doesn't seem like Justice. Cora gets less punishment than the camera operator? WTF.
Manfred is a bum.
yes he is.
Tampa?
Tompa
The Greater St. Gronksberg-Tompa-Carole Baskin metropolitan area.
This tweet from Tom Brady:
https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1252964962735214592
Cal
Students & alumni create "Blockeley University"
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/04/22/this-is-our-home-uc-berkeley-students-alumni-recreate-campus-on-minecraft/
Oops, I missed this when I posted my link. Young people inspire me :D
Cal's Ricky Walker (RS Jr. WR) has entered the transfer portal as a graduate. He was a starter at the beginning of last season, but slipped to second, then 3rd string. I believe injuries weighed him down. He was known for his speed, but struggled to get open.
He played 11 games, had 2 catches for 30 yards. No TDs.
Happy Birthday, Marshawn Lynch
National Treasure
Facemasks now required on UC Berkeley campus.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/21/face-coverings-now-required-on-campus/
New college football rules for 2020 (http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/football-players-flagged-targeting-will-be-able-remain-bench-area)
- Players disqualified for targeting will no longer have to leave the field
- Video reviews must not exceed 2 minutes except in "exceptionally complicated" or end-of-game situations
- Only two players can wear the same jersey number
- Players can choose to wear the number 0 now
- Pre-game warm-ups: coaches must be present, players must be wearing numbers, and refs' jurisdiction begins 90 minutes before kickoff (up from 60 min)
I think the 2 minute time limit will be a good idea. It would be a better idea to implement for basketball.
Will there even be football in 2020?
For sure no fans in stadiums. If I had to guess if they played, I would guess no
Honestly the schools themselves may still be closed. NFL seems more likely
I don't see how schools will let students go on campus when there isn't a vaccine. They're coming from all over the country and the world.
It depends on how the virus is going. Which will also determine if students are coming from around the world, as that will impact the current suspension of green cards.
There is a tremendous and growing amount of pressure to reopen to some degree, just as there is with a lot of other activities. How misguided that is is both debatable and un-determinable at this point, but the fact that jobs and careers and scholarships and more have already been lost, and many more will be the longer this goes on, is not. The fact of the matter is there are a number of people who do not care if there are deaths, and they vote and write checks too.
I'm nervous as all get out about it no matter which way it goes because disaster could result in any event, and we don't have nearly enough information to make the best of decisions. Not the least of which is intentionally limited demographic info that might (pc for would) prove to be politically inconvenient.
In the fall I mean.
I would be stunned if there wasn't
That seems like a pretty important variable
So you mean they will not be ejected for targeting or just the fact that they have to stay on the sideline?
They'll be disqualified from playing but they will not have to go to the locker room.
That will give the opposing fans plenty of time to jeer them, sounds like a great plan!
The idea was at least in part to prevent some of the incidents where especially visiting players and staff were getting bombarded on the way out. Even when it was a home team player, these can become a side show, accompanied by an out proportion amount of camera coverage.
It’s probably for the best but I’m sure some combination of angry player and drunk angry fans will result in hubbubs at most games
I guess teams will just be providing pregame warmup tshirts now.