WEEK 14 WEEKEND: Last weekend of class!

It is now the WEEK 14 WEEKEND. So that means it is also the last weekend (!), since this class is over on Friday, May 7, at noon. Here is a link to Week 14 and also to Week 15. I hope you can finish up the class this weekend in order to have next week free to prepare for finals in your other classes. Here's more info about finishing up in this class.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project stack. I replied to all the Week 13 projects on Friday, but there were some Week 14 and Week 15 items I did not get to; those will be at the top of the stack on Monday. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I got your project.

Making your plan to finish up. (repeat announcement) I hope everybody has a plan in place for the end-of-week Week 14 items plus any Week 15 items you need to reach your goal for the end of the semester (410 A, 360 B, 320 C). This is the last weekend of class, so if you normally do most of your work for the class on the weekends, try to get as much done this weekend as you can.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. This is from a Portfolio site rather than from a blog: Drew recorded a reading of his story and then included that audio in the webpage. It sounds great! Take a listen: John and Alex in Unsimulated Purgatory. 


If you want to read your story and include the recording in your webpage or blog post, here's the SoundCloud Tech Tip.

These are some items from the announcements back in Week 6:

Something gorgeous from India: a famous statue of Shiva's bull, Nandi, in Andhra Pradesh, then and now:


More gorgeous art from India: a winged female deity, appx. two thousand years old:


Some electricity giants in Iceland :-)


Some of you in Myth-Folklore read the Iliad earlier this semester; here are the opening lines read in ancient Greek:


Inspiration if you have reading to do this weekend; it's a quote from Tyrion Lannister, a character in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones: Books are better.


And here are not one but two videos with the Game of Thrones theme done in Indian style: Mumbai Dhol Tasha Cover and Rishab Rikhiram.



Check out the very long Twitter thread for SO MANY VIDEOS of classical music in cartoons: wow!

This is a cartoon about the perils of the cursive alphabet: demons and lemons! Plus an example from real life: demons for sale!



And here's some hieroglyphic humor: Emojis as Hieroglyphics.


And a video from PBS: Can You Speak Emoji?


Finally, just for fun, here's Goodnight, Moon re-imagined for the pandemic: Goodnight, Zoom...



Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.