NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Is a Name Change Cosmetic or Real?

TACT: "My main curricular focus this academic year has been to revive and re-focus our BA degree in Theatre. The reason for this has not only theoretical ramifications for me; it also has practical consequences. In this era of state-funded public education, resources in many state colleges such as mine are becoming thin – very think. It has not escaped anyone’s attention that, when it gets time to cut academic programs, the ones feeling the ax these days are humanities and fine arts programs. SUNY Albany’s theatre department is scheduled for elimination along with other programs, and at Bemidji State University in Minnesota the theatre program there has also gotten the ax. Nothing new here – it’s been happening for sometime now. So I am under the gun as the head of a theatre department – I must meet my enrollment target set for me of 26 new BA majors (I have a total enrollment target of 45 first-time full-time students).

Posted by David at 2/14/2011 02:41:00 PM <-- Comments Here

TechShop in San Francisco

Between the Lines: "I recently learned of a business where it shares equipment to design and build projects for a membership. Friday I paid a visit to one of their newest locations in San Francisco, in fact the paint was still drying on the front entrance. I am confident not everyone has a full welding shop, machine shop, electrical design workbench, wood shop, textile equipment, 3D scanning, 3D printing, high end computers and classrooms loaded with the latest and greatest software such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor and more at their house. For those without access to all the equipment to design and build whatever your heart desires, TechShop is the solution you have been looking for. You can let your inner 'Maker' out.

Posted by David at 2/14/2011 02:40:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Carnegie Mellon University Students Get Behind-The-Scenes Look At Bon Jovi Concert At CONSOL Energy Center

CBS Pittsburgh: "The crew itself had an early audience as students from Carnegie Mellon University had their shot at an up close tour.

Posted by Dale at 2/13/2011 08:32:00 PM <-- Comments Here

7 Fingers Circus Performers Share Feelings in ‘Traces’

NYTimes.com: "DOES a circus seem more dangerous when one of the performers confesses that he’s clumsy?
“When I’m not focused, stuff happens,” said Mason Ames, the performer in question, in an interview between shows at the Ricardo Montalbán Theater in Hollywood. “I bump into people.”
Unlike the mega-productions of Cirque du Soleil, which employ dozens of godlike athletes hiding behind costumes, “Traces” asks its seven performers to reveal something of their real selves.

Posted by David at 2/14/2011 02:42:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Procrastination Flowchart

Chart Porn: "Stunningly accurate. I particularly like the “YOU ARE HERE” arrow.

Posted by Dale at 2/12/2011 03:37:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Walt Disney’s Production Diagram

Chart Porn: "A testament to what a genius Walt Disney was, his 1943 production process diagram is a Harvard MBA’s wet dream that beautifully lays out the flow and departments.

Posted by Dale at 2/11/2011 02:02:00 AM <-- Comments Here