Heading back to Melbourne today for a busy week at SLV as my residency wraps up. I'll be giving a talk on Wednesday if you're interested in what I've been doing: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/participate/technologist-talk-tim-sherratt #maps #libraries #glam #digitalhumanities

Oh dear!! What about the alleged Indo-European links?! (Ymir in Norse, Purusha in Indian). www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/fa...

When I received what felt like the 10th spam journal invite, but to present on gynaecology, I realised it is a dastardly ploy to trigger insufferable dad jokes. I am resisting. Even if resistance is futile.

1 billion dollars for a climate change meeting? Call me old-fashioned but couldn't they have saved a little of the environment, met online, and spent the money on saving the environment? www.afr.com/politics/fed...

I wonder why Microsoft One Note (Mac OS version here) takes up 1.39GB for what looks like a butchered tiny version of MS Word? Am I missing something of brilliance here?

hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn

I would read this subterranean horror novel

"Leicester is a place with rich history, diversity and culture. It’s home to England’s tallest piece of Roman architect still standing at Jewry Wall and Europe’s tallest piece of street art." I wonder how tall the Roman architect is-their endurance is incredible! visitleicester.info/see-and-do/c...

I enjoyed this article on Amsterdam www.watoday.com.au/traveller/in...

they stole my grant idea! Well I didn't get funded anyway so glad to see it works for someone else (and no they didn't steal it I was joking). www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Slow travel query, I have 3-4 days free to travel from Munich to Belgium (Brussels) end of January. Is it worth taking a train or bus and stopping at Stuttgart or Luxembourg or somewhere on the way rather than flying direct? (Strasbourg always appealed but seems a bit out of the way).

My only paper on zombies (with Dr Andrew Dekker) has just been quoted by Jesus! doi.org/10.5753/sbga... Phew, can retire now.

Thanks ANU, at least there's something! "There are new plans to fix how universities will run. But will they work?" share.google/xcmwkPkpuMVF...

Those people who put their bag on the seat beside them on public transport on crowded buses and trains should pay for both seats IMO.

Game Jam in the Garden! We invite GLAM professionals, creatives, researchers & students to design & prototype games inspired by nature, the gardens, & the living world around us. Adelaide Botanic Garden, Goodman Bldg, Hackney Rd Adelaide Fri 7 Nov 9am - 5pm ACDT. events.humanitix.com/game-jam-in-...

But the new Vison Pro is just as (unnecessary)affordable as before www.techradar.com/computing/vi...

for those XR tragics who actually think the Metaverse shouldn't be controlled by one company www.tomsguide.com/computing/vr...

Isn't Termessos beautiful? Love to go there one day. edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/t...

And what's to stop crazed caffeine addicts licking the office wall on their way to meetings? Details, people! www.sciencealert.com/scientists-d...

I don't care what the question is .. for every talk, demo, or workshop I am definitely missing a voice controlled mobile robotic T-Rex www.linkedin.com/posts/herman...

if there isn't a book on "Game Mods as Alternative History: for Good, Bad, and Evil" ... Well, there should be!

Good news: fossil fuels have plateaued and solar is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide apnews.com/article/clim...

#CFP “Research through Games; Research for Games." Foundations of Digital Games 2026 (FDG 2026) Copenhagen, Denmark, August 10-14, 2026. Abstracts due 5 Dec 25, papers 15 Dec. fdg2026.org/call-for-pap...

I think we are running a game jam workshop in the gorgeous Adelaide Botanic Gardens! Very looking forward to this. A link to the workshop soon. www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au

You may not be seeing @erikmc.bsky.social on this picture but he is still presenting at #TIPC4! And while we miss him very much we are very excited that he gets to present virtually!

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

When Nobel Prize-winning research has been described with a Harry Potter reference one has surely reached peak popculture impact www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Surprised more Geography Departments don't just rename themselves 'School of Rock' and watch those enrolment applications flow in...

Non-humans are archaeologists too now huh?

The daily request to review papers outside of my field for suspicious journals I have never heard of is escalating to journals I have never heard of (& appear to be predatory) are getting very rude. But if one responds one may be put on even more lists. Institutional blocking not 100%. Can't win!

#CFP www.digraconference2026.com Intersectional Pleasures Maynooth Ireland 14-18 June 2026. Abstracts due 1 Dec.

I haven't really been following this or de Moraes' battle with Bolsonaro - fascinating! time.com/6964518/elon...

The surreal shard edges of gaussian splats are so interesting, I need to find someone with an XGRIDS-3D Reconstruction-Spatial Computing-Handheld Scanner! superspl.at/view?id=ca36...

On the paleo diet? Then here's a side of juicy maggots theconversation.com/neanderthals...

One of the greatest things about Australia is the daily discovery of something extra that can kill you. For example, this dear creature.Do they live far from people? Fremantle WA right bang next to tourists .... www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth-bea... and www.australiangeographic.com.au/fact-file/fa...

Researchers have identified the location of Cadirli Fortress, one of the earliest strongholds conquered by Osman Ghazi the founder of the Ottoman state, in the early 14thC. The finding sheds new light on the formative years and reliability of chronicles. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/site...

Just beginning to wonder if the hopelessness of Utopia (some Utopia visions, anyway) is actually the sublime constituent sliver of Utopia..

Not saying I mean to be petty, but I found myself on a 16 hour nonstop flight from Perth to Rome with Luigi, one of the architects of the Australian Parliament House, and I had to mention how I hate the ceiling panels. Luckily, he forgave me.

2nd edition of Game Mods book (press.etc.cmu.edu/books/game-m...)? No, it isn't out, but the publisher inquired as to whether I was interested, to a more critical game mods book. Contributors chould be co-authors of the book rather than authors of chapters. Too ambitious? Interested? Drop me a line.

apparently I get to call myself a professor of something. Any ideas? There's quite a few Prof of Digital Heritage, Virtual Heritage is perhaps contentious (well, I have called it an oxymoron), and Immersive Heritage might confuse people.

interesting projects www.utjapanlab.com/apply-fall-2...

Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place. @megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday

sure blender exports to web (www.blend4web.com) but also 'Blender-forked' game engines www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mau_...

Call for papers - hopeful pasts for hopeful futures - a session at Nordic TAG 2026 (in person, Kalmar, Sweden) 6-9 May 2026 - deadline 15 October. I'm organising this with Daniela Hofmann and @arkeostrida.bsky.social

welcome to the cub house, not too big, not too small www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Time to play New Order's 1930s hit "Blue Monday" www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLb...

"Thought leader" is not a term I find endearing.

JOB: Data Curation Network Director hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EM...