Bloomsday, vacation week, virtual Rome
Happy Bloomsday, all! I’m off to the Rosenbach this afternoon to listen to people reading Joyce. I probably won’t stay for the full seven-hour Ulysses marathon, but it should be fun.
In other news, my last paper and final exam are done, spring quarter is officially over, and I’ve got a week of vacation coming up, during which I intend to do nothing more strenuous than camping with the family, paddling the occasional canoe, and catching up with the Harry Potter series before Book Seven comes out in July. (Thank you, awesome neighborhood used bookstore, which has never let me down for leisure reading, and which houses a friendly resident cat, to boot.)
In the meantime, check out the amazing University of Virginia/University of California Rome Reborn project (hat tip to my UVa colleague Leslie Johnston), a big collaborative effort to create a virtual 3D model of Rome at around 320 A.D. You can’t see it all online yet, but there are some flythrough video clips and still images, and the talks and various pieces of text about the project and its goals are fascinating. I can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Congratulations! The week of camping and reading sounds like the perfect way to celebrate the end of another quarter. Have a wonderful time. And thanks for the Rome Reborn link!
Christa