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NovySan
@novysan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Research Affiliate - MIT Media Lab; Emmy Award winning VFX Technical Supervisor; Instructor of SciFi & Magic; Immersive DataViz; Machine Learning tools; Deep-Ocean Exploration; Space Simulation
The extremely satisfying moment when all your Arduino DuPont jump wires are organized by color, length, and connector type. #3dprinting
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
They have all found their place in their new home.
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Tonight's double-feature of 'Withnail and I' and 'An American Werewolf in London' works because... ??? Comment below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Last night's impromptu Medieval fantasy double-feature of "Season of the Witch" and "Ladyhawke" was post-Thanksgiving dinner perfection.
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
CURRENT MOOD:
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I eventually found out that he'd been a stagehand for a short while, but until yesterday, when ancestry.com emailed @chialynn.bsky.social these photos, I never knew that my father had once performed as Jim O'Connor (The Gentleman Caller) in a production of Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie."
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My father (pictured far right) would've been 82 yesterday. His mother had been an actress from a line of famous Vaudeville performers, and I of course entered the world of the Theatre at the age of 7 without knowing any of this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Halloween night, Love Library became haunted — by imagination.

Students from the Carson Center for EMA Story Lab 1 class transformed the stacks into a living, breathing mystery: nine story pods, one sealed artifact, and a ritual to contain what whispers between the shelves. #ARG #ImmersiveTheatre
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is one of my favorite and meaningful memories of this mission. Analog astronaut Karim Garad of the Egyptian Space Agency helps me suit up for my first ever EVA. This is what it's about. Exploring together. Achieving together for a future world without borders.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What's the saying? Dress for the job you want?

T-minus 1 day!

#worldsbiggestanalog #analogastronaut #armash #mars
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New home, new bling.
September 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My CCD (Creative Compulsive Disorder) STRIKES my office door.
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Let's do this.
September 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! <panics>
September 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Next time someone asks what I teach, I'm just going to show this image from the Immersive Experience Network.
September 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Have a little magic and beauty today.
September 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
How I spent my vacation.... er... I mean CONFERENCE, yes, conference.

#worldsinplay2025 #gamedesign #experiencedesign

[photo by the amazing Katrina Lat!]
September 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
September 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Update! Dreams do come true! I've just received my first analog astronaut assignment. I'll be deploying as Communications Officer to the Mars Analog Research Station in Armash, Armenia from October 10–26, 2025, as part of a 6-member crew conducting critical research for future Mars exploration.
August 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I thought I went to college so I didn't have to move hay and lumber around in a barn. :P #WYoming
August 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So odd to see cattle being run on the ranch formerly owned by my father-in-law in Wyoming. So used to only seeing horses out in those pastures.
August 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM