About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
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That’s so ravens
Since I couldn’t sleep, I decided to make something. I thought about playing with the Madden Giferator again, and making it do a Poe poem. I didn’t actually set out to do the obvious, but there was a Baltimore Ravens … Continue reading
The Curse of El Capitan
My plan for the first night of ds106tales ds106radio broadcasts was to get set up early, try out all the different inputs, and be ready to go well before 9. But sometimes things don’t work out. Apparently Soundflower doesn’t play … Continue reading
A showcase of my own
I thought I’d try a showcase of my own, mostly because no one else seems to want to go visual with them. So I slapped this thing together in Photoshop with a couple shots of Your Humble Host and some … Continue reading
Soundcloud and downloads
When you upload files to Soundcloud, they are not downloadable by default. You have to go in and change a setting to make that work. You may want the other members of your radio group to be able to download … Continue reading
V for Vignelli
I’m glad that people appreciate The Vignelli Canon. It was written for people with a design background, but it works for those who claim to have little: the little booklet offered great insight to graphic design, with me someone who … Continue reading
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Recover the classics
The Creative Action Network is running a campaign for Recovering the Classics. I thought it would make a good assignment, so now it is. Supposedly you get a kickback if your cover sells. So I made this thing: I probably … Continue reading
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Hearing the Last Laugh
Jim wrote about this story before. When I read it, I thought about all the possibilities for sounds effects, and how those and the dialogue could carry the whole tale. I don’t know if I’ll have the time, but it … Continue reading
A ripping good time: ds106radio tweet-along part 4
We had another good group for our fourth ds106radio listening and tweeting session. After some spooky sounds and a bumper we had the Mystery Playhouse rendition of “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” which was originally written by horror master Robert … Continue reading
Les choses sont contre nous – ds106radio
For our third night of ds106radio listening, we had two tales – “Who Goes There” originally a John Campbell short story (PDF) and later a few different movies and even a couple of comic books, and “Nightmare” which was originally … Continue reading
Live tweeting pigeons vs. ravens
For our second night of ds106radio live tweeting, we had a pretty good crowd 8 listeners tuned into #ds106radio #ds106tales on http://t.co/4ASqxepybx — Hank Soda (@HankSoda) September 23, 2015 Even Talky Tina joined us. She was in her element Well, … Continue reading