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.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Wire106 – ep08 Moral Midgetry
I see Fredericksburg is in on the action. Colvin is getting ready to retire, to hang up the gloves. On the other hand, Cutty is getting ready to start a boxing gym. The Deacon, in the foreground, is connected to … Continue reading
Inspires
Ien Harris’ ds106 emergency alert This was posted right around the beginning of the semester. It was an omen of things to come. I think it captures an intuitive understanding of the ds106 ethos. Melinda Albrycht’s poem “The Wire” Melinda’s … Continue reading
Digital ID
This week in The Internet Course we will focus on digital identity. The panel of experts has pulled together an impressive array of research, some of which is below: http://www.merethomp.com/tag/digitalidentity/ http://internet.umwdoug.com/tag/digital-identity/ http://www.telnarks-experiment.com/tag/digital-identity/ http://www.binaryyoume.com/tag/digital-identity/ http://www.erinradar.com/tag/digital-identity/ I’m interested to see where the discussion … Continue reading
There’s never been a paper bag…
Inspired by the WaffleStomper, I thought I’d try remixing a song and some speech. Keeping with The Wire theme, I was also inspired by the speech that Major Colvin gave about the history of the paper bag. I decided to … Continue reading
Little Melvin
A minor character who makes his debut in this week’s episodes is the Deacon. I’m not sure if he has a name beyond that. He’s played by Melvin Williams, a former Baltimore drug kingpin who served as a partial template … Continue reading
Set your poems to music
Melinda’s Wire poem is just awesome, both in the writing and the reading. The rhythm in the reading is so good that I thought I’d try to add a music track to it. Here’s what I came up with: I … Continue reading
POSSE and openness
In Tuesday’s class we looked at a trailer for the film Terms and Conditions May Apply. The film looks at all those end-user license agreements that are designed so end-users don’t read them. People generally don’t know what they’re agreeing … Continue reading
Wire106 audio ideas
Looking through past posts on the wire106 site, I found a bunch of ideas that people had posted, including Travis, Jeremy, Desa, Imran, Nicholas, Ien, Melinda, Danielle, and La Kisha. Most of them are already in groups. If you’re looking … Continue reading
Wire106 Week 7
We’re up to week 7 in Wire106. Jim is out on assignment and tailed a suspect up to NYC, so we don’t have a video for you this time. Here are the details for this week: Audio week 1 Everyone … Continue reading
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I loved that western showdown scene between the police and the FBI. This part had GIF written all over it. I had the idea to put the three of them together, so I was careful to make all of them … Continue reading