Monthly Archives: February 2016

“There is no joy in the tavern as on the road there to.”

Posted on February 26, 2016 by phb256

Jim and I talked about Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian this morning. We have had a lot of fun with discussions like this, going back to the Bavafest and Wire106. The talk ranged from history to mythos, past to present, Lovecraft … Continue reading →

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Dr. Roadrunner or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Daily Create

Posted on February 25, 2016 by phb256

I recently finished listening to an audiobook of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. There are thousands of great sentences in the book, but one quote jumped out at me in particular: So when I saw today’s Daily Create, I immediately had … Continue reading →

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Radio nostalgia

Posted on February 22, 2016 by phb256

As we’re entering radio week in ds106, I started to think about my first venture into this project. I joined ds106 several years ago as an open online participant. Now I’m teaching it, so I guess the students has become … Continue reading →

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Go west, young man

Posted on February 11, 2016 by phb256

For our fourth round of ds106radio live tweeting, we had another two-fer: “Retribution” from Sears Radio Theater and “Gun Shy” from Gunsmoke. I liked the way people picked up on the sound details: I can hear the horses making noises … Continue reading →

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The Holliday and Hickock Hour

Posted on February 10, 2016 by phb256

Our Wednesday Western106 tweet-along featured two tales – the Gunsmoke episode “Doc Holliday” and “Aces and Eights” from the Frontier Gentleman series. Unlike our two previous shows, these featured narration as well as dialogue. The listeners had mixed feelings about … Continue reading →

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Letter from Lago

Posted on February 10, 2016 by phb256

Today’s TDC was Create a Pony Express Postmark. We were supposed to “Design a postmark stamp for the Pony Express of the Modern Age,” but I didn’t read that part until just now. I had the idea to play around … Continue reading →

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High Noon at night

Posted on February 9, 2016 by phb256

Our Tuesday night tweet-along featured High Noon. Monday’s show was a radio adaptation (Shane) whereas this one was the soundtrack of a film. It made an interesting comparison. The radio program actually had less sound production – a lot less … Continue reading →

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“Come back, Shane!”

Posted on February 8, 2016 by phb256

We had a good, if sparsely attended, first tweet-along. We listened to a radio production of Shane, featuring Alan Ladd and Van Heflin, two of the stars of the movie. Radio was once a big enough thing that major motion … Continue reading →

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The Good, the Bad, and the Oblivion

Posted on February 8, 2016 by phb256

I found this thing yesterday: http://ensalada-de-lengua-de-pajaritos.tumblr.com/post/138891094972/seven-surprising-things-that-are-bad-for-your and when I saw today’s Daily Create I knew I had a use for it. I applied what I had learned before about lining up images with animated GIFs. After that trick, I cut … Continue reading →

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Ramble of the day, 2/7/16

Posted on February 7, 2016 by phb256

Can I come in with the broad question (such as “what does the data tell us?”), and a grounded theory approach, and continue on with my research? AK highlights the iterative nature of real world research in his post. As … Continue reading →

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