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.
Author Archives: phb256
Super sounds of cyberpunk
Only eight people voted. They are awesome and #4life for doing so, but really, we’re doomed. Do you want a tech noir dystopia? Because this is how you get a tech noir dystopia. But once again we have a wide … Continue reading
How was that Tech-Noir?
That’s a question we could ask of Limetown. There is a mystery element to it, in the disappearance of a small town’s entire population. And there is the intrepid reporter acting as a bit of a detective and a bit … Continue reading
A hubcap diamond star halo
Post by @phb256 View on Mastodon The challenge for today’s Daily Create was to draw a T Rex. I considered attempting to sketch Marc Bolan, but liked the idea of a hubcap diamond star halo better. I also … Continue reading
Do you see what I hear
We had our first night of collaborative listening on ds106radio tonight with a small but active group. We listened to the tale of Limetown, and heard voices and background music used to great effect. What I find more interesting though … Continue reading
Tech Noir Talk
I fed our tech noir cast of characters to the two annoying podcast hosts from Notebook LM so that they could discuss how groups of them might work together. https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/01615d4d-37f2-4789-9bb1-43374db0b787/audio They spitball several ideas, none exceptionally creative, but maybe it … Continue reading
Top of the Tech Noir: week 3
Discoball GIFfrom Discoball GIFs The good: The votes are in, and here are the top posts of the past week in ds106:Tech Noir as selected by the class. Beyond the works themselves, what is impressive is the distribution of the … Continue reading
I suck at Photoshop
We had to to the worst photoshop job ever for today’s Daily Create. It occurred to me that the worst thing I could do would be to ask an AI to give me a bad photoshop job. But using that … Continue reading
Getting creative with the Daily Create
See other TDC responses at https://mastodon.social/tags/tdc4765 and https://social.ds106.us/tags/tdc4765 Wednesday’s Daily Create was an exemplary challenge. As I understood it, it said “I don’t know what to do with this thing. Make something and figure it out.” It would be cool … Continue reading
Our Cast of Characters
We have quite the Cast of Characters for TechNoir106. The lineup includes: anti-hero corporate samurai femme fatale gangster hacker hard-boiled detective innocent bystander powerful millionaire or politician from across time and space. Many people enjoyed the assignment, although there was … Continue reading
Always Be Commenting
Jim and I had a discussion on the wonders of blog commenting earlier, and the recording is above. Commenting really is the glue of ds106, what makes a collection of bloggers into a community of creativity. It’s how we inspire … Continue reading