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Get into the car | We’ll be the passenger

Posted on November 17, 2022 by phb256

I had planned to try to blog these elements together, but instead made this audio mashup. I’m guessing it’s even less comprehensible than if I tried to connect the ideas in text, but on the bright side it has Iggy … Continue reading →

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Trollin’, trollin’, trollin’

Posted on November 10, 2022 by phb256

Who’s trolling who? I was reading more of The Passenger this morning, and on page 195 one of the hallucinatory ‘horts spouted the classic line from Airplane. So you know what I had to do. The face swap doesn’t quite … Continue reading →

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Firefly, can you see me? || Shine on, glowing, brief and brightly

Posted on November 9, 2022 by phb256

I’m not sure where I’m going with any of this. Maybe nowhere. Maybe this is a relevant quote: “To the seasoned traveler a destination is at best a rumor.” (p. 56) Continuing my musings on McCarthy’s latest novel, I’m wondering … Continue reading →

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“Paradise is exactly like where you are right now”

Posted on November 6, 2022 by phb256

I thought of this song when I was reading The Kekulé Problem the other day. In it, McCarthy recalls, I suggested once in conversation at the Santa Fe Institute that language had acted very much like a parasitic invasion and … Continue reading →

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Keep on walking

Posted on October 14, 2022 by phb256

So I made a few more Walk of Life edits: That worked nicely, I think. It almost seems appropriate, so I figured I should try a different track: That’s probably longer than it needs to be, or maybe it just … Continue reading →

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The Notorious W.O.L.

Posted on October 13, 2022 by phb256

Yesterday a conversation popped up in my Twitter stream You’ve undoubtedly come across this, but just in case https://t.co/oJfgdLiUqh — Martin Weller (@mweller) October 12, 2022 which introduced me to the Walk of Life Project. The hypothesis stated on the … Continue reading →

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Webscribing

Posted on September 30, 2022 by phb256

Some people like listening to video and podcast recordings of talks, and some prefer transcripts. Unfortunately they’re not always available. One thing I’ve done in the past is upload to Youtube and let them generate a transcript. The quality is … Continue reading →

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Casting shadows

Posted on September 9, 2022 by phb256

Today’s TDC asked us to make shadow art. Naturally my first thought was of The Shadow, but I didn’t want to just find an illustration on the web. Then it occurred to me to make audio art, of sorts. I … Continue reading →

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“Trapped In a World He Never Made”

Posted on August 9, 2022 by phb256

@ds106dc #tdc3862 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is This is how Howard would do it. pic.twitter.com/xkKTJgpIuS — paul bond (@phb256) August 9, 2022 I only vaguely remember Peter and the Wolf, the subject of today’s Daily Create, from … Continue reading →

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11 year old tutorial FTW!

Posted on July 29, 2022 by phb256

I have a few collections of PDF files that need to be put on microfilm for long-term preservation. For the microfilm to be useable, the documents would need to be in chronological order. That’s a bit of a problem because … Continue reading →

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