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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Roadrunner ranch
For today’s Daily Create we had to make a sign for our ranch, as named by the Farm Name Generator. Mine came up with Roadrunner Vineyard, which was too easy to pass up. I went to the Noun Project to … Continue reading
Dr. Roadrunner or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Daily Create
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
Letter from Lago
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
The Good, the Bad, and the Oblivion
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
Dang’d spot
For today’s Daily Create, we had to do cowboy Shakespeare: #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1486 Y’all bein’ or y’all not being’, that’s my ask https://t.co/9HzMpCIDXf pic.twitter.com/JF4D3GTE2v — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) February 2, 2016 My better half suggested using Lady Macbeth’s famous … Continue reading
Give me a ticket for an Inclined Plane…
For today’s Daily Create, we were supposed to “Take a photo of a historical site in your neighborhood.” I was running late this morning, so I didn’t get a chance to take pictures before I left my neighborhood, but I … Continue reading
Beware of Dancing Cowboys
A Metafilter post on a history of GIFs made me think of those animated ads from LowerMyBills.com that were floating around the web ten years ago or so. So when I saw today’s Daily Create, I knew what had to … Continue reading
A family of reds
The red in the chevron, and the coat it’s on, came from my father when he was in the Marines. The pin on the lapel is from his sister/my aunt, a souvenir of her trip to the Soviet Union back … Continue reading
Face West
Now stand in the place where you work Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven’t before R.E.M. Stand Today’s Daily Create said to “Look West, young man!” #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1445 Get out your … Continue reading
Of tweets and tentacles
I saw this tweet from ds106 master Bill Genereux: Ok, today’s #dailycreate is a lot of fun. If you’re in #ds106 you might want to do this one. http://t.co/mHaU1eYylb — Bill Genereux (@billgx) August 29, 2015 and this image on … Continue reading