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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Raiders of the lost loo roll
At this point I’m pretty sick of toilet paper jokes. I much prefer Jim Luke’s explanation of the issue, as it makes me feel like I learned something. Today’s Daily Create was a simple challenge, so simple that the real … Continue reading
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@ds106dc #tdc2997 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is: https://t.co/SGTy2i7r1LJohnnybag the Superglue Jake la BotzSpider Web, Pt. 1 The Budos BandOpen Up Your Heart Chuck ProphetCall That Gone North Mississippi AllstarsTrampled Rose Carolina Chocolate Drops — paul bond (@phb256) … Continue reading
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I thought I’d do my own video analysis, using a scene from Spike Lee’s 80s classic, Do the Right Thing. I guess I’m looking at it more as an artist than a film scholar, but that’s my background. An interesting … Continue reading
Looking ahead
We have a lot of great thoughts looking forward to final projects. I recommend that everyone look over each other’s thoughts. Maybe you’ll find ideas you can use. Maybe you’ll have ideas to share. Several people are on similar wavelengths. … Continue reading
Booger panic
So I left work Friday because I wasn’t feeling well. It ended up just being a common cold, but I played it safe and put myself under quarantine. It’s complicated by allergies, so I still get an occasional sneezing fit. … Continue reading
Show and tell with Nyarlathotep
There is a storytelling principle of “show, don’t tell.” So one might say: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air instead of “I was driving through the desert … Continue reading
How not to choose a design assignment
So I told myself: I’ll do a design assignment. I’ll click the random button and do whichever on it gives me. So what do I get? The Spreadsheet Invasion. What the heck should I do with that? And how the … Continue reading
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Sounding off on the radio
We came up with many great radio show ideas this past week. You can see them all at the link, at least the ones that were tagged properly. A number of people mentioned fashion as a topic. This poses a … Continue reading
Inverted synesthesia
For today’s Daily Create, I did a most obvious thing and typed ds106 in the synesthesia generator. Being most oblivious, I failed to notice that @NomadWarMachine did that in the assignment prompt. I didn’t like the color combination though, so … Continue reading
The Sounds of Science
We’ve had three great evenings of live tweeting ds106radio. The point of this was to analyze, together, how sounds can paint pictures and drive stories. My favorite thing about this exercise is that the idea for it came from a … Continue reading