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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Week Six ds106 top picks
We had seventeen posts picked for the best of week six, and they’re all winners. I especially like the variety of tools and approaches to video that people used. I hope everyone looks them over, because you can get a … Continue reading
How I made the news
Since Jim came up with the news assignment idea, I thought I’d try to mimic a newscast. I Googled “free news background animation” and “free news background music” to find suitable content. Then I recorded myself with a green screen … Continue reading
Hated in the nation, loved in the class
It’s not really surprising that so many video essays made the Best Of list, given the week’s assignment load. Even so, they are great efforts, demonstrating the fun that can be had through the close reading of media. You can … Continue reading
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