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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Aggressive little technologies
So I wanted to play with the idea of Aggressive Technologies a little. I came up with a logo, using a font from Da Font and a silhouette of a war hammer. I should have noted which font I used, … Continue reading
Weeks Five and Six: Reading movies, making movies
“Cheers, I guess,” says Dr. Oblivion as he introduces the video segment of ds106. Snarky Dr. Oblivion comes first, letting you know that video, done well, is not easy, but good Dr. Oblivion follows to let you know it’s worth … Continue reading
“My mind is exploding with sound”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wo7syQ6KDs On Monday and Tuesday nights we listened to the BBC adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep on ds106radio. We had great participation on Monday, and only one person showed up on Tuesday, but there were still many … Continue reading
So, what did we learn?
In working through the Middlebury assignment and visual and design assignment from the Assignment Bank, a few lessons and a few questions become apparent. We found pros and cons to AI image generators. Can we call what AI produces design? … Continue reading
“Picture yourself in a boat on a river”
I wanted to do a random visual assignment, so I sorted the entries in the section from old to new and picked one from the first page, the One Shot assignment. To make it AI-related I decided to get a … Continue reading
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Week 2: That’s a rap
I was curious to see how people would respond to The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. It seems most people didn’t hate it as much as I did. To each his own dystopia, as they say. Still, my hope is that we can … Continue reading
Got Glitch?
We’ve all met good Dr.Oblivion and snarky Dr. Oblivion, hopefully. There’s also crazy Dr. Oblivion, who finally showed up for me. phb256a · Glitchblogging Oh, reflective blogging, how truly revolutionary and life-changing I can barely contain my excitement. Well, students, … Continue reading
There goes my chance at a Grammy…
phb256a · Oblivion – Tyler2 One of my ambitions for this course is to have a Dr. Oblivion’s Greatest Hits album up on Bandcamp by the end. So it was fortuitous that Tyler produced some rhymes this week. The first … Continue reading
The other side of techno-optimism
In The Techno-Optimist Manifesto, Andreessen puts forward a story about the relationships between humanity and technologies. We should consider his perspective, and what he highlights and what he ignores. He says, “We believe [technology] is the story of the material … Continue reading
Week 1 wrap-up: Salutations!
phb256a · Oblivion Encouragement1 We made it through the first week of ds106, with struggles and triumphs. I thought I might try to put together a few quick thoughts. I was happy with the variety of films people chose to … Continue reading