Am I still an edu-blogger?

Am I still an edu-blogger?

by blamb

| Syndicated
June 25, 2011

Identity Crisis Much? shared CC by bxho I work at a university. I feel truly fortunate to have such a rewarding and stimulating job. I get blissfully lost thinking about the interconnections between knowledge, ignorance, media, culture, power and freedom … Continue reading →
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Burn!

by blamb

| Syndicated
June 21, 2011

untitled shared CC by Foxtongue Gaston Gordillo goes deep: The Vancouver riots were a moment of rupture of the sanitized image that our local elites cultivate about Vancouver The Beautiful as a global brand. The corporate media lost control of … Continue reading →
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Is UBC “too Asian”? Let’s sing and find out.

by blamb

| Syndicated
February 2, 2011

Race is often a delicate subject, so when Macleans magazine published an article asking if some Canadian universities (including the one I work for) might be “Too Asian?”, the controversy that resulted was somewhat predictable. What was less predictable was … Continue reading →
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Radio!

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 24, 2011

I’m one of many people having a blast listening to and helping to program Radio ds106 (widget on the sidebar)… While at first glance it is something that seems superfluous and even gratuitous (“…a course with its own radio station?”) … Continue reading →
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What is it like to take #ds106?

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 19, 2011

Echo Park Time Travel Mart shared CC by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid (laughingsquid.com) What Is It Like to Take #ds106?
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Bags of Gold

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 18, 2011

I am looking forward to seeing what form these words will take next… — Jabiz Raisdana We ripped this off on the improvised first take, fueled by @draggin’s awesome Ukrainian cuisine, @keiramc’s homebrewed ale, and not only did @grantpotter lead … Continue reading →
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Great Animated GIFs of Science

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 17, 2011

This little looping movie of a sinuous nematode seems nearly the perfect marriage of format and subject: the winking, primitive, robust genre of the animated GIF; an ancient, simple, vermiform specimen of multicellular life. It’s as if C. elegans had … Continue reading →
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In a gif-fy

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 14, 2011

A few more animated gifs (below the jump)… these ones made using a combination of – MPEG Streamclip and ImageJ applications, a couple great freeware tools via Grant that have both proven to be very useful. I still haven’t figured …
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Culture is not your friend

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 14, 2011

Every time Jim or some other #ds106 denizen says “let’s make some art, dammit”, I think of this video rant from the late Terence McKenna: How do we fight back?
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A slice of a living abjection

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 13, 2011

Here’s my assigned introductory video for ds106. I gotta admit, I’ve been pretty busy and the week has gotten away from me, so I just hit the record button and let ‘er rip. Just a few representative moments of what …
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Prodded by shame

by blamb

| Syndicated
January 13, 2011

Jim Groom and the author in happier, more depraved times shared CC by D’Arcy Norman There’s a simple explanation why I’ve started this space up: I’ve been informed that my participation in ds106 is contingent on doing so. And a …
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Ashamed to say…

by blamb

| Syndicated
December 14, 2010

That this is the first animated .gif I have ever created. Does anyone recognise this essence-capturing scene from one of my favorite movies? That was done with the help of Jabiz Raisdana’s post. Now, if only I can figure out … Continue reading →
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