It’s been a real trip going through the DS106 BootCamp. In a mere matter of days, I have: 1) Set up a Tumblr blog – because some quick research showed most people though Tumblr the most difficult blogging platform to master, and I always like a good challenge. 2) Decided I hate the Tumblr dashboard, but […]

So I have two original gifs to my name. Now what? As I’m fast discovering, there’s a method to the madness of DS106. Unit 1 had kicked off a discourse on ‘What is Art’ and the concept of A Personal CyberInfrastructure (my thoughts on this to follow) to create art and express oneself through; the […]

My 2nd attempt was a far less ambitious one than the first yet was very much more focused. I wanted to achieve 2 things, to capture my nephew in some characteristic action and to yield some laughs from the family. Attempt 2: Nephew’s Flying Kiss I coaxed the little bugger to do a flying kiss […]

DS106 Task: Create an animated GIF I hadn’t before given much thought to the animated gifs that have passed through my mailbox, chat groups, or favourite sites. The most recent ones that stand out in my memory is perhaps the recounting of Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance – each offensive twerk, tongue twitch, dry hump – […]

Rules for creating, teaching, learning, a photo by hsemay on Flickr.

And an attempt at embedding a video in a post

Except a couple of weeks, a whole lot of frustration, and a probably a confirmation on a sneaking suspicion that I may be too old for this shit.