Writing Assignment
Daily Shoot Haiku By, Kevin Boilard Boy, I am hungry. Let’s see what is in the fridge. Nothing, like always.
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Emily Dickinson: Comedy Version!
Okay, so everyone knows that Emily Dickinson’s poems are all rather dark, dismal, and depressing. After reading Chris Randles’ Overly-Dramatic Reading assignment posted under Audio assignments, I had the idea to read Emily Dickinson’s “There’s Been A Death In The … Continue reading → -
Advise
Dear future 106er: Welcome to ds106, prepare yourself for one hell of a ride. I took this class online rather than face-to-face so I would assume my letter applies more to the former than the latter. Well, if you are … Continue reading → -
Fandom Assignment
I used to love the Ziggy cartoons in the sunday paper every week. I decided to find some Ziggy cartoons in google images and i found a couple that I would be able to change the dialogue. One of which … Continue reading → -
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FINAL PROJECT!!
FINAL PROJECT IS COMPLETE!!! Check it out I hope you enjoy! ds106rap Lyrics CHORUS Wake up kids it’s time for your classes Hop outta bed and put on your glasses but don’t leave your room because the fact is ds106 … Continue reading → -
El Mashup
Alright so I finished my mashup a little early. This turned out way better than I expected it to sound when I originally did it so i hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. I tried to … Continue reading → -
Final Project Update #3
Lyrics are complete! the song looks to be about 2:45. I’m working on memorizing the words so it doesn’t sound like i’m reading them off. i tweaked the instrumental a bit. expect for the final ds106rap to be recorded and … Continue reading → -
My Favorite Mashup
Well, if you’ve gone to a college party lately then you’ve probably heard dubstep before. For those of you who don’t know what dubstep is, it’s an emerging genre of electronic dance music that originated in London. It usually has … Continue reading → -
Final Project Update #2
To keep everyone updated on my final project (and the much anticipated) DS106RAP I thought i’d let everyone know how the progress of the song is coming along. As of right now I have completed the instrumentals. To answer Jim … Continue reading → -
Video Essay Assignment
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Remixes and Mashups
After reading Melanie Mcbride’s post about remixes I’m still not completely sold on them. I do agree with her that they take a lot of time and hard work to create. They also require a great deal of skill and … Continue reading → -
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Final Project Update #1
I picked out a loop that i want to use for the beat of my rap that i’m doing for my final project. i used two different beats so far (one for the chorus and one for the verses) and … Continue reading → -
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ds106 Final Project
ok, so i’ve been doing quite a bit of brainstorming over the past couple weeks about what i want to do for my final project. I think that my favorite portion of the class was the audio segment. i’m really … Continue reading → -
My Short Sound Effects Story
hey everybody, since a picture is supposedly worth 1000 words i didn’t find it too hard to create a story using photographs. however, how many words is a sound worth? i would assume not as many because i had a … Continue reading → -
My Favorite Post (By Me)
looking back on the daily shoot assignments one picture keeps coming to mind as my best photograph. bare in mind i don’t own a camera so all my photographs are done with my webcam. well, hope you enjoy it anyway! … Continue reading → -
My Favorite Posts (By Others)
With the visaul and design portion of the class wrapping up here are some of my favorite photographs i saw that were turned in for the daily shoot! beautiful work, everyone! Photo 1 from: http://liriopeandmythology.com/ Photo 2 by, colin.maximized Photo … Continue reading → -
Design Assignment: The Big Caption
For my Design Assignment I decided to do “The Big Caption” assignment by, Tim Owens. I found this picture on the website that was given (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture). Do you like the caption I made for it? OUCH! -
Question
I’m having trouble putting links into my posts. Can anyone help me? -
Buddy Photos Assignment
by kevin boilard February 9, 2011Description: Find a little figurine or a stuffed animal that you can carry around with you. Use that “buddy”; and take photos to document where you have gone together. ie: going out to lunch, going to the movies, etc. Hey, … Continue reading → -
My First 5 Card Flickr Story
Five Card Story: A Day In The Life Of Kevin Boilard a Five Card Flickr story created by kboilard flickr photo by cogdogblog flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by jjbirder what … Continue reading → -
UMW’s Own Jimmy Ford: Rap King
by kevin boilard February 4, 201120 year old sophomore, Jimmy Ford, is an up and coming rapper from Woodbridge, VA. He debuted in 2009, releasing a mixtape as a rap duo named Brofest with Dylan Fant aka DJ Fantastic. Fant mostly created and mixed the … Continue reading → -
Torres to Chelsea?
by kevin boilard February 3, 2011I’m pissed. Liverpool is my team in EA Sport’s FIFA 2011 and Stephen Gerrard can’t rip G’s from midfield all day! Who’s gonna score 98% of my goals now? ..Thoughts? -
Pet Story
by kevin boilard February 1, 2011This weekend i had a new pet for a couple hours. why only a couple hours? turns out a duck would much rather be in a pond with a bunch of other ducks than in a house with a bunch … Continue reading → -
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Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Thoughts
Wow! we are living in a totally new age world. reading about web 2.0 was fascinating and really got me excited for this class (not like i wasn’t before!) and the future of the web in general. I found the … Continue reading → -
Plugin installations report
Hey guys, i’m a little late to the party with this post but i wanted to make sure i got it done. installing the plugins went pretty smooth for me however i don’t really understand what they do. especially the … Continue reading →
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