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Forming Michael Island
by Michael Walter January 10, 2013I want to pass something on when I die. Something I am known for. Stories are passed along for only so long, and I want something more concrete. So I have decided to form Michael Island. Its too expensive to … Continue reading → -
Spading America
by Michael Walter January 9, 2013I think that if you want a child you have to make a certain amount of money or have a job past 2 kids. Say you want a third kid you should have to have a combined income of 30000. … Continue reading → -
15 Month Goal
by Michael Walter January 7, 20131. try to masterbait 5 times in a day 2. get MBA by spring 3. pay off loans by next June -
Biggest Boss Move
by Michael Walter October 15, 2012Boss Status -
to get you started this week
by Michael Walter October 15, 2012Staying Alive -
Slickdeals
by Michael Walter October 10, 2012I fucking love slickdeals.com -
Things that are coming back part 1
by Michael Walter October 4, 2012Suspenders -
Lettuce
by Michael Walter October 3, 2012Lettuce is beyond a doubt one of the most useless foods out there. It brings absolutely nothing to the table besides wasting room in the mouth. I always prefer lettuce and I think it’s just out of habit. -
Ah smartphones
by Michael Walter October 2, 2012Call me an idiot. Call me a late mover but I am god damn in love with smartphones. The Samsung galaxy 3 is without a doubt the coolest phone for anyone who doesn’t strongly care about status. The Google version … Continue reading → -
Thinking More Positively
by Michael Walter August 18, 2012I am a large believer in positive thinking. If you think your days going to suck, its going to have to be pretty incredible for it not to suck, but if you wake up with a positive mind set, theres … Continue reading → -
Trading Future Earnings For An Education
by Michael Walter August 15, 2012I like this. This is a real investment. What if instead of having to pay for college, you could get it all paid for in return for 5% of your future gross earnings. This would allow you to better concentrate … Continue reading → -
Welcome Back
by Michael Walter July 17, 2012Welcome back Welcome back Welcome back….Yeahhhhhh Yeahhhhhh Yeahhhh. I’m back, after a bit of a hiatus, yours truly has decided to pull a Jesus. All the commentary and opinions that you’ve missed, oh it’s back. -
Daily Create May 4, 2012,
May the forth be with you Original 1: Instant Replay: -
Summarizing the Semester
by Michael Walter May 4, 2012Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people. Albert Einstein I hope you all enjoy my deep thoughts. I really came off as trying to sound intelligent, but I do think that it was … Continue reading → -
Ken Machande Final Class Video
by Michael Walter May 4, 2012This video is of Ken Machande’s cost accounting class. I think it is very important to show videos of classes that people may interpret as boring because hopefully these videos can show that there is more than meets the eyes, … Continue reading → -
Dave Henderson Final Project Video
by Michael Walter May 4, 2012This is the third of my final project videos. It is of Professor Henderson, who is one of the more recent professors. He is an extremely interesting guy, and a first year professor. I think we have many great things … Continue reading → -
Personal Cyberinfrastructure
by Michael Walter May 4, 2012Would I be mad if someone took my exact words and pretended they were their own? Damn right I would. If someone would simply put quotations around my exact words would I be mad? No, I would be flatted that … Continue reading → -
Final Project Update
by Michael Walter May 2, 2012Now I was hoping to have at least 5 teach videos, but I never had any ideas that teachers were so afraid to be on camera. It is as if they are afraid to lose their jobs, or that they … Continue reading → -
Does Water have a taste?
by Michael Walter April 24, 2012Does water have a taste? Yes or no? Let me know folks. -
Final Project Update
by Michael Walter April 24, 2012This is just a small taste of what to expect for my final project. I am going to attempt to at least do three teachers classes, and maybe if I don’t have time to finish it, a future ds106 student … Continue reading → -
New Final Project
by Michael Walter April 18, 2012In a previous post, I talked about how my final was going to be comparing the Great Lives lecture class to ds106. One was a class that brought in distinguished lecturers and ds106, the epitome of the future for information … Continue reading → -
Ever wonder how much your teacher or administrator gets paid?
by Michael Walter April 17, 2012Teacher and Administration Salaries -
Website Wills: what happens to your facebook when you die?
by Michael Walter April 17, 2012You are going to die. What happens is generally written in a will, and than given to your family. But, what about your internet life. What about you World of Warcraft account that people spend endless 20 hour sessions on? … Continue reading → -
History of the Na Na Na’s
The Assignment: Take clips from different songs and mash them up into something fun. This we did in class, and we tried to really cut down only on the na na na parts. We tried to go through different cultures … Continue reading → -
Last Samurai criss crossed with Mulan
Assignment: Take your favorite movie trailer and mash it up with a different trailer to completely change the meaning of the original trailer. For example, if you have a funny movie trailer, give it the sound of a terrifying movie; … Continue reading → -
The Toy Story Series (mashup of Toy Story 1,2,3)
Assignment: Make a movie trailer by taking a trilogy, or any series of movies (LOTR, Saw, Final Destination etc.) and combine scenes from all the trailers to make one trailer… Now I love LOTR and Harry Potter but those movies … Continue reading → -
I’ve been Everywhere
Pick a song that has geographic references (or heck ,make up the references), and create a Google Map that has the locations along with media for each pin in the map. Mash it up with the audio or video of … Continue reading → -
The Start of Programming
by Michael Walter April 9, 2012Now i’m not a programmer now, but this brings back sooooooo many memories The turtle game! which originally was a robotic creature that was placed on the floor and could be programmed to move around in certain patterns. In more … Continue reading → -
Morgan Freeman 5 Movies
5 Movies, 5 Morgan Freeman Awesome Assignment: Create a five second video of one archetype from five different movies cutting together one second of each.
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