Where you AT?

Where you AT?

by paul bond

| aggressive technologies, AI106, ds106, Syndicated
February 10, 2024

I was just thinking about the variety of ways our ds106 Cast of Characters might interact or intersect with Aggressive Technologies. At least two of them work there. That’s a very direct connection. The cast includes several different categories: Mad … Continue reading ?
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Aggressive little technologies

by paul bond

| aggressive technologies, AI106, ds106, Syndicated
February 9, 2024

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 ?
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Wasp’s Nest

by Downes

| 2024366, Syndicated
February 9, 2024

February 9, 2024. The is a wasp's nest from last summer in a tree in the neighbour's yard (taken with my new 600mm lens). White sky and medium light. Even though I put out more seed the birds stayed away this afternoon (it's warm and melting so they'r...
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Weeks Five and Six: Reading movies, making movies

by paul bond

| # weeklyassignments, AI106, ds106, Syndicated
February 9, 2024

“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 ?
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A Few Things Made Via The DS106 Daily Create

by dogtrax

| ds106, Syndicated
February 9, 2024

Just gathering some odds and ends from some recent Daily Creates. Peace (and sharing), Kevin
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Green’s Creek

by Downes

| 2024366, burr, Syndicated, trunk
February 8, 2024

February 8, 2024. Over lunch today I checked out Green's Creek, an area of the Green Belt I have explored before, with an eye to hiking there on the week-end. The site looks nice, but it was very slippery with the recent thaw and freeze. It was anothe...
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Congratulations to Everyone Who Completed Bloganuary 2024!

by @incbesh

| Bloganuary, blogging, Syndicated
February 8, 2024

Bloganuary 2024 by the numbers.
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Julia

by Downes

| 2024366, cat, Syndicated
February 7, 2024

February 7, 2024. This is Julia, not only one of our cats, she's also the first daily photo to be shot with my new 600mm lens. Yes, I finally picked it up today. Also: a full day in the office working on context stuff. https://flic.kr/p/2pwWiD8
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“My mind is exploding with sound”

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
February 7, 2024

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 valuable … Continue reading ?
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Frozen Nation

by Downes

| 2024366, casselman, farm, frozen, ontario, river, Syndicated, winter
February 6, 2024

February 6, 2024. This is the Nation River about 5 km from Casselman. I stopped to get a photo while dropping Andrea off at the dentist. Today was mostly a recovery day, catching up on email that had accumulated during our short trip to Quebec City an...
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Is Potato

by Downes

| 2024366, potato, Syndicated
February 5, 2024

February 5, 2024. It's an odd potato from this week's Odd Bunch shipment. This week's was even better than last week's, even though it was outside for a couple of days - we got strawberries, a melon, avocados, parsley, and much much more, including th...
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DGST 395: Week 3 Summary

by @aliboo1432

| Digital Storytelling Spring 2022, Syndicated
February 5, 2024

In the third week of the semester I learned a lot of information by experimenting with older software and HTML for my subdomain. An interesting topic we covered in class was Geocities. Geocities was a website that allowed people to create and publish software for free. Geocities shut down in 2009 and is now known...
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Chateau Frontinac

by Downes

| 2024366, carnival, chateau, québec, Syndicated, winter
February 4, 2024

February 4, 2024. We had another fun day at the Carnival today, walking 7 kilometres around Quebec City (including up the escarpment after the funicular stopped running. This is the classic photo of the Chateau in the same style taken by thousands of ...
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So, what did we learn?

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, Syndicated, this week in ds106
February 4, 2024

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 ?
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Photo Practice February 4th, 2024. New Camera skills…

by @carrie_vogel

| family, having fun, Just for Fun, Mashup/ Remix, my boys, new camera, photography, photoshoot, Syndicated, testing the settings
February 4, 2024

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DS106RADIO bumper – spoken by Dr Oblivion

by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

| AI106, amidoinitrite, bumper, can't live without my radio, Dr. Oblivion, ds106, ds106 radio, ds106radio, radiobumper, station id, Syndicated
February 4, 2024

When I say I’m in love with #DS106RADIO, you better believeI mean I’m in love with #DS106RADIO. L-U-V. You know, #DS106RADIO is the radio station I’m going to marry. I hope. Because of this giant-sized love, I’m super stoked to learn that #DS106RADIO features as part of Week Four: The sound of science activities for […]
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Claudia Bouvette

by Downes

| 2024366, carnival, claudiabouvette, concert, québec, Syndicated, winter
February 3, 2024

February 3, 2024. This is Claudia Bouvette in concert a the Quebec Carnival. Easily the coldest concert we've ever been to. We spent the day enjoying Carnival. https://flic.kr/p/2pwhk8Y
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Nethermind

by dogtrax

| ds106, Syndicated
February 3, 2024

This was my response to the DS106 Daily Create prompt yesterday, about naming that time between sleep and wakefulness. I often wake with snippets of song lyrics in my mind. (I had submitted the prompt after reading an interest post of sharing by someo...
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What’s in your bag?

by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

| AI106, amidoinitrite, AssignmentIdea, bag, bag man, crumpler, ds106, satchel, Syndicated, The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape, visualassignments, visualassignments1556
February 2, 2024

Your purse, bag, packpack, murse, whatever, is your constant companion throughout your adult life. What are the essentials in your bag that get you through the day? Take a picture of the items and detail each of them with a description. Here’s my everyday carry. Emptying out my bag and placing all the essential items … Continue reading What’s in your bag? ?
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Quebec Carnival

by Downes

| 2024366, bonhomme, carnival, québec, Syndicated
February 2, 2024

February 2, 2024. We spent the day driving to Quebec City today for the opening on Quebec Carnival. Though it's a Canadian institution, this is the first time we've even been to it. We got out passes this evening and retreated to the hotel in the face...
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Wittgenstein

by Downes

| 2024366, Syndicated
February 1, 2024

February 1, 2024. These are some of my Wittgenstein books on the shelf in my office. I think about them often, partially for the ideas, and partially for who Wittgenstein was. He is the one I think about when I ask myself what sort of philosopher I sh...
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Tuna Time

by Downes

| 2024366, cats, Syndicated
January 31, 2024

January 31, 2024. Lunch time at the home office. These two know what that means: it's time for a tuna treat. That's Julia on the left, more reserved and skittish, and Emma on the right, eager, energetic, and ready to pounce. Most of my focus was on my...
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Bringing You a Faster, More Secure Web: HTTP/3 Is Now Enabled for All Automattic Services

by @Sheefa_ahmed

| Automattic, HTTP3, Syndicated, WordPress, WordPress.com
January 31, 2024

HTTP/3 promises performance enhancements like reduced latency, increased reliability, and improved security for users.
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Ganesh

by Downes

| 2024366, ganesh, Syndicated
January 30, 2024

January 30, 2024. This is a statue of Ganesh in my home office, a reminder of my visit to India in 2012. The helmet is a souvenir from an Argos football game in 2014. Practising with my 50mm lens (the lens cap arrived today). Way too much iso but at l...
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“Picture yourself in a boat on a river”

by paul bond

| AI106, AssignmentIdea, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments42
January 30, 2024

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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Colour in a Classic

by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

| AI106, amidoinitrite, colour in a classic, ds106, Syndicated, tdc, tdc4399
January 30, 2024

Google are currently offering a Colouring Book Experiment. Choose one and colour it in. Share the results with us. Be adventurous! https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4399/ For #tdc4399 I tried to go all Warhol-esque with my coloured-in classic of The Water...
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The Railway Bridge

by Downes

| 2024366, Syndicated
January 29, 2024

January 29, 2024. This is the railway bridge through Casselman, as seen today on my daily walk ('daily', like 'AI', is more aspirational than real, but I persist in trying). This view is, of course, completely obscured in summer. Back with the 24-200 ...
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DGST 395: Week 2 Summary

by @aliboo1432

| Applied Digital Studies: Spring 2024, Syndicated
January 28, 2024

The term “metaverse” was something that I heard a couple of times before this course, but this week helped me expand my knowledge on the topic. While my table and I were discussing different software that fall into the category of metaverse, we stumbled upon an interesting conversation. Before discussing various parts of the metaverse,...
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Week 2: That’s a rap

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, Syndicated, this week in ds106
January 28, 2024

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 ?
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Got Glitch?

by paul bond

| AI106, cccccc, Dr. Oblivion, ds106, Syndicated
January 28, 2024

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 ?
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