Tabletop Games
I chose to do this assignment: Common Everyday Object. The point was to manipulate the colors in the picture. As far as the process goes: I had to figure out what I was going to use. While I tossed a few … Continue reading →
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XIX-And On A Personal Note….
by Sean Clancy March 18, 2012I just realized that I’m racing against time (14 minutes and counting) in order to write this blog assignment before the section deadline. But I just wanted to share a personal anecdote about the human side of the internet, and an example of how things can go horribly wrong. But of course I will have ...
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XIX-And On A Personal Note….
by Sean Clancy March 18, 2012I just realized that I’m racing against time (14 minutes and counting) in order to write this blog assignment before the section deadline. But I just wanted to share a personal anecdote about the human side of the internet, and an example of how things can go horribly wrong. But of course I will have ... -
Police Beat
Link to the assignment: Police Beat Assignment: Essentially, identify an innocent seeming song that advocates some odd/criminal behavior and reformat it as a police report style article. My example based on “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” is below. Process: EIFFEL 65: BLUE (DA BA DEE) Story: MARCH 10TH, 2012 Acclaimed Italian eurodance group, Eiffel 65 ...
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XVIII-Gettin’ Topical
by Sean Clancy March 18, 2012So recently I gave my presentation for this section of the course. It was about this article, and for those unwilling to go read it, basically it’s a blog written in reaction to another blog. One guy blogged for Wired, floating ideas about the dreadful consequences of Syria having a chemcial weapons stockpile (if it fell ...
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XVIII-Gettin’ Topical
by Sean Clancy March 18, 2012So recently I gave my presentation for this section of the course. It was about this article, and for those unwilling to go read it, basically it’s a blog written in reaction to another blog. One guy blogged for Wired, floating ideas about the dreadful consequences of Syria having a chemcial weapons stockpile (if it fell ... -
Google Maps Story
Linke to the assignment: Google Maps Story Assignment: Use Google Maps to tell a story! It can be the story of a trip you took, a trip you would like to take, a strange occurrence, a war, anything you like! The only rules are that you have to use Google Maps proper in order to tell ...
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Our Ignorance about Copyright Infringement
“With its library of millions of video clips and simple embedding tools, it is easier than ever to display video on your site or blog, including videos that might be infringing.” Copyright Risks in Embedding YouTube Clips (& Copyright and … Continue reading →
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US Politics on the Internet
A growing trend in US politics is the utilization of the internet as another platform for propaganda. Seen above …
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Police Beat
Link to the assignment: Police Beat Assignment: Essentially, identify an innocent seeming song that advocates some odd/criminal behavior and reformat it as a police report style article. My example based on “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” is below. Process: EIFFEL 65: BLUE (DA BA DEE) Story: MARCH 10TH, 2012 Acclaimed Italian eurodance group, Eiffel 65 […] -
Bang!
Nothing like seeing a fiery explosion in the middle of the night accompanied by an earsplitting sound to liven things up, don’t you agree? If not, it might pain you to find out that, historically speaking, many cultures have embraced the use of fireworks to celebrate their most memorable occasions. Taken from Wikipedia, “The earliest […]
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What I’ve Learned So Far…
I know that this class hasn’t ended yet but I thought I could list down some of the things I learnt that was important. 1. I learnt how to use Gimp. Before using Gimp, I used Paint and Picnik, an online picture editing website. I could edit pictures but it was really limited. By learning ...
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Stuxnet
I read the article about Stuxnet virus and what it did to Iran’s Nuclear Power Plant. Adam wrote about this for his presentation. After reading the article on the fox news website, I thought to myself what if this happened to all the nuclear power plants in the United states. Now I am not sad about […]
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One Story / Four Icons
Link to assignment: One Story Four Icons Assignment: This idea was first suggested by Tom Woodward and has been a long standing popular ds106 assignment, but mis-filed in the Visual Assignments category (see the 80+ examples done there). This is really a design task, so hang ‘em here from now on. The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, ...
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Google Maps Story
Linke to the assignment: Google Maps Story Assignment: Use Google Maps to tell a story! It can be the story of a trip you took, a trip you would like to take, a strange occurrence, a war, anything you like! The only rules are that you have to use Google Maps proper in order to tell […] -
Mashedup Children’s Book
The Assignment Today, I decided to do an assignment from the Mashup Assignments called Mashedup Children’s Book by Jim Groom!! The directions read: Mashup a children’s book based on another cultural artifact. For example, framing Dr. Who as a children’s book in the aesthetic of a Dr. Suess’s work. The Process I decided to make ...
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Response to Rodnie’s “Hire a Hacker Now!!”
by lei187 March 18, 2012This is in response to Rodnie’s presentation “Hire a Hacker Now!!” Link to his presentation / write-up: here Rodnie’s presentation covered the topic of “Hackers” on the internet. There are several sites that offer Hacking services in exchange for money. These include (but are not limited to): acquiring email passwords, shutting down websites, etc. Services ...
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Troubles of going back home
So I just recently realized that we are already half wa […]
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Our Ignorance about Copyright Infringement
“With its library of millions of video clips and simple embedding tools, it is easier than ever to display video on your site or blog, including videos that might be infringing.” Copyright Risks in Embedding YouTube Clips (& Copyright and … Continue reading → -
Five easy ways to reform copyright laws
by lei187 March 18, 2012“Now that SOPA’s dead, five easy ways to reform copyright laws” Link to article: here This is an article from another “topic” that i dissect. It deals with copyright laws, and how the United States can improve it’s laws in order to make the basis of copyright more fair for the end users. In the ...
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Is he married?
This writting assignment was to take a picture and write about the emotional significance it has in your life for ds106. I chose to take a picture of the ring I wear around my neck. The gold ring was forged for my great grandfather and passed down through out the years. I wear it in […]
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Ghost Opera.
FanFic Assignment: FacFic Picture This is a fanfiction assignment which you “take the name or title of your favorite band, song, movie, or tv show and display it in the form of photography”. The image you create needs to somehow … Continue reading →
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Optical Illusion
For this assignment we needed to share a picture of an optical illusion. This Is a picture of an optical illusion i created using red tape in this hallway. My idea was to create a red slit down the hallway that was one continuous line. Red is just a good color to exaggerate against the […]
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US Politics on the Internet
A growing trend in US politics is the utilization of the internet as another platform for propaganda. Seen above … -
ds106 Assignment – Celeb Mashup!
I meant to put this one up last night as well but I for […]
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One Story / Four Icons
Link to assignment: One Story Four Icons Assignment: This idea was first suggested by Tom Woodward and has been a long standing popular ds106 assignment, but mis-filed in the Visual Assignments category (see the 80+ examples done there). This is really a design task, so hang ‘em here from now on. The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, […] -
Response to Rodnie’s “Hire a Hacker Now!!”
This is in response to Rodnie’s presentation “Hire a Hacker Now!!” Link to his presentation / write-up: here Rodnie’s presentation covered the topic of “Hackers” on the internet. There are several sites that offer Hacking services in exchange for money. These include (but are not limited to): acquiring email passwords, shutting down websites, etc. Services […] -
Five easy ways to reform copyright laws
“Now that SOPA’s dead, five easy ways to reform copyright laws” Link to article: here This is an article from another “topic” that i dissect. It deals with copyright laws, and how the United States can improve it’s laws in order to make the basis of copyright more fair for the end users. In the […] -
Ghost Opera.
FanFic Assignment: FacFic Picture This is a fanfiction assignment which you “take the name or title of your favorite band, song, movie, or tv show and display it in the form of photography”. The image you create needs to somehow … Continue reading → -
Remodeling for a Tastier Experience!
The Assignment: Revamp your WordPress Banner. The Process: I first gathered six photos I have taken of dishes I’ve eaten. …
