This week has been all about stories for me. It started with a post about storytelling told in the form of a story. I was shocked at how much attention that post received, and found the requirement to solicit at least five comments on a post completed before I’d had time to process how I ...

Here’s my Five Card Story a The Daily Create story flickr photo by Mama Crystal 84 flickr photo by l mccoon flickr photo by LyndseyLu flickr photo by cogdogblog flickr photo by wwnorm   I had to play about four rounds before I was satisfied with what I’d created. It strikes me as interesting that ...

No. Just no. You really want me to pick out a single assignment from the repository to blog about? You ds106 professors are cruel and capricious gods (drill instructors?) but fine. FINE. I will comply, if only because you continue to dangle the proverbial carrot of my grade before me. Also because I signed up ...

Kurt Vonnegut’s quirky explanation of story-shapes immediately brought to mind one of my favorite posters: It’s a fantastic (if abbreviated) visual explanation of Joseph Campbell‘s idea of the Monomyth, or Hero’s Journey. This particular story-shape is by Ryan Dulavey of Action Philosophers!, among other awesomeness, and while it doesn’t mirror Vonnegut’s model exactly, I think ...

I’m a little obsessed with a group called The Civil Wars. If you are even vaguely a fan of excellent country (heck, even if you’re not) you really need to listen to Barton Hollow. Like, now. The reason I bring them up is that not only have they done some really fantastic re-stylings of Michael ...

Basically. I’ve no excuses here, save that I broke the First Rule of ds106, which is DON’T GET BEHIND IN DS106! Part of that was family coming into town unexpectedly, part of it was the fact that I’m pretty terrible at managing my time and staying on top of my work. I suppose if there ...

Get it? Get it? COMMUNication, like Creative COMMONs? Yeah, I can definitely hear some crickets in the background. Oy. It doesn’t help that this part of my blog is TOTALLY late. ON TO THE CONTENT! Creative Commons, as I understand them, are a category of copyright licenses that indicate a creator’s willingness to share their ...

So this has nothing to do with anything, except that is it INCREDIBLE and turns my brain into a puddle of delighted sensory goo: Also, this: I have no idea why this happens, only that I’ve read it happens to other people too (especially non-neurotypical individuals, and this is the only type of music I ...

Today’s Daily Create assignment was to capture a spinning object, something with motion-blur or frozen in its spin. I have a thing that was made for spinning. Literally. Here’s a spinning spindle: Okay, not exactly my most inspired title, but they can’t all be winners. In all honesty I’m getting quite frustrated with my current ...

Our assignment this week was to create an animated gif image that showcased part of a favorite (or least favorite) movie. If this works, I’m going to build MYSELF a summer home on top of an ancient Peruvian village.                     HOLY LLAMA FACE BATMAN, IT LIVES! ...

Today’s Daily Create was a photo suggesting the great outdoors. As my camera is currently being borrowed by someone in Washington state, I managed this masterpiece with my crappy webcam software: Of course, it was only after I took this photo that I realized I have a camera phone, and this one can even upload ...

While my theme song could never compare to Kronk’s… … I did end up giving it a shot for today’s Daily Create. Emphasis on the “flaily.”

              I have never had to fiddle with a WordPress blog as much as I have with this one, and it’s not even done yet. My goal is to have everything bright and shiny and just the way I like it by Monday afternoon. We’ll see how that goes. ...