Jack, You’ve been Working Too Hard

Jack, You’ve been Working Too Hard

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
October 13, 2012

One of my first two contributions to the #ds106radio community (likely back around February, 2011, uploaded to the dropbox) was this little audio story clip from Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, starring Micheal Keaton in the title role, and Jack Nicholson … Continue reading →
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Still No Sign of Land … ?

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
October 12, 2012

For a while now, I’ve been monitoring the status of the flag on my mailbox each day, as I’ve been expecting the arrival of a somewhat significant package from afar. At some point, I started capturing pictures of the flag … Continue reading →
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Breakfast Sandwich

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
October 10, 2012

A quick set of screen captures on the iPad, and then run through the Giffer app, results in a nice animated GIF. Missed a few captures at the beginning while the ingredients were being added. Fun! Thanks to @dougpete for … Continue reading →
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One Step

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
August 26, 2012

“One step, by proxy, For all humanity. You show us the way.” Neil Alden Armstrong, 1930 – 2012 First step by a human on the lunar surface, on July 20th, 1969. Footprint image: NASA Portrait: Neil Armstrong Pose, Wikipedia in … Continue reading →
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Five Card Flickr Story: SETI Uplink

by Andrew Forgrave

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August 20, 2012

Five Card Story: SETI Uplink a The Daily Create story created by @aforgrave flickr photo by cogdogblog flickr photo by cogdogblog flickr photo by cogdogblog flickr photo by cogdogblog flickr photo by @DrGarcia At 11:10, My SETI participation stalled, The … Continue reading →
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Colleagues, Alan and Martha, LOST in MINECRAFT !!

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
July 30, 2012

Our two Camp Magic Macguffin co-coordinators, Alan (@cogdog) and Martha (@mburtis), have gone missing in Minecraft. News is sketchy at this point, but it would appear that they vanished at or near the surface to a “ZoneStone Mine” at the border … Continue reading →
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The Daily Create: Response to The Seven Day Challenge

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
July 18, 2012

A week ago, Alan Levine tweeted out a challenge to accompany a summer downturn in the number of submissions to The Daily Create: https://twitter.com/cogdog/statuses/222911868723924992 With visions of screaming drill sergeants and mean, sand-kickers going medieval all over everyone’s case, I … Continue reading →
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Tornado, Revisited

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
July 13, 2012

On Wednesday, @cogdog issued a seven-day-challenge for The Daily Create, and the prompt for Day One (July 11th), was TDC185: Draw a Tornado. Given that my drawing tools at hand were somewhat limited, I elected to “draw” the requisite tornado … Continue reading →
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Explore your Inner Creativity: The Daily Create

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
July 11, 2012

Towards the end of 2009, a number of friends on Twitter proclaimed their intent to participate in a project 365 photography adventure, and I decided to rekindle my interest in photography by playing along. Supported in part by @duncan‘s TheDailyShoot, … Continue reading →
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Sound Effects Story: Fly Fishin’

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 24, 2012

The ds106 Digital Storytelling course Sound Effects Story Audio Assignment 70 gave me an opportunity to devote some time developing greater familiarity with Audacity and the sound source website, FreeSound.org. While I normally would turn directly to Apple’s GarageBand for something … Continue reading →
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Create with The Great

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 24, 2012

How would you like to have the support of six seven classic authors sitting at your table, collaborating with you as you compose your next great piece of writing? My friend and colleague Doug Peterson has a new blog post waiting … Continue reading →
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ChimpMonkey Recursion

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 21, 2012

Now that we’re into audio week, it was hard to pass up the Mainstreamed Chipmunkd’ Audio Assignment 494. After hearing Jolie’s “You Can Call Me Al-vin” last night, I just had to try it myself. While I found the Genesis … Continue reading →
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Reading A Monkey Movie

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 20, 2012

In looking for a film to fit into the I Can Read Movies assignment, I decided would start by repurposing my initial Monkey House vector graphic and work with Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film, 12 Monkeys. Like Gilliam’s 1985 film, Brazil, the … Continue reading →
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Postcard from Camp Magic MacGuffin

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 18, 2012

Wow. The design assignment opportunity this week at Camp Magic MacGuffin has offered a gazillion ideas — I have a major list I could chip away at — and making the time to get to get to them has been … Continue reading →
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Slide Guy at Camp Magic MacGuffin

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 17, 2012

So the Slide Guy took a bit of a visit to the MineCraft incarnation of Camp Magic MacGuffin this week, looking for appropriate places to practice his sliding skills. He was captured trying out the stairs at the Bunk Five … Continue reading →
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Bending Time

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 12, 2012

“Making night time work, A convenient answer, Bending the space-time.” FlickrHaiku, TwHaiku, InstagramHaiku I came across this solution, while seeking answers. While still not the long-promised DayDoubler**, it’s nonetheless a start. – At the Petro-Can, 10:10 pm. June 11th, 2012. … Continue reading →
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On Being A Monkey

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 8, 2012

This is a preliminary post which will be added to over time. Members of the ds106 digital storytelling group The Monkey House may be interested in some of these resources and hints for use with MineCraft. 1) Monkey Skins are … Continue reading →
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Crafty Business

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
June 6, 2012

So! Campers have started to explore the MineCraft incarnation of Camp Magic MacGuffin in droves! Last Friday evening, a good number of folks showed up simultaneously within the virtual space, and by Tuesday evening, the area surrounding the Camp Centre had … Continue reading →
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Welcome to The Monkey House ???

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
May 31, 2012

The Bunkhouse One group for Camp Magic MacGuffin is looking to establish an identity through a name and group logo. Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1968. Maybe we … Continue reading →
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Harrowing Night

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
May 23, 2012

Given that my mine is currently overrun with a variety of creatures and is imperfectly defended, I have been working on the higher reaches of the space, having protected myself by breaking the access via the construction bridge from below. … Continue reading →
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Chicken Nugget

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
February 28, 2012

Here’s a little chicken nugget. I will admit to being somewhat fascinated by the Wigglegram animated gif option available with the 3D Camera app on the iPhone. While the wonderful colour and greyscale stereo anaglyphs work wonderfully if you have a … Continue reading →
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The Ballad of the iPad

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
March 13, 2011

I’ve created a little song/photo project that celebrates the launch of the original iPad on April 3rd, 2010. Most of the lyrics were written in the days following the launch, with the exception of the final verse, added just prior … Continue reading →
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Collaborating on “Andy At the Apple Store”

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
February 12, 2011

After reflecting on the pure fun of collaborating on “A Nice Light Snack” at Educon a couple weeks back, Rodd Lucier and I decided to respond to Ron Miller’s suggestion that we capture my habitual visits to Apple Stores in … Continue reading →
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sNotorious

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
February 2, 2011

Much of Central and Eastern North America has been hit with a massive snowstorm. Beginning on Tuesday, the storm, dubbed “sNotorious” by some, started moving north and eastwards, arriving in Ontario late in the evening and extending all through the … Continue reading →
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A Nice Light Snack

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
February 2, 2011

A quick project developed during a session at Educon2.3 at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelpha, PA. Session leaders Dean Shareski @shareski and Darren Kuropatwa @dkuropatwa gave us a “what’s wrong with this picture?” task. This is the result. Team … Continue reading →
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Mentor Texts

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
January 26, 2011

My student shared with me, this note he found, within a novel from a District set. Inserted, at strategic place, where author used a word, we don’t condone. Inserted by some former reader. Her note added to Her Teacher’s note. … Continue reading →
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Ice Road? No Way! Take a Boat!

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
January 23, 2011

So, we were out for a Sunday drive this afternoon (beautiful winter sun, great opportunity for some photographs, unlike the recent “available gloom” that makes capturing light so difficult) and the prospect of a quick over-and-back on the Glenora Ferry … Continue reading →
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Collaborating Online to Make Music

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
January 13, 2011

Prompted by a quick Twitter invitation this evening by Alec Couros(@courosa), I contributed the following, “Managing Multiple Tracks” (recorded in multiple locations)” to a Google Doc that has been started to support a Virtual Choir Project. A former student of …
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Let’s Unleash Some Creativity

by Andrew Forgrave

| Syndicated
January 9, 2011

Opportunities exist every day to unleash creativity. Sometimes the urge to create or put ideas together just pops out and a small euphoria at having created something new accompanies it. Making the time to channel that creativity gives it some … Continue reading →
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