Let’s Listen

Let’s Listen

by Hannah Weeks

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February 27, 2012

I listened to a radio show titled Break-Up by This American Life. Although I thought the actual show was slow and a bit boring there were some moments to mention. I thought they did a good job of including music … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates 20Feb – 26 Feb

by Hannah Weeks
February 26, 2012

TDC45 Say your name backwards! My name is a palindrome. My family has this weird thing where they all know how to say their names backwards and randomly bring it up. I think my Dad started it. In any case, … Continue reading →
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Elephant vs. Lion

by Hannah Weeks

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February 26, 2012

This is my sound story! I made this in class but I think it turned out great. I realized afterwards that I was not supposed to use any words…and I did. But I think it still turned out nicely. Do … Continue reading →
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Hi! Welcome to Blackstone…Accented

by Hannah Weeks

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February 26, 2012

Lindsay and I recorded this assignment while I was working on Friday afternoon. We had a lot of fun with accents (at which we are both pretty….terrible). You can hear the faint sounds of Salsa music playing in the background. … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates 13Feb through 19Feb

by Hannah Weeks

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February 19, 2012

TDC37 Take a photo of a toy in action This is my super nintendo. It’s definitely one of my prized posessions. I have a large collection of games, of which my favorites are probably Donkey Kong Country, Aladdian and Uniracers. … Continue reading →
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Green Lantern Hits with the Power Beam

by Hannah Weeks

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February 17, 2012

For my last digital assignment, I decided to do another animated .GIF. This time though, I decided to make one from scratch! I chose the Animated Comic Book Covers assignment. I chose to use a Green Lantern comic book cover … Continue reading →
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Greetings from Oz

by Hannah Weeks

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February 17, 2012

This is the postcard assignment that we completed in class! The actual design assignment is called Postcards from Magical Places. I wrote the letter and put it on to the back of the postcard. I like how this turned out. … Continue reading →
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Umbrella Twirling

by Hannah Weeks

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February 17, 2012

I decided to remake my pop culture .GIF and go with my original idea! This is perhaps one of the most iconic scenes from the musical Singing in the Rain. This is actually the scene where Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) sings the … Continue reading →
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Wait, What Sitcom is This?

by Hannah Weeks

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February 17, 2012

For this design assignment, I decided to make a “wait, where’d that guy come from?” picture. I thought it would be funny to combine two 1960s sitcoms into one. When I look at this I keep singing that Seseme Street song – … Continue reading →
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Greetings from Louisville!

by Hannah Weeks

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February 17, 2012

For this design assignment, I decided to make a postcard from my hometown! I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and most of my family still lives there. I played around with lots of images but decided to go with the … Continue reading →
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Remember Rainbow Road?

by Hannah Weeks

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February 16, 2012

This is an ani.GIF that I would 100% associate with pop culture. This is an iconic image of the start to Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 64. Rainbow Road is also typically remembered as the most challenging level of the … Continue reading →
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Minimalist Roman Holiday

by Hannah Weeks

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February 16, 2012

I made this poster for the iconic 1953 movie, Roman Holiday. I love the simplicity of this movie. I chose a vespa to represent the movie on this poster because it stands for freedom and life throughout this film. Audrey Hepburn’s … Continue reading →
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Just a Quick Rant

by Hannah Weeks

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February 15, 2012

Thinking back on our conversation about web 1.0 versus web 2.0, I experienced a web 1.0 nightmare today. I spent four hours in Simpson Library today scrolling through card catalogs and microfiche. Yes, microfiche. I had to feed the film … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates 6Feb – 12Feb

by Hannah Weeks

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February 12, 2012

TDC29 Make a photo of something upside down that is never seen that way. I took this photo at work, it’s a picture of my fellow baristas upside down. Josh (the upside-down one) actually fell on his head right after … Continue reading →
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Dream Car

by Hannah Weeks

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February 11, 2012

For this assignment, I had to pick my dream car. I’m sure most people will pick a Porsche or a Ferrari but I don’t aspire that high. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to drive a Volkswagen … Continue reading →
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Making the Rosetta

by Hannah Weeks

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February 11, 2012

For this visual assignment we had to make an animated GIF from a real world object or scene. I decided to make something that I experience every day. As a barista, latte art is the ultimate achievement. It takes perfect … Continue reading →
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Switched at Beach!

by Hannah Weeks

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February 9, 2012

I just finished my second visual assignment. This was a photo of my Dad and my little brother, Jack, at the beach in 1994. Following the directions of the assignment, I switched their heads. I really like how it turned … Continue reading →
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We’ve Found Your Match!

by Hannah Weeks

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February 7, 2012

I just finished my first visual assignment! I’m two stars towards making it to ten. This assignment asked me to take a picture of one of your closest friends and put it beside their celebrity look-a-like. Well, I took this … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates Week of 30 Jan – 5 Feb

by Hannah Weeks
February 6, 2012

TDC22 Take a photo of two related objects of drastically different sizes. Again, this photo is somewhat of a cop-out. I had this amazing idea of taking a picture of my N64 Super Smash Bros. cartridge and my Wii Super … Continue reading →
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Web 2.0 Story

by Hannah Weeks

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February 6, 2012

I used Pixton to make this comic. The website was very intuitive and I had a lot of fun messing around with different themes. I really like how this turned out, however I wish I could have figured out how to … Continue reading →
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Web 2.0 vs. Web 1.0

by Hannah Weeks

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February 5, 2012

I think Tim O’Reilly and Bryan Alexander’s articles spell out an interesting phenomenon. Detailing the growth from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, O’Reilly sets up a comparative argument. I think the biggest change between the two forms of web surfing … Continue reading →
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DAILY CREATES week of 23 Jan – 29 Jan

by Hannah Weeks
January 30, 2012

TDC16 – Photograph something commonly considered ugly and make it heart breakingly beautiful. I photographed a pile of York Peppermint Patties that I found in my pantry. They expired back in October and were moldy…it was heartbreaking. TDC 017 – … Continue reading →
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The “Digital Facelift” and Traditional Education: Mutually Exclusive.

by Hannah Weeks
January 30, 2012

Gardner Campbell makes a poignant argument for the advancement of the Internet and blogging in education. Campbell argues that each student should have their own personal space on the internet to express their thoughts and learn outside of the traditional textbook … Continue reading →
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Up and Running?

by Hannah Weeks
January 24, 2012

Well, I think I’ve finally figured out this whole domain name, web host, blog-linked, wordpress business. Purchasing the domain name on Hover and the web host on Cast Iron Coding was the easy part. It was figuring out how to link them … Continue reading →
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