This week was a little easier with the the requirement of only two daily creates. Both daily creates I chose this week were pictures that had to be uploaded to Flickr. 2/4/15 – Cute puppy alert For this assignment I had to create a caption for this particular photograph of this dog. I uploaded the […]

For my next audio assignment, assignment 1432, they asked If I had the opportunity to create my own theme music, what would it sound like? I IMMEDIATELY knew I had to go get the instrumental of Superstar by Lupe Fiasco! All time favorite song right there. I would listen to it before every highschool soccer game… oh […]

Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running, I have an assignment to create a 15-30 second radio bumper. This was a fun audio assignment, allowing to play with Audacity again. I first wrote down my script for what I would say exactly. After deciding on  “You’re listening to DS106 radio! Stay tuned […]

For this audio assignment I have to tell a story using nothing but sound effects so no verbal communication… only sound effects. I have to use at least five different sounds that you find online and the story can be no longer than 90 seconds. Lastly, It has to be about your ds106 character, in […]

Brain storming for radio show ideas. In a couple of weeks, my class and I will be forming groups and creating a radio show as pre-recorded audio. In preparation, I’m brainstorming ideas for a 20-30 minute radio show—somehow related to or inspired by noir. I like a talk show concept with a few interviews. In […]

Week 3 has me in a routine now. I know what to expect and can prepare myself better now for the upcoming weeks! This week was once again jam packed with assignments, nothing new though lol… This week I took time to explain the process of each assignment in the original blog post compared to […]

I watched the Killer’s Kiss and The Hitch-Hiker, as both pieces demonstrate popular techniques in cinematography to achieve the noir genre.     Killer’s Kiss This is the “Venetian blind” effect. I have noticed this in other movies I have watched before but never put much thought into it. I learned only earlier this week that the popular shadows […]

I had to go on a “photosafari” Out of this list of 9 options, I had to try and take a picture of any 5 of them dramatic use of distinct shadows lighting from one side off-kilter or unusual camera angle/framing the “Venetian blind” effect — using some repeating geometric shadow across a shot sense […]

Growing up in Miami has its pluses… Jota is right on the beach in his Florida home. For this visual assignment, I had to take a photo and use an app to crop me somewhere else. I also decided to make this assignment for my character, Jota. Jota took a day trip to the beach! […]

For this Visual Assignment,you had to take the last three objects you had your last three drinks in and arrange them in a pyramid, then telling a story about the three objects. Here are my three:Classics, huh? Hahah so let me tell you bout my night last night… Its a Friday night and its time […]

My Professor has been hiding his location, not just from me, but the entire ds106 community. Even Jim Groom doesn’t know where he is… Somewhere in the Pennsylvania mountains.  We need to find his location to make sure he is wearing pants, (inside joke) right Jim? This is my second go around with professor Bond […]

Photography has always been a part of my life because of my dad. He has been a photographer for a majority of his life as a hobby and has a lot of knowledge about a wide array of photography topics. We actually have a photo-studio in our basement at home for portraits that he uses […]

Week 3 of ds106 and completing 3 daily creates is a requirement! 1/28/15 – Make 2048 I have played this game before, 2048, consuming hours of my life that I will never get back. I guess I saw this daily create and decided to pay tribute to the game…and then never play it again. I […]

What’s in Jota’s bag?   For this visual assignment, you have to take a picture of what your character would carry in his or her backpack on a daily basis and then share a little info for each item! Jota (My character) seems to be tech savvy and a bit risqué. List: (No order) iphone […]

SO. MUCH. WORK. Its only week two and the demands of this class are already taking their toll on me. I have accomplished a lot over the past week and my site is as active as its ever been! Started off the week by watching the weekly video and we still don’t know where Paul is […]

January 22, 2015 – Yodeling Its a Thursday night, $1 beer night at Brock’s bar downtown Fredericksburg VA and my roommates and I are pre-gaming for it. in the midst, I found out that the daily create is to yodel haha so I got my roommates to join in and we all drunkenly yodeled together. I […]

For my last writing assignment of the week, I chose “Whats in a Name?“ I am assigned the task of explaining why I named my blog the name I gave it. Surpassing the Dimension of Time is the title of my blog… but why? Thats why. I was so moved by this movie with the […]

10 seconds. What are you thankful for? On your marks, get set, GO! For my second writing assignment of the week I chose 10 seconds of thanks. You have 10 seconds to write down as many things you can that your thankful for. I put my iphone stopwatch on and frantically started typing… here is […]

  For this writing assignment, I had to write an alternative ending to a piece of noir literature we were required to read for this week. I chose to write an alternative ending for The Shadow: The Death Triangle. Unfortunately, making up stories has never been my strong suit. I remember I had to write a short […]

    When life gives you sticky paper… write stuff on it and sick ‘em everywhere! With this being my fist completed writing assignment from the assignment bank, it was a simple task with endless ways for your imagination to travel. The Post-It notes and Grocery Lists assignment under the “visual assignments” asked you to […]

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First off… Noir is pronounced similarly to one of my favorite soccer players; Manuel Neuer. He is the best soccer goalkeeper in current day and plays for Bayern Munich and the German National team. Check him out Anyways back on topic… Noir Just finished up reading some noir including The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain, The Shadow: […]

Bootcamp week has come to an end for this solider. Thejota.com comes back to life after a full semester of rest with it last being used to its full potential in #TI104 with @JimGroom and @PualBond… #ImAFan. It was not an easy “syllabus week” workload as more and more professors are abandoning the concept doing […]

Intro Tweet S/O to #ds106 #UMW — Jack Eaton (@JackFEaton) January 12, 2015 Intro Flickr Pictures Intro Youtube Video Intro Soundcloud Audio I am looking forward to exploring all that DS106 has to offer. Should be a fun semester!