The Car: Silent Movie Edition

The Car: Silent Movie Edition

by paul bond

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March 18, 2012

The Car. I’m not really into cars, but I want one of these. Killer robots were too hard to do in the seventies, so they had killer cars instead. Duel. Killdozer. And the all-time classic Death Race 2000. So how … Continue reading →
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The Car: Silent Movie Edition

by paul bond

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March 18, 2012

The Car. I’m not really into cars, but I want one of these. Killer robots were too hard to do in the seventies, so they had killer cars instead. Duel. Killdozer. And the all-time classic Death Race 2000. So how … Continue reading →
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A Treasure Trove of Terror Tropes

by paul bond

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March 18, 2012

When I was a kid I always liked to watch the Friday Night Frightening Flickers with Gregory the Gravewalker and the Saturday Afternoon Monster Matinee. They would show all these cool old movies, like The Dead of Night, Corman’s Little … Continue reading →
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A Treasure Trove of Terror Tropes

by paul bond

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March 18, 2012

When I was a kid I always liked to watch the Friday Night Frightening Flickers with Gregory the Gravewalker and the Saturday Afternoon Monster Matinee. They would show all these cool old movies, like The Dead of Night, Corman’s Little … Continue reading →
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Getting to the counterpoint

by paul bond

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March 8, 2012

I didn’t have any good ideas on what to do for the ds106 radio show project. As an open online participant, I also have almost no connections to the others. I saw a posting on Twitter from a team looking … Continue reading →
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Getting to the counterpoint

by paul bond

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March 8, 2012

I didn’t have any good ideas on what to do for the ds106 radio show project. As an open online participant, I also have almost no connections to the others. I saw a posting on Twitter from a team looking … Continue reading →
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Teen angst platform

by paul bond

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February 25, 2012

My feeble attempt at dramatic reading. I know I need to work on using my voice better. It doesn’t help that I can’t stand listening to it. You can take that as a warning. I thought I’d try to do … Continue reading →
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Teen angst platform

by paul bond

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February 25, 2012

My feeble attempt at dramatic reading. I know I need to work on using my voice better. It doesn’t help that I can’t stand listening to it. You can take that as a warning. I thought I’d try to do … Continue reading →
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The contest somebody could win

by paul bond

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February 22, 2012

I saw the assignment name, the contest nobody could win, and took it as a challenge. Could I find bits that are reasonably recognizable? I don’t think I was quite up to it though – the D and S are … Continue reading →
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The contest somebody could win

by paul bond

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February 22, 2012

I saw the assignment name, the contest nobody could win, and took it as a challenge. Could I find bits that are reasonably recognizable? I don’t think I was quite up to it though – the D and S are … Continue reading →
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Another 4 icons

by paul bond

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February 19, 2012

Had to try another. This movie changed my life.
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The one percent

by paul bond

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February 18, 2012

Sorry to get all pessimistic and political, but I think it’s a problem with our society. Kind of a truth about the movie as well, sort of. The first challenge was getting rid of the real subheading. I used the … Continue reading →
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Name that tune

by paul bond

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February 18, 2012

This is an old song all the people were singing in the seventies. Probably no one knows it, or the name of the band (no matter how many hints I drop). Can you guess? Two of the symbols came from … Continue reading →
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Unconventional feline activity

by paul bond
February 18, 2012

Alan Levine tweeted a treasure trove of Soviet propaganda to provide some source material for the DS106 propaganda poster assignment. The sidebar on the site has some cool links, like the collection of Stanley Kubrick photographs of Chicago. A link to … Continue reading →
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Where’d that guy come from?

by paul bond

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February 16, 2012

One of my musical heroes is the Godfather of Soul himself, Mr. James Brown. Being a colorful character given to dramatic poses, I thought he’d be perfect for this assignment. So I found this picture, which includes his hairdresser as … Continue reading →
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Four icon concert

by paul bond

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February 16, 2012

The Rolling Stones’ US tour of 1969 culminated in a free concert in the San Francisco area. Being free, the concert drew a larger crowd than anticipated. The Hell’s Angels were used as security. They beat up a number of … Continue reading →
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At the Mountains of Madness

by paul bond

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February 14, 2012

I found this through a google image search. Since it was posted on a discussion forum, I was able to contact the creator (stuart) for permission to molest his work. I’m not sure if this movie project is still underway, … Continue reading →
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the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

by paul bond

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February 10, 2012

Interesting how this assignment works. You put together three random elements to make a unified thing – an album cover. The Wikipedia link to me to a page titled Laws of infernal dynamics, which is not the best band name, … Continue reading →
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comic book effect

by paul bond

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February 10, 2012

I had more hair then.
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Red stripe

by paul bond

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February 9, 2012

This flag belonged to my grandparents. I like that it has 48 stars. Given its age, and the fact that I had it hanging on the porch for about ten years, it has lost a lot of color. I just … Continue reading →
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Memorable day, or A Wedding Gif

by paul bond

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February 8, 2012

Today’s TDC is a challenge. How do I create a photo of five years ago on my wedding day? I have pictures, but I didn’t make them. So I made one move:
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flickrSlidr

by paul bond

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February 7, 2012

I’ve been looking for a way to get my flickr in my blog. I wanted some kind of slide show, so I Googled around and found the Ultimate Photo Widget. I tried to make a page just for flickr, and … Continue reading →
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Ringtone

by paul bond

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February 5, 2012

I use the “whoa ha hey” from Funkadelic’s Music For My Mother as my main ringtone, so for today’s TDC I just hummed it. This was easy to do. I had previously installed the Soundcloud app on my phone. I didn’t … Continue reading →
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re: 7 things… Creative Commons, Web 2.0 Storytelling

by paul bond

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February 4, 2012

Lessig gave a great TED talk on the need for copyright reform. It’s good to watch for his storytelling style as well as the content Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law: Fair use, as I understand … Continue reading →
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Spammity spam

by paul bond
February 4, 2012

I found a message in my spam folder: Absolutely pent written content, thanks for entropy. “Absolutely pent” intrigues me. It makes me think of something about to explode, or something just burst. “Thanks for entropy”? You’re welcome. Glad I could … Continue reading →
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fat cats

by paul bond

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February 3, 2012

Fat cats make art better. I’d never thought of that, but I wish I had. My in-laws have a cat they call Fatty. She looks like swallowed a football helmet. The photos they sent don’t do her justice. Since her … Continue reading →
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appreciation

by paul bond

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February 2, 2012

It’s surprising to get so many positive comments on my pictures, especially coming from people who can actually take good photographs. I tend to be unhappy with my photos, in part because of my limited ability and in part due … Continue reading →
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Bad Guy Business Cards

by paul bond

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January 29, 2012

Did I make up this crazy thing? Then I guess that means I should do something with it. So here’s mob boss Paulie Cicero. You don’t want to be in business with him, because you have to come up with … Continue reading →
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Experimenting in the blog

by paul bond

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January 28, 2012

I’ve done minimal experimenting with this blog. Made my own banner and changed the background color, added a few plugins… and that’s it. When I set it up, I totally ignored the main domain, above the blog, so it still … Continue reading →
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re: An Evening with Gardner Campbell

by paul bond

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January 28, 2012

flickhuck4lyfe, in reflecting on Gardner Campbell’s talk, asks, “How much more will they know than I did when I was their age?” When one of my friends was in law school, he observed that “These lawyers and professors don’t really … Continue reading →
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