It’s a cMooc! No, it’s an xMooc!
A classic revised.
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What Do Tweets Really Mean
Ever wonder sometimes about what folks really mean in tweets? Well, I do. And I wondered about this on so much that I made stuff up. Here is what I did. I selected a tweet with a link and wondered where the link would go. In this case one from @cogdog In this case it ...
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Haunted by “Make Art Damnit”
So there I was, being there, as usual. Sitting in an easy chair, watching the ds106 hashtag stroll by. So much beauty. So many opportunities for art. So I start humming, softly at first, “Make Art Damnit.” It rolled around my noggin like golfballs in an empty paint can. Clunk. Clunk. I started wondering what ...
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Hatchet Jack Smashes Some Stuff
Well, ol’ Jack has been a bit slow of late. Slow in the head that is. Thick in the head as my pa would say to me. “Son, you got a thick head.” I heard that a few times. Every hour. But you know, kids are resilient and I climbed outta that thick headed thinking about the time I […]
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Hatchet Jack Writes Some Words
All our Magic Macguffin campers are engaged in writing weekly letters back home to mom and pop or family they may have. Hatchet Jack, as you might imagine, has no family to write to. And Hatchet Jack really ain’t much of a wordsmith. He is more of a campfire tall tale kinda fellow. So Hatchet Jack is […]
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Hatchet Jack Tries an Animated Gif
Ol Hatchet Jack here flexing my digital Gif muscles with a little of one of my very favorite scenes in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. The scene has Randle attempting to lift a massive water fixture from the floor and toss it out the window of the hospital so he might wander on outta […]
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Hatchet Jack Gets an Idea!
Today is a big day! We have bunkhouse assignments and we are busy working on our bunkhouse name and gettin all situated! How exciting! I love this time of the year! I am like all unicorned out! I even had an idea for an assignment. There I was, staring at Twitter in my browser and ...
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Hatchet Jack Talks about the Web as a Bowl of Mush
Gardner Campbell has a nice beard. So does Hatchet Jack and that makes us compadres. Gardner Campbell also don’t like face lifts and ol” Hatchet Jack is not really into the boutique facial look and plastics either. So Jack likes Gardner. But Jack thinks the internet is like a bowl of mush. Now it ain’t ...
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Crafts with Hatchet Jack
Here I have created a nice video about the fun craft of making painted sticks. I love crafts. But, the truth is I had not planned out the episode too well and forgot about the properties of tape and stuff. Nonetheless, I am excited to share the first installment of “Crafts with Hatchet Jack.”
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Hatchet Jack’s First Campfire and TDC
This evening I was able to sit around the fire and plan a bit with other counselors and the administrators. Usually I do not like administrators, but these two are cool. One is an angel and the other looks like an FBI guy. No matter, they are likable and seem friendly. Below is the angel addressing the group. We spoke about ...
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Hatchet Jack Layin’ Down the Law
I’ve been thinking about how I need to run the cabin. What is acceptable behavior and what is not? I have a few ideas of course cuz I done this before. But I am curious just how others might be restricting, or allowing, behaviors of the campers. I have thought about my mom, and how she raised ...
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Waiting for the Dinner Bell. I’m Hungry.
Well campers, I been waiting around and cleaning up the camp. Trimming bushes, racking leaves, beating the daylights out of rugs and a few squirrels and mopping the floors. Camp is looking good for opening day. I been thinking about dinner bells because that is how you know the chow is on at camp. I ...
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Waiting for the Dinner Bell. I’m Hungry.
Well campers, I been waiting around and cleaning up the camp. Trimming bushes, racking leaves, beating the daylights out of rugs and a few squirrels and mopping the floors. Camp is looking good for opening day. I been thinking about dinner bells because that is how you know the chow is on at camp. I ... -
By the Banks of Lake Macguffin
Ol’ Hatchet Jack is busy getting ready for the campers. This morning I went out to Lake Macguffin to see if I might find a spot for a tent or secret cabin for them little campers. I know they are building some fancy new camper cabins, but we are going to need secret hideaways and forts! There ...
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By the Banks of Lake Macguffin
Ol’ Hatchet Jack is busy getting ready for the campers. This morning I went out to Lake Macguffin to see if I might find a spot for a tent or secret cabin for them little campers. I know they are building some fancy new camper cabins, but we are going to need secret hideaways and forts! There ... -
Chopping Wood, or Whatever is in Front of Me!
I would not want to go to camp where the counselors told me my bunk house was like the Bates Motel. Who knows, maybe the campers are too young to know about the Bates place? That is about as far as Ol’ Jack got thinking about his new cabin, or tent, or whatever. Hatchet Jack ...
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Chopping Wood, or Whatever is in Front of Me!
I would not want to go to camp where the counselors told me my bunk house was like the Bates Motel. Who knows, maybe the campers are too young to know about the Bates place? That is about as far as Ol’ Jack got thinking about his new cabin, or tent, or whatever. Hatchet Jack ... -
Howdy Campers! Ol’ Hatchet Jack Here Ready to Chop Some Stuff Up!
Yup, jus like the one in that thar film. Jeremiah Johnson. Ha, just kidding. I don’t really talk like that. But I do love the movie Jeremiah Johnson. And not to worry, I ain’t a madman with a hatchet. My real name is Billy, but you can call me Jack.
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If Your Eyes Are Closed It Is Still Terrifying
We were lucky enough to go to Disneyland over the break and we had a grand time. Well, all but about 3 minutes late at night… Later that night she did say she would go on it again and it was not that scary. So much to learn from kids… Here is a daytime […]
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Police Blotter: Famous Song Wrongly Named, Lawsuits to Follow
Disturbing Behavior Discovered at Little Known Fereker’s Hall Callistoga Reporter Jane Ryan After an anonymous tip from a local senior, Callistoga Police reported finding some of their own, some partially clad men and women of all ages, countless teens, and a number of FBI agents at the residence of Willma M. Frekers. Apparently the anonymous ...
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Police Blotter: Famous Song Wrongly Named, Lawsuits to Follow
Disturbing Behavior Discovered at Little Known Fereker’s Hall Callistoga Reporter Jane Ryan After an anonymous tip from a local senior, Callistoga Police reported finding some of their own, some partially clad men and women of all ages, countless teens, and a number of FBI agents at the residence of Willma M. Frekers. Apparently the anonymous ... -
8th Grade Math Class Was Butt a Dream
So I see today that @mbransons and @jimgroom have collaborated on yet another exciting thing of art. I can’t just let it go by and enjoy it. I have to do it too. Part of the addiction you know. And truth be told, I did make it to the eight grade. Twice in fact.
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Jim as Jim (Has this dream stopped?)
Well, I guess this is the old groom art. I was inspired @dlnorman and the spraying of groom on the bench and the whole policeman in happy paintings and all seems so ds106 like that I had to get going before the holiday. Though I am now thinking there are no holidays in ds106. The whole episode […]
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The Back of the Bus is Where all the Action Is, But Someone has To Drive
And so we will need all the drivers we can gather as the road will be long and full of obstacles. Politicians who know little about education, budget cuts, overworked parents, broken networks, time, and many other challenges to overcome. But we can get them all on the bus and we can spread the word with all of our combined […]
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Oblivion on the Bus
Among my heroes and role models would be Neal Cassady. The driver. There is important meaning there. He drove in more ways than one. He inspired the team. And they drove Further as a result. I like people like that. I learned of him through Kerouac and then later, other poets I came to admire. […]
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An Animated Gif and the MacGuffin: How Quickly Can You Kill It?
So, how quickly can you end a movie? Well, by combining the newest craze in ds106, the MacGuffin (designassignment172) and the holy animated gif, you can pretty much wipe out the rest of the movie pretty quickly in some cases. Here, I allowed Stanley Kubric to get his name in the opening credits before I […]
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I Can’t Stop It!
Jim Groom called it a “force of nature.” So I had to do this.
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Let’s Find Another Forest to Play In
Well, here is my dream from last night. Er, wait, I was not exactly one of the merry men, or at least not quite like depicted here in this assignment. But I was thinking of the possibilities of this assignment and I thought, “Hey, I am not going to just kill the Sherwood forest element of the plot, I […]
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