A Few Things Made Via The DS106 Daily Create
Just gathering some odds and ends from some recent Daily Creates.
Peace (and sharing),
Kevin
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“My mind is exploding with sound”
On Monday and Tuesday nights we listened to the BBC adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep on ds106radio. We had great participation on Monday, and only one person showed up on Tuesday, but there were still many valuable … Continue reading -
So, what did we learn?
In working through the Middlebury assignment and visual and design assignment from the Assignment Bank, a few lessons and a few questions become apparent. We found pros and cons to AI image generators. Can we call what AI produces design? … Continue reading -
DS106RADIO bumper – spoken by Dr Oblivion
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)AI106, amidoinitrite, bumper, can't live without my radio, Dr. Oblivion, ds106, ds106 radio, ds106radio, radiobumper, station id, SyndicatedFebruary 4, 2024When I say I’m in love with #DS106RADIO, you better believeI mean I’m in love with #DS106RADIO. L-U-V. You know, #DS106RADIO is the radio station I’m going to marry. I hope. Because of this giant-sized love, I’m super stoked to learn that #DS106RADIO features as part of Week Four: The sound of science activities for […] -
Nethermind
This was my response to the DS106 Daily Create prompt yesterday, about naming that time between sleep and wakefulness. I often wake with snippets of song lyrics in my mind. (I had submitted the prompt after reading an interest post of sharing by someo... -
What’s in your bag?
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)AI106, amidoinitrite, AssignmentIdea, bag, bag man, crumpler, ds106, satchel, Syndicated, The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape, visualassignments, visualassignments1556February 2, 2024Your purse, bag, packpack, murse, whatever, is your constant companion throughout your adult life. What are the essentials in your bag that get you through the day? Take a picture of the items and detail each of them with a description. Here’s my everyday carry. Emptying out my bag and placing all the essential items … Continue reading What’s in your bag? -
“Picture yourself in a boat on a river”
by paul bond January 30, 2024I wanted to do a random visual assignment, so I sorted the entries in the section from old to new and picked one from the first page, the One Shot assignment. To make it AI-related I decided to get a … Continue reading -
Colour in a Classic
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter) January 30, 2024Google are currently offering a Colouring Book Experiment. Choose one and colour it in. Share the results with us. Be adventurous! https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4399/ For #tdc4399 I tried to go all Warhol-esque with my coloured-in classic of The Water... -
Week 2: That’s a rap
I was curious to see how people would respond to The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. It seems most people didn’t hate it as much as I did. To each his own dystopia, as they say. Still, my hope is that we can … Continue reading -
Got Glitch?
We’ve all met good Dr.Oblivion and snarky Dr. Oblivion, hopefully. There’s also crazy Dr. Oblivion, who finally showed up for me. phb256a · Glitchblogging Oh, reflective blogging, how truly revolutionary and life-changing I can barely contain my excitement. Well, students, … Continue reading -
Create your own room – acoustic anechoic chamber
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)#WebAssignments, acoustic, AI106, amidoinitrite, anechoic, AssignmentIdea, chamber, create your own room, ds106, I am sitting in a room, Syndicated, WebAssignments1877January 27, 2024The Create your own room assignment, is about doing exactly that. Ever thought of creating your own dream room? Now you can! Using AI create pinterest find rooms, furniture, colors etc. From there write a blog post about why you chose everything! This is your dream so make it as crazy and out of the … Continue reading Create your own room – acoustic anechoic chamber -
Mimicry is the best form of flattery – Mondrian Melbourne
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)AI106, amidoinitrite, AssignmentIdea, ds106, FanficAssignments, FanficAssignments1849, melbourne, Mimicry, mondrian, Syndicated, Vector, Week 2January 27, 2024For the Mimicry is the best form of flattery assignment, use a vector or raster graphic software to mimic your favorite artist work but use your own design. Doing my best to bring a Mondrian-esque Composition with Red Blue and Yellow to the iconic Flinders Street Railway Station in the City of Melbourne. My image … Continue reading Mimicry is the best form of flattery – Mondrian Melbourne -
There goes my chance at a Grammy…
phb256a · Oblivion – Tyler2 One of my ambitions for this course is to have a Dr. Oblivion’s Greatest Hits album up on Bandcamp by the end. So it was fortuitous that Tyler produced some rhymes this week. The first … Continue reading -
Books for Everyone (including animals and the machines) #dailycreate #tdc4396 #ds106
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter) January 26, 2024This 1929 poster is from the Library of Congress archives on Flickr. Let’s do an update (maybe most needed now more than ever in the era of banned books in the US). Make your poster or meme more modern but keep the love of books alive in your art. https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4396/ My poster was generated with … Continue reading Books for Everyone (including animals and the machines) #dailycreate #tdc4396 #ds106 -
Daily Create: Book Poster
I submitted today’s Daily Create, about revamping a 1929 poster with a reading theme. Peace (and pages), Kevin -
AI-based Dr Oblivion now available at Oblivion University
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter) January 26, 2024I’m a long-time fan of Dr Oblivion, especially his well timed-tenure throughout the Summer 2011: The Summer of Oblivion. It’s been over a decade since we’ve seen him With over a decade since we’ve seen Dr Oblivion, I was heartened to recently learn that Dr Oblivion is now a member of the teaching staff offering … Continue reading AI-based Dr Oblivion now available at Oblivion University -
Your design for an Internet Emergency Exit sign #tdc4395 #ds106
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter) January 26, 2024We all know them, they’re all over the world in millions of places: Emergency Exit signs. Now design your own version to represent how to exit from a toxic internet. Safely. https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4395/ ... -
The other side of techno-optimism
In The Techno-Optimist Manifesto, Andreessen puts forward a story about the relationships between humanity and technologies. We should consider his perspective, and what he highlights and what he ignores. He says, “We believe [technology] is the story of the material … Continue reading -
Week 1 wrap-up: Salutations!
phb256a · Oblivion Encouragement1 We made it through the first week of ds106, with struggles and triumphs. I thought I might try to put together a few quick thoughts. I was happy with the variety of films people chose to … Continue reading -
Your Town’s What 3 Words Map Story #tdc4390 #ds106
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter) January 20, 2024For #tdc4390 #ds106 Your Town’s What 3 Words Map Story, find your home town location, and identify it’s 3 word URL. what3words transposes Melbourne, Australia to //singer.maker.duke which you can access from https://w3w.co/singer.maker.duke ///sin... -
“Well done on exploring your artistic side”
Today’s Daily Create was to pull random words from various radio stations and use them as inspiration for a poem. I didn’t really pay attention and immediately went to the radio.garden site to check out stations around the world, or … Continue reading -
Radio Poem
This morning’s Daily Create was to listen to the radio, and grab some lyrics, and then make a poem. I used an online radio streaming site, bounced around, and grabbed some words. Peace (and sound), Kevin -
Just because we can doesn’t mean we should
In our ds106 noontime coffee chat yesterday we talked a little about the potential impact of AI on art. This made me think of the Folk RNN project from a few years ago. They trained a neural network on a … Continue reading -
AI106, DS106 & GITS – it’s about friendship and love
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)#4life, AI, AI106, amidoinitrite, analysis, assignment, batou, being human, book, bots, concept, ds106, film review, GITS, history, Love, Reflection, Syndicated, week 1January 17, 2024Discovering AI106 (DS106) was running again in 2024 gave me pause for thought. My pause wasn’t just on its theme of artificial intelligence or the Week 1 assignment of getting some inspiration by watching AI related films or reading AI-themed fiction, but also Paul Bond’s Ghosts of future past blog post. You had me at … Continue reading AI106, DS106 & GITS – it’s about friendship and love -
Ghosts of future past
For an AI-related movie, I watched the anime version of Ghost in the Shell, a late 20th century vision of five years from now. I hadn’t watched or read it before, so it was about time. I noticed echoes of … Continue reading -
AI106 test post
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DS106: Remix Monday (on a Wednesday) Week 5
Oy. I completely missed the fifth and final remix for my Remix-it Monday that I started a month or so ago on a whim, to see if I could remix one single piece of art from the DS106 files every week, for five weeks. I was right on track for weeks one through four. Then, […] -
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The Daily Create for today asked us to explain cheerfulness. I thought Ian Dury and the Blockheads did an admirable job of this many years ago: I didn’t think I could top that, so I wondered what I could make … Continue reading -
Wordsworth’s Words
This was for the DS106 Daily Create, using words from Wordsworth for art. Peace (and light), Kevin -
Acoustic Guitar and Christmas Tree
My neighbor, Greg, and I have been practicing my Gift of Peace for guitar and bass, and this shot of the tree, with the guitar and music stand, seemed quite lovely. I used it this morning for a Daily Create. Peace (and Song), Kevin
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