“Who has angered the volcano god?”

“Who has angered the volcano god?”

by paul bond

| AI106, dead milkmen, Dr. Oblivion, ds106, Syndicated, technoir
March 7, 2025

Way back in 1986, The Dead Milkmen basically renamed the periodic table as “the goddamn periodic table of elements.” At least for me. So when I saw Bryan Mathers’ latest remix challenge, I had to do something. Unfortunately I didn’t … Continue reading ?
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Props to propaganda

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, Syndicated, technoir, this week in ds106
March 1, 2025

Propaganda was a big hit this week, which is perhaps predictable given the nature of the assignments. Even so, there was some great work, and it’s all worth checking out. One I’d like to highlight comes from Cinder’s Wonderland. Note … Continue reading ?
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“…like choosing your favorite snack”

by paul bond

| AI106, Dr. Oblivion, ds106, Syndicated, technoir, vote
February 28, 2025

https://oblivion.university/audio/d332fae6-acb1-4668-9b52-130084c56985.mp3 Hmm, that’s an interesting question. In ds106, voting for post of the week is like choosing your favorite snack. It helps showcase great work and encourages participation. While consequences might seem harsh, maybe gentle reminders could help encourage more … Continue reading ?
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Tech Noir Connections

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, Syndicated, technoir, technoirshowideas
February 26, 2025

Wouldn’t Want to Hear This on the Radio! is an excellently done PSA that hints at a larger story. How would other course characters react to the announcement? Would some of them be forces behind the issue? Or – maybe … Continue reading ?
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Today in death race news…

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, technoir, technoirnews
February 24, 2025

Jim suggested the idea of doing a news report on an event from a tech-noir film, which sounded fun to me so I ran with it. I watched Death Race 2000 recently so I decided to work with that, even … Continue reading ?
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Week Six ds106 top picks

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, technoir, this week in ds106
February 22, 2025

We had seventeen posts picked for the best of week six, and they’re all winners. I especially like the variety of tools and approaches to video that people used. I hope everyone looks them over, because you can get a … Continue reading ?
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How I made the news

by paul bond

| ds106, News, Syndicated, technoir
February 21, 2025

Since Jim came up with the news assignment idea, I thought I’d try to mimic a newscast. I Googled “free news background animation” and “free news background music” to find suitable content. Then I recorded myself with a green screen … Continue reading ?
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Hated in the nation, loved in the class

by paul bond

| 6, ds106, Syndicated, tdc4779, technoir, this week in ds106
February 15, 2025

It’s not really surprising that so many video essays made the Best Of list, given the week’s assignment load. Even so, they are great efforts, demonstrating the fun that can be had through the close reading of media. You can … Continue reading ?
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Super sounds of cyberpunk

by paul bond

| #4life, ds106, Syndicated, technoir, this week in ds106
February 8, 2025

Only eight people voted. They are awesome and #4life for doing so, but really, we’re doomed. Do you want a tech noir dystopia? Because this is how you get a tech noir dystopia. But once again we have a wide … Continue reading ?
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How was that Tech-Noir?

by paul bond

| ds106, limetown, noircat, Syndicated, technoir
February 5, 2025

That’s a question we could ask of Limetown. There is a mystery element to it, in the disappearance of a small town’s entire population. And there is the intrepid reporter acting as a bit of a detective and a bit … Continue reading ?
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Do you see what I hear

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, limetown, Syndicated, technoir
February 3, 2025

We had our first night of collaborative listening on ds106radio tonight with a small but active group. We listened to the tale of Limetown, and heard voices and background music used to great effect. What I find more interesting though … Continue reading ?
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Tech Noir Talk

by paul bond

| characters, ds106, Syndicated, technoir
February 2, 2025

I fed our tech noir cast of characters to the two annoying podcast hosts from Notebook LM so that they could discuss how groups of them might work together. https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/01615d4d-37f2-4789-9bb1-43374db0b787/audio They spitball several ideas, none exceptionally creative, but maybe it … Continue reading ?
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Top of the Tech Noir: week 3

by paul bond

| #4life, ds106, Syndicated, technoir, this week in ds106
February 1, 2025

Discoball GIFfrom Discoball GIFs The good: The votes are in, and here are the top posts of the past week in ds106:Tech Noir as selected by the class. Beyond the works themselves, what is impressive is the distribution of the … Continue reading ?
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I suck at Photoshop

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated, technoir
January 31, 2025

We had to to the worst photoshop job ever for today’s Daily Create. It occurred to me that the worst thing I could do would be to ask an AI to give me a bad photoshop job. But using that … Continue reading ?
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Getting creative with the Daily Create

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated, technoir
January 30, 2025

See other TDC responses at https://mastodon.social/tags/tdc4765 and https://social.ds106.us/tags/tdc4765 Wednesday’s Daily Create was an exemplary challenge. As I understood it, it said “I don’t know what to do with this thing. Make something and figure it out.” It would be cool … Continue reading ?
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Our Cast of Characters

by paul bond

| characters, ds106, Syndicated, technoir, this week in ds106
January 26, 2025

We have quite the Cast of Characters for TechNoir106. The lineup includes: anti-hero corporate samurai femme fatale gangster hacker hard-boiled detective innocent bystander powerful millionaire or politician from across time and space. Many people enjoyed the assignment, although there was … Continue reading ?
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Living in AI Oblivion

by Reverend

| digital storytelling, Dr. Oblivion, ds106, Syndicated, tech-noir, technoir
January 24, 2025

It’s a ds106 world and I’m justing living in it. One of the many tasks for week 2 of ds106 is availing yourself to the wisdom of ds106’s AI bot the venerable Dr. Oblivion. So, given I have been thinking … Continue reading ?
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Always Be Commenting

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, technoir, this week in ds106
January 22, 2025

Jim and I had a discussion on the wonders of blog commenting earlier, and the recording is above. Commenting really is the glue of ds106, what makes a collection of bloggers into a community of creativity. It’s how we inspire … Continue reading ?
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Gettin’ Medieval

by paul bond

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2842, ds106, Syndicated, technoir
January 22, 2025

Friend of #ds106 Tom Woodward shared his discovery of an AI-generated rap based on The Canterbury Tales. That inspired me to ask Dr. Oblivion: and his response: Dr. O seems to think “We don’t need Skynet records taking over the … Continue reading ?
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Collect the whole set!

by paul bond

| Assignments, ds106, MakeArtDammit, Syndicated, technoir
January 21, 2025

I saw Bryan Mathers’ Trading Card Remix on Mastodon: Post by @bryanmmathers View on Mastodon and I thought, “This could be a cool way to visualize course characters.” Is there a trading card assignment though? If there wasn’t … Continue reading ?
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Collateral coincidences

by paul bond

| Collateral, ds106, Syndicated, technoir, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1442
January 20, 2025

I watched the Michael Mann neo-noir classic Collateral last night. I was thinking about the idea of noir characters, and how this film shows a great example of the Innocent Bystander, a cab driver, a man with a plan, whose … Continue reading ?
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Revving Up the ds106 Engine

by Reverend

| #4life, digital storytelling, ds106, open media ecosystem, Syndicated, tech-noir, technoir
January 20, 2025

The tech noir edition of ds106 is in full swing this spring, and I’m feeling locked-in. It’s been a while since I have felt energized like this, and so much of that is rooted in commenting. Not only has ds106 … Continue reading ?
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You Can’t Go Holm Again

by Reverend

| AI, alien, Alien: Romulus, digital storytelling, ds106, films, movies, Syndicated, tech-noir, technoir
January 19, 2025

This weekend I finally watched Alien: Romulus (2024) given I thought it might give me something to talk about for Tech Noir, I was right. I enjoyed the return to the original Alien (1979), which in many ways is one … Continue reading ?
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Show us the Tech Noir

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, technoir, this week in ds106
January 17, 2025

The point of the film review assignment was to get people thinking about the Tech Noir concept, how it has been portrayed in media, and what it means to us. It’s not meant to be a generic or conventional film … Continue reading ?
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“Ever get the feeling you was being watched?”

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, film review, Syndicated, technoir, the anderson tapes
January 16, 2025

The other day friend of ds106 Grant Potter noted that the tech noir adjacent theme of surveillance is a theme on the Criterion Channel this month. One of the films on their list is The Anderson Tapes, which conveniently happens … Continue reading ?
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Noir Chopper

by Reverend

| ds106, feedwordpress, plugins, Syndicated, tech-noir, technoir, WordPress
January 16, 2025

I am creating a course aggregation site for the current Tech Noir ds106 course, and it’s been a while. Thankfully Alan Levine and Tom Woodward have been kind enough to help me hack the old gold TwentyTwelve WordPress theme to … Continue reading ?
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The Automated Dark Side of ds106: Tech Noir

by Reverend

| ds106, Syndicated, tech-noir, technoir
January 15, 2025

I tried to make a ds106 comeback last year with the AI 106 course, but it turns out I wasn’t even up to getting off the couch. It was a long winter, and quite a few of my responsibilities were … Continue reading ?
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Down by GIF

by paul bond

| dailycreate, down by law, ds106, MakeArtDammit, Syndicated, technoir
January 14, 2025

Today’s Daily Create instructions were to visualize The Scream, but since I saw Down by Law way back when, “scream” suggests a different image. If I were smart I would have realized that someone must have made this GIF before, … Continue reading ?
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Talking Tech Noir, part deux

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, Syndicated, technoir
January 12, 2025

We’re working with a them of Tech Noir in ds106 this semester, and as I mentioned before, we can’t really expect the class to know what we’re talking about, so Jim and I recorded a half-hour discussion which hopefully brings … Continue reading ?
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Tech Noir 106

by paul bond

| AI106, ds106, Syndicated, technoir
November 23, 2024

Jim had talked about doing a Tech Noir themed course many years ago, and now we’re looking to revisit the idea. It feels appropriate to the times. I can’t expect everyone to be an aficionado of the genre though, so … Continue reading ?
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