Month: August 2011
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How Many More Lives
Without UMW hosting a registered section of ds106 this semester, Jim, Martha, and company have invited me to host York College’s Communications Technology students as registered students in a fall offering of DS106. Sadly it’s going to be a late start due to natural disasters, holidays, and a bad database in our student information system.…
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The Evil and the Weak Must Be Purged
Leaving a window open on your computer playing old, bad television while going through email can lead to one of two things – inbox zero if you maintain your focus on the email, or more likely a couple of good animated GIF ideas for ds106. Above is the fabulous Jack Palance playing the false prophet Kaleel…
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Stranded by Solar Storm
@JimGroom tweeted about a great writing assignment for #ds106 this morning which asks you to write your worst first sentence to a novel. The idea comes from the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest which ds106 alum Andrew Allingham entered and wrote about in his blog. I decided there was no reason to wait for the next section of ds106…