Month: January 2012
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Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere
I remember having a little garbage can full of these M.U.S.C.L.E Men back in the 1980s. They were about an inch tall and there were dozens of different characters, each with a lot of detail. I was becoming a little too old to ‘play’ with them, but I was a bit of a dork and…
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CUNY Week 1 – DS106 is Taking the 7 Train
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by adaptorplug The spring semester is finally starting for York College and I’m really excited to get a new group of students into DS106. Here at York DS106 feeds out of the course CT101 whcih is the foundation course for our Communications Technology majors. For students…
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DS106 Radio One Year Anniversary
An animated GIF to mark the launch of the most fabulous broadcasting station ever.
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The Dude’s SuperPAC – Ecstatic Whatever Fund
Platform – Oh, the usual. Bowling. Driving around. The occasional acid flashback. Candidates we support – My rug. Candidates we oppose – Look, we all know who is at fault here, what the fuck are you talking about? War Chest – I’m not handling the money, driving the car and talking on the phone all…
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TED Renewed
Sandmen Logan 5 and Francis 7 will discover with you the value of “Carrousel” – your chance at continued immortality through the process of renewal. At the age of thirty, your lifeclock comes to an end and the crystal in the palm of your hand begins to blink red. On your “Last Day” you can choose…
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No Peel Required
Another ds106 Yam post. They are so silly, so I can’t stay away from them. I decided to move from the yam genre of films and try out the yammy album covers. This one is based on Phil Collins 1985 album No Jacket Required. In Take Me Home, Phil is definitely a big dorky yam as…
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Buck’s Revenge
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Michael Branson Smith I came across this sign and Cheryl Colan’s re-imagined road signs assignment through a course I’m teaching this semester (more on that in another post). Cheryl also created an awesome tutorial for making silhouettes in Photoshop and Illustrator. I saw that only three people haf done this one so far,…
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Color Your Monster Manual – Dragons Edition
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Michael Branson Smith So Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual madness continues in my home. We continue to choose monsters to blow up and color from the amazing Advanced D&D Monster Manual. Recently my kids have been more interested in hearing the backstory for each monster,…
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Cool Hand Yam
No Yam Can Eat Fifty Eggs! cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Michael Branson Smith So the Yam yarn continues with a fine start from Lisa M Lane with her Yamboat, and quickly followed by Scottlo with The Yam Who Would Be King.
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American Werewolf in London Animated Movie Poster
Writer, director John Landis is best known for his comedy work in the 80s, particularly the Blues Brothers, Trading Places, and Three Amigos. But the cult classic, An American Werewolf in London was one of two forays he made into the horror genre (I never saw Innocent Blood, but reviews were pretty bad). Admittedly I’m not…