Noir-fu
I like the examples of noir that people are coming up with. Some of it is what I expected, and some are off the wall (which I also expected). Paul Schrader, in his Notes on Film Noir, describes noir as a style more than a genre. So I thought …
Noir-fu
I like the examples of noir that people are coming up with. Some of it is what I expected, and some are off the wall (which I also expected). Paul Schrader, in his Notes on Film Noir, describes noir as a style more than a genre. So I thought …
Life gets easier
So CogDog informed me that auto-embedding has been a feature of WordPress for a while. I just accidentally discovered this while doing my last post. I guess there’s no excuse for not embedding now.
Soundcloud offers two different embed codes, so you have some control over the appearance. I can …
Listing, linking, and embedding
Burtis talked about this. I thought I’d spell it out with pictures.
There are a number of ways to get media into WordPress. One that you DON’T want to do is just list the URL, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_k7CxlvZ8
Readers could get to the video I posted with that, but …
Dispatch from the dark 1/15/15
barely audible background music: Where by Spin Day, from the Free Music Archive
Here’s a quick dispatch for Noir106. You might want to check out the Burtis Files as well. Most of us are on track, but a few haven’t gotten their domains up yet. Here’s a quick checklist …
The noir experiment
Today begins our latest experiment in digital storytelling, Noir106. It’s ds106 with a noir twist, but it’s more than that too. We’re running three sections as one big group. It will be fascinating to see what kind of connections, collaborations and inspirations come out of that. We’re hoping the …
Busted on Wire106
Lamar: What happened to all them towers?
Brother Mouzone: Slow train comin’. Reform, Lamar. Reform.
(from The Wire Episode Scripts)
On Friday, Jim, Desa and I had a good conversation about episode 10 of season 3 of The Wire. We looked at the opening sequence (YT) …
There’s never been a paper bag…
Inspired by the WaffleStomper, I thought I’d try remixing a song and some speech. Keeping with The Wire theme, I was also inspired by the speech that Major Colvin gave about the history of the paper bag. I decided to mix that with Blake Leyh’s closing theme, The …
Little Melvin
A minor character who makes his debut in this week’s episodes is the Deacon. I’m not sure if he has a name beyond that. He’s played by Melvin Williams, a former Baltimore drug kingpin who served as a partial template for Avon Barksdale. Simon wrote a series of articles …
