“They Love The Account”

Coming down to the end of the season The Wire is starting to heat up. I really enjoyed a very interesting 12th episode if the 4th season. One of the things that really had me interested in this episode was Randy. Yet another one of the young boys who really …

The Last Word

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

This is my last time I will be posting, but it is time to end on bang (or whimper). So much has happened as always and it is time to jump into the thick of it.

The Wire

I am not even going to lie, this …

“And We Ashing Off Your Furniture”

The 11th episode of the fourth season of The Wire was another good one. I enjoyed it and I was interested the whole way through. One thing that was interesting to me was the interaction between McNulty and Bodie. It was really odd but definitely very interesting. I can see …

Tutorial: Swap Shop

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/swap-shop/

Tutorial

– Come up with some crazy idea for an item to sell. The more unrealistic it is, the better.

– Have a good audio recording device. I personally used the one that was built into my laptop.

– If you can, try to get a friend to help …

Tutorial: What’s in Your Gullet?

Tutorial: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/whats-in-your-gullet/

– Grab three containers of things you drank last.

– Arrange them in a pyramid fashion.

– Provide ample light to clearly make out what drinks they are.

– Take a picture.

– Explain why you like these. Also explain if you were doing anything special while drinking …

AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments1524 “Sounds of Omar’s Life”

AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments1524 (3 stars)  “The Sounds of Omar’s Life”

In this assignment, Omar and I used Audacity to blend several sounds to make a typical day in the life of Omar.  I would like to give credit to the following from Freesound.org

“Outside Night w/Sirens” by apotter1992

“Dog barking in …

Video Discussion: S4E13

My first video discussion of the whole semester took place on Wednesday night at 10pm. Now, sadly this was never recorded. Google was just not working with us that night, but the discussion was completed! As i’ve mentioned in my previous posts about these discussions, they were not completed in …

Stacks On Stacks

For my final assignment of the week, i chose the “Create Your Own DS106 Wallpaper!”. Since our task was to create these assignments in the shoes of our character, i did a wallpaper that Stringer Bell would use/like. This wasn’t too difficult to do!

Wallpaper:

Wallpapers are very personal …

My Fair Abbey

As my final project character’s story is evolving, I needed to advance her progress to the next level where she becomes part of a television show loosely based on some of her life experiences.  So, that meant I needed to invent the television show and now you’re all caught up. …

VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments439 Video Essay: Omar Little

VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments439  (5 stars)  In this Video,  Omar and I worked on putting together a video essay that could help everyone develop a love for him.  He truly is an amazing character that I grew to love over the semester.

Omar and I worked on extracting videos from Youtube to …