This is what an afternoon of playing around with the ds106 jukebox has done to me, and my profile in YouTube. This is almost as messy as what our family’s Netflix queue (a veritable mashup of Nazi Zombie movies, Showtime and HBO series and Spanish language films).
Monthly Archives: January 2011
ds106 & questions of (digital) identity in another language
‘Twas a long week here at the ranch (can’t you tell by looking at the bags under Flaubert’s little eyes?) but here (finally) is my self introduction as well as some stuff I am thinking about re: ds106 A confession: I -hate-watching myself on film. Gives me the creeps. And while yes I could have […]
I have this condition…my ds106 contribution
It may seem odd, but one of my favorite movies is Memento(2000), the story of a man, Leonard, who has short term memory loss and how he sets out to avenge the murder of his wife. Leonard’s condition makes it impossible for him to hold on to information for long, so as he acquires information […]
Starting 2011 with a resounding failure
Our first family dog was a rescue dog, that is, a dog that was rescued from an animal pound because he had been rejected by his family. He was a Springer Spaniel and came to us with the name of Jed. We agreed to foster him, which meant he lived in our house and the […]
A winter shutting down; a new year starting up
For a week between Christmas and New Year’s the college where I work shuts down. Everyone is sent home (okay well almost everyone), the heat is turned down (okay well not in all of the buildings) and people are given an extra few days of paid vacation time to spend as they wish. My goals […]
