The ds106 Digital Storytelling course Sound Effects Story Audio Assignment 70 gave me an opportunity to devote some time developing greater familiarity with Audacity and the sound source website, FreeSound.org. While I normally would turn directly to Apple’s GarageBand for something like this, I wanted to see how layering and track editing worked in the open [...]
How would you like to have the support of six seven classic authors sitting at your table, collaborating with you as you compose your next great piece of writing? My friend and colleague Doug Peterson has a new blog post waiting every morning at 5:01 am, and this morning’s post prompted me to immediately launch the [...]
Now that we’re into audio week, it was hard to pass up the Mainstreamed Chipmunkd’ Audio Assignment 494. After hearing Jolie’s “You Can Call Me Al-vin” last night, I just had to try it myself. While I found the Genesis classic “Carpet Crawlers” mighty wonderful at any speed, I decided to up-chipmunk The Chipmunks’ recent [...]
In looking for a film to fit into the I Can Read Movies assignment, I decided would start by repurposing my initial Monkey House vector graphic and work with Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film, 12 Monkeys. Like Gilliam’s 1985 film, Brazil, the film is set in a dystopian future, but also introduces the wrinkle of time travel. [...]
Wow. The design assignment opportunity this week at Camp Magic MacGuffin has offered a gazillion ideas — I have a major list I could chip away at — and making the time to get to get to them has been a fun challenge. The Postcards from Magical Places Design Assigment 363 was a blast! I’ve [...]
“Making night time work, A convenient answer, Bending the space-time.” FlickrHaiku, TwHaiku, InstagramHaiku I came across this solution, while seeking answers. While still not the long-promised DayDoubler**, it’s nonetheless a start. – At the Petro-Can, 10:10 pm. June 11th, 2012. ______________________________________________ I would have seen a mock ad for **DayDoubler sometime in the mid-90s, posted [...]
This is a preliminary post which will be added to over time. Members of the ds106 digital storytelling group The Monkey House may be interested in some of these resources and hints for use with MineCraft. 1) Monkey Skins are available for your MineCraft dude (while you are waiting to customize your own). The Skindex [...]
So! Campers have started to explore the MineCraft incarnation of Camp Magic MacGuffin in droves! Last Friday evening, a good number of folks showed up simultaneously within the virtual space, and by Tuesday evening, the area surrounding the Camp Centre had been transformed with a whole slew of new construction. With a multiples of folks now [...]
The Bunkhouse One group for Camp Magic MacGuffin is looking to establish an identity through a name and group logo. Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1968. Maybe we could be The Monkey House? The DRAFT 1 logo is designed to fit a traditional [...]
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