Sound Effects Story

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  • Submitted by: Jim Groom (via Martha)
_cokwr: Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds. Another example (by a UMW student): http://ds106.us/wp-content/audio/audio_story.mp3, _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-7eekV9gPc&feature=player_embedded, _chk2m: Jim Groom (via Martha), _ciyn3: 70, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Uninteresting Story

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3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 53 votes, average: 2.67 out of 53 votes, average: 2.67 out of 53 votes, average: 2.67 out of 53 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5
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  • Submitted by: Jim Groom (via Martha)
_cokwr: Solicit an uninteresting story from a family member or friend. It is your task to try and make the anecdote as interesting for your listener as possible. When you post your story, reflect on the (un)interestingness of the story and why you believe it actually was worth telling. In other words, you are to record an uninteresting story and do everything in your power to make it interesting. , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/400/stories-pitched-by-our-parents, _chk2m: Jim Groom (via Martha), _ciyn3: 69, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Data of the Dead

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  • Submitted by: Michael Branson Smith
_cokwr: Take stock of your digital identity and prepare for the inevitable. In a blog post submit your last will and testament, describe how you wish to be digitally remembered, and will your embedded digital ephemera to [less then]loved ones. Inspired by: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/magazine/09Immortality-t.html, _cpzh4: Writing, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 132, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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We’ve Found Your Match

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8 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 5
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  • Submitted by: BRobenson
_cokwr: Take a picture of one of your closest friends and put it beside their celebrity look-a-like. , _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brobenson/5451916224/, _chk2m: BRobenson, _ciyn3: 66, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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d&ds106 Monster Manual

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  • Submitted by: Jim Groom
_cokwr: Take one of the people from ds106 and make them a monster profile a la Gary Gygax's classic 1977 Monster Manual. Make it a playing card, using a series of pre-defined qualities from the manual. You can see an example of this here: http://bavatuesdays.com/the-ds106-99-47-dds106-monster-manual-cogdog/ , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://bavatuesdays.com/files/2011/05/dds106_cogdog_front.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 130, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica

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  • Submitted by: Brad Kozlek
_cokwr: That's it. Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica, _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://badphotohelvetica.tumblr.com/, _chk2m: Brad Kozlek, _ciyn3: 65, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Music Mash

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  • Submitted by: jennak
_cokwr: Take clips from different songs and mash them up into something fun. Try to use random effects and cross music genres., _cpzh4: Mashup, _cre1l: http://jennak.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Pro1.mp3, _chk2m: jennak, _ciyn3: 128, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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The Little Caption

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6 votes, average: 2.00 out of 56 votes, average: 2.00 out of 56 votes, average: 2.00 out of 56 votes, average: 2.00 out of 56 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5
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  • Submitted by: Donn King
_cokwr: Take one of your own photographs, one from Flickr Creative Commons (http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/) or one from the DS 106 Flickr group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/ds-106/) and caption it., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daking27/5437505752/, _chk2m: Donn King, _ciyn3: 64, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Fan Fiction Picture

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  • Submitted by: duncandonuts56
_cokwr: Take the name or title of your favorite band, song, movie, or tv show and display it in the form of photography. You can take as many pictures as you want, but have your photos capture the band, song, movie, or tv show you pick. Be creative and have fun!, _cpzh4: Fanfic, _cre1l: http://donuts56.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/fan-fiction-picture/, _chk2m: duncandonuts56, _ciyn3: 126, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Flickr-ized Playlist Poetry

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9 votes, average: 2.00 out of 59 votes, average: 2.00 out of 59 votes, average: 2.00 out of 59 votes, average: 2.00 out of 59 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5
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  • Submitted by: Martha
_cokwr: Take your Playlist Poetry assignment (http://ds106.us/2011/02/03/stories-written-in-windows-media-player/) and find Creative Commons Flickr photos to illustrate your story. Try using a slideshow tool to interweave the song titles and images. , _cpzh4: Visual, _chk2m: Martha, _ciyn3: 62, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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