Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Finally...structure/experience project

http://people.clemson.edu/~ruperth/320/

Experience-lectures have totally changed the way my class functions.

Live video+audio+chat+breeze+flash presentations....killer.

All instruction is recorded and uploaded to the lecture archive. Instant faculty audits.

This has had a dramatic impact on my career.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Interesting 3D model program

Hello RCID gang!

I just found out this really interesting 3D model program, its called Blender.
This is an three dimensional program that can model simple objects, complex animations, and the most amazing, you can create your own game.
Unlike sketchup wich is an simple program modeling , this you can insert scripts and animate different parts.
This of course demand a lot of knowledge, but If someone is thinking about following this path, this is a good program. The best part is that it is open source, so its free.

here is the web site
http://www.blender.org/

I'm still going over the basic tutorials, but if I manage to learn something, Ill be glad to demonstrate at the class.

See you all tomorrow

Sunday, November 4, 2007

LULZ 4 ALZ!

Last night while talking with three noted scholars in the burgeoning field of St8ninomics I found myself debating the linguistic differences between L337 and LOLcatese. Just thought I'd post this reflection:
Thanks for the pic, Josh!
Follow this link. It perhaps answers some of those questions that have plagued our twenty-first century minds.

Friday, November 2, 2007

On the Disnification of Culture

Just remember this little tidbit from (the late great) Jean Baudrillard--it's not that we think Disney is "the real thing." Come on! We're smarter than that.

It's that we know Disney is not the real thing, we know it's fake. Because we know it's fake, we (foolishly) believe that the rest of the world going on outside of it is real. Its status as fantasy serves to anchor that other fantasy: the real world.

Thursday, November 1, 2007