Many lifetimes ago, when I played Pee Wee football for the Baldwin Bombers, our head coach (Mr. Lamonde) would always talk about the “intangibles” of the game.* A kind of otherworldly sense a player has that you couldn’t really quantify … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
While I would like to take the credit for this post title, it came as a response to an AI-generated image I created celebrating the Jets going 3-0 in an alternative universe set 25 years ago, which lives on AI … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
I’m not sure how I’m gonna get my hands entirely around this post, but damn it all I’m going to try. It’s been a while since I came at the blog with a long one, but if I don’t start documenting some of the AI Maddeness work I’ll be too far in to find my way out 🙂| bavatuesdays
As part of this year’s Reclaim Open Conference we were hoping to highlight student work coming out of any assorted Reclaim Hosting projects. So, if you’re working with students in a Domain of One’s Own, Shared Hosting or a WordPress … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
Time to promote the best conference this side of the … well it’s fully online and distributed so that geographical metaphor would crash and burn in the Mississippi. In fact, this is a region-free conference, just like all media should … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
While in Portland, Oregon last week doing some serious DVD, VHS, comic, and vinyl shopping (what a city for physical media!), I came across The Incredible Hulk #315 from January of 1986. The title “Bruce Banner … Free at last?” … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
I’ve been recovering from a pretty intense regiment of vacation over the last month, but I’m finally back at home playing Madden 2001 in preparation for the AI Maddeness season kickoff this coming weekend.| bavatuesdays
A few months back I learned that you canemulate handheld video games from the early 80s on systems like Retropie or Batocera. That seemed pretty crazy to me. I had luck getting it working on the Batocera, so I started … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
My last post was supposed to detail the “Hot Summer 70s Family Horror” series MBS and I are doing right now for the Family Pictures Podcast, but it turned into a love letter to that podcast. We’re gonna record episode … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
On a recent trip back to New York I had the good fortune of meeting up with the better half of the Family Pictures Podcast and doing two episodes of our gobsmackingly amazing film podcast in person. What’s cool about … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
Between vacation, travel, and AI Maddeness I’ve fallen into a bit of a hole. Sometimes disappearing down a hole is good for the soul, but it’s time to work my way back onto the blog with an old school tech update.| bavatuesdays
Since finishing up The Shining diorama I’ve thrown myself into a new project, this one involving AI. It’s a stupid project—which is why I love it—promising neither revolutions nor solutions, just grist for the insatiable tech mill fueled by capital. I’ll post more about the project shortly, but for now I just wanted to document some of my early experiences with ChatGPT.| bavatuesdays
For episode 20 — we’re obviously committed at this point, so subscribe already! — we take a long stroll through the shifting sands of Èric Rohmer’s Pauline at the Beach, a breezy yet piercingly sharp entry in his “Comedies and … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
I already hinted at the AI Maddeness project that will build out a sports media universe around the NY Jets 2000 season as created by Madden 2001 on the PS1 (emulated). The idea is to try and understand the various AI tools out there by focusing them on an imaginary season of football using 25 year old rosters, schedules, and rules. I’m not sure it makes a lot of sense, but that’s kinda what I like about it. At a more basic level I chose Madden 2001 because it was one of the first video g...| bavatuesdays
For episode 20 — we’re obviously committed at this point, so subscribe already! — we take a long stroll through the shifting sands of Èric Rohmer’s Pauline at the Beach, a breezy yet piercingly sharp entry in his “Comedies and Proverbs” cycle. The proverb this time? “A wagging tongue bites itself” — and over the course of one summer holiday in Normandy, just about every character manages to do exactly that.*| bavatuesdays.com
As I finally catch-up on blogging, it’s time to turn to the Family Pictures Podcast which is now available on Apple’s Podcasts and Spotify as we get into the double-digits of episodes. “We’re mass communicatin’!”| bavatuesdays
I think it was the great Scottlo that underscored the “Always Be Commenting” mantra while teaching ds106 in Japan, and it’s something I’ve returned to constantly over the last 10+ years—even when not living up to it’s eternal truth. So this blog is not only an ode to blogging, but a peaen to those folks who take the time and energy to share some love in the comments. Back in the fall of 2010 I was teaching my second ds106 course and trying to figure out what made an online cours...| bavatuesdays