Podcasting and history – reflections from a casual podcaster
Since my childhood I’ve had a deep appreciation and love for radio. My youth was filled with car trips listening to CBC radio, nights hiding under blankets listening covertly to strange night-time...
View ArticlePotential solution for shared virtual machine folder – installing Dropbox in...
Last week in my Digital Research Methods class we hit a barrier attempting to create a shared folder between our virtual machines and physical machines. After spending some time this week trying to...
View ArticleExperiments in using digital research methods in my workflow
Since I started taking William J. Turkel’s Digital Research Methods course I’ve been trying to find ways to use these methods in my workflow. The more I’m exposed to these research methods, the more...
View ArticleUsing Dropbox as an easy way to transfer files to your virtual machine
In a previous post I discussed my idea for using Dropbox as a way to transfer files to my virtual machine. In the same post I mentioned how I hit a wall and couldn’t figure out a way to install Dropbox...
View ArticleCreating an OCR pipeline from my phone, to Dropbox, to my Virtual Machine, to...
As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve successfully installed Dropbox into my virtual machine. This allows me to transfer files quickly(ish) back and forth between my virtual machine and my host...
View ArticleVI Commands – a cheat sheet
Last class I couldn’t help but notice that some people were struggling with vi commands. Having struggled with these myself, I decided to make a quick cheat sheet. I’ve found having a copy of some...
View ArticleUsing a Kinect sensor with Max 6
My ever-supporting partner Beth bought me a Kinect for Valentine’s Day last year. In the following year I’ve tinkered with the Kinect on my PC laptop, mainly messing around with the Kinect Developer...
View ArticleINTERACTIVE EXHIBIT DESIGN – MEDITATIONS ON VIDEO GAMES AND INTERACTIVITY,...
For my second project in the Interactive Museum Design course, I wanted to experiment with the Nintendo Wii Remote. Due to the massive success of the Wii console, Wii Remotes are nearly ubiquitous in...
View ArticleINTERACTIVE EXHIBIT DESIGN – MEDITATIONS ON VIDEO GAMES AND INTERACTIVITY,...
For my final project for Interactive Exhibit Design, I wanted to move away from repurposing video game controllers, and make life itself into a video game. I decided to do this by creating a third...
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