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CogDog The Blog

An early 90s builder of web stuff and blogging Alan Levine barks at CogDogBlog.com on web storytelling (#ds106 #4life), photography, bending WordPress, and serendipity in the infinite internet river. He thinks it's weird to write about himself in the third person. And he is 100% into the Fediverse (or tells himself so) Tooting as @cogdog@cosocial.ca

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Talking About Keys- An Opener

My keychain is not much different from the last time I did this assignment for the Daily Create The Daily Create for August 28, 2012 told us to make a video: Show us your keychain and tell us a story about the keys or things you have on it. Yes, i still have the scuffed […]

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Dear Flickr

Dear flickr, We have been friends for so long, like since March 2004. I have shared with you over 27,000 photos, and stood up for you when other people were saying you were a has been. I still love you. But you are getting weird o senile and I am getting confused. Our ds106 students […]

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Shortcodes, Widgets, ‘n Duct Tape

Even cats know that duct tape is useful cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL) It comes in handy for PHP work on WordPress sites as well. You should know that the main internal organ that makes the magic of the ds106 site do what it […]

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They Should Call it Barrier not Banner

When I hear the word “Banner” I think of a colorful warm welcome cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by woodleywonderworks My experience with student information systems is negligible, and now my connotation os shifting more to cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by Ani-Bee In fact its so […]

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startup.me()

Sigh. This is attempt to write after my bog host hiccuped yesterday. But that’s part of the playing field. I have signed up for maybe another MOOC I Signup for and Never Show Up (MOOC-SNSU), edstartup, which David Wiley is part commandeer, and is running in a less than your averag money MOOC format and […]

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On This Day

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Gone. August 27, 2001: Dad. August 27, 2011: Mom mom’s last batch of cookies (on cowbird) cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by […]