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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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Postcards Cousin Bobby Style

Holy retro, Batman! I am sending analog postcards! Those things with short, hand written, possibly tweet-length sentiments (sans hashtags) with a real photo attached, not a twitpic link. Doing this while traveling took me back in time to growing up and getting postcards from Cousin Bobby. I was not (and still not) clear on whose […]

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Road Stats

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 7 Miles Driven: 953 Number of States driven in: 3 Money Spent on gas: $228.11 Photos posted: 220 Money Spent on Hotels: $0 ($15 for camping does not count) Friend Homes Visited: 3 Number of new dogs met: 9 […]

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Running with the Sheep

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog It’s more fluffy than running with the bulls. The last few days I have enjoyed a relaxing times at my friend’s Ken and Oggie’s farm in Paonio Colorado- they have an amazing story themselves in how they are devoted to their flock of rare Black […]

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Announcement from Management

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog (who would be a better announcer than Dr Bags of Gold Campbel?l) FROM THE MANAGEMENT DESPITE THE LEMMING LIKE BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS THE DECISION MAKERS AT COGDOGBLOG.COM ASSURE YOU THAT WE SHALL NEVER ABANDON THIS SITE AS OUR MAIN OUTLET; NOT FOR FACEBOOK NOR TUMBLR […]

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Looping Around Mountains

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog I am still based on my friend’s place in Paonia, Colorado, but took today as a day trip on the scenic West Elk bypass- the first part was most glorious, a sometimes rough gravel road that climbed through aspen forests, crossed Kebler pass, and dumped […]

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Out Here

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Just a quick post, cause there is stuff to see today. I’ve been out on the road 3 days now, and am feeling that separation from the life I knew so well before, disappearing into the clouds of not knowing what comes next. I described […]

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It’s Time

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by Lady Pain (Marta Manso) After putting out the idea for the plan three months ago, tomorrow is the day my odyssey starts. After all this talk, and planning, and buying shit, and putting shit into boxes (some are boxes that stay others are ones […]

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I Love ds106

My friend Debbie (not friend like in the real sense) (or any sense) (but it sounds good) is so popular with her eHarmony bio video, she has like 10,000,000 views. She’s a star! And thus, she has inspired me to respond to Dr O’blivion’s opening video for ds106– here it is

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Dr. O

ds106 is going to a new level of meta-ness, as unleashed live this morning on ds106.tv. It was here, that the teacher, Dr. O’Blivion, made his first class address, in the medium form which he will only communicate- TV. His TA, Jim Groom, will be the conduit to the teacher for students and class participants. […]