Monthly Archives: February 2012

What? No Mod-Podge necessary?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Kristin Emery

(click image to enlarge. seriously. click it.) Brought to you by Adobe Photoshop, the latest, glue-freest medium for making collages.

Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Love at First Site or My Longest Blog to Date

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Kristin Emery

Spring Break is coming and while I’d love to go to Austin, TX or some other temperate location (that doesn’t tacitly perpetuate colonialism re: every destination in the Caribbean [sorry to ruin your vacations people who are going on cruises...]),  … Continue reading →

Posted in Intellectual Acrobatics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Flickr, you say?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Kristin Emery

Our latest internet lurking assignment was to lurk around on Flickr. (Dr. Roberts: are you trying to turn us into creeps? [warning: link is BSFW- barely safe for work.]) Here are some thoughts on Flickr… First of all, enough landscapes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Search for the Hidden Finding Aid

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Kristin Emery

Today I wrote a paper for my Archives and Records Management class, on the subject of collecting controversial/radical material. I used the case of the Ted Kaczynski’s Papers, which were acquired by University of Michigan’s Labadie Collection, to examine some … Continue reading →

Posted in Intellectual Acrobatics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Welcome to the Future, Ya Tweerp!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Kristin Emery

At the prompting of the good Dr. Roberts (no, not the one from the Beatles song) I have created a Twitter account. Everyone in our Digital Media class did. Week One’s assignment: Lurk. Now, this is something that should be … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment