2445 Posts Categorized "The Network"

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Open Participants 2021, The Network

Accidental Photo Art

NomadWarMachine on September 23, 2026

Today’s TDC says Invariably I take unintended photos when grabbing my phone or those weird compositions featuring a blurred thumb selfie. Can you make/shae art from an accidental or unntended photo? I usually delete any blurry pics I take, but here’s a long exposure one I took at the weekend by mistake. It was very windy! Windy Findhorn flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license I headed over to Lunapic to artify it Artified […]

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Wave a DS106 Flag

NomadWarMachine on September 22, 2026September 22, 2026

Today’s TDC says: Make a waving Gif Flag for DS106 or something else. This started as a response to #tdc5337 . Use one of the DS106 graphics or upload your own and edit the text. I made this

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Lasts

NomadWarMachine on September 21, 2026

Today’s TDC says: “Lasts: The last trip to the pool. Or the lake. The last hike. The last popsicle. Capture your warm weather favorites before it really cools down!” Lisa Truesdell This week we’re up in Findhorn on what will be our last seaside holiday of the year. On Saturday I took this photo as we walked along the sea front. Sunset at Findhorn flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

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5 Card Flickr Story

NomadWarMachine on September 20, 2026

Today’s TDC says Time to write a 5 card Flickr story If you have done one before, you know it is fun. If not, you are in for a treat. Need examples? We haz examples. I couldn’t make it work, though, I kept getting errors like this: Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ‘<br /> <b>Warning</b>: Undefined array key’ […]

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Silent Sunday

NomadWarMachine on September 20, 2026

262/365 Findhorn Bay flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

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Motivation Out of Nothing!

NomadWarMachine on September 18, 2026

Today’s TDC says: You may have seen the Tiktok trend where people turn everyday quotes into a motivational quote flyer. Now it’s your turn! Take a random quote from your day and create a motivational poster! I’m on holiday today, so ignoring all of the emails and Teams messages, so I took a pic of Cagney, pretending to sleep on my bed, and turned that into a poster Sleeping Cagney flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC […]

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Put a bird on it!

NomadWarMachine on September 17, 2026

Today’s TDC says: Seriously, pointing people are always better with budgies. From our friends at Boing Boing Pick your pointing person and put a bird on it! Enjoy. I decided to take a poster I’d already remixed and added the budgie to it: Your country needs you with added bird flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

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Do Exactly What the Creative Prompt Machine Hands you

NomadWarMachine on September 16, 2026

Today’s TDC says: You have one creative task today. Do not stray from the instructions. Do not pass Go. Do not spit on the sidewalk. Do not disobey. Ready? Go to the Creative Prompt Machine and Turn the Machine On. The prompt it gave me is: Make a comic strip for that time Puff the Magic Dragon went to Machu Piccu only to discover to get home they had to enjoy a picnic of cheese and crackers. I cheated – it’s a busy […]

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Today, show your favourite time of the year!

NomadWarMachine on September 15, 2026

Today’s TDC says: Today, show your favorite time of the year! You can draw us a picture, share a photo you’ve taken, or even write us a poem about it. No Googling though. This is DS106 I love all of the seasons, but the autumn colours are spectacular. Here’s a picture I took at Ross Priory at the weekend Acer in Autumn colours flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

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‘Make Art, Dammit!’ a la Karel Appell

NomadWarMachine on September 14, 2026

Today’s TDC says: ‘Make Art, Dammit!’ a la Karel Appell Want to see some of his real stuff? Check Artnet for Inspiration. We used a lovely abstract art generator for our masterpiece here, but feel free to use other media and get messy with real paint! I took a close up picture of part of an oil painting we have on our walls and played around with filters. Here’s the original: Abstract Art flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons […]

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Roald Dahl Day

NomadWarMachine on September 13, 2026

Today’s TDC says: 13th September is Roald Dahl Day. Make some art to celebrate this day – maybe a gif from one of his films, or a poster made from a quote from one of his books. I chose a quote from the MinPins “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl and found a gif I did a few years ago of a horse turning into a unicorn.

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Silent Sunday

NomadWarMachine on September 13, 2026

249/365 Red Admiral flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

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School & Office Supplies

NomadWarMachine on September 12, 2026

Shark Pens flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Fountain Pens flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says: Show us the old school office supplies you regularly use for school or the office. (Digital devices need not apply.) Yuo don’t get much more old school than a fountain pen, and I use mine for all my writing. You can see some of them at the top of […]

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We are open

NomadWarMachine on September 11, 2026

We are open flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Think of a local store in your neighborhood. You’ve been hired to come up with a hand-drawn “We’re Open” sign for them to hang on the front door. Your design should speak to the spirit of the store, and entice passersby to take a peek inside.Tell us about the store. Show us your ‘We’re open’ sign. I asked NightCafe to make […]

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Where is Alphistia?

NomadWarMachine on September 10, 2026September 11, 2026

Today’s TDC says: Alphistia is a geofictional country, you can read about it on its web pages. Tell us where you think it would be, if it had a location. Who lives there? What do they do? I cheated and asked ChatGPT: I think Alphistia would be somewhere in northern Europe – perhaps tucked away between Scotland and Scandinavia, in a place that exists in the geographical equivalent of a gap in the map. It would have a temperate climate, plenty […]