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Cut for time: Tampax Secrets Year aired: 2019 Interestingly enough, this skit was unfortunately cut for time, which this socially sensitive topic/taboo – of periods – which could possibly be a factor as to why it was cut to air, even though it was an absolute masterpiece and I laughed way too much at this,Continue reading “Assignment 3: SNL Medical Commercials”

At first when I started looking at and playing with Text Encoding Initiative, I was confused as to why it even existed and thought it was strange, as it’s (for the most part) simple and people can simply transcribe media without it. But the more I used it, I enjoyed it as it’s personally satisfyingContinue reading “Blog Post #9”

The museum that I explored was the Digital Museum of Digital Art. The first thing I noticed was the design of the website that is extremely appealing and modern. It is rather easy to navigate and the entire website is greatly informative, with many “About” sections and contact information. The majority of the gallery isContinue reading “Blog Post #8”

Unfortunately, I didn’t get my Tableau data visualization to work in the lab, however, Robots Reading Vogue was extremely interesting for me, and one of my favorite projects in DHSS to explore. The tool I played with most in Robots Reading Vogue was the n-gram. This tool keeps track of the amount of times anyContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

Being in DHSS 102 last semester and 101 this semester, I participated in a crowdsourcing project called DIY History and transcribed some projects, manuscripts, and articles and I essentially still hold the same opinion as last time, and I could probably say the same thing transcribing both times as I had some experience with it.Continue reading “Blog Post #6”

“All I wanna say is, they don’t really care about us.” -Michael Jackson Michael Jackson’s iconic “They Don’t Care About Us” is one of the most well-known controversial songs in pop history which describes the everyday injustices of minorities. The word cloud here produces the most commonly used lyrics in the song, however, if youContinue reading “Blog post #5”

The mapping project I explored was Mapping Gothic France on http://mappinggothic.org/map. Personally, I love exploring old buildings, relics, and artifacts in general. Seeing the things on this map opens my eyes to how impacted Europe really was from the Gothic era. I especially love this project as I’m a visual person, and love to exploreContinue reading “Blog post #4”

  For me, the Image Atlas on imageatlas.org was the most interesting project to explore. This tool, as described on the About page of the website, “investigates the cultural differences and similarities by indexing top image results for given search terms across local engines around the world.” For Digital Humanities and Social Sciences majors, itContinue reading “Blog Post #3”