![]() radio slot, and then working a long day after just wasn’t something I could pull off. ![]() I gave it my best effort, but leaving home at 3 a.m. I support it as a listener, a financial contributor, and on a couple of occasions as a very early morning DJ putting together a post-classical, ambient, avant garde, and electronic show I hoped to call floating radio. WMUH 91.7 is an amazing radio station, in fact, it’s “The Only Station That Matters”. How cool is that? I’ve always loved college radioĪnd Muhlenberg College is extremely lucky to have its own radio station where students and members of the Allentown community come together to provide local, eclectic, original programming 24/7. There are pins on the East Coast of the U.S., on western Canada, and on New Zealand. This image is a screen capture of a Tweet by to me showing me the global listenership from my DS106Radio broadcast. I’ve reached out to folks via the #ds106Radio Twitter hashtag, which then lead to connections with great folks like and and hopefully more still. The #GlobalLivingRoom of DS106Radio has become a really important part of my life - my new old radio friend. ![]() That lead to my listening during times of the night when I normally wouldn’t. ![]() Since I’ve been home due to this pandemic I’ve had a few gnarly bouts with insomnia. mp3s from RaspberryPi single board computers and cheap, tiny WiFi routers I’d hacked to show how we could carry our domains along in our pockets and backpacks. When I attended the first Domains conference, DS106Radio was set up right across the event space from where I had small PirateBoxes set up to stream. I learned about DS106 and DS106Radio when Muhlenberg College adopted Domain of One’s Own and the Reclaim Hosting folks came to campus to help bring us into that outstanding community. I’ve been an infrequent listener to DS106Radio for several years. Listening to radio - the streaming kind and the transmitted kind - is a huge and welcomed rediscovery. My near constant peeping at screens has meant aural engagement is a precious part of my routine. But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to a few dark turns, especially as the nights grew their longest and coldest this year. I recognize how lucky I am to be working, housed, and healthy. As we mobilized to adjust our classes, I don’t think anyone could have imagined we’d still be dispersed and mostly working from our homes nearly a full year later. It was exactly this time last year when my colleagues and I began seriously discussing the need to depart campus in order to avoid spreading COVID-19 among our vulnerable students, faculty, and staff. Here is my attempt at something similar, and also an expression of genuine thanks, for everything. It’s accessible and technical, professional and personal, and it records and shares the how-to and the why-it-matters. I’ve also started tuning in for her radio show with Alex, and as Jim Groom would say, I’m a big fan! Lauren’s post captures what is so great about this rhizomatic, energetic, creative, and supportive community of designers, creators, and scholars. Lauren is someone I follow online for professional inspiration, and I have great respect for her work. Lauren Heywood recently wrote a post on her blog about her #ds106radio show with her friend and colleague, Alex Masters. The text reads, “That’s #DS106Radio!” as the camera zooms in on the serious expression on Dustin’s face. Animated GIF of Dustin, from Stranger Things, adjusting his homemade radio atop a hill.
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