Comments on: Objection! Counternarratives http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/2012/10/12/objection-counternarratives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=objection-counternarratives HDCC 208B / Seminar in Digital Cultures and Creativity / Fall 2012 Mon, 11 May 2015 07:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tess http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/2012/10/12/objection-counternarratives/#comment-64 Tess Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:44:39 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/?p=985#comment-64 I’m afraid you’re wrong, Emil. My dorm room does not contain any ninja. Not a single one. You live in Queen Anne’s as well, so you should know that the residence hall has a 24-hour service desk and one resident assistant on each floor. Besides, all entrances of the building require swipe access. It is almost impossible for creepers to sneak into our rooms, not even ninjas. However, you were right about one thing: my dorm room is not an ordinary dorm room. I was hoping no one would find out, but it doesn't matter anymore. I guess I could share this secret with a few people. If you take a closer look at the picture, you may notice that the walls in my room have slightly different colors. This is not caused by natural light, but rather it is because I can control the color of the walls using my MacBook Pro and iPad 2. The master control routine is installed on my computer. However, I also downloaded an app with similar functions onto my iPad 2 so that I can change the color of my walls whenever and wherever I am, usually depending on my mood. As you can see, the walls in the photo reflect a soft blue and pink gradient. It is the new feature of the app, known as "Aurora," which changes the wall colors to those of polar lights. Now that the misunderstanding about ninjas and such is clarified, you no longer need to worry over my safety. I assure you that Queen Anne's is one of the safest residence halls at our school. I’m afraid you’re wrong, Emil. My dorm room does not contain any ninja. Not a single one. You live in Queen Anne’s as well, so you should know that the residence hall has a 24-hour service desk and one resident assistant on each floor. Besides, all entrances of the building require swipe access. It is almost impossible for creepers to sneak into our rooms, not even ninjas.

However, you were right about one thing: my dorm room is not an ordinary dorm room. I was hoping no one would find out, but it doesn’t matter anymore. I guess I could share this secret with a few people.

If you take a closer look at the picture, you may notice that the walls in my room have slightly different colors. This is not caused by natural light, but rather it is because I can control the color of the walls using my MacBook Pro and iPad 2. The master control routine is installed on my computer. However, I also downloaded an app with similar functions onto my iPad 2 so that I can change the color of my walls whenever and wherever I am, usually depending on my mood. As you can see, the walls in the photo reflect a soft blue and pink gradient. It is the new feature of the app, known as “Aurora,” which changes the wall colors to those of polar lights.

Now that the misunderstanding about ninjas and such is clarified, you no longer need to worry over my safety. I assure you that Queen Anne’s is one of the safest residence halls at our school.

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