DS106 Daily Create #tdc5142 – Pronounce This
Today’s challenge: attempt to pronounce one of the longest words in English — floccinaucinihilipilification .
The word means “the act of estimating something as worthless.” Ironic that such a long, impressive-sounding word means exactly that.
I gave it my best shot, cold, no prep, before looking up the official pronunciation.
DS106 Daily Create #tdc5123 – Poetry Reading
Today’s challenge was to find a poem you love, memorize it, and recite it.
I decided to write my own. As a CS student, I spend most of my time thinking in code, so it felt natural to write something about that experience — the frustration of a bug, the satisfaction when it finally runs.
Here’s the poem:
Lines of Code
I write in languages no one speaks aloud, Where logic blooms and errors cry out loud. A semicolon missed, the whole world breaks — But when it runs, that’s all it takes.
DS106 Daily Create #tdc5122 – Record a Sound Related to Your Dream Jo
https://vocaroo.com/1h4tG60Vhp5U
Reflection
This week’s Daily Creates were all audio-based, which was a refreshing change. The dream job sounded fun because it forced me to show rather than tell. The poetry reading pushed me to write something original, which I wasn’t expecting. And attempting to pronounce floccinaucinihilipilification cold with no prep was fun. Working with audio made these feel more personal