In the early 90s (probably 1993), I went to the Directors Guild of America to see a Peter Sellers retrospective. I was not a huge Sellers fan at that point. I had seen him a couple of times on the Muppet Show, and mainly associated him with the Pink Panther series. It was [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Clare Quilty, or my excuse for talking about the limits of auteur theory
Published by June 30th, 2007 in film, films and movies. 12 Comments“What we do with WordPress echoes in eternity!”
Published by June 29th, 2007 in wordpress multi-user. 11 CommentsWell, maybe not eternity, but certainly beyond graduation!
Mike Caulfield, my new favorite blogger, has been talking about the value of having students work with a web-based authoring platform that they can actually use after they graduate:
And because the students worked with real tools (and possibly even on real problems) they’d graduate with bankable skills [...]
“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.”
Published by June 29th, 2007 in star wars. 4 CommentsI am a crass, yet lovable, smuggler wanted by bounty hunters from several systems…
Which Star Wars character are you? Take the test here.
I think a huge shout-out is in order for Chris, who has taken the de-animator game play to another level. I recently blogged about de-animator, but, in short, a post I threw out over 6 months ago that is far and away the most consistently popular destination on this blog. The original post [...]
“We aint one-at-a-timin’ here, we’re mass communicatin’!”
Published by June 27th, 2007 in WordPress and wordpress multi-user. 8 CommentsDownload link
Well, if you don’t know the quote from O Brother, Where art thou? it is worth a listen for it speaks to what exactly we’re doing over at ELS Blogs -this project ain’t no one off -this is the whole kit and kaboodle in one simply complex install!
We are getting ready to build a [...]
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? The Horror Movie Trailer
Published by June 27th, 2007 in YouTube and movies. 0 CommentsJust found this mashup on YouTube remixing a trailer for O Brother, Where Art Thou? as a horror movie. All too chillingly convincing…
Yesterday was a surreal day at the University of Mary Washington. What seemed to be just another languid and steamy Summer day turned out to be a brutal reminder of the War in Iraq. UMW was the setting for hundreds of National Guardsmen and women who were saying goodbye to their families and friends [...]
Some of my most treasured “possessions” are the film programs I have collected from innumerable film outings over the years. I have a modest collection of stuff spread across several boxes in my attic, and I do love to steal away for a while and look through these memories that encapsulate so many of my [...]
Flickr blog is powered by WordPress.com, who knew?
Published by June 25th, 2007 in WordPress and wordpress multi-user. 3 CommentsDid anyone else notice that the official Flickr blog is hosted by WordPress.com? Perhaps not a groundbreaking discovery, nor particularly profound. Yet, it is reassuring to see Yahoo and the folks at Flickr using an open source, hosted solution like WordPress.com to handle their major press releases.
Go WordPress, get busy, it’s your birthday…
Pathetic, [...]
The “effa bee eye” may be coming to a campus near you
Published by June 24th, 2007 Uncategorizedin . 5 CommentsAccording to the Press Esc blog the FBI is offering to brief universities on how to identify an international spy on campus, here are some of the indicators listed:
Unexplained affluence, failing to report overseas travel, showing unusual interest in information outside the job scope, keeping unusual work hours, unreported contacts with foreign nationals, unreported contact [...]
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