Monthly Archives: October 2007

Explaining Japanese Internment

The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon blog is at it again with this post that includes a propaganda video about the “Japanese Relocation” in the US during WW II. For a little context, this is a post for an Asian … Continue reading

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God isn’t my co-pilot…

…but after my impulse purchase at the Onion Store, Jesus is now officially my car insurance. The Reverend rides in the Bible Belt! Image credit: D’Arcy Norman’s “jesus is my car insurance” I actually bought two extras because the shipping … Continue reading

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The D’Arcy Norman Effect

From Alex Ragone’s post Not Drupal, WordPress MU (emphasis mine): So a few weeks ago I blogged about the Drupal installation I was going to create. I had a plan and began to implement it. I had installed Drupal in … Continue reading

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Halloween Nostalgia: The Haunted Mansion of Long Branch

Ok, so besides the Toxic Avenger, New Jersey had one other amazing cultural treasure: The Haunted Mansion of Long Branch Anyone who lived in the New York/New Jersey area during the 70s and 80s probably has some memories of this … Continue reading

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Why I want to move to Tokyo

Linktribution Jack Turner’s Thought Bucket

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An Impressionistic History of Skateboarding, Part 1

As the nostalgia kicks in full force, I am transported back to Long Island during the 80s. My brother and I (16 and 13 respectively) built a half-pipe in our backyard while my Mom was enduring an extended stay in … Continue reading

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Babyland’s “Worst Case Scenario”

I’m going through a bit of a nostalgia period (I am highly susceptible to this perceived weakness) and–as with most things–my remembrances of things past is often mediated by music and movies. The internets make my bouts of time travel … Continue reading

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WPMu’s Change of Address Form

Just found this simple and quite useful plugin called Change Blog URL by Kt that allows you to change the URL of your WPMu blog with one click. I tested it out on UMW Blogs and it works flawlessly with … Continue reading

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Faculty websites made easy

Thanks to Cathy Derecki’s design/PHP skills we are currently experimenting with the possibility of using WPMu to allow faculty to create their own website/blog space with relative ease. Currently faculty and staff have a public folder as a part of … Continue reading

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Planet Terror: “Just like your video games”

After all the fun we had in our discussion about Death Proof, I broke down and watched Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. If I was tepid on Tarantino’s films before Death Proof, my feelings towards Rodriguez’s work was bordering on hostile. … Continue reading

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