Monthly Archives: December 2007

UMW Blogs Upgraded to WPMu 1.3

Well, it took long enough, but UMW Blogs is now running WordPress Multi-User version 1.3. We had to be a bit more careful with this upgrade because we are now supporting close to 800 blogs, so I actually took a … Continue reading

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Mary Washington Centennial on flickr

UMW’s centennial is on the Flickr bus! As 2007 comes to a close, the University of Mary Washington’s centennial year is set to begin. There has been much preparation for the centennial festivities, and the occasion has in many ways … Continue reading

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Graffiti: Reading Cultures on the Wall

One of the things I enjoy about Italy is the graffiti. It is often very entertaining, if not as elaborate as the fine art found on the subway cars in NYC during the 1980s. In fact, graffiti in Italy has … Continue reading

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Am I a Community-Based Learning Network Specialist?

I find myself coming back to this question a lot as the semester has come to a speedy close. Having a bit of time to reflect on some of the work we accomplished at UMW this semester, I keep on … Continue reading

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Portare fuori il cane…

…or “Walking the dog” Italian-style. The extent of social services runs deep in Italy. And I had the opportunity early this morning to experience to what degree a civilized social system can make the quotidian chores of life easier and … Continue reading

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Watched Airplane!…

…in preparation for the trip to Italy tomorrow, which will begin with eight hours on a plane with two small, riotous kids. I wonder if our captain will prove so engaging? Off color I know, but without question some of … Continue reading

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Yahoo! Powered Shortcuts Plugin

I’m not sure what to think about the new Yahoo! Shortcuts plugin that WordPress folks are blogging about. It seems to be a joint venture between WordPress and Yahoo! that scans your posts to recommend and create shortcut links to … Continue reading

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Bava Going Black

Bavatuesdays will be going offline for a few days while I try and experiment with moving this site (and four others I currently maintain) into one WPMu installation through a different host. I’ll be testing the possibilities for domain mapping … Continue reading

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Trilogy of Terror

 For some reason Chucky’s far more frightening predecessor, the African Zuni Fetish Warrior Doll from the 1975 telemovie Trilogy of Terror, was on my mind earlier this evening. So, I promptly searched for Trilogy of Terror on YouTube and, as … Continue reading

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One-Click Updater Plugin for WordPress

I posted recently about the OneClick Installer plugin that makes installing new plugins on your blog a cinch. One of the issues that this plugin has is that while it can install just about any plugin easily, it can not … Continue reading

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