Well, back in May my loving children broke a pair of glasses that I had owned and worn for almost twelve years. Since then, I have been wearing glasses with only one arm, primarily out of necessity and a staunch refusal to buy a crap pair of glasses. And while I flirted with the idea [...]
Archive for September, 2008
That was then….
….and this is now (actually last week at the NuArt theater in LA–my favorite!):
Stephen Geoffreys delivering his classic line from Fright Night (1985).
I have a longer post, a kind of “opus” tracing the impact of the VCR on b-movies during the 80s. I’ll save the details for later, but while doing my extensive research I came across a gem from the past: TerrorVision. I re-watched it again last night, and I had totally forgotten the Grandfather (played [...]
During these strange political times I have found myself returning in thought to Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia for some reason. Don’t ask me why, for I am not entirely sure, but I do have to say that this work continually blows my mind. This might by the third or fourth time [...]
The UMW Blogs Story
Published by September 26th, 2008 in UMW Blogs, insructional technology, wordpress multi-user and wpmu. 6 CommentsThe following questions come from an email conversation Shawn Miller and I had about the genesis and guiding logic of UMW Blogs. Shawn is a member of Duke University’s Center for Instructional Technology, and the group is interested in hearing more about the ways we are using blogs here at Mary Washington. If all [...]
The EdTech Survivalist has been hacked!
Published by September 25th, 2008 in edtech survivalist and edupunk. 7 CommentsWhile I was trying to record the most recent EdTech Survivalist video, I was hacked by an alter-ego I thought had been laid to rest long ago. So forgive the quality of this recent installation, but I was shanghai’d in to giving a more instructive, albeit confusing, explanation of the syndication oriented framework of UMW [...]
From the latest issue of Wired:
Who knew it was a noun?
Thanks to Jerry Slezak for getting me started all over again
Smith College gets their WPMu on
Published by September 24th, 2008 in wordpress multi-user and wpmu. 1 CommentI have to give some love to the work Esther White is doing with WPMu at Smith College Blogs, it is well worth a look. She has shared her process for customizing the front page, which details some very cool hacks. Moreover, today she posted about using WPMu as a space for faculty bio pages [...]
EdTech Survivalist: Episode 1
Published by September 23rd, 2008 in edtech survivalist and edupunk. 10 Comments“Fishing with Tom”
In our first episode we were ever so lucky to catch up with Dixie’s most impressive edtech survivalist Tom “Catfish” Woodward. We tunneled all the way down to the swamps of Slocum, Alabama to find him, and we were duly rewarded with some invaluable gems about trotlining RSS to feed the entire family [...]
Looks like Minor Threat has a new front man…
Published by September 20th, 2008 in edupunk and fun. 2 CommentsHat tip to Mikhail Gershovich for the link.
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