Monthly Archives: February 2009

Gursky World (2002)

That just in from UBUWEB: In the first programme of a major new arts strand, Ben Lewis’s amusing odyssey delves into the world of the planet’s most influential photographer, Andreas Gursky. Trying to find out what makes Gursky tick, Lewis’s … Continue reading

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bavacon or: How Blog Branding Ate My Soul

Image credit: “Pittsburgh Comicon” by RL Johnson. Let me be frank here, I love the bava, I do, I love the little fucker. And I pretty much say whatever I want on it, and really could care less about the … Continue reading

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Wonder Twins activate, form of “Write To Reply”

I just wanted to applaud Tony Hirst and Joss Winn for the amazing work they are doing with Write to Reply. These two British cats did nothing short of re-imagine the possibilities for an open, accessible discourse around documents that … Continue reading

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EDUPUNK Battle Royale, Part 2

EDUPUNK Battle Royale, Part 2 Thanks to Gerry Bayne for turning this around so quick —I think the next three videos will be coming out sooner than later. I just saw this for the first time minutes ago, and I … Continue reading

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Another State of Mind

Another State of Mind, part 6 Note: the sound on the video is out of sync, which is annoying, so all the more reason to get the whole thing and just watch it. As a follow-up to the Heavy Metal … Continue reading

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Heavey Metal Parking Lot

I just came across the above video featuring a scene from Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986), which is a cult classic documentary about Heavy Metal in the 80s that I had never heard of. How in God’s name did I … Continue reading

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Horror of the 80s: Step-Parents

Now let me be clear about this before I get started, the horror of step-parents is by no means particular to the 1980s. If one thinks about it for a bit, other examples throughout the Western canon of literature and … Continue reading

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Cogdogroo is in the UMW Blogs House

While scanning UMW Blogs this morning, I came across the above blog post which I have to believe is referencing CogDogRoo’s Story Tools.  And while we push the Dog’s “50 Ways to Tell a Digital Story” like crack around UMW, … Continue reading

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The EDUPUNK Battle Royale, Part 1

Image credit: Tom Woodward’s “Michael Chasen sits on edupunk Santa’s lap and hopes not to suck so much this Xmas” At the EDUCAUSE main conference in Orlando this past October, Gerry Bayne asked Gardner and I if we would be … Continue reading

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Rod Serling on time travel

I just got through watching a sixteen part “YouTube series” featuring clips of Rod Serling teaching a course at Ithaca College during the late 60s or early 70s. Gardner mentioned this to me during my first week at UMW more … Continue reading

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