Monthly Archives: September 2009

Then there is BuddyPress on UMW Blogs

…and oh what a beautiful thing it is.  We made no special announcement, and we have kept the profile data to a bare minimum, and Martha just pulled the whole thing together with the awesome new theme (and who’s work … Continue reading

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WPMu: State of the Union Here and Abroad

Well, I have been deep in my toy blogging and out to sea in many regards, I become a home owner tomorrow, and just got back from an exhilarating talk in West Virginia that has my spirits up about a … Continue reading

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Day 89: Putt-Putt Raceway

Image credit: Wishbook’s “1976.xx.xx JCPenney Christmas Catalog P358” I was never a big race car/race track fan, I had a few in my day put it never really got me excited like some other toys did. One of the few … Continue reading

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Me, We

I’m not always so good at sharing my presentation materials because a lot of what I do is improvised at the moment.  I rarely, if ever, have a prepared talk about a specific topic, but develop a conceit around which … Continue reading

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Day 90: Good Humor “Bike”

As a very young bava this was without question one of the most magical toys I ever had.  I mean the ice cream man was tantamount to God on my block growing up, and the idea that I could actually … Continue reading

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Day 91: Rubik’s Snake and Sit ‘n Spin

Mikhail here, everyone’s favorite guest poster on the bava. No one does hospitaliano like the bava, no one. — We have a two-fer today, the Twist aka Rubik’s Snake and the perennial favorite, the Sit n’ Spin. I chose the … Continue reading

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Blinders

Just some more conceptual art from the bava. Remember now, I’m an artist. Photo taken by the great Andy Rush.

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What Would Tom Woodward do?

So I have been preparing a post to discredit Tom Woodward because he is increasingly becoming everyone’s favorite technologist here at UMW’s DTLT, and quite frankly it’s driving me crazy. It’s always Tom Woodward this, and Tom Woodward that. Or … Continue reading

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Day 92: Snake Mountain

Mattel’s Snake Mountain had pretty impressive design in terms of the facade, the rotating snake and laughing mountain mouth were pretty wild.  And while the backside of the toy was pretty lackluster at best (no comparison to the Fisher Price … Continue reading

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Day 93: Entex Electronic Baseball

This is another early hand held digital video game from 1979 in the vein of the Tomy series, though in my mind far more sophisticated. In fact, I wasn’t a sports video game fan as a kid, but after playing … Continue reading

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