Monthly Archives: January 2008

Office Images

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Reverend

I really like this image… …of workers in an Insurance Office on the South Side of Chicago in 1941. See the full-size image on Shorpy’s blog here.

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Doing Things with Tags in WPMu 1.3

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Reverend

I discovered two cool things today that have to do with WPMu and tags. First, that WPMu 1.3 (and WP 2.3 for that matter) comes with a stock widget for a tag cloud that doesn’t require a plugin or anything. … Continue reading →

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What are the 5 best film adaptations of a Stephen King work?

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Reverend

This poll started out as a way to test Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan’s WordPress Poll plugin (which is pretty slick by the way), and quickly turned into a full-fledged poll asking what you think are the five best film adaptations of … Continue reading →

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Cronenberg, Telekinesis, Telepathy, and the Internet

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Reverend

Reflecting on movies I have seen is one of my favorite things in the world to do, probably only second to actually watching them. A recent post about David Cronenberg’s film The Brood (1979) got me thinking about some of … Continue reading →

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Move From Bluehost Not Soon Enough

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Reverend

I moved all my personal blogs, wikis, and various sites off of Bluehost about a month ago save the following: the jimgroom.net domain which acts like a resume-like site; the learningparty.net domain which hosts a group of experimental sites; and … Continue reading →

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The Brood (1979)

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Reverend

When I was at UCLA in the mid-90s I saw a double-feature at Melnitz Theater (the Film School’s theater) that really freaked me out. The theme of the double-feature was “Maternal Nightmares,” and the films were Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby … Continue reading →

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More on Upgrading to WPMu 1.3

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Reverend

As I already noted previously here, we have upgraded UMW Blogs to WPMu 1.3. Everything went smoothly on the surface, save for one rogue widget plugin I mentioned in the previous post. Well, as time goes on, other issues have … Continue reading →

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When We Were Kings (1996)

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Reverend

I just saw a clip from the documentary When We Were Kings on the Open Culture blog featuring the late Norman Mailer talking about the epic George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali fight in Zaire. After partaking, I couldn’t resist re-blogging … Continue reading →

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WordPress Rich Comments! Plugin

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Reverend

The Rich Comments! plugin is by no means essential, and the code is still in its infancy. But its one of those plugins that I dig because it is ajaxy, unneccessary, and maybe even irrational given that we still don’t … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Google Maps

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Reverend

I have been creating a Google Map for my recent trip to Tuscany (still in its infancy), and while doing so I realized that Google’s My Maps now has a collaborate feature that allows you to add other users to … Continue reading →

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