Author Archives: Reverend

bavacade Repair Log 6-29-2023

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Reverend

This is just a quick update to document some of the work happening recently in the bavacade. It has a been a bit of catch as catch can given how busy the last month has been with the Reclaim open … Continue reading →

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Olia Lialina at Reclaim Open’s Virtual Event

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Reverend

As part of our Reclaim Open online program we will be hosting scholar and artist Olia Lialina. From her early interactive hypertext My Boyfriend Came Back from the War (1996) to her archival work to resurrect Geocities in the One … Continue reading →

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Accused! ds106 on Trial

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Reverend

It’s been 12 or 13 years since its inception and I must say it’s kind of wild that ds106 won’t die. That’s gotta say something about how awesome it was/is/will be, right? I guess it really is #4life! Few people … Continue reading →

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A.I. Levine at Reclaim Open

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Reverend

This is the first time I have written about the AI craze that has swept the web over the past 6 months or so. I’ve been intentionally resisting the urge given so many of the hot takes, hysteria, and complaints … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Open and Dream Teams

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Reverend

YAPARO! or, yet another post about Reclaim Open 🙂 I’ve been inspired by so many great posts about Reclaim Open, and I’d spend more time summarizing them here, but that’s in the works for Reclaim Roundup, so I’ll try not … Continue reading →

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Yie-Ar Kung-Fu Custom Cabinet

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Reverend

I’m embarking on a new-to-me bavacade adventure, namely working with Bryan Mathers to create custom side art for the 1985 fighter Yie-Ar Kung-Fu. This game was the most popular arcade conversion kit of 1985. What’s a conversion kit? It often … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Cloud’s 1-Click Mastodon Installer

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Reverend

Creating a couple of videos highlighting Taylor’s 1-click Mastodon installer for Reclaim Cloud has been on my to-do for too long, so this week I knocked it out. I did two quick videos, the first takes you through the basic … Continue reading →

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Upgrading PostgreSQL Versions on bava.tv

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Reverend

To be clear, it was Taylor Jadin who upgraded my PeerTube instance running at bava.tv from PostgreSQL 10 to PostgreSQL 13. I did watch and learn as he worked through the process, so I’m some the wiser, but I’m still … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Open at the Scale of this Blog

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Reverend

I pretty much knew that my first post about Reclaim Open would be about scale. That was definitely one of the big takeaways from me over that re-invigorating, celebratory 3 day event. Keep in mind I helped organize the event, … Continue reading →

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Arcade Therapy

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Reverend

I’m back from a trip to both Fredericksburg, Virginia for Reclaim Open and after that Long Island, New York for some extended family time. All of that coming off several days in Lisbon, Portugal, so I was feeling the effects … Continue reading →

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