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Generations from now, they won't call it the Internet anymore. They'll just say, "I logged on to the Jim Groom this morning.
-Joe McMahon
Everything Jim Groom touches is gold. He's like King Midas, but with the Internet.
-Serena Epstein
My understanding is that an essential requirement of the internet is to do whatever Jim Groom asks of you while you're online.
-James D. Calder
@jimgroom is the Billy Martin of edtech.
-Luke Waltzer
My 3yr old son is VERY intrigued by @jimgroom's avatar. "Is he a superhero?" "Well, yes, son, to many he is."
-Clint Lalonde
Jim Groom is a fiery man.
-Antonella Dalla Torre
“Reverend” Jim “The Bava” Groom, alias “Snake Pliskin” is a charlatan and a fraud, a self-confessed “used car salesman” clawing his way into the glamour of the education technology keynote circuit via the efforts of his oppressed minions at the University of Mary Washington’s DTLT and beyond. The monster behind educational time-sink ds106 and still recovering from his bid for hipster stardom with “Edupunk”, Jim spends his days using his dwindling credibility to sell cheap webhosting to gullible undergraduates and getting banned from YouTube for gross piracy.
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Author Archives: Reverend
Moving from Multi-DB to SharDB on WPMu
In the early morning hours yesterday we moved UMW Blogs from multi-db (which is a multi-database setup provided through WPMuDev Premium at a cost) to the ever so free SharDB multi-db setup, and I’m happy to say it worked. We’ve … Continue reading
Digital Storytelling: the Course
OK, so I’ve been on paternity leave enjoying some quiet time with my ever growing family, and as a result the bava as well as my general annoying presence online has been limited as a result. But, despite that, I’ve … Continue reading
We are expendable
“We’re not computers, Sebastian, we’re physical” Audio Sample from Blade Runner I’m not sure I would call Blade Runner one of my favorite movies, because I really don’t think of it in that way. In fact, I don’t really even … Continue reading
In New York…
Been feeling homesick for NY these days, especially after putting Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” on an infinite loop. I mean how sick must it be to write an anthem for the city you grew up in. You have to … Continue reading
What I love about the beginning of the semester…
An inbox full of new UMW Blogs registrations. And while all the Canadian hippies wonder whether they should be rolling their own or not, this red-blooded American knows why we’ve built and installed our own pacemaker—cause we wanna live free … Continue reading
Spider-Man 1967, Episode 28: “Cold Storage”
Spider-Man’s latest caper takes the wall crawler far away from the familiar skyscrapers of New York City and into a dark realm of horrible monsters and menacing overlords. After picking up a disturbing distress call through his “Spider-sense” Spider-Man eagerly … Continue reading
Spider-Man 1967, Episode 27: “Spiderman Battles The Molemen”
Quick note to anyone who has been following the simple re-publishing of the 1967 Spider-Man series on this blog, right around episode 21, which is the beginning of Season 2, there is an entirely new look and feel to the … Continue reading
Spider-Man 1967, Episode 26: ”Diamond Dust”
”Diamond Dust”: Museum robbers disguised as gorillas create a diversion by unlocking a zoo cage and stealing valuable items while the wild animals occupy the security. Spider-Man discovers the devious plan and corrals the freed animals in time to get … Continue reading
Spider-Man 1967, Episode 25: “Menace from the Bottom of the World”
”Menace From The Bottom Of The World”: A criminal takes charge of subterranean molemen and uses them create sinkholes under bank buildings to steal all the money inside.
Spider-Man 1967, Episode 24: ”Criminals In The Clouds”
”Criminals In The Clouds”: Peter plans to use his super powers to become a star athlete for his high school’s football team. He becomes a waterboy in hopes that it will lead to a spot on the team. But Peter’s … Continue reading