Author Archives: Reverend

WPMu and BuddyPress Integration with bbPress 1.0 RC3

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Reverend

bbPress is finally moving towards 1.0, and it looks like it may get there quickly. The tutorial that I wrote up about integrating WPMU, BuddyPress, and bbPress was actually for bbPress Alpha, so I took the time to update today. … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs To-Do List

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Reverend

Well, we are swinging back into full development mode at DTLT, and UMW Blogs looms large on the agenda. I’ve been playing around with BuddyPress for the last week or so, and I finally got it installed and the integration … Continue reading →

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What book would you embed?

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Reverend

I’m probably late to this development, but I just read over the at the DUKE CIT blog that you can embed select works from the Google Books collection right into a blog post or webpage. How wild! So, I asked … Continue reading →

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Hacked P2: Is it a blog? A micro-blog? Or twitter?….Or all three?

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Reverend

I’ve been dying to blog this, but I’ve been in beautiful Camden, NJ, piling up more work to do for Digital Whitman, a project which will shortly become the center of my life. But before that happens, I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Balls to the Wall

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Reverend

[openbook booknumber=”1400032873″] I started reading James Ellroy’s Destination: Morgue! (2004) this weekend, and I really can’t imagine a better author to lift your spirits when you are feeling down 🙂 I actually started this book of stories from the end, … Continue reading →

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Reason #7,000,001 to use WPMu on campus

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Reverend

With over 7 million users on WordPress.com, chances are that a number of faculty and students are bound to be familiar with the application at your campus. Case in point, a faculty member new to blogging at UMW just came … Continue reading →

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A random bug and a memory error in WPMu 2.7.1

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Reverend

Update: The following error was caused by wp-cache.php. I disabled the file and WP-Super-Cache for the moment, and we’ll see if an upgrade of WP-Super-Cache doesn’t solve this error. Every user that is not an admin on UMW Blogs seemed … Continue reading →

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SXSW, Zombies, and EDUPUNK

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Reverend

SXSW Zombie/Edupunk Interview #2 from Tom Woodward on Vimeo. I’m thrilled to see the great Tom Woodward is uploading the interviews he did with random folks at SXSW about EDUPUNK and zombies. They’re a blast, and it’s awesome to finally … Continue reading →

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Now that’s a fucking program!

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Reverend

Image credit: TheFunkyman’s Photostream “Fuck Your Money Bitch” Man, does the Open Education Conference lineup of presentations ever look good! And while some fragile souls might be find Dave Cormier’s session off-putting, I find it absolutely refreshing. And from what … Continue reading →

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Secure Sign-in for WPMu

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Reverend

Image credit: Steve Rhodes’ “Bank of America security giving me the finger during the Iraq war protest” OK, I need some help here. I am trying to make sure everything we do on UMW Blogs is covered under SSL, and … Continue reading →

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