Author Archives: Reverend

High School Hell Cats, and other assorted mashup learning resources from the Internet Archive

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Reverend

I find myself constantly going back to the Internet Archive, and constantly being blown away by what I find. Now, maybe I am biased towards video, and obsess over all things film history. I have been registering several people’s interest … Continue reading →

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“It’s a Madhouse!”: RIP Charlton Heston

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Reverend

Last words, “Get your hands off me you damned, dirty death!” Just saw the news that Charlton Heston died on Saturday, and when I read it on the cover of today’s Washington Post I immediately said, “Oh no!” Charlton Heston’s … Continue reading →

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From Non-Programistan to Feedistan

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Reverend

I have to echo Cog Dog’s sentiment and hail Tony Hirst’s Feedistan. It is beautifully riffing on the theme of Non-Programistan, a crazy concept presentation Tom and I dreamed up. I have a feeling the fearless leaders of this beautiful … Continue reading →

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Anonymous Security Specialist

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Reverend

I woke up to this email from a self-proclaimed Anonymous Security Specialist. From: Anonymous Security Specialist Friday – April 4, 2008 10:36 PM To: Blogger admin Subject: Your blog’s version is old and has been hacked. Update ASAP! Attachments: Mime.822 … Continue reading →

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Why is UMW’s Bullet on Fredericksburg.com?

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Reverend

I have to be honest with you, I have always wanted the folks at UMW’s school newspaper to look towards open source applications like WordPress or Drupal for publishing their paper online. So it is a bit agonizing to look … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Non-Programistan

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Reverend

Tom Woodward and I will presenting at NMC’s Symposium on Mashups tomorrow what may very well be the most insane presentation I have yet to be a part of, namely “Welcome to the People’s Republic of Non-Programistan.” The way I … Continue reading →

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Embedding iFrames on WPMu

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Reverend

While text encoding is proving hellacious for me with WPMu, embedding iframes has never been easier (keep in mind there are risks involved, so think before you drink!). I found a pretty cool plugin for WPMu (there is also one … Continue reading →

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Addendum to My WPMu Encoding Hell

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Reverend

So, my text encoding woes when moving a WP 2.3 single installation to WPMu 1.3.3 have not entirely disappeared, and this post is an important addendum to the original here. So, in short, after seeing stuff like this scattered through … Continue reading →

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Storm Tossed Ship (Gonna Make it to the Ocean)

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Reverend

Did I tell you how happy I am to be back at UMW? Well, if I haven’t yet, then this post will seal it. Carole Garmon (whose sculpture blog Prodigious Builders rocks!) stopped by this morning to tell us about … Continue reading →

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Don’t Call it A Blog!

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Reverend

Over the last month I was a proud member of two different presentations with the same title, “Don’t call it a Blog, Call it an Educational Publishing Platform.” The whole idea behind these presentations was to highlight the immense possibilities … Continue reading →

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