Author Archives: Reverend

Improved Site Admin blog & user navigation in WPMu 1.3.3

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Reverend

I just noticed that the latest release of WPMu (1.3.3) finally has a user-friendly system for navigating system-wide blogs and user information. Granted this is a minor detail in many ways, but it makes a huge difference when you are … Continue reading →

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In Jim’s Chair

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Reverend

I just found this series of photos on UMW DTLT’s flickr account, took me a bit longer than I would have liked, but well worth it nonetheless. Looks to me like the folks at DTLT had a good time making … Continue reading →

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American Pimp (1999)

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Reverend

After a recent post and some good conversation, I got to thinking about why I hated Crash (2004) so much. And I think the reason, like with Monster’s Ball (2001) — but to a bit lesser extent, is that it … Continue reading →

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RIP Jim Groom@UofR

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Reverend

Artwork thanks to the great Tom Woodward (I love that guy!) Image courtesy of media maven Hil Scott. I know, I know, I know I’m a loser, which makes me all the more thankful for the visual given I really … Continue reading →

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I couldn’t watch Crash 1x, no less 3x

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Reverend

As a general disclaimer, I couldn’t make it through the terrible film Crash (2004) once, no less three times. Therefore please disregard the bug in my Netflix widget that seems to be an act of sabotage on what little film … Continue reading →

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Assault on Precinct 13

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Reverend

I am getting ready to embark on a series of posts that feature the ten most formative movies of my youth (and I stress movies here because none of them are films in the class-inscribed, pejorative sense). While doing my … Continue reading →

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Publishing Google docs to your blog

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Reverend

Yesterday, while showing a professor Google Docs, I discovered a feature I hadn’t seen before: the “publish to blog” option (not unlike the same feature in Flickr and del.icio.us and, from what I now understand, was also available with Writely). … Continue reading →

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Just Another Virginia college using WPMu

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Reverend

The College of William and Mary is now running WordPress Multi-User for its blogging platform, and these forward thinking mavens are even hosting it externally, very cool! I just wish they would open up the comments on the front page … Continue reading →

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WPMu blog-by-blog upload space quota

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Reverend

Here’s a quick question I got today that may be of use to some: “Can you control the upload space quota on a blog-by-blog basis in WPMu?” As of version 1.3.x administrators now have this useful option. The overall setting … Continue reading →

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WPMu as eduglu?

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Reverend

I find myself experiencing a kind of joyful obsolescence at the moment while reading the recent stream of posts from Andre Malan’s blog. I’m nothing short of blown away, and if you are at all interested in WPMu as an … Continue reading →

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