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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
Prologue: Twitter-Inspired WordPress Theme
I have been on Twitter for almost a year now and, oddly enough, I have yet to blog about it. And while some might poke fun that I am only doing so now because I finally found a way to … Continue reading
CPU Quota Exceeded: Bluehost admits the problem
I have blogged regularly about the problems with the CPU Quota Limit at Bluehost on and off for over year. I have to say that I am happy that Matt Heaton has reported that they have finally solved the issue. … Continue reading
RSS Feed Generator for Academic Journals
Robert K. Nelson has created a very cool RSS Feed Generator for either articles or reviews for journals available through Project Muse and History Cooperative. His project takes its inspiration from William Turkel’s “How to: See the Field at a … Continue reading
Carosello: An Italian TV Tradition
One of things I have noticed is that when hanging with a group of friends sooner or later the conversation turns to our mediated lives through television. Without fail, if the company is worth its salt, memories of Larry from … Continue reading
Mojiti is No Mo’
You can file this one under “Just Another Web 2.0 Service Cautionary Tale.” I was planning on working on my Italian by sub-titling a short commercial for this post I plan on writing using Mojiti (an online service that allows … Continue reading
Comprehensive List of US Network TV Schedules on Wikipedia
I was searching for information about 1980s sitcoms for another post I plan on writing when I came across a pretty phenomenal resource on Wikipedia for anyone interested in the history of U.S. television: a List of United States Network … Continue reading
UMW (Blogs) Postscript
Leave Your Tag courtesy of Alexleo10 Well, it had to happen sooner or later, and as I have been telling the folks at UMW for the last week or so: I am going out on top! This coming week will … Continue reading
Where’d That Silly Moose Go?
Plane Ticket: Check Hotel room: Check (thanks to Alan) NV 2008 Site Badge: Check Insane Energy Reserve for the bacchanalian wonders: I hope so! I got your Moose right here, baby!
Blogging Without a Spam Net
Shannon’s comment on my last post got moderated as spam (appropriately enough 🙂 ), and I mistakenly filed it as spam. All of which led me back to the Spam Karma admin tab to retrieve her magical comment. When I … Continue reading
Without Cigarettes There Would Be No Baseball Cards
Well, I’m not actually sure this blog title is entirely true, and that’s why I can freely publish it here. I found this 1887 baseball card on Shorpy’s Photo blog. It features the likeness of Chicago White Stockings first baseman … Continue reading