Author Archives: Reverend

Studio Art at UMW

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Reverend

I had the privilege and the pleasure to be a panelist at the 5th annual Professional Practices in Studio Art Presentation on Monday evening. The work Carol Garmon’s students are doing is nothing short of amazing. I have to admit … Continue reading →

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A List of Plugins for WPMu

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Reverend

So what plugins are we using at UMW Blogs? Well, there is a two-part answer to this question: which site wide plugins (mu-plugins) are we using? and which user-activated plugins have we made available? Below you will find a list … Continue reading →

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Virginia Tech Machinima

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Reverend

The Virginia Tech Massacre is very much palpable in the state of Virginia, yet it has retreated into the unspoken ether of our campus as it probably has for most other campuses around the state and country. But what might … Continue reading →

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Manamana

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Reverend

Good luck getting this one out of your head… Thanks for getting us addicted Jonesy.

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But where’s the teaching and learning?

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Reverend

On Friday I had the pleasure to present with Matt Gold and Mikhail Gershovich at the 2007 CUNY IT conference on the possibilities for Open Source tools in the classroom. This was a particularly fun presentation because we all go … Continue reading →

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Long Viva Knievel!

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Reverend

This post on WFMU’s Beware of the Blog praised the iconic daredevil well before his death and far better than most ever could. The post contains an unbelievable assortment of links and resources about Knievel. And while I can’t say … Continue reading →

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Harry Dean Stanton’s Repo Code

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Reverend

Harry Dean Stanton is without question one of my favorite character actors, if not my favorite. He has been in a number of great movies with some amazing roles—I’m thinking Cool Hand Luke, Alien, Escape from New York, Pretty in … Continue reading →

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Xeroxlore: Folklore in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Reverend

Yesterday I caught up with my favorite Folklorist, Dr. Gary Stanton. Gary is a member of the Historic Preservation department at UMW, and whenever I drop by I am guaranteed a long, fascinating discussion about all things American culture. This … Continue reading →

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1988: The End of an Error

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Reverend

2008 is going to be the end of an even greater error!

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Viva Knievel! Instantly

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Reverend

Andy Rush has already blogged about Netflix Instant Video (what a man, what a man!), but I haven’t used it because I didn’t have Windows XP installed on my Mac Book Pro (it’s not Mac OS friendly). My two-cents to … Continue reading →

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