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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
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-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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Category Archives: bavacade
Building a Blog You Can Walk Into
I’m working under the gun, as usual, and I have to put together a 20 minute presentation for the “Ooh Blogging is a Place on Earth” presentation I’ll be delivering in Dublin next week at ILTA’s 25th anniversary EdTech conference. … Continue reading
G07 Monitor Boy and His Trusty Arcade Assistant, Part 2
I’m happy to say we can finally put this particular G07 chassis work to bed. As it so happens I could’ve been done with this repair weeks ago, but therein is the “learning” —as they say. Part 1 of this … Continue reading
Cheyenne Light Gun
A couple of days ago one of my regulars (a 12 year old golden age video game connoisseur) let me know the Cheyenne gun was not working. I had this issue before, and thought it was going to be a … Continue reading
G07 Monitor Boy and His Trusty Arcade Assistant, Part 1
[NB: I started this post over 10 days ago, but sometimes my hopes and dreams of what AI can do aren’t as clean and tidy as I’d like. So, this is now just the first part of an ongoing monitor … Continue reading
Ooh Blogging is a Place on Earth
With all apologies to Belinda Carlisle, what if blogging, not love, were a place on Earth? That’s what hit me as an idea for a presentation at the Irish Learning Technology Association’s annual EdTech conference in early June while walking … Continue reading
High Score Chasing on Pac-man
It took some time, and I had to dig deep to reconnect with my Pac-mania, but I’m getting there. I’ve started to unofficially open Saturday afternoon and I’m usually joined by Mattia and Zeno—the studio’s number 1 fans. They got … Continue reading
bavacade Update 3-1-2026
One of the disappointments of the Tetris Tournament (which ruled) was that both Dig Dug and Make Trax were out of commission. I was trying to get the cleaned-up wiring harness and switching power supply installed, and I did, but … Continue reading
Tetris Tournament Recap
I alluded to it already on the bava, but I’ve been all smile since Saturday’s Tetris Tournament at bava.studio this past weekend. It was an absolute blast, and folks turned up to play some Tetris, the world champion Giogi was … Continue reading
Tetris Diorama and the Birth of Console Windows
This is the fifth bav-o-rama in less than two years. This means I’m starting to move on this part of bava.studio after letting the first two linger for months (but The Shining and Creepshow windows were oh so good!). This … Continue reading
How Did that Tetris Tournament Go?
I have been knee-deep in projects and work and the blog has been suffering a bit as a result, which is never good. I have a significant backup of posts building and there’s just about enough to break the dam, … Continue reading