Category Archives: fun

Getting Schooled in Roots of Animation

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Reverend

Loving Stuart Blackton's "Enchanted Drawing" from 1906. Getting schooled in roots of animation http://t.co/UiIeo4hPzD #ds106 — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) March 22, 2014 Yesterday afternoon I attended Mary Washicon, a miniature convention, complete with panels, cosplay, and Artist Alley. I got to … Continue reading →

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My Friend Max

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Reverend

Back in Fall I got a PS3 at home, we also go a HD television which replaced by 27″ tube after more than 15 years of hard work. On principle I hate how home theaters have eroded cinema culture, but … Continue reading →

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Devouring Videos

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Reverend

Last week was a blur, on top of  catching up on my work from the Digital Media Learning conference the week before, I came back to interviews for a fine arts professor hire, trying to write an article (which I suck at), … Continue reading →

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Technology is a friend to education….

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Reverend

Nothing can make your day like finding yourself the subject of a Noise Professor photoshop. And while I may not be as serene as the great Infocult with a flamethrower in my hands, it certainly helps relieve the tension. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Twitch Plays Pokemon: an Allegory for Scale?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Reverend

Last week, during a discussion in the Internet Course, Matt Arnold brought up the game Twitch Plays Pokemon while we were talking about consumption and creation on the web. He noted that currently thousands of people were playing a Pokemon game online … Continue reading →

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Going Online

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Reverend

My oldest son, Miles, brought home this “Going Online” worksheet last night. I’m not entirely sure where to start on this worksheet, but the sixth question does sadden me a bit—bloggers still get no love. I had to break it to … Continue reading →

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Bad Day on the Midway

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Reverend

After exploring Will Crowther’s early Interactive Fiction game from 1976, I somehow found myself thinking about The Residents’s interactive CD-Rom from 1995 Bad Day on the Midway. This was a crazy game, and it is one of the multi-media experiments … Continue reading →

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Blue Monday: the 12″ Floppy Disk

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Reverend

GNA Garcia sent me a link to this 30 minute documentary for Swedish National TV about New Order’s seminal dance classic “Blue Monday.” It’s a fascinating cultural history of the 12″ extended single in particular (the design of which is awesome), but also … Continue reading →

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Cruising in Memory of…

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Reverend

I’m not sure if this is an element of Virginia culture in particular—kinda like vanity license plates—or a broader national trend, but over the last eight years I’ve noticed a fair amount of people using their car windows as mobile … Continue reading →

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Pigeons, Vaporettos, and Masks

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Reverend

My family and I spent close to four weeks in Italy over the Winter break. We go every two or three years to visit Antonella’s family and friends, and often remain in Trento for most of the trip. That was … Continue reading →

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