Category Archives: general

Ode to My 13″ Macbook Pro from 2015

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Reverend

Those stickers tell a story, the above Macbook Pro is a 13″ retina display I bought in 2015. It was my first Reclaim Hosting company computer, and almost 9 years later has continued to prove to be the best computer … Continue reading →

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I woke up the other day and my phone was on 2%. I thought I had charged it the night before, but maybe not? In fact, the last week or two the lightning cable hasn’t been sitting right, and time … Continue reading →

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Reverend | 3 Comments

Shark Surfing

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Reverend

This is awesome, found it via Dan Coleman’s Open Culture blog, and it is just amazing how insane people can be (if it isn’t a fake, but I tend to agree with Dan that this is the real deal). Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Authority is not truth

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Reverend

Stephen Downes already linked to it, so this may be irrelevant, nonetheless if you missed Mike Caulfield’s post about Monica Hesse’s article in the Washington Post, be sure to check it out, it is awesome. Without question one of the … Continue reading →

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Bestiaries, Lockdown, and Twitter

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Reverend

I went down to the University of Richmond today to see Tom Woodward’s Blog Bestiary presentation at UR’s Learning 2008 event. Tom’s presentation was a lot of fun, and his ability to take the medieval bestiary metaphors and images and … Continue reading →

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Judges 5:27

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Reverend

“…At her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.” I’ve spent much of the early morning hours reading through Brad Efford’s awesome Judges 5:27 blog—the Reverend’s last man on ELS Blogs! It is, without … Continue reading →

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36 Hours in NYC

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Reverend

I just got back this morning from a 36 hour marathon trip to NYC. This uncharacteristically short trip was instigated by a workshop I got invited to do at Brooklyn College (which was a lot of fun), but the larger … Continue reading →

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“It’s a Madhouse!”: RIP Charlton Heston

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Reverend

Last words, “Get your hands off me you damned, dirty death!” Just saw the news that Charlton Heston died on Saturday, and when I read it on the cover of today’s Washington Post I immediately said, “Oh no!” Charlton Heston’s … Continue reading →

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Anonymous Security Specialist

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Reverend

I woke up to this email from a self-proclaimed Anonymous Security Specialist. From: Anonymous Security Specialist Friday – April 4, 2008 10:36 PM To: Blogger admin Subject: Your blog’s version is old and has been hacked. Update ASAP! Attachments: Mime.822 … Continue reading →

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Why is UMW’s Bullet on Fredericksburg.com?

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Reverend

I have to be honest with you, I have always wanted the folks at UMW’s school newspaper to look towards open source applications like WordPress or Drupal for publishing their paper online. So it is a bit agonizing to look … Continue reading →

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