Category Archives: TV

Computer Critters

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Reverend

One of the things I’ll miss most about UMW is the UMW Console, it looks like it may even become a more permanent attraction that will highlight random years across the decades. For example, we recently secured a Nintendo Virtual Boy for when … Continue reading →

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Now for Our Feature Presentation

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Reverend

This Monday and Tuesday Michael Branson Smith (MBS) will be spending two days embedded in UMW’s Console Living Room. He’ll be meeting with four different courses and giving two workshops on remix culture and animated GIFs for the UMW community while he’s here. But before … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future: Console Living Room Exhibit at UMW

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Reverend

After Spring Break, I’ll be working with professor Zach Whalen to create an interactive installation on the 4th Floor of UMW’s Information Technology & Convergence Center (ITCC). The installation will feature a replica of a living room circa 1985, think of … Continue reading →

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Wire 106: S03E01 “Time After Time”

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Reverend

This week Wire 106 has been a bit hectic between my being away in NYC and then getting sick on my return. Which was further complicated by the fact we are now starting a two week odyssey into radio shows straddled … Continue reading →

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Wire 106: S02E12 “Port in a Storm”

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Reverend

This week Wire 106 has been a bit hectic between my being away in NYC and then getting sick on my return. Which was further complicated by the fact we are now starting a two week odyssey into radio shows straddled … Continue reading →

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Wire 106: S02E10 “Storm Warnings”

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Reverend

For this video discussion of Season 2 Episode 10 of The Wire, “Storm Warnings,” Paul Bond and I were joined by quite a number of UMW #wire106 internauts Demi Fulcher, Alison Thoet, Stefanie Reutter, Meredith Fierro, and Maggie Stough. This discussion was … Continue reading →

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Wire 106: S02E09 “Stray Rounds”

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Reverend

For this video discussion of Season 2 Episode 9 of The Wire, “Stray Rounds,” Paul Bond and I were joined by UMW #wire106 internauts Lakisha Mahone and Nicky Memita. This discussion was pretty tight, and I found it a lot of fun. Since … Continue reading →

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David Simon on America as a Horror Show

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Reverend

If I dig myself out anytime soon I have a pretty fun web project centered around David Simon’s brilliant television series The Wire that I want to run sometime this year. In the meantime, here’s a 26-minute video featuring David … Continue reading →

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Levi’s Fifth Pocket Commercial

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Reverend

This has to be my favorite commercial of the 1990s.

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Shrinky Dinks

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Reverend

Shrinky Dinks came up in conversation last night and I just couldn’t resist posting this 1985 commercial. With a tagline like “Your shrinky dinks shrink right down to size” you know they’re gonna be small and hard! And for the … Continue reading →

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