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-James D. Calder
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-Luke Waltzer
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-Clint Lalonde
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-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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Has DTLT arrived at UMW?
Probably not, but regardless this image on UMW’s homepage is awesome. Rebels with a cause, indeed, and we have been having some serious fun over the last year. It is cool to love what you do! And out entire umw.edu … Continue reading
Monkey Steals the Peach
I just wanted to make sure that I posted this on the bava for posterity. This image profoundly touched me, and I want to thank @noiseprofessor for letting me know such a thing exists.
The Flying Circus Airshow
Every Fall we celebarate my son and daughter’s birthdays together—and I have a feeling this is gonna be the last year for that tradition. Miles is pushing 7 and Tess just turned 5 and I think the shared birthday may … Continue reading
Understanding #occupywallstreet
I want to thank @ottonomy (Nate Otto) for the link to this article by Douglas Rushkoff that really helped me understand #occupywallstreet, particularly the following quote. That’s because, unlike a political campaign designed to get some person in office and … Continue reading
Bavastock was so good…
…it even made Tom Woodward smile 🙂 Image credit: Cogdog’s “Good Times”
James Baldwin on Education
Kudos to YouTube user youwhohear for editing parts of this longer discussion with the great James Baldwin  at UC Berkeley in 1974 into a few salient remarks about the crisis of education in the U.S. in  1974. What’s remarkable to … Continue reading
Personal, not corporate, expression
I came across a video interview on Democracy Now with Brewster Kahle and Rick Prelinger—two of the great open content pioneers of the digital age—talking about digital preservation, the Google juggernaut, and the home movie archive. One of the things … Continue reading
Not a ds106 post
Click Image for bigger version Old news I know, but I just discovered it. I really enjoy how unabashedly the Mail Online article frames this Great White as a monster. That’s the old anti-shark spirit we are at risk of … Continue reading
ds106 live broadcast 7-14-11: Andy Rush on Video
In today’s live broadcast Andy Rush provides in-depth look at the tools of the trade for video. With an examination of codecs, compression, video editors, DVD ripping tools, and other strange transformative tools. If you are in need of an overview of … Continue reading
Oblivion Camp Radio Show (Part 1)
Oblivion Camp Radio Show (Part 1) by jimgroom This is the first part of the Oblivion Camp Radio Show slasher serial, it is the first in a three part serial. Part two will start to wrench up the blood boys … Continue reading