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“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: YouTube
Not a damn human thinks that 50,000 or 100,000 or a 150,000 is going to end that war…
Another gem from UMW Blogs. Professor Mara Scanlon’s Asian American Literature class is currently reading lê thi diem thuy’s novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For–a tale about a Vietnamese family that moves to the U.S. soon after the … Continue reading
Who cares if Tarantino loves movies?
I recently saw Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. Let me first say that I haven’t, until now, really considered myself a Tarantino fan. Checking out his Wikipedia article I realized that he did far fewer features than I originally thought. And … Continue reading
Stephen King’s “The Mist”
Through the latest Fangoria on the stands I discovered that Stephen King’s short story/novella “The Mist” has been made into a film, and is currently in post-production and should be out in theaters November 21st, 2007. The trailer is a … Continue reading
Salvador Dalì on “What’s My Line?”
If you ever had any question just how awesome Salvador Dalì was, then this clip from the 1950s game show “What’s My Line?” should quell any lingering doubts. Found on Jack Turner’s Thought Bucket.
Werewolf Women of the S.S.
Another gem from Check out My Fumanchu. Here are the details: Part of the Grindhouse series revived by Quinten Tarentino and Robert Rodrigez, there were a lot of false trailers. One I stumbled upon was a fake trailer created by … Continue reading
Is it art? Or is it video art?
While I have been focusing recently on the sheer volume of activity on UMW Blogs, that really is a fleeting fascination with the possibility of creating a dynamic network for teaching and learning. Nonetheless, the magic of such a collaboration … Continue reading
Who said nothing good never came from Jersey?
The above flier represents yet another beautiful day (back in the day) at the BAMCinématek. Tell me you don’t have the utmost respect for this outfit now that you know that The Toxic Avenger series got their well-deserved due. But … Continue reading
“And then the pirates come and they steal all our internets…”
To stick to a theme, check out Tenacious D’s anti-piracy video featuring Jack Black.
They’re here! They’re here!
Here is a fun film comparison. Two of my favorite Philip Kaufman films are Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1976) and The Wanderers (1979). On the surface these two films seem so radically different given their distinct genre and stylistic … Continue reading
Ali G @ Harvard
I overheard recently on the tubes that one of my favorite bloggers is a closet Ali G fan. So in honor of this maniac I am embedding Ali G’s 2004 commencement speech at Harvard, fully aware that they have most … Continue reading