Tag Archives: blogging

“Hold all my calls, I’m blogging”

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Reverend

“Jim finding a Tony comment on my blog via a Downes link. It’s like 2006.” Well, I’m not sure things are that dire, but it does feel good to still be blogging while most have gone fallow or re-entrenched to … Continue reading →

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bava 3003

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Reverend

There are some benefits to being a long distance blogger, namely tracking your thinking over time and racking up posts. A couple of weeks ago I published by 3000th blog post. I didn’t realize that until today, but it’s a … Continue reading →

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A WHMCS Invalid Token Error and the glory of blogging

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Reverend

I woke up this morning to find that our WHMCS portal for Reclaim Hosting was having some issues. WHMCS is software that enables you to manage the business of cPanel, effectively provisioning, invoicing, billing, renewing, etc. without it people can’t … Continue reading →

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Give Up the AWS Ghost

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Reverend

Building on my last post about moving ds106.club off Amazon Web Services (AWS), I moved another EC2 instance I setup back in 2014 to run the blogging platform Ghost. Like ds106.club, I had not been able to access the server … Continue reading →

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The Bava Diner or, Comments on Post Independence

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Reverend

One of the interesting side effects of regularly blogging on the bava for almost 11 years is you get a longer view of the things you’ve written. I’ve posted a lot about technology, education, WordPress, domains, etc., over the years, … Continue reading →

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10 Years at bavatuesdays

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Reverend

Today marks the end of my 10th year blogging on the bava. That’s almost a quarter of my life. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: starting and maintaining this blog regularly over the last 10 years was … Continue reading →

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Jack-O’-Lanterns in StereoGIF

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Reverend

It was my oldest son’s birthday weekend, and we had a good one. Bowling party, Minecraft mods, 8-bit jack-o’-lanterns, and much more. With him turning 10 comes the closing of the first decade of my own blogging. I didn’t start the … Continue reading →

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31

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Reverend

This is post number 31, and it comes on the 31st day of May, 2014. While it might seem like cheap filler for the bava to get to 31 posts in 31 days, it’s actually a way for me to talk about … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled Blogging and the Art of Communicating

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Reverend

Last night I spent the first twenty minutes of class talking about the art of blogging to the Hardboiled class (you can hear it here). I’m not much for forumlas or pre-fabricated approaches to anything, I think blogging is something … Continue reading →

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The Uses and Limits of Tumblr

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Reverend

I’ve had a tumblr blog since 2007—well before it was cool :)—but never really used it. As I got more into ds106 and creating stuff on the web the design culture coming out of tumblr kept coming on my radar … Continue reading →

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