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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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Tag Archives: Creepshow
bava-o-rama
I’m starting to get deeper into designing the space for bavastudio, which feels very good. The centerpiece of this space is going to be the street window that will feature a diorama that provides a tableau of different 80s movies. … Continue reading
It’s Father’s Day, and I want my cake!
In Italy Father’s Day is recognized on St.Joseph’s saint day, which is today. And I have to say given Joseph’s role in Jesus’s birth, there’s a strange subtext to the day here 🙂 Anyway, I spend much of both the … Continue reading
Reclaim Video, or #ds106flix
I am just coming off a quick, fun trip back to Virginia. I was invited to talk at Old Dominion University (I’ll say more about that in my next post) which meant I was able to sneak in some time … Continue reading
Grounds…for Horror!
While in L.A. last week, my good friend Mikhail and I made a stop at the comic shop Meltdown. It’s a great store. They have everything from comics to graphic novels to figurines to video games—and the folks who work there are both … Continue reading
Extremely Painful
Something to Tide You Over
I’m not positive but I think this is my first two-shot GIF. What’s more, I actually re-edited the shot and put the first scene, Ted Danson looking at the television after the shot of the TV. Small point, I know, … Continue reading
Lunkhead
Where’s my cake, Bediliah!
Happy Father’s Day!
Ed Harris: An Animated Creepshow
One of my favorite scenes from Creepshow wherein Ed Harris delivers one of his best performances. And with this animated GIF I realized a slow, high resolution version of Ed Harris’s crazy ass dance does it no justice. It needed … Continue reading
Creepshow: Ed Harris has got smooth moves
I’m a fan of Ed Harris. No matter what movie I see him in I always seem to like him—even if that’s not necessarily how I feel about the film he happens to be in. That said, he’s been in … Continue reading