Tag Archives: ds106

The Big Sockowski

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Reverend

I don’t know how many ways we can count the genius of Alan Levine on the web, but add this Storify to the mounting evidence. And how about recent ds106 all-star Terry Greene playing some insane Lebowski GIF tennis? I’m more than happy … Continue reading →

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Some Hosting Advice for Reclaim

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Reverend

A month or so ago Alexandra Leslie of Hosting Advice reached out to us to find out a bit about who we are (i.e. Reclaim Hosting) and how we got started. Turns out they got wind of this small, niche hosting company that predominantly serves educators … Continue reading →

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Take this #ds106 advice video

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Reverend

UMW student, Digital Knowledge Center employee, and #noir106 alumna Nora Forknail put together a pretty badass advice video for students thinking about taking the single greatest course known to humanity: ds106! I am cruising in the blog wake of Paul Bond, … Continue reading →

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CPanel’s Transfer Tool

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Reverend

Recently I was moving a shared hosting client from one of our older servers to a newer one because of some performance issues she was having given the resource needs of her site. I used CPanel’s Transfer Tool for this, and I wanted … Continue reading →

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A Legion of Horribles

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Reverend

Taking a page from Paul Bond’s book, I used a quote from Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian for this post. Here is the entire passage: A legion of horribles, hundreds in number, half naked or clad in costumes attic or biblical or wardrobed … Continue reading →

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Repo Open

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Reverend

Alan Levine threw out a fun #ds106 assignment asking folks to rework the OER16 ticket to ride design poster, which I personally think is a great design. Alan riffed with his own Beatle Mania take: And then I saw the venerable … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Trento

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Reverend

Yesterday was Fat Tuesday, and Carvnival is a thing here in Italy. Just this weekend we went to the small mountain town of Villaggio in a nearby valley. The folks who dress-up spent the entire day going from town to … Continue reading →

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The Duke’s Song of the Selfie

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Reverend

Today’s Daily Create asks you to “Do a Duke Selfie” referring to the most iconic figure of U.S. Westerns: John Wayne. Love him or hate, he has been part of so many of the greatest films of this genre that it’s … Continue reading →

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Coffee and #ds106 at FredXchange

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Reverend

I am back in Fredericksburg for a few days for some business and house cleaning. I head up to NYC on Tuesday, so it will be a fairly quick turn here, but it’s always exhilarating to spend some quality time … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Watering Hole

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Reverend

I cheated a bit on today’s Daily Create, which asked us to “take a photo of your favorite watering hole.” As soon as I saw the prompt I knew I was going to recycle a short video I took a … Continue reading →

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