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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: fun
An Unlikely Tradition
Strangely enough, I have developed a bit of a tradition around the most unlikely of things: my wallet. Every year for the last 3 years I have been changing out my wallet for a new one. It started with the Hulk wallet … Continue reading
Down South New Zealand
Picking up on my previous post about our vacation to New Zealand, I wanted to finish up my reflections on this amazing trip with some images and brief thoughts on the South Island. Firstly, everyone we talked to when preparing … Continue reading
“Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride”
I love the smell of Duke Nukem 3D in the morning, smells like….the 90s! I’ve been continuing to play with the Homebrew 3DS exploits and hacks for Ninetendo’s 3Ds, and it has been fun. I was working on Portal and … Continue reading
Reclaim the Birthday Card
As I wrote last month, Reclaim Hosting turned 3 years old recently. Time has flown, and there is not a day that goes by I don’t thank my lucky stars for all the awesome folks who continue to support us. And on … Continue reading
Reclaim Father’s Day
Today was a great Father’s Day: Woke up to homemade waffles; played Frogger on the Commodore 128 after breakfast; went to Burger King for lunch with family; went to Obi (Italy’s take on Home Depot) for a surge protector; got … Continue reading
Jaws Diorama
I was just searching the term “digital diorama” which Vint Cerf used during his Decentralized Web Summit talk, which I really enjoyed. So, a quick search led me far afield as usual, and I came across this unbelievably gorgeous diorama thefigurecollector.com … Continue reading
FIAM: Fix it Again Marky
Two weeks ago I took a Briggs & Stratton Quantum 60 lawn mower apart because I couldn’t get it to start. The initial issue was apparent, the pull cord was broken and needed to be replaced, that was easy enough … Continue reading
A New Development in #Sockgate
Seems like there is someone who will not be named making bootleg #ds106 socks. What’s more, 4 pair were delivered to my door this afternoon in a neatly packed bundle. And given the resulting strife from the perceived notion that … Continue reading
WordPress Italian Style
As Antonella and I were walking into Trento’s train station this afternoon reluctantly preparing to say our goodbyes for the next few days, she pointed out that they sell a WordPress magazine at the news stand. I was like, “What?” And she … Continue reading
Glitching Waterfall
The above photo is of a spot along a path right below our house on the way to Anto’s mom’s house. It’s a gorgeous path, and I have photographed it a few times since I got here. About half-way down … Continue reading