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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: tdc
Noir 106: ds106’s Dark Turn
We’re already well into week 4 of Noir 106 and I am just realizing I haven’t officially blogged about this iteration of the multi-faceted cultural chameleon that is ds106 (#4life). Coming off the focused, intense tour de force that was wire106 (a … Continue reading
Inspired by Un-Cropped Signs
One of the nicest surprises of ds106 this Fall has been the Daily Creates. I am consistently blown away by the awesome work people are doing for these creative exercises. The community owes a huge amount of thanks to the … Continue reading
ds106 4life
Much more symmetrical than EDUPUNK 🙂 Anto took this one under the light, and I wish I would have thought of this as early as the great Linda McKenna (her’s is much better www.flickr.com/photos/64905600@N05/6863282351/) because I would have shaved my … Continue reading
Character Confusion: Harry Hagrid?
I was not having an easy go with today’s Daily Create which is to take a picture of confusion, but in the midnight hour Anto reminded me of my idea to confuse some characters in my son Miles’ lego collection. … Continue reading
Always wished I was Rubik
Always wished I was Rubik, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Via Flickr:“Make a phtoograph of something you aspire to be or do one day.” “Make a phtoograph of something you aspire to be or do one day.” Being a … Continue reading
Three Amigos
Create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your life. This is a photo I took back in May of 2011. I chose it for today’s Daily Create because it represents the fundamental shift my life … Continue reading
The shelves in the Man Den
TDC030: The shelves in the Manden, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Today’s assignment: “Share an image of a place that you lose things in your house.” tdc.ds106.us/tdc030/ I spend a lot of time sorting through the bookshelves in the … Continue reading
69
69, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. The Daily Create: “Make a photo of something upside down that is never seen that way” tdc.ds106.us/tdc29/ I used the cover of The Magnetic Fields’ “69 Love Songs” album to picture a number … Continue reading
It was a dark, winter night…
It was a dark, winter night…, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Via Flickr: The Daily Create #24″Make a creative photo silhouette by aiming the camera into a bright light.“
Blood Relations
Blood Relations, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Via Flickr:“Like father like son like hell.” Toay’s Daily Create: Take a photo of two related objects of drastically different sizes. I love the image Antonella took of me and Tommaso, our … Continue reading