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Postcards for the Dead Letter Office

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Reverend

Front: Back: Click on the images above to see the full-size version. You can also see them on the original post. I have been following a series of postcards on Elizabeth Staggs’ blog (Byrd & Lomax) which is nothing short … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs has Cancer of the MS Word Strain

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Reverend

Anyone who is running a pretty big WPMu installation will sooner or later come to hate Microsoft Word in the unlikely event they don’t already. I can’t count the number of times I have seen it break themes over the … Continue reading →

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Syndicatin’ Welfare: UMW Blogs’ Syndication Framework on the Cheap

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Reverend

Can you you feel the bass and guitar kick in, and hear the tempo surely rise? I knew that you could! I know that it’s evil I know that it’s got to be I know I ain’t doing much Doing … Continue reading →

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When Garfield dies, people read!

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Reverend

Here is a wild example of how writing out in the open can lead to crazy things, like, for example, being read by a whole lot of people. This past weekend I read this post about an existential Garfield strip … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs: It’s official?!

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Reverend

Well, after almost a year and a half of solid publishing and more than 30,000 posts, UMW Blogs has finally got frontpage link real estate on the UMW Homepage. I guess we’re kind of official, now if we could just … Continue reading →

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Re-imagining the Science Poster

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Reverend

I have been moonlighting around campus this semester as a Dog, CogDog, introducing students and faculty to Alan’s 50 Ways to Tell a Digital Story.  Well, there have been a number of good projects that I promise I will add … Continue reading →

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Claudia Emerson: Poet Laureate of Virginia

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Reverend

It’s been hectic on the Mary Washington campus these last few days, and in all the hustle and bustle of classes starting up a pretty honor for one of our faculty was announced. Professor Claudia Emerson was named the poet … Continue reading →

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New digs for UMW Blogs, or the anatomy of a redesign

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Reverend

UMW Blogs has got a brand new bag, with no small assistance from Andy “EDU” Rush nation who turned me on to the beautiful theme PrimePress (Andy’s the go to theme guy without question), along with Serena Epstein an Jerry … Continue reading →

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WPMu “3-in-1” Widget: Tags, Recent Posts, and Archives

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Reverend

I already mentioned that Donncha’s Sitewide Tags plugin was going to make a whole lot of things much, much easier.  Well, DSader wrapped all the awesomeness into one bitchin’ plugin for WPMu: Sitewide “three-in-one” Multi Widget Panel. I discovered it … Continue reading →

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Mashups, Italian Style!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Reverend

Well, Antonella Dalla Torre’s Italian 202 class had its first annual La Mattina degli Oscar (The Morning of the Oscars), and it was quite a special event. Good food, everyone well-dressed, and the culture was first rate, now that’s Italian! … Continue reading →

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