A large chunk of my holiday was spent in geek mode. Yes, I partook of holiday spirits, exercised a bit, and relaxed — but I needed to do some pretty significant updates to some outdated servers that I’m responsible for on campus. This is a record of what I did to breathe new life into my obsolete equipment.
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A New Look
I have been ill for the past week. It always seems to happen at the beginning of the semester. Invariably, I touch one of the stinky, virus-infested keyboards and forget to wash my hands. It’s just like a Windoze peecee to give me a real virus. Probably something karmic. Being sick has allowed me to [...]
The Gents
The Norman Mailer Society is now a Pro. On Flickr, that is. As a part of the new-and-improved web site, we purchased a Flickr account where we’ll be posting our photos from the conferences, of the man himself, and other apropos events. This photo is by Mark James, and shows the Executive Board at Mailer’s [...]
New Media Video
Macon State student Brandon Thompson created a digital story about new media, featuring some brief sound bytes from yours truly. He did an excellent job and is a credit to MSC-TV and the college. Way to go, Brandon.
Humanities 2.0
I’m very proud of my recent work on the Humanities web site. I designed it a couple of years ago, and since the college just updated their site, I figured ours needed to be better. I updated the software to Drupal, ditching the difficult-to-use GeekLog. The new 4.7.2 version of Drupal adds some excellent features, [...]
Janet Murray Visits MSC
Last night, Janet H. Murray gave her lecture “Why Study Games?” as a part of the MSC Annual Arts Festival (See the poster (4.5 MB PDF) designed by Giles Hoover). Her answer to the titular question is because “games make us human.” Citing anthropological studies, specifically the work The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition by [...]
Reflections 2004
Earlier this month, I received an email from a member of the PTA — also a former student — asking me to judge this year’s Reflections literature contest for Houston Country High School, here in Central Georgia. I gladly accepted, and the judging was today at the school. We had to compete with a cheerleading [...]