Author Archives: Vernon

About Vernon

An outdoorsy type, I enjoy many things in life, movies, food, music, beer, travel, coffee, a few books, great people and excellent friends.

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This is the first plugin I’ve ever published. The bulk of the code came from an older plugin that is no longer in circulation. Thanks to Tareq Hasan of Altisona Media who wrote the original. Why was this plugin revived? … Continue reading

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Navitas BuddyPress

If you are looking for the Navitas BuddyPress site, you may have ended up here by mistake. The correct address is http://hm.vfowler.com Cheers, Vernon

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Engaging Media

Another subdomain for another unit of study. This time it’s the Curtin University unit Engaging Media over at http://med104.vfowler.com which just finished last week. As well as a remediation project, the unit covers areas of communication, information, entertainment, and play.

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Digital Video Projects

Another subdomain for another unit of study. This time it’s the RMIT unit Digital Video Projects over at http://mmc110.vfowler.com which will be finished in a matter of just weeks. As well as camera work, production techniques and film analysis, there … Continue reading

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eucalyptproductions.com now tweeting up

Since the original site redesign of late 2009, we’ve implemented a few slight adjustments on eucalyptproductions.com in effort to incrementally improve both functionality and aesthetics: Tweet button added to posts and pages Latest tweet from the official Eucalypt Productions Twitter … Continue reading

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Port to Port

Currently, this blog is a mixed bag of goodies, including the kitchen sink. All content related to Teaching ESL with Technology (and my studies in WEB206) has been copied to the new subdomain teachesltech.vfowler.com with a fresh installation of WordPress … Continue reading

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Gesundheit

Recently my wife had a miscarriage. We both learnt a lot from the rather traumatic experience. There were many occasions though that information was lacking. We gained a lot of general knowledge on the topic through talking with friends and … Continue reading

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Cybersex, cheating, and flirting online

Online, we can create, nurture, maintain, and even cease relationships. In some instances these may be easier processes than their off-line equivalents. And it seems popular, with teens at least, to do a little of both. (Pascoe, n.d.) How far … Continue reading

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Finally going to see U2

After missing earlier tours, I couldn’t miss out this time. There was the promise of tickets as cheap as $40! We nearly missed out on getting in again, but thankfully U2 are doing 2nd shows in Australia. I forked over … Continue reading

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Game on and social stigma

Implications of the rise of casual and social games on the Internet for online gaming and everyday life For our purposes, casual games are asynchronous and the interaction involves turn-taking as opposed to real-time games. The stress levels are inherently … Continue reading

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