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I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!
This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.
It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.
Entries for week beginning May 15, 2005
➠ May 20, 2005
➠ May 19, 2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
US trailer, featuring different footage from the UK one. Roll on October!
Das Keyboard
Keyboard with no labels on the keys — Which is a nice gimmick, but it looks like they’ve also put a lot of thought into the quality & clickiness of the keyboard. WANT!
CafePods: US service suspended
Damn, this sucks. My preferred coffee-supplier no longer ships to the US. The terrrrists have won.
Two flavors: Cheddar & More Cheddar
Following this, look forward to my 31 flavours Ice Cream store featuring "Vanilla", "More Vanilla", "Yet More Vanilla", "Very Vanilla", "None More Vanilla", "Suspiciously Vanilla-y" and "Bugger me backwards with a broomhandle... It's Vanilla!"
David Cross: Top Ten CD's That I Just Made Up (and accompanying made-up review excerpts) to listen to while skimming through some of the overwrought reviews on Pitchforkmedia.com
David Cross perfectly skewers the dreadful, dreadful prose and attitude of Pitchform album reviews… on Pitchfork.
➠ May 18, 2005
OpenID: an actually distributed identity system
Looks like a nice design, and the person behind this (Brad of LiveJournal/SixApart) has the clout to make a go at it.
This Might Be A Wiki
This is a fantastic example of a specialized-subject Wiki in action — They Might Be Giants discographies, lyrics, news, etc. updated by any fan who wants to.
City Of Somerville - Curtatone Hails State's Historic Green Line Decision
Hooray! A T-station within walking distance of our house.
➠ May 17, 2005
BBC NEWS | Scotland | New BBC weather map causes storm
Tediously predictable wah-wah-wah from the Scottish nationalists about the new BBC weather maps. Saw this one coming a mile off.
taint.org: Justice Bradley on patent law (1882)
“It was never the object of those laws to grant a monopoly for every trifling device, every shadow of a shade of an idea, which would naturally and spontaneously occur to any skilled mechanic or operator in the ordinary progress of manufactures.”
➠ May 16, 2005
Salon.com | How real is "24"?
Distilling the fiction from the crazy-fiction. Open up a socket and pipe this into your browser.
About This Site
This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.
I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.