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Entries for week beginning January 30, 2005

February 5, 2005

Quick question for New Englanders

Is a $471 gas bill for the month of January just the cost of owning a 3-storey house in Somerville, or is there something seriously FUBARed with our heating system?

348 Therms in 30 days seems like a helluva lot, but is that just what I have to look forward to every winter?

Ask Jeeves Buys Bloglines

Bloglines has a new daddy. If true, congrats to Mark + team.

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The Kleptones - From Detroit to J.A.

A full album of quality mash-ups for your downloading and grooving-along-to pleasure.

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February 4, 2005

De-duplicate your iTunes library

I didn’t know iTunes did this. Kewl!

Electoral Commission campaign urges voters to act now

Note to self: I need to get myself registered to vote in the upcoming UK election.

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The Freelance Hairdresser: Machadaynu

“Tony Rudd” from Monday’s “Look Around You” gets remixed. Ace!

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style.org > State of the Union Parsing Tool

Your at-a-glance guide to the “content” of GWB’s speeches. Compare “Saddam” and “Osama” to get an idea of how it works.

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mozdev.org - cookieculler

More complete control over your cookies in Firefox

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AdBlock - Filterset.G

Regularly updated rules list for AdBlock

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Why Napster will be a fully-integrated flop | The Register

Why DRM-powered music rental services are as dead today as they were 3 years ago. (Remember Pressplay?)

“With music and books, the idea is never to have all that is available. You want what’s good. You want quality.”

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February 3, 2005

I Choo Choo Choose You

Send your sweetheart the card that Lisa gave to Ralph Wiggum.

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February 2, 2005

Ballistics - a photoset on Flickr

These are fcuking gorgeous.

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PanicGoods - Nice T-Shirts For The Panic Family.

Beautifully-designed web-store selling beautifully-designed shirts. Make sure and try dragging an item *out* of your cart.

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Tips for Flickr beginners

If you’re not already hooked into the awesome brilliantness of Flickr, here’s some Top Tips to getting going.

Amazon.com: Amazon Prime

For $79, get free 2-day shipping on all purchases at Amazon.com for a year. Strangely tempting.

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February 1, 2005

Unique But Morally Dubious

Unique But Morally Dubious

The oldest T-shirt in my "collection", it was purchased from the short-lived Deadpan Magazine in 1994. Hrmm... Flickr has "Rotate" but no "Flip" control.

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January 31, 2005

Tivo HME in Action

Tivo HME in Action

Playing the fab "Same Game" on my telly, courtesy of the TiVo HME demo.

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BBC - Comedy - Look Around You

New series of “Look Around You’ starts tonight, and looks even more warped than the last.

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laim.name

“The Rejection Line” for the 21st century. Give out a fake AIM name, and let the robot do the dumping.

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Lifehacker

New blog promoting geektools to make your life easier.

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TiVo Home Media Engine SDK

Create applications and run them on your TiVo. This could create some *very* kewl apps.

Kinder ‘Internet Surprise’

Kinder ‘Internet Surprise’

Even chocolate eggs are internet-enabled these days. Go to www.magic-kinder.com, enter the "secret code", and get online-prizes.


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.