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Entries for week beginning February 27, 2005

March 5, 2005

New Dr Who

After the trouble I got into last time I posted some unaired TV, I’m not going to link directly. But if you know where to look, the first episode of the new Doctor Who series is rumoured to be doing the rounds, courtesy of a BBC press tape.

Allegedly.

UPDATE: I’ve now possibly downloaded this imaginary file and can theoretically confirm its supposed authenticity. Perhaps. [does a subtle jig of geek-glee]

!http://groovymother.com/images/Rose1.png 214×198 (Rose1.png Nautilus thumbnail)!

Another Update: It’s not where it was anymore. It may be elsewhere, but I dunno. Don’t ask me where you can find it.

Engadget: It's our birthday

Stress-test your browser by opening up a blog entry with (at the current time) 2040 comments attached, all scrabbling to win some high-tech toys.

They Stopped Calling It Rendezvous

Flirting via iTunes.

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March 4, 2005

MSNBC - They know what we are listening to

Just last week, I was pondering the same thing. How much knowledge can Gracenote gather from users inserting CDs into their PCs?

Giant Steps by Michal Levy

Reminiscent of 60s era Chuck Jones cartoons, a lovely animation to accompany John Coltrane noodlings.

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March 3, 2005

SAJAX - Simple Ajax Toolkit

Yikes! This makes Ajax app creation frighteningly simple.

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MyBlogLog

Interesting webstats system, which tracks outgoing links with a single Javascript include.

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XM Raises Price - Or Did They Lower It?

XM raises subscription charge from $9.99 to $12.99, but adds in online listening, which used to cost an extra $3.99 a month. Can’t decide if I appreciate this move or not.

CCC: Revolved

Album of mash-ups, based upon every track on Revolver.

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March 1, 2005

Bostonist: Citgo Sign Gets a Makeover

Hooray! The sign’s been fairly busted ever since I’ve lived in Boston. Glad it’s getting the attention it deserves.

February 28, 2005

Bookmarklet Builder

Really handy Javascript scruncher-upper for when you’re working on bookmarklets.

Dave Winer’s worst nightmare

In the spirit of the childish foot-stamping that is marking the “debate” around Google’s Autolink toolbar functionality, I now present Dave Winer’s worst nightmare. Drag this bookmarklet onto your toolbar, and hit it every time you read his rantings.

Scripting.com fixer-upper

The code is mostly search-and-replace a webpage, with the following rules at the end:

searchWithinNode(document.body,'Google','the world\'s finest search engine, Google'); searchWithinNode(document.body,'Adam','inventor of podcasting, Adam'); searchWithinNode(document.body,'Scoble','my boyfriend, Scoble'); searchWithinNode(document.body,'wrong','probably correct'); searchWithinNode(document.body,'Dave','Google'); searchWithinNode(document.body,'Winer','Inc.'); searchWithinNode(document.body,'RSS','Atom (and its inferior predecessor, RSS)'); searchWithinNode(document.body,'Bing','Duh');

If I get a free minute, I’ll make it into a Firefox extension so you don’t even need to click the button.

It’s a slippery slope, my friends.

February 27, 2005

Yoz Grahame's Cheerleader: At last, I understand the dangers of Google AutoLink!

Yoz explains precisely why Google’s Autolink feature is SO! DAMNED! EVIL! “A large claxon should sound, the screen should flash, and the user should get a phone call from a Google employee explaining the incredibly ambiguous and possibly-accidental button press.”


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.