Rod Begbie

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Entries for week beginning April 16, 2006

➠ April 22, 2006

The New Amsface Animatronic Sir Alan Sugar

Wow, this is some shoddy merchandising. It makes “Trump. The Fragrance” look positively classy.

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➠ April 21, 2006

Sourceforge, Subversion and svn:externals | 2006-04-18 | BitWorking

Wow — I didn’t realise that Subversion allowed you to splice together revisions from multiple repositories. That could come in very handy.

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➠ April 20, 2006

NBC Universal Store - Dwight Schrute Bobblehead

“It’s me! I’m the bobblehead! Yes!”

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Licky Tongue

Licky Tongue

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Google Calendar data API: time to starting coding!

Google Calendar has an Atompub-based API.

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renew for freedom - MAY 2006 - renew your passport

British citizens — Renew your passport in May to guarantee yourself ten years before being forced onto the National ID database.

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➠ April 19, 2006

Language Log: Harry Potter and the Madding Gerund: Secrets of the Language Log Code

The always-splendid Language Log is getting dead-tree-ified.

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Save $200 in 2 minutes and have the worlds best writing pen

How to use a Mont Blanc refill in a G2 pen. Clue: Requires some mild scissoring.

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Monster Joy

Monster Joy

Joy on the Green Monster. As opposed to next to the green monster.

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A Six-Foot Latte

A Six-Foot Latte

You know, I often dream about getting this much caffeine.

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View from the Monster

View from the Monster

We had Green Monster tickets for tonight's Sox game. Since our normal seats are way back in right field, this was quite a different view!

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YouTube - Pinball Number Count

The Pointer Sisters’ greatest hit? Classic Sesame Street animation.

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➠ April 17, 2006

Baseball Salary Treemap

Player salaries laid out by team, division and league.

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Dunkin' Donuts: Things I Like To Do

I’m loving the new Dunkin Donuts jingle by They Might Be Giants. “I’m slightly more efficient than I previously was” is possibly the most honest advertising slogan for coffee ever.

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The pleasure of finding things out - RP Feynman - Google Video

1982 Richard Feynman interview. I downloaded this last month from UKNova, and it’s just a fascinating insight into the man.

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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.

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