Rod Begbie

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Entries for week beginning June 25, 2006

➠ July 1, 2006

Solid Wall of Code: AutoBan

MT plugin that adds “Deny” entries to your .htaccess file when someone’s clobbering you with comment spam, saving you the CPU cycles. I’ve installed it — if it works, I’ll be giddy as a schoolgirl.

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Virtual Replay

3D animated replays of all World Cup goals. Have fun switching perspectives, and see what it’s like to be a goalie during a penalty shootout.

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➠ June 30, 2006

Privatephone - Free Private Phone Number and Online Voicemail by NetZero

Free disposable voicemail that you can get forwarded to you automatically via email. Feel free to spam me with WAV files at (617) 440-3295.

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➠ June 29, 2006

overview by rdeditor (on reddit.com)

When old and new media collide — Someone at Reader’s Digest calling themself ‘rdeditor’ is submitting articles from rd.com to reddit and digg.

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BBC NEWS | Have Your Say: Where next for national identity?

Fascinating bitchfest on the BBC discussion site around Scottish folks not supporting England in international sporting events. Interestingly, most of the kneejerk racist comments are from the English, accusing Scots, amongst other things, of being “bitter miserable idiots”.

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It's Pop It's Art

Screen-printed posters of classic song lyrics. I think the “What’s Going On?” one would look dashing in our living room.

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How To Swing - The United States Patent Office explains it all for you.

If I ever write a patent, I’m going to sneak in the phrase “The user may even choose to produce a Tarzan-type yell”.

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➠ June 28, 2006

419 Eater: The Incredible Shrinking Artwork

“Derek Trotter” gets a Nigerian scammer to ship a wooden carving of a Commodore 64. Just fantastic!

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Aimee Mann with the Boston Pops, Wednesday 9:40 pm 6/28/06

Aimee Mann with the Boston Pops, Wednesday 9:40 pm 6/28/06

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The 'power of one' - why larger portions cause us to eat more

Yes, its obvious: When you’re presented with more food, you eat more.

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➠ June 27, 2006

Ken Jennings - Blog

Ken Jennings, the long-running Jeopardy champion, has a blog. He always appeared a hugely entertaining and funny bloke on TV, and his blog only cements that reputation.

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LEVERS

Funky Flashgame. Try to balance out the random objects until nothing’s touching the water.

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FORTUNE Magazine: A conversation with Warren Buffett

Interview with Warren Buffet concerning his massive donation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last week. Basically explains that he’d rather their team spends his money, than him having to hire more people.

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World Cup ’06 - The Sins of American Sportscasting

I’d been watching games with the TV volume turned down low, the commentators were so dreadful. Switching to Univision, though, is a masterful idea, and one I’ll probably emulate at the weekend.

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Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test?

I managed 85%, with only a couple of guesses. Not on there: “We all know the 13 stripes are for good luck. But why does the American flag have precisely 47 stars?”

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"Tomato Funeral"

I think Joy & I will have to start playing this…

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➠ June 26, 2006

10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed

All good points. DVD offered a *lot* more than VHS (picture quality, extra features, no rewinding, chapter selection), and wasn’t as inconvenient as Laserdisc. Bluray and HD-DVD just off “more” DVD. Will either of them “succeed”?

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Radio Times | Big Brother Blog

For my sins, I’m hopelessly addicted to the current British series of Big Brother (damn you UKNova!). Since it’s not covered by TWoP, I’m delighted to find this excellent snarkblog on the Radio Times site.

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Flickr: The Brain Age Drawings Pool

A collection of folks’s sketches when challenged by Brain Age. I’ll have to upload some of my own “artistry”.

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Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technobile

I’ve just changed my voicemail message to say “Send me an email. I rarely check voicemail.”

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➠ June 25, 2006

Morningwood, Sunday 11:08 pm 6/25/06 Boston, Massachusetts

Morningwood, Sunday 11:08 pm 6/25/06 Boston, Massachusetts

The lead singer, Chantel, has a helluva lot of energy in her. Especially considering they've cancelled the next four dates in the tour because she's sprained her leg.

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Morningwood Sunday 10:56 pm 6/25/06 Boston, Massachusetts

Morningwood Sunday 10:56 pm 6/25/06 Boston, Massachusetts

Chantel getting the crowd to crouch during "nth Degree". As I took this photo, she was admonishing the Axis security, and telling them to crouch too.

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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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