Rod Begbie

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Entries for week beginning September 17, 2006

➠ September 23, 2006

Gardening of a Saturday Afternoon

Gardening of a Saturday Afternoon

Now, I don't want to suggest that our back garden (sorry, "yard") is neglected. But when Joy decided to weed the garden this afternoon, the main tool at use? Our hedge trimmer.

Beat my suggestion of a can of petrol and a fire extinguisher, I suppose.

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➠ September 22, 2006

Son of Moustachio

It’s a moustache, and it’s got a moustache!

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➠ September 21, 2006

Zecco.com - Free Stock Quotes & Financial News

This looks interesting — A financial community site (lots of forums and tipster blogs) which will offer zero commission stock trades. They apparently plan to make the money with advertising.

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➠ September 20, 2006

Pyrotechnics Wednesday 10:59 pm 9/20/06

Pyrotechnics Wednesday 10:59 pm 9/20/06

The grand finale for the Stones gig, ending at 11pm precisely.

Truly rock'n'roll at its most punctual.

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The Rolling Stones, Gillette Stadium. Wednesday 9:36 pm 9/20/06

The Rolling Stones, Gillette Stadium. Wednesday 9:36 pm 9/20/06

I managed to nab some free tickets to tonight's Stones gig in Foxborough. We were up in the nosebleediest of nosebleeds, but for free, we weren't complaining.

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BBC - Press Office - This Life returns

The BBC’s filming a 10-year anniversary episode of the superb soapdrama “This Life”. Hope they don’t screw it up, because This Life was one of my favouritist dramas ever.

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Joel on Software: Amazing X-Ray Glasses from Sprint!

Joel rips into the craptacular experience of the new Sprint phone. I bet the PR bod who figured sending free phones to bloggers was a great idea is regretting it.

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➠ September 19, 2006

It’s Like a Podcast, Only Delivered Wirelessly.

Earlier this evening, I wanted to listen to my local NPR station to hear the results of today’s gubernatorial primary in Massachusetts.

So I grabbed my laptop, went to wbur.org, clicked through to the “Listen Live’ page, copied the link to their online stream to my clipboard, went to my Squeezebox control web page, selected “Radio Tune In”, pasted in the WBUR streaming URL, and hit Listen. Simple!

And as the LED display in the room lit up with “WBUR 90.9 FM, BOSTON”, it occurred to me belatedly that the RhymesWithNose sound system in my living room has an FM radio built-in.

This FM thing could really take off, you know.

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Tanks appear in Bangkok. Thailand calls state of emergency (reddit.com)

A reddit user from Thailand, Alpha_Binary, has been giving live reports from Bangkok in a comment thread.

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Well that’s something you don’t see everyday

Well that’s something you don’t see everyday

Open-top Double Decker Routemaster London bus driving round the streets of Cambridge, MA.

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Game Informer Online: Will Wii Be Disappointed Again?

Are us Nintendo fanboys just setting ourselves up for disappointment again? Frankly, I’ve never been disappointed with Nintendo consoles: They were the only places to play Donkey Kong Country or Pikmin, and well worth the price of admittance.

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moo | we love to print

Moo have launched their Flickr Minicards: Get high-quality personal mini business cards printed with your photos on the back. Flickr Pro account holders can get 10 for free. The website is pretty nifty too.

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➠ September 18, 2006

JPG Magazine: Brave New Photography

Threadless model applied to photography — Submit and/or vote for photos, then see the winners published in deadtree.

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Brilliant But Cancelled - DeathWatch - Fall '06

Predict which shows will be canned by the TV networks, and possibly win some goodies.

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➠ September 17, 2006

DSicons.com | Fresh Nintendo DS Icons

Icons you can copy to spruce up your Mario Kart. Of course, you still require a modicum of artistic talent to copy these to your DS.

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Grey’s Anatomy, Vol. 2

CD Purchase: Original Soundtrack - Grey’s Anatomy, Vol. 2

Grey’s Anatomy

CD Purchase: Original Soundtrack - Grey’s Anatomy

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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