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Entries for week beginning June 10, 2007

June 16, 2007

Nomah!

Nomah!

Still doing the glove-fiddling thing

Vote for Russell

Vote for Russell

The Dodger jumbotron

The Dodger jumbotron

I realise that we're in LA, but it has to be said: The production values of the videos and animations on the Dodger Stadium jumbotron were miles ahead of anything I've seen elsewhere. I love the almost Disney-esque typography of this shot.

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Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium

The view from section 60 of the "Lower Reserve" at Dodger Stadium. The tickets for both Joy and myself were cheaper than one of our regular seats at Fenway, *and* we were able to buy them the night before the game.

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VMware Fusion Overview

If you don’t already own Parallels Desktop, the new VMWare beta is great — I far prefer “Unity” to “Coherence” for mixing Windows apps on the OS X desktop. Only $40 if you buy before the official release at the end of August.

June 15, 2007

Cameroid - Take photos with your webcam online!

Online Flash version of OS X’s “Photo Booth”. Lotsa fun.

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June 14, 2007

AppFresh - All Software Updates for your Mac in One Place

Free alternative to the VersionTrackerPro Mac software updater, using iusethis.com’s database for version information

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Advice for presentations: It happens!

Good tips for presenting at conferences.

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Second Life in Real Life

If the world was the same as Second Life. Also, people would be walking round with cups of coffee stuck to their stomachs.

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Underwater Hippo

Underwater Hippo

These Animals BITE!

These Animals BITE!

Pink Flamingo

Pink Flamingo

Underwater Polar Bear

Underwater Polar Bear

Polar Splash

Polar Splash

Lazy Polar Bear

Lazy Polar Bear

Peacock Going Shopping

Peacock Going Shopping

Clearly it considers its current duds a tad dull and lacking in pizazz.

Malayian Tapir

Malayian Tapir

Joy and I "adopted" a Tapir at the zoo last year.

Elephant

Elephant

Eating Giraffe

Eating Giraffe

8’ When Crouching

8’ When Crouching

Polar Bear on the Ridge

Polar Bear on the Ridge

June 13, 2007

Joy enjoying a cola at Carl’s Jr.

Joy enjoying a cola at Carl’s Jr.

As part of our tour of California, we've been attempting to sample the fast food at the chains that are only found on the west-coast.

The Six Dollar Burger at Carl's Jr, the Double-Double Animal Style at In-N-Out and a Jumpin' Jack at Jack in the Box have all been devoured. Plus shakes and/or malts at each -- The Carl's Jr. Caramel Malt is my favourite so far.

The weight-loss starts when we get back home.

Me and Penn

Me and Penn

After the show at the Rio.

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Me and Teller

Me and Teller

After the show at the Rio.

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June 12, 2007

“Carrot Top Fantasy”

“Carrot Top Fantasy”

Words that should never be placed together.

Lion Hat

Lion Hat

Super-classy!

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A Lion

A Lion

Attacking a bone in much the same way our basset hounds do.

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June 10, 2007

Wind Farm

Wind Farm

I get very excited when I see wind-farms in action. Energy being captured from a totally renewable source? Genius! I hope Cape Wind gets going soon.

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Us at General Sherman

Us at General Sherman

The largest tree in the world (note: no longer considered the largest living thing in the world -- a field of fungus is)

Me between two big-ass trees

Me between two big-ass trees

The giant forest at Sequoia National Park

Joy in front of a Sequoia

Joy in front of a Sequoia

The giant forest at Sequoia National Park

In the Crystal Caves

In the Crystal Caves


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.