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Entries for week beginning July 8, 2007
➠ July 14, 2007
“Live Poultry Fresh Killed”
The sign outside Mayflower Poultry Co. in Cambridge. I finally got around to buying one of their t-shirts today, which I look forward to wearing around my vegetarian chums.
➠ July 13, 2007
I Heart Irony - Adult Shirts - Glarkware
I saw someone wearing this shirt last night, My reaction was “I’ve no idea what it actually means, but I *know* I need to own one.”
➠ July 12, 2007
How-To: Dirt Cheap Wall-Sized Whiteboards
[AnagramOfPanties] used to have entire rooms walled in showerboard, as well as a policy that if you ever found a red Expo marker, you had to throw it in the trash immediately, because it was a bugger to clean off the boards.
Your bank has a REST API now (shhh! -- don't tell them)
Wesabe have created an open API to allow folks to hack on their bank account data. I foresee some stonking visualization work coming out of this that will put Quicken, Microsoft Money, etc to shame.
8apps - For Productive People
New social networking site, aimed at a audience similar to the users of 37 Signals collaboration tools. I have a shitload of invites if anyone wants to play.
➠ July 11, 2007
“Buy me a beer…”
"...and I'll tell you why your startup idea _sucks_"
My name badge at this week's Web Innovators Group meetup. Written before I discovered it was an open bar!
(Photo taken by David Laubner)
Facebook | Scrabulous
Play Scrabble against your Facebook chums. Nice!
Simpson Family Values
Interviews with almost everyone involved in the creation of The Simpsons (including Rupert Murdoch!)
➠ July 10, 2007
➠ July 9, 2007
➠ July 8, 2007
YouTube - Spinal Tap + Army of Bass Players - Live Earth
“Big Bottom” as it was meant to be played — by every bass player they could find. “On bass drums: Skippy Scuffleton - pray for him!”
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.