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Entries for week beginning January 21, 2007
➠ January 27, 2007
Mark Ronson's MySpace page
His covers (and to call them “covers” does them an injustice, they’re *massively awesome* reinterpretations) of Coldplay and Britney Spears are outstanding. Can’t wait for the full album.
The Secret Diary of Hillary Clinton
Even funnier than “Fake Steve”. “Great. Liz Taylor is endorsing me. Can someone please find a way to shut this old bag up? I mean who’s next? Michael Jackson?”
Capitol idea: Senator Schilling? Curt's not so sure, but fans think he's just the ticket - Local Politics - BostonHerald.com
Heh. He’s probably the only person who’d have a chance at being a Republican senator for Massachusetts.
➠ January 26, 2007
Show me - The Boston Globe
Local live-music aggregators Tourb.us and Tourfilter get a writeup in the Globe.
Wii News Channel
It just seems right that the first story I pulled up on the new Wii "News Channel" was about the European PS3 launch.
Pink Kitty Designs
My friend Jenney’s lovely homemade cards. Now with “Breakup Cards”, just in time for Valentines Day!
➠ January 25, 2007
Flickr Ramps up Triple Tag (Machine Tags) Support.
Good explanation from RevDanCatt of the awesome potential of Flickr’s new “Machine Tags”. Also a great example of a company watching what their users were doing, and working out a way to enhance that behaviour and crank up the awesomeness at the same time.
YouTube - Stephen Colbert explains the whole AT&T thing!
Your handy guide to understanding the whole Cingular/AT&T thing.
Google Testing Blog: Introducing "Testing on the Toilet"
Google posts flyers giving tips on automated testing inside toilet cubicles. Good god, that’s the creepiest thing I’ve heard of in a while.
➠ January 24, 2007
The Basset Who Came In From the Cold
More playing with my new camera. Bacon reentering the warmth from our back garden.
Aquarium Feeds - Penguin Webcam
Watch the penguins at the New England Aquarium, and take control of the camera. PENGUINS!
Baby Einstein - BuzzFeed
Gathering together posts equally confused by the bizarre cameo during last night’s State of the Union by the creator of those bullshit Baby Einstein DVDs. “Bush points out the American Dream in the audience and apparently, the American Dream looks like a less pointy Ann Coulter.”
➠ January 23, 2007
EFI's Consumer Division Residential Catalogue | Harmony Dimmable Spiral
I’ve finally found a good dimmable low-energy lightbulb. This model’s less than $7, and has none of the buzzing or flickering that’s been a problem with previous bulbs we’ve tried. Gonna buy a few more, then our house will be completely incandescent-bulb free.
Life on Mars meets Camberwick Green
Viral clip promoting new series of Life on Mars. What would Windy Miller say?
PokerFace - UKGameshows
Tremendously enjoyable quiz show format from the UK. Surprised it hasn’t been snapped up by a US network as cheap filler.
➠ January 22, 2007
Bostonist: Diesel Spreads to Union
Fantastic news — Diesel Cafe’s owners are opening a new coffee shop in Union Square. There hasn’t been a caffeine + wifi place within walking distance of my house since the Grand Coffeehouse shut down.
Pet shop owner creates beer for dogs - Boston.com
I’d love nothing more than to share the pleasures of a pint with my hounds.
Glark.org: My Name Is Meta
My Name is Earl shouts-out to TWoP, including having their characters post to the TWoP forums. “No, I don’t think shows should do more meta jokes that cater to the online bloggers and I’m sure everyone at Television Without Pity Dot Com agrees with me.”
➠ January 21, 2007
My most-played artists of the last year
I didn’t realise last.fm had this functionality. Rather puzzled that The Beatles are Number 1 — I do love their new “Love” album, but I didn’t think I’d played it more than The Delgados, or even Girls Aloud, in 2006.
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.