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Entries for week beginning August 5, 2007
➠ August 11, 2007
Twit-B-Q
This afternoon's New England Twitter/web/podcast geek meetup.
➠ August 10, 2007
Betahouse -- a haven for Web entrepreneurs - The Boston Globe
The Central Square co-working loft gets a write-up in the Globe.
Jam Sessions
Upcoming release for the Nintendo DS, allowing you to play your DS like a guitar. It’ll be interesting to see how much it appeals to a music-geek like me who’s never played a guitar in his life.
Be Kind Rewind trailer
Michel Gondry’s next film. Jack Black and Mos Def remaking Ghostbusters and Robocop? Looks good!
One Laptop Per Child, Reviewed by 12-Year-Old
Well-written (for a 12-year-old) review of the OLPC XO laptop. The main concern about how slow it is seems moot to me for the target audience for whom this is their first computer: I accepted three-minute loading times on my ZX Spectrum at that age. (And is this a vindication of the original Speccy’s rubber keyboard?)
➠ August 9, 2007
Barry Bonds' HR Record Tainted by Elbow 'Armor'?
Yet another asterisk to go next to Bonds’s name in the record books?
It’s very conflicting to be a Sox fan, now rooting for A-Rod to hit more home runs and overtake Bonds’s record.
YouTube - New Line Home Entertainment (2001)
All day, I’ve had this bit of music stuck in my head. All I could remember was that it was a movie company’s logo, and things flew around on the screen. I’ve been reduced to scouring YouTube to work out what it was — The ident for “New Line Home Entertainment”! Thank you, the Internet.
Silverlight spotted in the wild
This is the first time I've seen Microsoft's Flash-killer Silverlight plugin used on a genuine, non-Microsoft-demo website. MLB are using it to play video.
(Incidentally, how much do I regret deciding to favour getting sleep over finishing watching the game last night? Stupid west-coast games)
➠ August 8, 2007
Welcome to America | Guardian Unlimited
“When writer Elena Lappin flew to LA, she dreamed of a sunkissed, laid-back city. But that was before airport officials decided to detain her as a threat to security”
Apple - iWork - Tutorials
Quality screencasts of the new features in iWork 08. Only had a minor play myself, but the ability to have two independent “tables” visible on one spreadsheet is bloody great.
➠ August 7, 2007
Apple - iWork - Keynote - Flexible Delivery Options
New version of Keynote lets you record a voiceover for your presentation, then export to YouTube. That’s worth the upgrade price right there!
➠ August 6, 2007
Young@Heart Chorus
The CD release party for the Young@Heart Chorus, a group of folks in their 70s, 80s and 90s who cover rock songs like "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Dancing in the Dark" and a great medley of "Staying Alive" and "I Will Survive".
It could have been a cheap joke, but it was an incredible and inspiring show. If you ever get a chance to see them live, run don't walk!
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.