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Entries for week beginning November 11, 2007
➠ November 17, 2007
Mum and Her Pet
We bought my mum a Webkinz as a gift a few months ago, because I knew she'd enjoy all the casual games.. Here she is showing us the garden her Webkinz is growing.
(And it should be said, when my mum told Joy that she had already earned a "Webkinz Crown of Wonder", Joy was shooting daggers at her for 5 minutes -- Joy's been trying for months to earn hers)
➠ November 16, 2007
YouTube - Doctor Who, Children in Need Special - Time Crash
I completely forgot this was on tonight. Lovely little bit of Who geekery. Number 5 was “my” doctor too — the first one I remember watching.
SF Gate: Better with Age
Excellent infographic which certainly suggests that Barry Bonds’s alleged steroid use may have improved his batting skills.
➠ November 15, 2007
YouTube - Not The Daily Show, With Some Writer
Excellent (and lo-fi) video by some Daily Show writers on the current writers’ strike.
apophenia: algorithms for dumb security questions
A consistent tactic for answering those stupid “What color was your first favourite pet?” type questions.
Baseball Pitches Illustrated | Lokesh Dhakar
Nice infographics explaining the difference between a slider and a cutter.
➠ November 14, 2007
Spitzer's Christmas Tax Surprise - November 14, 2007 - The New York Sun
Cunning — Amazon.com has been told it must start collecting sales tax from New York residents, because it has “salespeople” in NY. Those salespeople? New Yorkers with Amazon affiliate links on their website. Wonder if this will hold…
Chumby
My Chumby, powered-up, and making my life approximately 65% better by displaying a live feed from the San Diego Zoo Pandacam.
I believe it can perform other tasks too, but who cares? PANDAS!
➠ November 13, 2007
Stefano's Linotype ~ Dalvik: how Google routed around Sun's IP-based licensing restrictions on Java ME
Sadly, this is the most interesting and innovative thing I’ve read about “Android” so far — that they’re getting around Sun’s “J2ME” trademark/patent/licensing beartrap by implementing their own VM.
➠ November 12, 2007
Buy Super Mario Galaxy at Toys 'R' Us, get a $25 gift card - Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Toys Backwards-R Us are giving away $25 gift cards when you buy Super Mario Galaxy from them. Since I was already planning on getting it, that makes me happy. (I’ll probably use the gift card to buy some Wii Points, so I can download Super Mario Bros 3 off of the Virtual Console. Woo!)
Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook
Great Rands article. It’s a bit hit-or-miss describing me, but the section “Nerds are fucking funny” sums me up perfectly. “Humor is an intellectual puzzle, “How can this particular set of esoteric trivia be constructed to maximize hilarity as quickly as possible?”“
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.