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XBox 360 adds native DiVX playback. Between this, Rock Band and Space Giraffe, the XBox 360 is slowly tipping from “If someone gave me a free one, I’d sell it on eBay” (where the PS3 still lives) to “Hmmm… If I could pick up a cheap one….”
I’m not yet at a stage where I care enough to work out what the differences between all the different models are, though. Perfect example of the Paradox of Choice, there.
Two “why weren’t these already implemented?” features finally added to Google Reader. Thank you Google interns!
“I really love the new Kylie album.”
826 Boston, or “The Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute”, is having an open day this weekend. I might pop down with a camera to see how the “institute” looks.
...and someone else decides to make himself comfortable.
Zoom in to see the greetings. “The Enrichment Center reminds you to Have a Happy Holiday until you are instructed by a supervisor to discontinue having a Happy Holiday.”
Greate article on “Rock Band” by Carrie Brownstein. “If you are going to play the game with a group of friends for more than a night, shouldn’t you just form a real band? There is something sad about the thought of four teenagers getting Rock Band for Christmas and spending all of their after-school time pretending to know how to play.”
Frosty & Jesus: Together at last! Completely great, and mildly sacrilegious gift-wrap.
A Slim Devices Squeezebox atop a new portable speaker which, depending on how you read my employer's new blogging policy, I don't think I'm allowed to tell you is bloody great.
But let's just say that the combination of the two is comparable to the combinations of cheese and pickle, hops and barley, or The Beatles and recreational drugs.
Back when I was a bloody layabout student, Wipeout 2097 on the Playstation was one of my favourite video games. My flatmate and I spent many hours happily zipping round the tracks, racing, shooting and quaking each other. Plus it had a stonking pounding electronica soundtrack that enveloped you as you played.
Flash forward to a couple of weeks ago, when I heard "Atom Bomb" by Fluke as I was driving to work. I was immediately transported back to our student dive on Dalry Road, and desperately wishing my car had weaponry.
And thanks to a quick search on Amazon, I was able to pick up the whole soundtrack on CD second-hand for less than a dollar. Hurrah!
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.
