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This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.
It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.
Entries for week beginning December 16, 2007
➠ December 22, 2007
How Many Five Year Olds Could You Take in a Fight?
Scientific analysis of your chances against the eternal question. I could manage 20, apparently.
Stephen Fry: Dork talk
Stephen Fry writes about the HTML5 ogg video debacle — he’s even more geeky that I’d previously imagined. What a hero!
➠ December 20, 2007
Peavatar
My SantAvatar is taking a backseat on my Twitter account for today, replaced by a "peavatar", in support of local blogger/twitterer Susan Reynolds, who is going in for breast surgery today.
This is a really cool example of "social media" in action -- and particularly the sense of community that Twitter enables. See frozenpeafund.com for more info on what's going on.
BBC Radio 4 - Comedy - 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
Fast-paced stand-up and sketches from BBC Radio 4. The great thing about this format is if you don’t like an act, that’s fine — there’ll be another one along in a minute.
➠ December 19, 2007
Bad Gift Emporium
Share the crappy gift’s you’ve received, and find someone who might actually want it!
➠ December 18, 2007
➠ December 17, 2007
Dash Express GPS Video and Deets: True Traffic Reporting and Custom Maps for $599
I *really* like the look of this upcoming GPS — it gathers the speeds of other users over time and warns you when there’s slow traffic ahead, even on roads that SmartTraveller, etc. don’t cover. Will have to check them out at CES.
NVidia RAID
Rebuilding a RAID-1 array with a new disk. "Data from one of the selected disks can be preserved in a new array. If one of the disks in the new array has data you wish to save, select it now."
Uhm.. yeah... any chance you could give me *ANY* kind of distinction between the two drives? Perhaps highlight the one that has my fucking data on it?
Review: Windows XP - Coding Sanity
“I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP”
➠ December 16, 2007
Clyde Shakin’
Clyde getting his shake on in the chilly snowbank.
A Taste For The Theatrical
Trailer for the new Batman movie, and it’s dark, twisted and stonking. I’ve reached a point where I think I will go see any movie Christopher Nolan directs from here on out, because I haven’t been disappointed by any so far.
The Django Book
The published (but not final — there’s still functionality for comments and improvements) version of The Django Book is up.
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.