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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 30, 2007
➠ January 5, 2008
A Users Manual to Seat 21C
Too true to be funny. (I was particularly pissy that on my flight earlier, the tray table was covered with a huge advertising sticker. I promptly peeled it off. Fucked if I’m going to let someone steal my attention when I’m trapped in a confined space)
Election 2008: Presidential, Senate and House Races Updated Daily
electoral-vote.com is back up and running, and tracking polls prior to the primaries. I’m now following it with approximately the intensity I was tracking the AL East in September!
That Famous Vegas Strip View
My hotel room window faces onto this glorious sight.
➠ January 4, 2008
➠ January 3, 2008
Hofbrauhaus Catastrophe on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Fantastic photo. Described in Reddit comments as “Beerkakke”
➠ January 2, 2008
Iowa's undemocratic caucuses are no way to choose a presidential candidate. - Slate Magazine
Excellent and timely curmudgeoning by Christopher Hitchens.
Reason Magazine - Secrets of Weight Loss Revealed!
Further fuel for my belief that diets are a shitty way to lose weight, and sensible long-term life changes are the only way to do it correctly. (Not for nothing have I gained 30lbs since starting driving to work each day, instead of having to walk a mile to the T stop)
➠ January 1, 2008
Bob and David: "Allllllviiiiin!"
David Cross explains why he did the “Alvin & the Chipmunks” movie that looks so crappy. “I asked the owner if he’d take some of my credibility as payment. He looked at me as if I was an alien with A.I.D.S. speaking some intergalactic gobbledy-goo. I had to patiently explain to this country bumpkin about my indie hipster cred, and I would now like to cash it in.”
A Series of Letters to the First Girl I Ever Fingered | Cracked.com
by Michael Ian Black (The State, Stella, etc). “Hi! How are you? I hope this letter finds you well. I don’t know if you remember me or not, but I’m the guy who fingered you at sleepaway camp.”
Dave Gorman: Problem Solving.
The calendar, and all its complexity and intricacies, are sorted-out by Dave Gorman. About time too.
➠ December 31, 2007
iminlikewithyou: Blockles
I’m In Like With You branches out into wickedly-addictive multiplayer Tetris. They even let you play without joining the site.
➠ December 30, 2007
BBC NEWS | Obituary: Kevin Greening
Tremendous shame. He was one of my favourite Radio 1 DJs during the mid-90s — Especially when he had to fill in on the breakfast show at short notice when Chris Evans didn’t turn up to work.
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.