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Entries for week beginning February 25, 2007
➠ March 3, 2007
Dogbeard’s Bathtub Battle
Screw Second Life... the *real* leader in massively-multiplayer virtual worlds is clearly Webkinz. You may not be able to campaign for John Edwards, or purchase spunking cocks, but it's actually, y'know, fun!
Here we see my Webkinz (Russell the Pig) takes on Joy's (Barnaby the Lion) at "Dogbeard's Bathtub Battle".
➠ March 2, 2007
The PopWatch Interview: Controversy on 'South Park,' what-what-what?!?
Trey Parker and Matt Stone hint that the season premiere of South Park is so controversy-prone, they can’t reveal its topic in case it gets pulled. Also coming soon: Cartman as Jack Bauer in a 24 spoof.
BBC NEWS | BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal
Um… The BBC is going to put promotional clips on YouTube. Explain to me why this is “news”?
YouTube - Chicken chicken chicken
Everything a Powerpoint presentation *should* be. (http://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf if you want to see the scientific paper on which this talk is based)
The Boring Store: A Tour of 826CHI's Chicago Spy Shop
Chicago’s answer to SanFran’s pirate shop and New York’s superhero store opens, and it’s just as brilliant.
A faster way to speed up Mail.app
Since Apple Mail uses the opensource sqlite for its data repository, you can speed up Mail by running a SQL vacuum on the index file.
Excited Red Sox Fans Eagerly Await Debut Of Matsuzaka's 'Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion' | The Onion
“His Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion breaks three feet inside before cutting sharply toward the dugout, where falsehood and cowardice are forced to shrink before it!”
➠ March 1, 2007
This ATM is NOT A BOMB
This parking meter is NOT A BOMB
This cone is NOT A BOMB
The phone is NOT A BOMB
The box is NOT A BOMB
➠ February 28, 2007
Jaiku | Rod Begbie
I’m taking a look at Jaiku — a Twitter-a-like status-sharer, but with deep integration into Series 60 cellphones. It can tell people when I’m on my cellphone, warn them that I’ve put it on silent mode, or tell them my location based upon the cell tower I’m connected to.
Welcome to Webkinz
The big craze with some friends’ kids — A kind-of cross between Beanie Babies, The Sims and Second Life. Buy a cheap cuddly toy, register with the site, and bring it to life in a virtual world where you can play with it, buy it treats with pretend-money you have to “earn” and interact with your friends. Think I’ll buy one for Joy.
➠ February 27, 2007
Philip Greenspun's Weblog : Free helicopter rides for programmers
Stonking prize for the BarCampBoston2 programming contest — A free helicopter tour of Boston with PhilG as your pilot!
code slate: you don't bury survivors
“What was your contribution to the team?” “Light both ends of fuse one and one end of fuse two. When fuse one burns out, light the other end of fuse two.”
swfIR: swf Image Replacement
Cunning use of Flash and Javascript to enable “special effects” (borders, rotation and shadows) on images in web pages cleanly.
➠ February 26, 2007
hackdiary: Taking automated webpage screenshots with embedded Mozilla
Now in place on groovymother.com — My links should now be illustrated with dinky thumbnails.
Christopher Guest Jumps Into 'The Thick of It' - 'Best in Show' director helming ABC pilot - Zap2it
Christopher Guest is to direct the pilot of the US version of “The Thick of It”. Very cool.
iLap Laptop Stand
Picked one of these up over the weekend to stop my MacBook from frying my intimate areas when I’m working on the couch. Initial reaction: Very comfortable.
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.