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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 April 6, 2008
➠ April 12, 2008
Splendour
Joy & I have been staying at the Mosser Hotel this week in San Francisco while apartment hunting. Come join us on this video tour of our luxurious suite.
(This is primarily a test to see what breaks on my blog when I post a video to Flickr -- Seems to have worked pretty smoothly, but goddamn, there needs to be a way of choosing the frame that becomes the thumbnail!)
➠ April 11, 2008
Portishead in Portishead // Current
Portishead concert, showing on Current TV over the next few weeks. Material from their splendid new album, Third.
➠ April 10, 2008
Ten Thousand Cents
Mechanical Turk project where users were paid $0.01 to draw a section of the $100 bill.
➠ April 9, 2008
Torch protest
The "Free Tibet" and "Free Darfur" groups were protesting the torch, but a visibly larger group of Chinese supporters were protesting the protesters.
And in the end, the torch didn't come anywhere near us!
Computer Science Unplugged
Simple worksheets to explain CompSci concepts like text compression or sorting algorithms. Pretty nifty.
Absolutely Everything DVD Box Set
The superb 90s sketch show Absolutely is finally getting a complete DVD release. Hurrah!
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.