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Entries for week beginning July 13, 2008
➠ July 19, 2008
A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats
Ah, the “ripple effect”. Inflating statistics since time immemorial. (The first comment is ace, too!)
Eddie Izzard, San Francisco, Jul 18, 2008
Aysys, Beesus, Seesus, Deesus, Eesus, Effsus, and Jesus.
➠ July 18, 2008
Lobel: Manny fined -- and wasn't happy about it
Conjecture and rumours about Manny Ramirez — Are we seeing the start of a “Nomar is not a team player”-style whispering campaign by the Sox front office to appease fans before they don’t re-sign Manny for next year?
➠ July 17, 2008
Safety first in Bangkok
Ever wondered what the international pictogram is for “girl on girl fisting”? It’s like xkcd porn.
➠ July 16, 2008
Dr. Horrible's Freeze Ray Will Stop the World
Summary of Joss Whedon’s new online musical miniseries. I plopped down the $4 for a “season pass” in iTunes, and loved the first episode. Looking forward to episode 2 arriving in iTunes tonight.
Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner
An information architect explains his reasons for running for state office in Kansas, in an xkcd stylee. Worth sending $8.34 to.
Phishy
One problem with OAuth and similar authentication systems -- When the browser is embedded in the application (as in this case with AirMe, but I also saw it in Exposure) with no URL visible, you have no idea if you're giving your username and password to Yahoo, or to some phisher.
Pasties, Pasties Everywhere - Freakonomics
The Economist replies in their characteristically classy manner when Stephen Dubner accuses them of misspelling “pastries”. (And now I find myself craving a Ginster’s…)
➠ July 15, 2008
Feist on Sesame Street
In retrospect, “1 2 3 4” was an obvious choice.
➠ July 14, 2008
RA DIOHEA_D / HOU SE OF_C ARDS - Google Code
New Radiohead video was shot without cameras, instead using lasers to get 3D data which was visualized. Chunks of the data are available from Google, so you can have a go at processing it yourself.
➠ July 13, 2008
Shazam iPhone app
Probably the best free app on the iPhone so far: Hold your iPhone near a music source, and it will identify the track for you. My initial tests against slightly fuzzy FM radio and the background music in a crowded theatre worked perfectly. Wicked cool!
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.