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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 November 2, 2008

November 7, 2008

Lessons Learned while Building an iPhone Site

Some great thoughts on mobile website development from Flickr, whose iPhone-friendly site is a thing of beauty.

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Halp!

Halp!

I met the Reddit folks for lunch today, and as with almost every encounter with Alexis, I walked away with some schwag -- In this case, a pack of his fantastic LOLMagnetz.

Sadly, the fridge in our apartment doesn't hold magnets, so I had to improvise -- Luckily, the steel hood over the stove does the trick just grand.

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November 5, 2008

What to name my Whatnot?

What to name my Whatnot?

My Muppet Whatnot arrived! (Compare to the online comp.)

Anyone got any suggestions on what to name him?

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November 4, 2008

John McCain's concession speech

A genuinely gracious and powerful speech. “I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences, and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.”

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On The Hour

The iconic BBC radio series (which gave way to The Day Today) finally gets a full CD release (including bonus material, such as Chris Morris’s fantastic flexidisc for Select Magazine). Subscribe to the podcast for snippets of genius.

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Is Obama President?

“Yes”

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November 3, 2008

Bush Street Renamed

I love this town.

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November 2, 2008

My résumé

Forgot to post this to the linkblog on Friday — If you know anyone looking to hire a smart and passionate software engineer/architect in the SF Bay Area, give me a shout!

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This. Fucking. Election.

Delightfully complete coverage of the last twelve months.

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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.