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Entries for Friday, July 31, 2009

July 31, 2009

Move to Windows 7

From the “Holy Shit! Are You Fucking Kidding Me‽” department: Windows XP users will have to format their hard drives and do clean installs to upgrade to Windows 7 — there is no “upgrade” option that keeps their installed programs intact.

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Anatomy of a feature

Great description of all the thought that is needed for “a quick feature”. Just gone through implementing one of these this evening!

Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers | The Onion

The packed auditorium, which had been listening to Jobs in hushed reverence for several minutes, then erupted into applause, with hundreds of men and women suddenly jumping to their feet and shouting, “I can see it!” “Look, there it is!” and “God, it’s so beautiful!”

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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.