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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 March 8, 2009
➠ March 13, 2009
foursquare
Another friend-location-tracking app, this one from the original makers of Dodgeball. The website is fairly bare-bones at the moment, although the iPhone app is pretty decent.
Gowalla. A location-based iPhone game.
Was wondering when one of these would show up. Virtual geo-caching using the iPhone’s location facilities. Designed by the folks behind the Facebook “Packrat” game. (SF and Austin only at the moment)
➠ March 12, 2009
BBC NEWS | How to understand risk in 13 clicks
Handy explanation of one of the most common statistical tricks.
CD Purchase: Brighton Port Authority - I Think We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
The other day, I was thinking "It's been a while since there was a new Fatboy Slim album." As it turns out, Norman Cook and Simon Thornton have assumed another pseudonym and released this album, which is top-notch.
➠ March 11, 2009
Channel 4 News - Cramer v Stewart
Slow news day in the UK, clearly. Channel 4 News covers the Jon Stewart / Jim Cramer kerfuffle.
➠ March 10, 2009
➠ March 9, 2009
➠ March 8, 2009
Dr. R. S. Candle PhD pets Clyde
Joy practices her puppetering on an uninterested audience
Joy is performing the The Un-Scripted Theater Company in their current show, Un-Scripted: unscripted, and they like to introduce puppets into scenes, so she's practicing with my Muppet Whatnot.
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.