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.
Ze Frank has a new video series on what to do in these economically-challenged times.
New SF taco truck, selling French cuisine. The thought of buying curried frogs’ legs on a street corner fills me with excitement.
Video of a great talk by Jessica Kahn. Ignore the fact this is part of an iPhone course — it’s essential advice for *ANY* software engineer with even vaguely entrepreneurial aspirations. (iTunes link)
Every line delivered by Tracy Jordan in Season 3 of 30 Rock.
“Hi. I’m Tracy Jordan. My wife is throwing away some of our old towels. Do you want them cuz they’re out by the trash cans. Now that’s gots to be 30 seconds. Nine? OK, here comes the fun cooker.”
Simple Flash animation which explains the “breaking” of a curve ball.
New album by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, with a shedload of guest contributors.
Due to legal wranglings, you can’t buy the album. But they will sell you a book of photos by David Lynch and a custom blank CD-R for $50, to which you can write any music you like. For example, one of the copies of “Dark Night of the Soul” available on most file-sharing networks.
“It is 10 times more secure to use “this is fun” as your password, than “J4fS<2”.” True dat. Of course, password complexity isn’t really an issue. Easiest way to crack a user’s password? Hack a website (or social engineer someone that works for a website) that stores passwords in cleartext.
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.