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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 February 8, 2009
➠ February 14, 2009
BroDavii comments on The Simpsons
Great Reddit thread identifying exactly why it sucks so badly these days.
➠ February 13, 2009
1234567890 at 21st Amendment
Happy Nerd New Year
Bespin: A new Mozilla Labs experimental extensible code editor using Canvas
An attempt to create an in-browser lightweight IDE. This is interesting for a bunch of reasons: Hardcore use of <canvas>, a goal of creating SubEthaEdit style realtime collaboration, and if nothing else, creating a genuinely decent-looking web-based text editor.
➠ February 12, 2009
Evolution and Facebook's "25 Random Things About Me" craze.
On the mutation of memes.
➠ February 11, 2009
The Darwin Illusion
Nice “negative afterimage” optical illusion from Richard Wiseman.
➠ February 10, 2009
Flickr of Inspiration
My “review” of Flickr, from five years ago, when it didn’t do photo hosting, and was instead a chatroom where you could paste graphics from your shoebox into conversations. My, the concept of an open social web with APIs excited me at the time.
Happy birthday, chaps!
Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work | The Onion
Love the On-Screen Displays that this new goddamned cocksucking piece of crap produces.
➠ February 9, 2009
Awkward Valentines : Because Romance is SO Last Year
Joy will be getting a “Please never raise your self-esteem enough to leave me” card this year, I think.
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.