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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.
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➠ April 4, 2006
Weather on my Squeezebox
The somewhat terrific Weather screensaver running on the Squeezebox in our bedroom. Hurrah for internet-enabled consumer-electronic devices.
➠ March 19, 2006
A ‘smooth, creamy coffeehouse classic’, apparently
Or, alternatively, half-a-mug of piss-weak, nastily artifically-sweetened, CoffeeMate-crammed brownwater. The rather disappointing result of trying a HomeCafe "frothy cappuccino" pod.
I got the coffee machine for free from BzzAgent, but I still feel ripped-off. I'll stick with my Senseo, thanks.
➠ March 17, 2006
Apple Powerbook 5300cs
Intel is for wussies. The 100Mhz PowerPC 603e is where it's at.
This laptop was unceremoniously dumped in the random-crap-pile outside my cube. It's ten years old, running System 7.5, has a staggering 24Mb of RAM, and a whopping 500Mb hard drive. Anyone got suggestions for what I can use it for?
➠ March 10, 2006
A toddler’s drawing of me
On the flight back from San Diego, a mother and her daughter sat next to me. I feared a 6-hour chunk of screaming wean, but the kid was surprisingly quiet, watching her Barney DVDs and reading her Curious George books.
This is a picture she drew of me. (Actually, the mother drew the head and body, and the girl added the glasses, beard and baseball cap) A pretty decent likeness!
➠ March 9, 2006
Three Roombas enter, One Roomba leaves
Hardcore Three-way Roomba-on-Roomba Action.
➠ March 8, 2006
Roomba Rumble
Two remote-control Roombas battle it out at Makefest.
➠ March 6, 2006
My main thought from day one of ETech…
"Branded Lanyard" would be a great name for a rock band.
➠ March 1, 2006
Another Zonetag test
Bacon's tail: Too fast for the LED flash on the camphone.
➠ February 27, 2006
Belle & Sebastian, Avalon, Boston
ZoneTagged Mon Feb 27, 2006 19:03:29 PST
Dicking around with the new cellphone
ZoneTagged Mon Feb 27, 2006 15:50:02 PST
➠ February 26, 2006
Now, I don’t claim to be a great expert on cellular technologies, but…
...I think I can safely say that my RAZR has RAZed its last. Dec 2004 - Feb 2006... I think that's the longest a cellphone has ever lasted me.
I'm now eyeing up a Nokia 6682, and trying to work out the best way to purchase it without becoming Cingular's bitch for the next two years.
➠ February 23, 2006
Talking House
A house near us has just gone up for sale, and apparently there's an AM transmitter so you can hear all about it without having to ring the doorbell.
Of course, the bad man in me wants to try to broadcast "Metal Machine Music" on that frequency at a higher power.
They're currently asking about $50k more than the Zillow Zestimate. Curious to see how this plays out with regards to Zillow's estimates.
➠ December 16, 2004
Pies With Bling
The menu for a local pizzaplace. Can we get anchovies on one half, and bling on the other?
➠ October 28, 2004
Stop & Shop gets Sox fever
These signs were dotted around the new Somerville Stop & Shop, along with "Mrs Schillng Shops Here" ones.
➠ October 19, 2004
➠ September 21, 2004
MIT Geek Humour
If you don't know what IHTFP means, Google away!
➠ September 20, 2004
99c Store Going Out of Business
A week later, it was down to 25 cents per item
➠ February 11, 2004
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.