I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!
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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➠ March 17, 2007
A gathering of OLPCs
Several prototypes from the One Laptop Per Child program were brought along for geeks to play with. While I'm not going to give up my MacBook any time soon, they are beautifully designed for what they're needed to do.
BarCampBoston2 Programming Contest topic board
To inspire programmers taking part in the 24-hour Programming Contest, a list of topics was drawn up and ten were drawn at random.
(This board was later amended to say "Convince us that you used at least 4...")
And no, I have no idea what "BBQ Calculator" means either.
OLPCs bring joy
Alan Taylor with a OLPC laptop.
OLPC Draws the Crowds
SJ Klein of OneLaptopPerChild draws a big crowd during an impromptu demonstration over afternoon break.
Geek Debris
➠ October 5, 2006
Doonesbury@Slate - Stata Center
Alex Doonesbury’s attending MIT, and today the Stata Center, my favourite new piece of architecture in the Boston area, made an appearance,
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.