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Entries for week beginning May 21, 2006
➠ May 27, 2006
fontblog : Interrobang?! — Interrobang!?
Microsoft have been sneaking the Interrobang glyph into their latest fonts. Who’d have thunk it‽
Scrubbing Bubbles® Automatic Shower Cleaner
I saw this in the supermarket last night, and just *had* to have one. I’m such a sucker for no-work electronic cleaning gizmos.
➠ May 26, 2006
IanG on Tap: Office 12 and the Forthcoming UI Cargo Cults
The impending rumble of Office 2007 UI-a-likes is somewhat terrifying.
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats (Beta 2)
Microsoft make good on their promise — This download allows users of Office 2003 to save and open the new zipped-XML file formats.
Websites as graphs - an HTML DOM Visualizer Applet
Whizzy Java applet which creates a pretty map of a web page’s structure.
Tell Us What You Think About Office 2007 Beta 2
The Office 2007 team have a cool feedback-collection tool for their beta (reminiscent of the old “Report a bug” window heading from the WinXP betas).
➠ May 25, 2006
Beautiful Soup
Python HTML parser which doesn’t choke on malformed markup. Handy for screenscraping.
Think Progress » Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert
Tom DeLay’s legal fund uses a Colbert mock interview to “discredit” anti-Delay filmmaker.
Origin Of The Abbreviation I18n For Internationalization
I was wondering about this last night. Who coined “i18n” as an abbreviation for internationalization?
➠ May 24, 2006
➠ May 23, 2006
Wired 14.05: Crushing Competition
Tax preparation companies in California are lobbying against simple tax forms. Unbe-fucking-lievable.
2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2: Get the Beta
The first major public release of the next version of Office. Get your grubby hands on the shiny new UI for the first time, and try to imagine how you’re going to explain it to your parents over the phone.
My Laptopstickers
My olde, busted-up, nicked-from-three-jobs-ago laptop. Now barely-functional (the powercord doesn't quite stay in, the battery lasts about 4 seconds, and the lid hinges won't keep the screen open), but I wanted to document its coverage before I bin it.
XM Inno
I'm playing with a loaned XM Inno radio at the moment. It's considerably shinier than my olde Roady -- Nice colour screen, the ability to save tracks you like, and a reasonably decent UI for browsing stations (better than the one on the competing Sirius player.)
And hey! If they're getting sued by the RIAA, they've got to be doing _something_ right!
Comparison of Eurovision Song Contest Simulation with Actual Results Reveals Shifting Patterns of Collusive Voting Alliances.
Detailed analysis of Eurovision voting, showing that there *are* blocs. Worth reading just for the venn diagrams, and the use of the word ‘eurovisiopsephology’.
➠ May 22, 2006
➠ May 21, 2006
YouTube - S60 Promo
Splendid-looking 6 minute preview of Aaron Sorkin’s new show “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”. This clip was pulled from YouTube by NBC lawyers last week, but someone kindly re-upped it. Hurry up and enjoy before it gets yanked again.
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.