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Entries for week beginning December 24, 2006
➠ December 29, 2006
35 most outrageous fees (and how to avoid them) | Money Magazine
Good tips on avoiding being caught out by unexpected “fees”.
Advertising/Design Goodness - Bose
It appears that the New Zealand advertising for Bose QuietComfort headphones is *considerably* different from the US and UK material.
➠ December 28, 2006
Napkin Look & Feel
Java GUI look & feel which resembles a UI sketched out on the back of a napkin. Intended for use when demoing prototypes to customers.
BackupHDDVD, a tool to decrypt AACS protected movies - Doom9's Forum
It appears that someone has found a way to extract the encryption keys for HD-DVD discs, then rip them. This doesn’t render the whole of AACS broken (it was designed to work around broken software), but until the movie industry makes its move, all HD-DVD discs out there today can be ripped.
➠ December 26, 2006
➠ December 25, 2006
Packaged Pooped Pooch
Bacon, too tired to swat off the ribbon we attached to him.
Patrolling
Clyde guards the brie and meatballs to ensure no unsavoury fate befalls them.
Joy & Bacon
Bacon doing his best Rudolph impression by hiding behind a carnation.
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.