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This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.
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Entries for week beginning May 13, 2007
➠ May 19, 2007
➠ May 18, 2007
JPC - Computer Virtualization in Java
Java applet that emulates an x86 PC. Kind of interesting, but what’s really cool? They’re demoing it with lots of classic PC games — Prince of Persia, Commander Keen, Lemmings… If they had “Jones in the Fast Lane”, it’d be perfect!
➠ May 17, 2007
Creed Thoughts
“I got into a car accident yesterday and I just took off. It didn’t look too bad. The guy was making a big deal out of it, but come on - dogs don’t live forever.”
Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason
Snippet from Al Gore’s new book, covering the rottenness of the current circle-jerk between politicians and the media. Prediction: The book will be roundly dismissed by politicians and the media.
➠ May 16, 2007
Image Spam: By the Numbers
Good notes on the current state-of-the-art in the arms race between spammers and anti-spam software, trying to skip around OCRing images.
➠ May 15, 2007
O'Reilly Radar > Ignite Boston!
O’Reilly’s “Ignite” geek night is coming to Cambridge this month. I’m going to have to think of a topic to present, because the “20 slides at 15 seconds per slide” format sounds like a fun challenge.
The VOCO Clock: Stephen Fry-voiced Alarm Clock
I’d seen this advertised in Private Eye, but this is the first time I’d looked at the website. An alarm clock that wakes you up gently with one of 50 recordings by Stephen Fry.
Panorama - Scientology and Me - Google Video
Last night’s Scientology documentary from the BBC. I watched this last night, and it’s really quite jaw-dropping. I’m surprised the scientologists have been kicking up such a fuss about it, because it’s only raised public awareness of what a bunch of controlling manipulative fruitcakes they are.
Slideshare: Reveling in their worstness.
Most websites would try to hide the fact that someone described them as "The worst website in the history of the world ever?" Slideshare have quoted it on their blog! Respect due.
➠ May 14, 2007
ThinkGeek :: Will Return Clock
Heh. The idea of this made me chuckle. I’m sure there are days I’d fall for it.
➠ May 13, 2007
twitternanoformats » home
Oh, good lord. Trying to cram more context (or, if you prefer, noise) into the 140 characters allowed in a Twitter post.
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.