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Entries for week beginning November 18, 2007

November 24, 2007

NOVA | Podcasting | PBS

PBS science show Nova has a Vodcast, sharing clips of recent and upcoming shows. Subscribed.

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November 23, 2007

django-evolution - Google Code

Work-in-progress project to keep database schemas in sync with changes made to Django models.

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Amazon Kindle Real-Life Review (Verdict: Lightweight, Long Lasting and Easy to Grip... In Bed)

Best review I’ve seen of the Kindle so far. I’d be tempted to get one, but for the much-noted DRM restrictions. If I’m unable to “lend” or “borrow” e-books I’ve purchased, like I currently can with dead-tree, then it’s of no interest to me.

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Joy Ahead

Joy Ahead

With the pups.

The Family

The Family

Joy and Mum walking with Bacon and Clyde.

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St Bernard’s Eye

St Bernard’s Eye

A close-up of a friendly St Bernard we met while walking.

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Clyde in the Leaves

Clyde in the Leaves

Clyde running along in the New England folliage.

Dogs in Leaves

Dogs in Leaves

Bacon and Clyde admire the beautiful autumnal colours a New England fall brings.

definr - incredibly fast dictionary

Wicked fast dictionary lookup — just that smidgen more useful than googling a word!

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November 22, 2007

What's wrong with homeopathy, by Ben Goldacre | Science | The Guardian

Excellent article on homeopathy by Ben Goldacre — not too ranty in an “all homeopathy is evil” way, rather a “homeopathy should be part of a discussion, if only for the benefits on the placebo effect, but we can’t get the homeopaths to talk”. Hopefully a rational-enough read to convince “believers”.

YouTube - Don't Give Up on Vista Ad

Apple webpage ad making creative use of the page layout.

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ies4osx

Automatically downloads, installs and runs the Windows versions of IE natively on OS X using Darwine.

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November 21, 2007

Beantown Blues: The world has no concept of Boston's pain

“You know, there are infants who were born 18 days ago who don’t know what it’s like to see a Boston team win a championship in their lifetime”

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November 20, 2007

BBC NEWS | KLF frontman marks 'No Music Day'

Curmudgeon-par-excellence Bill Drummond promotes “No Music Day”, and BBC Radio Scotland is going along with it, playing no music at all for 24 hours.

STEWART LEE - Officially the 41st Best Stand Up Ever :: Previous Work

Stewart Lee’s uploaded high-quality versions of “Fist of Fun” and TMWRNJ to Google Video. Some of it hasn’t aged well, but there’s some great stuff in there. Definitely shaped my sense-of-humour.

Clyde & Bacon beg

Clyde & Bacon beg

A slightly-more-successful shot from my exclusive series "Photos taken before I've read the camera's manual". Coming soon to a prestigious gallery near you.

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First Attempt

First Attempt

My first shot with my new (second-hand) Digital Rebel camera.

The composure... the subject... the fact I've accidentally managed to turn off all the auto-focusing-smarts in the camera... A masterpiece!

Now to read the manual...

Danny O'Brien's Oblomovka: Celebrating ORG's Second Birthday

Danny outlines the achievements of the Open Rights Group in the political and media spheres in the UK. I’ve been proudly sending them my £5-a-month since they started, and consider it a bargain. You should join them too.

November 19, 2007

Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos - The New York Times > Opinion

Analyzing the design details of the 2008 political campaign logos.


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.