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Entries for week beginning July 5, 2009

July 10, 2009

Say Everything | By Scott Rosenberg

New book about the history and future of blogging. Sample chapters are pretty interesting.

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Tap Tap Thursday Presents: Phoenix

This week’s free Tap Tap Revenge track is from the stonking new Phoenix album.

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Much Ado About IE6

Digg confirms what I’ve long suspected: Most people who still use IE6 have no choice in the matter. They’re using computers where they have no say over the web browser installed.

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July 8, 2009

Tony’s got his rally cap on

Tony’s got his rally cap on

Didn't help! The Giants lost 7-0.

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Fantastic day for a game at AT&T Park.

Garlic Fries

Garlic Fries

With a much-needed bowl of breath mints nearby.

The best ballpark food in the country? Possibly. Also outstanding: the Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs for sale at the Tres Agaves cart.

SuperPoke Sheep baseball cap

SuperPoke Sheep baseball cap

The rather natty cap us Sliders have been given to wear, whilst enjoying this afternoon's Giants game. Hurrah for working two blocks from AT&T Park!

July 6, 2009

One & Other

A fantastically brilliant, stupid, and downright British arts project. Every hour, a different Briton stands on the “Fourth Plinth” in London’s Trafalgar Square and does whatever they want. The live webcam is somewhere between fascinating and deathly dull. In summary: Amazing.

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July 5, 2009

Help Polyvinyl Save 10,000 Records From Destruction

Great Kickstarter project — A small indie label has too many copies of their CDs, so rather than destroy them, they’re giving them away cheap in return for ridiculously small sums. $20 gets you 8 CDs and a DVD. Bargain!

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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.