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Entries for week beginning November 1, 2009

November 7, 2009

Lost

Lost

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Grim meathook future

Grim meathook future

I love the Wells Fargo ATMs which can successfully OCR checks from my father-in-law and credit the right amount. Genuinely impressive stuff!

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November 6, 2009

Tina Fey's 10 Favorite 30 Rock Moments

30 Rock isn’t the most consistent show, but by god, every episode includes at least one amazing moment that catches me off guard so I need to pause the DVR to laugh and enjoy it.

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November 5, 2009

Photo

Photo

Uploaded from Tweetie 2 via GDZLLA

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November 4, 2009

Mocking^2 Bird

Mockingbird, a new wireframe webapp, boasts:

Powered by Cappuccino: no Flash needed.

John Gruber writes:

It’s a true web app (no Flash), written in Cappuccino

Gentlemen, your excitement over skipping Flash is hugely misplaced.

If you load the app, you can see custom scrollbars and navigation, a complete lack of accessibility, non-native controls, and all those other things that cause geeks to hate Flash. What, to the end user, is the benefit of this being done with JavaScript instead of Flash? You can get the patronage of the 0.000001% of web users who don’t have Flash installed? (Sadly, I don’t think Richard Stallman needs many wireframes drawn)

Gruber’s definition of “true web app” and mine greatly differ. Clue: If it’s completely unusable on the iPhone Safari browser, it doesn’t matter if it’s built in JavaScript, Flash or Microsoft Visual Fortran 2012. It’s not a “true web app”

The Art of Community

Really interesting-looking O’Reilly book on building and managing communities, available for free download as a CC-licensed PDF.

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November 3, 2009

Four Eyes!

Four Eyes!

New glasses.

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DO NQT ENTER

DO NQT ENTER

Remember kids, always buy sufficient "O"s for your signs before making them.

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Mandatory

Mandatory

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November 2, 2009

Machinarium

Gorgeous and fun point-n-click adventure. I played one screen and then paid for the full version.

Hacking with Style: TrueType VT220 Font

I can think of no better use for my new 30” monitor at work than to use this font based on original VT220 terminals at a large size.

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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.