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This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.

It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.

Filed under 'hack'

April 27, 2010

Apple //t

Top notch hack — Wiring up an Apple //e to display messages (and avatars) from Twitter. Tempts me to break out a ZX Spectrum emulator…

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December 18, 2009

Browser Pong

Play Pong with browser windows. Neat hack.

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December 10, 2009

sugru | Hack Things Better

Ooh. This looks rather awesome: “sugru can help you dramatically prolong the life of your stuff. By applying, in some cases, even a teeny tiny bit to your things, you get to keep them for much longer and decrease your impact on our wee world. Repair with gusto!”

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October 22, 2008

zip file quine

A .zip file which contains itself. Fun!

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October 8, 2008

Youtube, now in Super HD!

*FOUR* times the resolution of a regular YouTube video.

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July 26, 2007

Twibright Optar

Codec allowing you to reliably back your data up to dead-tree. You can print about 200kb to a sheet of A4, then scan it in later to retrieve your data.

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June 16, 2006

ASCII-WM 2006

‘telnet ascii-wm.net 2006’ to get a realtime ASCII art stream of World Cup matches.

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April 26, 2006

hackdiary: Last.fm isn't just for humans

Matt Biddulph scripted an AudioScrobbler profile containing a live feed of the music played on the BBC 6Music radio station.

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April 25, 2006

TruePath Technologies - Enterprise Monitoring With Google Calendar!

Cunning use of Google Calender’s API to display system monitoring information.

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April 19, 2006

Save $200 in 2 minutes and have the worlds best writing pen

How to use a Mont Blanc refill in a G2 pen. Clue: Requires some mild scissoring.

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March 12, 2006

DAG: Tunneling SSH over HTTP(S)

Neat hack for the upcoming (I’m sure) day when I’m behind a firewall that blocks port 22.

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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.