I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!

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 'howto'

January 4, 2007

Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Good to know — how to cleanly reboot a frozen Linux box when you can’t even get it to give you a terminal prompt.

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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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October 24, 2005

How-to: VMware player modification

Use the free VMWare Player to *create* virtual machines.

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Python Unicode HOWTO

Linked to, because I keep forgetting this shit.

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October 13, 2005

HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software

Hurrah for Mark Pilgrim! Quick instructions on getting a fair use from your DVDs.

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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.