This is a week from the blog of Rod Begbie, who is one…
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“Groovy Motherfucker”

Entries for week beginning August 1, 2004

August 7, 2004

Threadless T-Shirts - ON SALE FOR $10!

Threadless have some ace shirts going for a scant $10

Floats

Mega-fun innovative little mouse-game.

Autofill Firefox plugin

My final desired shred of IE functionality makes its way into Firefox.

August 6, 2004

Last of the FMs

I’ve been submitting to Audioscrobbler for quite a while now, but have only just discovered the wonders of Last.FM. It’s everything Launchcast used to be—Personal-opinion-driven radio, analysing your tastes and those of other people’s to provide you a playlist of music you probably will enjoy. Nifty stuff.

August 5, 2004

Do You IMDB?

I cannot imagine life without the IMDB. Truly one of the most indispensible things on the planet.

Tor: an anonymizing overlay network for TCP

Cool encrypted anonymization system, fulfilling many of the promises of Peek-a-booty.

August 2, 2004

The Beta Band Split

This makes me sad, cause they wuz ace.

How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately

At my last job (huge scary bank), I did exactly this to keep my email and surfing private.

TNT Placed in Passenger Luggage - By Airport Security

“Officials hope to explain today how explosives mistakenly wound up in a passenger’s bag during a security exercise at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.”

August 1, 2004

Washington Post: TiVo vs. the Broadcast Flag Wavers

TiVo being forced to play ball by the NFL

Audioscrobbler :: Plugin Popularity Stats

1,771 are using code that I’ve extensively hacked-on. I’d like to apologise to you all for the bugs, and blame them on other developers.

Shameless Pluggery - Just a Minute

I just wrote the promotional blurb for a show I’m presenting in Boston this month, so I figured I’d post it here:

For over 35 years, British radio listeners have enjoyed the classic game show Just A Minute. Now, following an uproarious showing at a Culpepper Jamboree in February, it returns to ImprovBoston‘s stage. Local improvisers, comedians and wits will regale you with stories and anecdotes regarding topics as diverse as “Donuts”, “The 1812 Overture” and “Alan Turing”, all whilst avoiding the deadly sins of repetition,
hesitation or deviation.

We’re playing every Wednesday night in August at 8pm as part of ’“The Hump”(ImprovBoston – ImprovBoston Online)’:http://www.improvboston.com/php/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=2108&page_id=54, and tickets are a scant $5. Come along if you’re in the area.

(Oh, and no-one tell the BBC please. They might frown.)

Calendarclock

Smashing little menubar clock replacement for OSX.

Technorati: Not ready for prime time

I’ve long felt that Technorati is the buggy, faulty, but well-PR-managed little cousin of Blogdex and Daypop.

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