“groovy mother” :: Entries for week beginning July 20, 2008

➠ July 26, 2008

Bemused that there is a Mamma Mia soundtrack CD. For those people who consider the *definitive* version of SOS to be sung by Pierce Brosnan‽

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Posted to Twitter at 8:41 p.m.

Restoring Joy’s Time Machine backup worked perfectly. I hereby offer to french kiss with gratitude any engineers in Cupertino.

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Posted to Twitter at 1:10 p.m.

Following a hard drive failure, restoring Joy’s laptop from a Time Machine image on my Drobo. Now we find out if any of this actually works.

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Posted to Twitter at 3:20 a.m.

➠ July 25, 2008

Lordy. At the Metreon to see The Dark Knight in Imax. Along with, apparently, half of the city. It’s like a line at bloody Disneyworld.

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Posted to Twitter at 11:02 p.m.

Spent today writing documentation and unit tests. The programming equivalent of “Eat your greens, and remember to floss.”

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Posted to Twitter at 9:37 p.m.

Fuck! Turns out that if you delete a photo taken with AirMe from your iPhone, AirMe deletes it from Flickr too. snazzafrazzarazza.

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Posted to Twitter at 5:35 p.m.

GET YOUR WAR ON: the new animated series

The same Get Your War On you know and love, now with moving pictures and ringing telephones int he background. Hurrah!

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Filed under : funny : get your war on : video

After. *so* much better! - Photo: http://bkite.com/012ZC

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Posted to Twitter at 4:19 p.m.

Before - Photo: http://bkite.com/012Z9

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Posted to Twitter at 4:05 p.m.

Has anyone tried the geotagging & hotspot-using Eye-Fi Explore SD card yet? (http://rdbgb.us/3CL) Really really tempted by it. @ryansarver?

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Posted to Twitter at 3:15 p.m.

Considering downloading the Wordpress iPhone app source, changing the name, uploading it to the iPhone store and charging $5 for it.

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Posted to Twitter at 4:02 a.m.

➠ July 24, 2008

Web2.0 business idea: central profanity clearing list, to save every startup having to build their own. (although building that list is fun)

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Posted to Twitter at 5:30 p.m.

Silverback: guerrilla usability testing

Pretty damned nifty usability-testing app for OS X. With an *awesome* icon. Similar to (and considerably cheaper than) the Windows app Morae.

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Filed under : download : os x : silverback : usability

Fielding Has a Posse

New laptop sticker, swiped from Citizen Space. Seems appropriate since my role at Current is making things RESTful. (BTW, if anyone wants a Current TV sticker, ping me)

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Filed under : 61F : AirMe : California : current.com : fielding has a posse : has a posse : iPhone : rest : roy fielding : san francisco : Sunny : United States : WeatherBug

I love The Economist for many reasons, not least their use of the word “unwhopping” in this week’s issue (http://rdbgb.us/TlU)

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Posted to Twitter at 3:03 p.m.

Could the next Twitterer please sign in…

No meetup with Laura will be complete without a list of attending Twitter usernames! (@sfordinarygirl @beaulebens @meryl333 @dlieberman @jjtoothman @rodbegbie @missrogue @jbumpas @microplace @moyalynne @creativesage)

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Filed under : 58F : AirMe : California : citizen space : iPhone : laura fitton : pistachio : san francisco : United States : WeatherBug

Catching up with @pistachio at @citizenspace.

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Posted to Twitter at 12:24 p.m.

➠ July 22, 2008

Sometimes, I surprise even myself. First item unpacked? Toaster oven. (Those frozen miniature quiches aren’t going to heat THEMSELVES)

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Posted to Twitter at 5:20 p.m.

This’ll make an AMAZING fort later

In Somerville, we had a three-floor house with basement. Now we have a one storey apartment. We used to have two offices and a spare room, now we have a combination office/spare room. Which will also hold my clothes, since we've got a smaller bedroom too.

In unrelated news, we'll be renting a storage locker shortly.

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Filed under : 57F : AirMe : California : iPhone : Mostly Sunny : san francisco : United States : WeatherBug

We owned too much crap for our three-storey-house-with-basement in Somerville. Our new one-floor apartment in SF? It is somewhat cramped now

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Posted to Twitter at 2:18 p.m.

No Sleep ‘Til Hopen

New bed from Ikea assembled. I AM THE KING OF THE ALUM KEY!

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Filed under : 49F : AirMe : bed : California : Cloudy : hopen : ikea : iPhone : san francisco : United States : WeatherBug

➠ July 21, 2008

Ophcrack

Windows password cracker. Has an interesting open-source business model: The cracker is GPL, and there are free (but limited) Rainbow tables. To get the full tables, you need to pay $99.

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Filed under : oss : passwords : security : windows

The Muppets Unleash More Viral Videos onto the Web

So great to see the Muppet company having fun with the medium of YouTube. Incredibly reminiscent of the old musical numbers on The Muppet Show.

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Filed under : beaker : funny : muppets : swedish chef : the great gonzo : video

➠ July 20, 2008

In the “lubricating jelly and ice cream” aisle of this Safeway.

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Posted to Twitter at 11:30 p.m.

Amazon.com - Universal Wish List Button

Bookmarklet that lets you add items from any online store to your Amazon.com wishlist.

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Filed under : amazon : bookmarklet : CONSUME! : wishlist

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Entries for week beginning July 20, 2008