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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.

Entries for week beginning May 17, 2009

May 23, 2009

HardTime :: Illusion

Ze Frank has a new video series on what to do in these economically-challenged times.

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May 22, 2009

SPENCER ON THE GO French Take-Away

New SF taco truck, selling French cuisine. The thought of buying curried frogs’ legs on a street corner fills me with excitement.

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May 20, 2009

From Upstart to Startup to Grownup: Lessons Learned in the First Year of an iPhone Company

Video of a great talk by Jessica Kahn. Ignore the fact this is part of an iPhone course — it’s essential advice for *ANY* software engineer with even vaguely entrepreneurial aspirations. (iTunes link)

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May 19, 2009

Everything Tracy Jordan Said

Every line delivered by Tracy Jordan in Season 3 of 30 Rock.

“Hi. I’m Tracy Jordan. My wife is throwing away some of our old towels. Do you want them cuz they’re out by the trash cans. Now that’s gots to be 30 seconds. Nine? OK, here comes the fun cooker.”

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May 18, 2009

The World's Best Illusion: The Secret of the Curve Ball

Simple Flash animation which explains the “breaking” of a curve ball.

Dark Night of the Soul

New album by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, with a shedload of guest contributors.

Due to legal wranglings, you can’t buy the album. But they will sell you a book of photos by David Lynch and a custom blank CD-R for $50, to which you can write any music you like. For example, one of the copies of “Dark Night of the Soul” available on most file-sharing networks.

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The Usability of Passwords

“It is 10 times more secure to use “this is fun” as your password, than “J4fS<2”.” True dat. Of course, password complexity isn’t really an issue. Easiest way to crack a user’s password? Hack a website (or social engineer someone that works for a website) that stores passwords in cleartext.

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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.