“groovy mother” :: Entries for week beginning January 25, 2009

➠ January 31, 2009

Heading with Joy for a worthy Oscar-nominated double bill of “Frost/Nixon” and “Slumdog Millionaire”. (“Paul Blart: Mall Cop” was sold out)

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Posted to Twitter at 4:07 p.m.

➠ January 30, 2009

“Say ‘chowdah’, Frenchie! SAY ‘CHOWDAH’!”

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Posted to Twitter at 2:25 p.m.

While I wish Tek had retired (and moved onto coaching/managing), I’m glad he’s not going to another team. http://rdbgb.us/b7l #redsox #tek

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Posted to Twitter at 12:21 p.m.

➠ January 29, 2009

Plaxo's Personal Card: Introducing Two-Click Signup, an initiative to improve the user experience of OpenID; first test now live with Google

This is good: The underlying goodness of OpenID, used in a way which completely hides itself from the user.

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Filed under : google : oauth : openid : plaxo

Sequence of man falling on ice - Boston.com

Why I’m glad I’m not in Boston. (Though the arc of Dunkin Donuts coffee is making me somewhat “homesick”)

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Filed under : boston : photos

Aged 20, I sneered at Paul Weller fans as old farts. “Dadrock”, we called it. Aged 32: Really quite excited to see him live at the Warfield.

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Posted to Twitter at 1:32 p.m.

➠ January 28, 2009

The Fountain Jet Home Soda Maker From Soda-Club

Soda Streams are back. Back. BACK! Sold with an ecological twist (less recycling and less vehicular transport than cans or bottle of soda), it’s actually pretty tempting.

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Filed under : CONSUME! : soda : sodastream

Surprised that it took someone this long to make quality SuperPoke Pets pr0n: http://difficute.superpokepets.com/

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Posted to Twitter at 4:27 p.m.

Zero Punctuation : Gears of War 2

Best Zero Punctuation in a while, not least for introducing me to the phrase “triple-cunted hooker”.

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Filed under : funny : swearing : triple-cunted hooker : video : zero punctuation

ReactOS

Man, those ReactOS developers have really done a stellar job of replicating the Windows NT fundamentals.

(Okay, not really their fault! I chose to "upgrade" their demo VM when VMware prompted me. If you don't do that, it works OK)

(Also, the video is sped up by Flickr. Bug reported here.)

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Filed under : bsod : flickrbug : open source : reactos : screencast : transcodeerror : video : vmware

ReactOS

Man, those ReactOS developers have really done a stellar job of replicating the Windows NT fundamentals.

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Filed under : reactos : screencast : vmware

Giving up on the lofty goal of “wearing matching socks”. Now settling for the more achievable: “socks that look similar from a distance”.

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Posted to Twitter at 11:04 a.m.

Cosmo Catalano: Tom Champion "snow emergency" remix

As a former Somervillain, this makes me very happy.

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Filed under : bizarre : remix : somerville : tom champion

10 iPhone Games You Must Own | Wired.com

The games on this list that I’ve played have all been top-notch, so I’ll have to sample a few more.

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Filed under : games : iPhone

Closure.

Awesome atmospheric platformer, where you can only stand on what you can see.

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Filed under : flash : games

➠ January 27, 2009

If I could tame a tapir…: http://www.plinky.com/links/3pZ

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Posted to Twitter at 11:27 p.m.

Really glad I didn’t take the job offer from Bebo: http://rdbgb.us/mmC

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Posted to Twitter at 8:18 p.m.

Anyone want to guess what product I was viewing when Amazon decided to recommend nipples to me? http://rdbgb.us/YEZ

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Posted to Twitter at 3:50 p.m.

Amazon recommendations

Anyone want to hazard a guess at what I was looking at that garnered these recommendations?

* A pink camera
* A PD James novel
* Headphones
* Twin pack of nipples

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Filed under : amazon : camera : headphones : nipples : pdjames : recommendations

baconcamp

Move over CupcakeCamp, we may have a new challenger for “Best *Camp EVAH!”

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Filed under : bacon : baconcamp : San Francisco

“One tine short of a spork”… Is that a thing?

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Posted to Twitter at 10:44 a.m.

Muxtape relaunches as an artist-showcase system. Go listen to Leeds United now! S’awesome! http://amandapalmer.muxtape.com/

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Posted to Twitter at 10:37 a.m.

Iconfactory : Somatic Rebirth Apps

Gorgeous replacement application icons for OS X. (See also the Somatic system set) Replacing my “Litho” icons now!

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Filed under : candybar : icons : os x

The comments on this iLife ‘09 torrent say that it doesn’t have any trojans. Who am I to doubt anonymous commenters on torrent sites?

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Posted to Twitter at 10:21 a.m.

The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises

A scorecard for tracking President Obama’s campaign promises. A great idea.

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Filed under : barack obama : journalism : politics : usa

XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Prevention Cheat Sheet - OWASP

Essential reading if you write webapps.

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Filed under : security : xss

FoxTab

Best Firefox extension I’ve seen so far in the “attractive tab-switcher thumbnailing” category.

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Filed under : extension : firefox

➠ January 26, 2009

Dive into Python 3

Mark Pilgrim is updating Dive into Python for the new version of the language. Farewell, chapter on SOAP Web Services. You will not be missed.

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Filed under : dive into python : mark pilgrim : python : python 3

BBC NEWS | Stephen Fry's 50,000 followers

Stephen Fry explains Twitter.

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Filed under : stephen fry : twitter : video

➠ January 25, 2009

OH: “I don’t think we invented stealing. I think we just made it better.” — @hotdogsladies

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Posted to Twitter at 9:51 p.m.

You Look Nice Today AGM

Merlin Mann recaps a disappointing year for @ylnt. Snare, Baby on a Dog, and The Fishstick: all lost money. :(

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Filed under : cameraphone : hotdogsladies : merlin mann : monsters of podcasting : sfsketchfest : ylnt

Merlin Mann recaps a disappointing year for @ylnt. Snare, Baby on a Dog, and The Fishstick: all lost mone… - Photo: http://bkite.com/043Hl

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Posted to Twitter at 9:22 p.m.

Jordan, Jesse Go

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Filed under : jordanjessego : monsters of podcasting : sfsketchfest

Jordan, Jesse Go - Photo: http://bkite.com/043DX

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Posted to Twitter at 8:19 p.m.

Twitter search shows three others making the iPhone observation here. Bet they typed those on iPhones too. #ylnt - http://bkite.com/043Dn

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Posted to Twitter at 8:10 p.m.

Strongly suspect the person:iPhone ratio in this room is close to 1. And the person:Twitter account ratio is hig… - http://bkite.com/043Da

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Posted to Twitter at 8:05 p.m.

Rationally excited to experience @ylnt live. - http://bkite.com/043CP

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Posted to Twitter at 8:01 p.m.

You know that sit-com cliché where someone struggles with a bag of chips and it explodes all over them? Just did it. With a bag of lettuce.

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Posted to Twitter at 7:34 p.m.

Following that trip to Safeway, President Obama may need to dip into our nation’s strategic salty snack reserves to keep supplies available.

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Posted to Twitter at 6:18 p.m.