“groovy mother” :: Entries for week beginning December 24, 2006

December 29, 2006

The missus is off performing, so I’m having a quiet night in with the dogs, Korean takeout, and British TV. Luvverly.

Posted to Twitter at 6:41 p.m.

35 most outrageous fees (and how to avoid them) | Money Magazine

Good tips on avoiding being caught out by unexpected “fees”.

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Filed under : CONSUME! : money

Elebits is top-notch quality hide and seek. It’s like getting to play “Finder’s Keepers”, except without the hassle of Neil Buchanan.

Posted to Twitter at 4:09 p.m.

Advertising/Design Goodness - Bose

It appears that the New Zealand advertising for Bose QuietComfort headphones is *considerably* different from the US and UK material.

Filed under : advertising : rhymeswithnose

CD Purchase: Lily Allen - Alright, Still

December 28, 2006

Popping out to return some unsuccessful gifts to stores, then onto Toys’R’Us to buy some new Wii games. (Elebits and Trauma Center, since you ask)

Posted to Twitter at 3:30 p.m.

Napkin Look & Feel

Java GUI look & feel which resembles a UI sketched out on the back of a napkin. Intended for use when demoing prototypes to customers.

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Filed under : java : look and feel : the iceberg secret : ui

BackupHDDVD, a tool to decrypt AACS protected movies - Doom9's Forum

It appears that someone has found a way to extract the encryption keys for HD-DVD discs, then rip them. This doesn’t render the whole of AACS broken (it was designed to work around broken software), but until the movie industry makes its move, all HD-DVD discs out there today can be ripped.

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Filed under : aacs : backuphddvd : drm : encryption : hd-dvd : security

Have succesfully integrated my Twitter and Flickr posts into my blog. It’s turning into more of a “Rod Aggregator” than a blog!

Posted to Twitter at 10:50 a.m.

Wrangling CSS. Alas, my “design chops” aren’t any better than the last time I “designed” groovymother.

Posted to Twitter at 1:55 a.m.

December 27, 2006

“Bailey’s with a Hint of Caramel” is just as delicious as it sounds. Yum.

Posted to Twitter at 8:41 p.m.

Trying to decide between doing a quick supermarket run, or saying “sod it” and ordering Chinese.

Posted to Twitter at 1:40 p.m.

December 26, 2006

Hacking on my new Django-powered blog software. Goal is a transition with zero linkrot.

Posted to Twitter at 8:48 p.m.

COLOURlovers

Social site for sharing colour palettes. Could be useful as I rebuild groovymother.com

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Filed under : colour : design : palettes

CD Purchase: Various Artists - Shaun Of The Dead

December 25, 2006

About to watch Dr Who. Surprisingly tired considering I’ve done little today beyond eating and unwrapping pressies.

Posted to Twitter at 9:55 p.m.

Alternative Queen’s Speech 4: Webcam video posted to YouTube by “LonelyMonarch80” complaining that her “oldfashioned” children don’t understand her.

Posted to Twitter at 7:25 p.m.

Alternative Queen’s speech 2: The Queen, Lionel Blair, and Una Stubbs mime the speech. “First word: rhymes with hommonwealth”

Posted to Twitter at 5:20 p.m.

The problem with bringing the dogs with us to Joy’s mum’s? We can’t use “We need to get home to the dogs” as an excuse to leave.

Posted to Twitter at 4:27 p.m.

Packaged Pooped Pooch

Bacon, too tired to swat off the ribbon we attached to him.

Filed under : bacon : basset : bassethound : cameraphone : celltagged : rhode island : Rumford : usa : zip:02916 : zonetag

Hanging out with the in-laws, awaiting Xmas dinner.

Posted to Twitter at 1:27 p.m.

Patrolling

Clyde guards the brie and meatballs to ensure no unsavoury fate befalls them.

Filed under : cameraphone : celltagged : clyde : rhode island : Rumford : usa : zip:02916 : zonetag

Joy & Bacon

Bacon doing his best Rudolph impression by hiding behind a carnation.

Filed under : bacon : cameraphone : celltagged : joy : rhode island : Rumford : usa : zip:02916 : zonetag

December 24, 2006

Visions of sugar plums dancing through my head.

Posted to Twitter at 11:59 p.m.

Consuming massive amounts of fish dishes. Excessively full now.

Posted to Twitter at 9:12 p.m.

Bundling the bassets into the car and heading off for Christmastime in Providence with Joy’s family.

Posted to Twitter at 2:54 p.m.

“groovy mother...”

Entries for week beginning December 24, 2006

December 29, 2006

35 most outrageous fees (and how to avoid them) | Money Magazine

Advertising/Design Goodness - Bose

CD Purchase: Lily Allen - Alright, Still

December 28, 2006

Napkin Look & Feel

BackupHDDVD, a tool to decrypt AACS protected movies - Doom9's Forum

December 27, 2006

December 26, 2006

COLOURlovers

CD Purchase: Various Artists - Shaun Of The Dead

December 25, 2006

Packaged Pooped Pooch

Patrolling

Joy & Bacon

December 24, 2006