Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- 5 Ways To Optimize Your Website For Bing [1] – So it sounds like all the various trivial strategies that Google ended up demoting because SEO types exploited them … work with MS Bing. Wonderful.
- Nokia rumored to be mulling takeover bid for Palm [2] – This might be an interesting move by Nokia — or a desperation thrashing about that zorches both companies.
- So Long o_O [3] – I noticed this change the other day. And, yes, I approve.
- Mouse Guard: The River at Elmoss, and making players cry [4] – Good summary of the game on Sunday. Doyce notes well the areas where we struggled with the rules and meta-issues (and thus got taken out of the gameplay itself and into “how do we translate our story idea into the rules framework” discussions and blank stares). The idea that we can succeed even if we fail, but that the complications that arise simply make life interesting (and advance our characters in different ways) is tricky, and bears remembering. Definitely want to continue gameplay.
- SPOTL!GHT | Sept 14 – Sept 20 [5] – Tragically gorgeous.
- Pandering To The Wicked: ACORN And The Law Of Unintended Consquences « Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science [6] – Oh, my … this is funny.
- Equinox! [7] – No wonder it’s actually accumulating snow at home. Yikes!
- Researchers describe txt sp3ak as “brain workout” for kids – Ars Technica [8] – As long as it’s decoded, and not simply accepted as meaningful itself, I can understand why it would be helpful.
- Google brings Chrome’s renderer to IE with browser plugin – Ars Technica [9] – A clever way around the problem. On the other hand, doesn’t that enable folks to stick with IE6 despite all its other problems?
- Awww, What Cute Forest Animals… [10] – Ah, those zany Japanese …
- Jack Kirby estate will wrest copyrights back from Disney-Marvel [11] – Well, they’ll try. I suspect that they’ll settle (optimally, and righteously) for a slice of the pie.
- FCC chairman promises net neutrality except that Hollywood can spy on you and screw up your net connection if it wants to [12] – I suspect that, under this philosophy, the carriers will simply argue that it’s always a time of network congestion that demands they throttle back traffic they don’t like (legal or not).
- Netflix is about to commit a privacy Valdez with its customers’ viewing data: Cory Doctorow [13]
- Rejuvenate Your Workspace with These Office Supply Favorites [Office Supplies Fetish] [14] – Some very keen widgets here.
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2 Comments To "Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 23 September 2009"
#1 Comment By Boulderdude On Thu 24-Sep-09 9:46am @ 9:46am
There’s snow? Where?
#2 Comment By ***Dave On Thu 24-Sep-09 11:46pm @ 11:46pm
Well, there was snow down our way.