{"id":10968,"date":"2007-05-05T15:26:25","date_gmt":"2007-05-05T22:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/05\/05\/potpourri-for-500-alex-3.html"},"modified":"2007-05-05T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2007-05-05T22:26:25","slug":"potpourri_for_500_alex_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/05\/potpourri_for_500_alex_3.html","title":{"rendered":"Potpourri for $500, Alex!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time to clean the “I can’t close this tab because I want to blog about what I have open here, but haven’t had the time” tabs.  So …<\/p>\n

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  1. How the CIA used a fake sci-fi film production<\/a> to smuggle Americans about of Iran during the Hostage Crisis.<\/li>\n
  2. An ecumenical round-table discussion about evolution<\/a>.  There are, remarkably enough, religious people who believe in it!<\/li>\n
  3. Named Gay?  Sorry, that’s offensive speech<\/a>, we have to filter you now.<\/li>\n
  4. Happy Birthday, Carl Linnaeus<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. A  discussion of basic civility<\/a> in the UK.<\/li>\n
  6. A rather awful (but official) remake of the classic Tootsie-Pop ad<\/a> (“How many licks?”) in CG.  Fortunately, the original is still showing around (just saw it the other day).<\/li>\n
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    I’m the last one to post about it (BD did a week or so ago, as did Les), but the LOLTREK<\/a> page is, pretty amusing, except where it’s not.  I do like the one I’ve posted here.  “Those who like that sort of thing …”<\/li>\n

  8. Build a Counterstrike mod map of your school, get kicked out<\/a>.  Nice.  Okay, so I can understand why it would make someone nervous and seek further investigation.  Investigation having concluded nothing’s up, then drop it.  (More here<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  9. Got my Loudon Wainwright III tix<\/a> for July.  Glee!<\/li>\n
  10. Online petitions are generally worthless, but this one, by the ACLU to restore habeus corpus <\/em>and due process<\/a> (y’know, kinda like what’s in the Constitution?), is worth taking a look at.<\/li>\n
  11. Congresscritters who get big money from the RIAA are sending nastygrams to universities<\/a> asking how they’re cracking down on those Evil Music Pirates on their campuses.  Your tax dollars at work.  (And, sadly, it’s a bipartisan issue — Howard Berman (D) is an infamous shill for Big Entertainment.)<\/li>\n
  12. I’ve always been fonder of PC Magazine <\/em>than PC World<\/em>, and now that the latter’s Editor-in-Chief has resigned after being pressured to tone down reviews critical of major advertisers<\/a>, I’m glad I am.<\/li>\n
  13. Some people have way too much time and bandwidth on their hands.  And, yet — very cool<\/a>, even if you’re not a Leave it to Beaver<\/em> fan.<\/li>\n
  14. Rebit backup<\/a> sounds very cool.  Must research (which means the tab is staying open) …<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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