{"id":13071,"date":"2008-07-30T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T18:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/30\/poptpourri-before-shutting-down.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T21:56:20","slug":"poptpourri_before_shuttin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/30\/poptpourri_before_shuttin.html","title":{"rendered":"Poptpourri before shutting down &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Good<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a title=\"Trailer for \u201cHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\u201d hits the net.\" href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/trailer_for_harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince_hits_the_net\/\">Trailer for \u201cHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\u201d&#8230;<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Woot! Very much not for kidlings any more, but very appropriately spooky.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Save lots with truly generic pills\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/08\/07\/save-lots-with-truly-generic-pills\">Save lots with truly generic pills<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Not sure about ordering pills via Amazon, but it&#8217;s an interesting idea.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"The wife\" href=\"http:\/\/armsandfury.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/wife.html\">The wife<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Yeah, this sounds kind of familiar. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Iomega StorCenter 1TB Wireless NAS Hard Drive for $270 + $20 s&amp;h\" href=\"http:\/\/dealnews.com\/Iomega-Stor-Center-1-TB-Wireless-NAS-Hard-Drive-for-270-20-s-h\/243245.html?ref=rss_dealnews_today\">Iomega StorCenter 1TB Wireless NAS Hard Drive for&#8230;<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Wow. Just &#8230; wow. Might need to look into this &#8230;<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Doctor Who: David Tennant's 10th Doctor Returns to DVD with The Complete 4th  Series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tvshowsondvd.com\/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=10188\">Doctor Who: David Tennant&#8217;s 10th Doctor Returns to&#8230;<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Doctor Who DVDs for the current series! Woot! (May contain spoilers for folks who are, ahem, behind in watching their Who stuff).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bad<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a title=\"To destroy Al Qaeda, we must end the war on terror: Rand Corporation\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/%7Er\/boingboing\/iBag\/%7E3\/350179907\/to-destroy-al-qaeda.html\">To destroy Al Qaeda, we must end the war on terror:&#8230;<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Statistical studies like this can never take into account the nuances of a given situation, and police and political engagement work best where there&#8217;s a good framework already in place for them. But this RAND study is worth pondering.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Auto Insurance\" href=\"http:\/\/wayfarerscientista.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/auto-insurance.html\">Auto Insurance<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; To be fair, the insurance person on the phone was probably in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Ugly<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a title=\"The troops on the ground\" href=\"http:\/\/patriotboy.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/troops-on-ground.html\">The troops on the ground<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Next time some pundit jumps all over some politician saying the most slightly critical thing about our armed forces &#8212; remember how those same armed forces sometimes bring a whole hell of a lot more dishonor (as people, and as an institution) upon themselves. 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Save lots with truly generic pills&nbsp;&#8211; Not sure&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,22,10,527,7,20,17,41,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-tv-doctor-who","category-gaming","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-harry-potter","category-health","category-hi-tech","category-homeland-security","category-media-movies","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38433,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/09\/dc-comics-films-we-might-possibly-see-in-the-future.html","url_meta":{"origin":13071,"position":0},"title":"DC Comics films we might possibly see in the future","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 9-Aug-13 3:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"But don't hold your breath.Actually, the scariest thing here isn't Green Lantern 2, but Sandman being discussed in terms of an Harry Potter franchise replacement. \u00a0I mean, Sandman is brilliant, and I would personally chop off one of my own fingers to see a well-done series of movies faithful to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13559,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/15\/harry_vi.html","url_meta":{"origin":13071,"position":1},"title":"Harry VI","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 15-Nov-08 9:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Trailer for Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince. \u00a0 \u00a0Three thoughts: Those kids ... ain't kids. 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