{"id":14180,"date":"2009-03-14T16:01:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-14-march-2009-2.html"},"modified":"2009-03-14T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2009-03-14T22:01:08","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-saturday-14-march-2009-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-14-march-2009-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 14 March 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/zH0NDIC3B9o\/happy-pi-day.html\">Happy Pi Day!<\/a><br \/>It&#8217;s irrational, but I like it!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/EnTequilaEsVerdad\/~3\/Bow_fVL1HbQ\/you-will-like-him-when-hes-angry-jon.html\">&#8220;You Will Like Him When He&#8217;s Angry&#8221; &#8211; Jon Stewart Annihilates Jim Cramer<\/a><br \/>Go, Jon, go!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~r\/UsatodaycomTravel-TopStories\/~3\/0bjyTUWfFu4\/2009-03-14-stunt-pilots_N.htm\">U.K. stunt pilots narrowly miss passenger jet<\/a><br \/>Interesting that this happened back last June and is only coming out now.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/O52pAlktjO8\/partial-list-of-corp.html\">Partial list of corporate lickspittles who are allowed to know what&#8217;s in the  secret copyright treaty the Obama administration claims is a matter of  &#8220;national security&#8221;<\/a><br \/>Agreed &#8212; I&#8217;m very disappointed by this.  Unless there&#8217;s some aspect of this I&#8217;m not clear on, this lack of transparency is not what we need, or what we were promised.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.pcworld.com\/click.phdo?i=e741be81916662a29df0496420c28e78\">A Better PDF Reader<\/a><br \/>I&#8217;ve been using FoxIt Reader for several months now, and find it perfectly satisfactory (and much faster to load).  Some MS programs that use Adobe PDF&#8217;s new Flash-like features cause a problem, but those are few and far between for the moment.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wired.com\/~r\/wired\/index\/~3\/v6VOdgrdWZc\/10-annoying-hab.html\">10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse<\/a><br \/>Mercifully, Margie is enough of a geek to forgive me (most) of my sins.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/movies\/216981\/is_watchmen_a_box_office_disappointment.html\">Is Watchmen a box office disappointment? &#8211; Den of Geek<\/a><br \/>It never seemed likely that an R-rated flick, faithfully adapting an Alan Moore graphic novel, would be a box office blockbuster &#8212; especially that will and cannot become a &#8220;franchise&#8221; for the studios. I think it&#8217;s doing reasonably well in the theater, and will probably be very strong on home release.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/550474725\/save_money_with_linux.php\">Save money with Linux [Greg Laden&#8217;s Blog]: Greg Laden none@example.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekculture.com\/joyoftech\/joyarchives\/1216.html#\">The Joy of Tech comic&#8230; laughter is the best tech support.<\/a><br \/>It&#8217;s all a matter of perspective.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pamshouseblend.com\/showDiary.do?diaryId=9884\">Pam&#8217;s House Blend:: Arizona House Decides Women Don&#8217;t Have Brains; Approves Abortion Restrictions<\/a><br \/>Ultimately, that is the crux of the abortion debate:  &#8220;We don&#8217;t trust you to make the right decision, so we&#8217;ll make it for you.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/550327389\/islam_hates_women.php\">Islam hates women [Pharyngula]<\/a><br \/>Does &#8220;Islam&#8221; hate women?  Or are the local haters of women finding excuses to legitimize themselves through Islam?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123484410632597169.html\">Evolving Recipes Raise Calorie Counts &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a><br \/>Not at all surprising. Most folks will naturally slice a &#8220;big&#8221; brownie than a small one, thus the brownies-per-pan goes down, the calories-per-brownie go up.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behance.net\/Gallery\/Periodic-Table-of-Typefaces\/193759\">Periodic Table of Typefaces on the Behance Network<\/a><br \/>It&#8217;s fonterrific, and very cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/J6kPKQYXIbM\/roomba-cover-resembl.html\">Roomba cover resembles monstrous horny toad<\/a><br \/>This is brilliant.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/C33NqwDbL6c\/pentagon-plans-to-bu.html\">Pentagon plans to build giant spy zeppelin<\/a><br \/>It&#8217;s probably cheaper than a spy satellite.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/eGvqduYv13s\/when-do-we-start-cal.html\">When Do We Start Calling Years &#8216;Twenty-Somethings&#8217;?<\/a><br \/>I&#8217;m still waiting for consensus on what we&#8217;re calling these years.  &#8220;Two-thousand-and-nine&#8221; is way too many syllables. &#8220;Ought-nine&#8221; (&#8220;Crit!&#8221;) seems more likely.  &#8220;Oh-nine&#8221; is less elegant but more likely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230; Happy Pi Day!It&#8217;s irrational, but I like it! &#8220;You Will Like Him When He&#8217;s Angry&#8221; &#8211; Jon Stewart Annihilates Jim CramerGo, Jon, go! U.K. stunt pilots narrowly miss passenger jetInteresting that this happened back last June and is only coming out now. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-14-march-2009-2.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 14 March 2009&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30657,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-before-it-was-jon-stewarts-daily-show.html","url_meta":{"origin":14180,"position":0},"title":"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, before it was Jon Stewart&#39;s Daily Show","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Oct-12 11:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, before it was Jon Stewart's Daily ShowI actually enjoyed TDS in the Kilborn era, though not as much as I enjoy it now.I'm just trying to understand why Stewart was trying to look like Tony Stark.(h\/t +Les Jenkins\u00a0, and via\u00a0http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/benjaminj4\/the-most-awkward-daily-show-interview-in-history-5mxu) Google+: View post on\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":23634,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/jon-stewart-the-mercy-rule-and-the-oops-moment.html","url_meta":{"origin":14180,"position":1},"title":"Jon Stewart, the Mercy Rule, and the &#8220;Oops&#8221; Moment","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 11-Nov-11 1:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Jon Stewart on The Daily Show has just way too much fun with the CNBC GOP Debate in general and Rick Perry's \"Oops\" Moment in particular. 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