{"id":14420,"date":"2009-04-02T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/02\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-02-april-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-04-02T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T00:00:23","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-02-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/02\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-02-april-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 02 April 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:\/\/www.gamepolitics.com\/2009\/04\/02\/nintendo039s-reggie-used-games-aren039t-consumer039s-best-interest\">Nintendo&#8217;s Reggie: Used Games Aren&#8217;t In Consumer&#8217;s Best Interest: gamepolitics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/blog\/2009\/03\/can-i-take-photos-at-checkpoint-and.html\">Can I Take Photos at the Checkpoint and Airport?<\/a> &#8211; Yeah &#8230; who&#8217;s gonna be the first to volunteer here?  &#8220;But your blog said it would be okay &#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/04\/angels-james-marsters-sti.php\">Angel&#8217;s James Marsters still up for Spike spinoff, but he&#8217;s not getting  younger<\/a> &#8211; Marsters is a whole lot smarter than a lot of other people in this biz.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/E26byLvjaOk\/nom-nom-nom-the-bunn.html\">Nom Nom Nom: The Bunny Song.<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  That is &#8230; very cute.  I will have to show it to Katherine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/b4Q6M1_-7ys\/gingrich-warns-of-third-p_n_182443.html\">Gingrich Warns Of Third Party In 2012<\/a> &#8211; Please, please, please, Newt.  Start a third party.  Marginalize the Right even further. Please.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/j-walkblog.com\/index.php?\/weblog\/posts\/kerfuffle_news\/\">Kerfuffle News<\/a> &#8211; I love the word &#8220;kerfuffle.&#8221;  Though I love &#8220;brouhaha&#8221; more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/04\/02\/coulter-limbaugh-nascar\/\">Coulter Falls For Fake Obama NASCAR Story That Limbaugh Said No One Would  Believe<\/a> &#8211; MWAH-HA-HA-HA!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TPMmuckraker\/~3\/BQHtwbtIQGw\/in_massive_corporate_nationalizations_as.php\">Lawsuit: AIG Not Just Screwing Over Taxpayers Anymore: Moe Tkacik<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/-tIdVaHp_f0\/alaska-republicans-want-r_n_182423.html\">Alaska Republicans Want Redo Election For Stevens: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/NotAlwaysRight\/~3\/uLUxiBP8JSI\/1761\">How About A Few Reindeer And Elves While You\u2019re At It: admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2009\/04\/02\/behold-the-google-server-ye-nations-and-weep\/\">Behold the Google Server, ye nations, and weep<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s RAID taken to the next level &#8212; commodity hardware, hooked up innovatively to make a computational powerhouse.  That&#8217;s the model for Google&#8217;s services, too &#8212; simplicity + creativity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/wy5hElN2Ci8\/fake-april-fools-day-product-sparks-demand-for-real-version\">Fake April Fools&#8217; Day Product Sparks Demand For Real Version [Market  Research]<\/a> &#8211; Truly, truly awesome.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publetariat.com\/publish\/2009-year-print-demand-goes-mainstream\">2009: The Year Print On Demand Goes Mainstream: Publetariat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/BadAstronomyBlog\/~3\/0F-NBBZiHog\/\">How easy is it to fool UFO believers? Easy, if you have a flare for it<\/a> &#8211; Heh.  (And, cool pic.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michiganmessenger.com\/15843\/aclu-challenges-michigans-funeral-protest-law\">ACLU challenges Michigan\u2019s funeral protest law<\/a> &#8211; This is precisely the sort of thing that I was afraid was going to happen when states and municipalities started making these anti-Phelps protest laws.  Inevitably, things shift (intentionally or unintentionally) from the &#8220;obvious&#8221; cases to injustices like this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/lifehacker\/full\/~3\/PvtubTvjhLM\/let-manufacturers-recycle-your-old-gadgets\">Let Manufacturers Recycle Your Old Gadgets [Recycle]<\/a> &#8211; Marking for future reference.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fundiewatch.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/right-wing-lunatic-andy-schlafly-and.html\">Right-Wing Lunatic Andy Schlafly and his Midterm Exams<\/a> &#8211; Must be read to be believed.  And people make fun of Wikipedia?  Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.nytimes.com\/click.phdo?i=8b232ade8945d745f49437b30f1b0f63\">CBS Turns Out \u2018Guiding Light\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Never watched it (I was an &#8220;All My Children&#8221; fan back in the day), but it&#8217;s always sad to see an institution like this finally come to an end.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvshowsondvd.com\/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=11577\">Kingdom: Stephen Fry Solicits Trouble (and Laughs!): Date, Cost, Package &amp;  Trailer<\/a> &#8211; Will need to keep an eye out for this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plantselect.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/24\/nursery-plastics-now-easily-recycled\/\">Nursery plastics now easily recycled!<\/a> &#8211; Cool!  I always hate throwing the pots \/ pony packs away, but buy way too many plants to keep them all (even if I had a use for them).<\/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; Nintendo&#8217;s Reggie: Used Games Aren&#8217;t In Consumer&#8217;s Best Interest: gamepolitics Can I Take Photos at the Checkpoint and Airport? &#8211; Yeah &#8230; who&#8217;s gonna be the first to volunteer here? &#8220;But your blog said it would be okay &#8230;&#8221; Angel&#8217;s James Marsters &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/02\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-02-april-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 02 April 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-14420","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":16843,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/03\/nom-nom-nom.html","url_meta":{"origin":14420,"position":0},"title":"Nom-nom-nom","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 3-Mar-10 7:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Canadian Bacon, Potato, and Swiss-Chard Gratin, a la Daddy & Kitten.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22927,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/01\/souflees.html","url_meta":{"origin":14420,"position":1},"title":"Souflees","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 1-Oct-11 5:42pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Nom nom nom nom...","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27727,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/03\/poor-kitteh-no-nom-noms-for-you.html","url_meta":{"origin":14420,"position":2},"title":"Poor kitteh! 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