{"id":14838,"date":"2009-05-21T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-21-may-2009.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T17:02:17","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-21-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-21-may-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 21 May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/the-panopticon.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/do-gay-martians-have-right-to-marry.html\">The Panopticon: Do Gay Martians Have the Right to Marry?<\/a> &#8211; Okay, one of the more unusual Star Trek reviews \/ commentary that I&#8217;ve read. Of course, there is something to what he says &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/IAxtpcmRf5g\/heres-why-the-right-wing_b_206444.html\">Bill Mann: Here&#8217;s Why the Right Wing Dominates Talk Radio Today: Bill Mann<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/j-walkblog.com\/index.php?\/weblog\/posts\/not_a_crime\/\">Not A Crime?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/3q9xv9-XQz0\/dick-cheney-will-protect_b_206420.html\">Jeff Schweitzer: Dick Cheney Will Protect You, and Liberals Want Your First Born: Jeff Schweitzer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/nIv8iR7SVyI\/heres-how-the-card-act-will-actually-change-credit-cards\">Here&#8217;s How The CARD Act Will Actually Change Credit Cards [Credit Card Reform]<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, ask me how surprised I am that credit card companies are rushing to raise rates while they still can.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/pvsU5DTYOKA\/bad-luck-facebook-scammer-you-picked-a-target-who-reads-consumerist\">Bad Luck Facebook Scammer, You Picked A Target Who Reads Consumerist [Scams]<\/a> &#8211; I love articles like this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/09\/05\/dollar-redesign-project\">Dollar Redesign Project<\/a> &#8211; Ooooh &#8230; this looks cool &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jim-david\/adam-lambert-loses-homoph_b_206154.html\">Jim David: Adam Lambert Loses, Homophobia Wins<\/a> &#8211; I have done not a whit of following AI (ever), so I can&#8217;t comment on this knowledgeably. But it seems sadly plausible, esp. with Bill O&#8217;Reilly getting involved.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/developer-world\/mysql-forked-beyond-repair-262?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2009-05-21\">MySQL: Forked beyond repair? | Developer World &#8211; InfoWorld<\/a> &#8211; MySQL has become pervasive enough in the web world that it would be a serious problem if it fell apart as a usable standard.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/165276\/keep_kids_safe_online_the_quintura_search_engine.html?tk=rss_main\">Keep Kids Safe Online: The Quintura Search Engine &#8211; PC World<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;d rather have Katherine use Real Google (with SafeSearch cranked up) and deal with the accidents then teach her to use a dumbed-down Yahoo interface with kites and flowers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/05\/the-british-ufo-tv-series.php\">The British UFO TV series is headed for the big screen | SCI FI Wire<\/a> &#8211; There&#8217;s a lot of good concept stuff from UFO that could make for a good movie (or a very mediocre one). A big part of that will be what they do with the production design.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/05\/were-doomed.html\">We&#8217;re Doomed!: hilzoy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/qIXMB_TzUZk\/got-a-cell-phon-fcc.html\">Got a cell-phone? FCC claims the right to search your house: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/4j5eVBH1Opc\/lessig-reviews-helpr.html\">Lessig reviews Helprin&#8217;s embarrassing infinite copyright, bloggers-are-stupid, Creative Commons is evil book: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/YX6x_p3JTbg\/too-much-cola-causes.html\">Too much cola causes muscular weakness<\/a> &#8211; I barely had the strength to hit the &#8216;share&#8217; button on this article. Hmm&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2009\/05\/07\/this-is-not-your-fathers-star-trek-reflections-on-the-series-and-on-jj-abrams-new-film\/\">This Is Not Your Father\u2019s Star Trek &#8211; Reflections On The Series And On JJ Abrams\u2019 New Film | \/Film<\/a> &#8211; Another good review.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2009\/05\/10-things-parents-should-know-before-seeing-the-new-star-trek\/\">10 Things Parents Should Know About the New Star Trek | GeekDad | Wired.com<\/a> &#8211; Good review, and can&#8217;t argue much with any of it. I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;d take Katherine with us (at 8-going-on-9) yet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2009\/05\/08\/ba-review-star-trek\/\">BA Review: Star Trek | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine<\/a> &#8211; Some great scientific nitpicking on the movie&#8217;s science. On the other hand, Abrams is still better than Whedon, whom I also love.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/05\/11-things-about-star-trek.php\">11 things about Star Trek that made us go &#8216;WTF?&#8217; | SCI FI Wire<\/a> &#8211; Some legit criticisms, some goofy. The difference in set design between Engineering and the Bridge was a bit grating (as was Engineering looking like breweries I&#8217;ve visited).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. The Panopticon: Do Gay Martians Have the Right to Marry? &#8211; Okay, one of the more unusual Star Trek reviews \/ commentary that I&#8217;ve read. Of course, there is something to what he says &#8230; Bill Mann: Here&#8217;s Why &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-21-may-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 21 May 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":[35,350,70,20,79,25,15,41,23,16,132,360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-business","category-civil-liberties","category-health-science","category-hi-tech","category-media-intellectual-property","category-gay-stuff","category-media","category-media-movies","category-parenting","category-potpourri","category-privacy","category-media-tv-star-trek"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15096,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/29\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-29-june-2009.html","url_meta":{"origin":14838,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits for Monday, 29 June 2009","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-Jun-09 6:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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