{"id":14999,"date":"2009-06-11T18:01:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/11\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-11-june-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-06-11T18:01:07","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T00:01:07","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-thursday-11-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/11\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-11-june-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 11 June 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:\/\/www.kottke.org\/09\/06\/asian-poses\">Asian poses<\/a> &#8211; For the record, the picture is the Nyan Nyan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=aYNSg3TFtsoU\">Greece Rejects British Museum\u2019s Terms for Elgin Marbles Loan &#8211; Bloomberg.com<\/a> &#8211; Since I&#8217;m a lot more likely to see them (again) in London than in Athens, I&#8217;m probably biased, but this has become one of those issues that neither side can address rationally.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews\/~3\/E_b7ABfcPyo\/\">The Absolute Worst Job Ever<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  Some day I just have to consider myself blessed &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massively.com\/2009\/06\/10\/the-pros-and-cons-of-free-to-play-dungeons-and-dragons-online\/\">The pros and cons of free to play Dungeons and Dragons Online &#8211; Massively<\/a> &#8211; Not sure the model they are offering is particularly compelling, but it&#8217;s an interesting idea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/askfactcheck\/did_obama_issue_a_policy_that_no.html\">FactCheck.org: Did Obama issue a policy that &#8220;no U.S. serviceman can speak at any faith-based public event&#8221;?<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll still hear about it in a Glenn Beck show real soon now.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/effectmeasure\/2009\/06\/some_angry_thoughts_about_the.php\">Some angry thoughts about the pandemic : Effect Measure<\/a> &#8211; GOP Public Health Policy: &#8220;If they would rather die, then they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/-b150I3KiW0\/network-neutrality-a-1.html\">Network neutrality advocated by&#8230;cable operators?: Cory Doctorow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/economy\/robert-gates-and-hillary-to-republicans-youre-putting-our-security-at-risk\/\">Robert Gates And Hillary To GOP Leaders: You\u2019re Putting Our Security At Risk: Greg Sargent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/RIoNgni-RCw\/senate-passes-historic-an_n_214474.html\">Senate Passes Historic Anti-Smoking Bill: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/lifehacker\/full\/~3\/a2p8EC6drk4\/make-fresh+baked-bread-in-five-minutes\">Make Fresh-Baked Bread in Five Minutes [Eat To Live]: Kevin Purdy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn17297-first-new-element-for-five-years-makes-periodic-table.html\">First new element for five years makes periodic table &#8211; physics-math &#8211; 11 June 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Excellent!  Someone call up Tom Lehrer and tell him we need an update ( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SmwlzwGMMwc\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SmwlzwGMMwc<\/a> )<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/10\/house-gop-prohibits-geg\/\">House GOP energy plan declares that impact of global warming \u2018shall not be  considered for any purpose.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; We will just wave our hand and &#8220;make it so.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/11\/peters-fox-dhs\/\">In Wake Of Shootings, Conservatives Rush To Defend Disparagement Of DHS Report On Right-Wing Extremism: Matt Corley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/11\/rove-deficits\/\">Rove: Bush Administration Has \u2018No\u2019 Responsibility For Current Budget  Deficits<\/a> &#8211; Given that the Bush Administration took no responsibility for anything while in office, it&#8217;s no surprise they&#8217;d take any responsibility afterward.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/notalwaysright.com\/the-devil-is-in-the-ridiculous-details\/2068\">The Devil Is In The Ridiculous Details<\/a> &#8211; Yeesh &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2009\/06\/11\/microsoft-has-some-free-anti-virus-software-up-its-sleeve\/\">Microsoft has some free anti-virus software up its sleeve<\/a> &#8211; Given the plethora of free AV out there, I don&#8217;t think Symantec (who, um, <b>is<\/b> Norton &#8230; maybe the writer meant McAfee) has to worry about this much for being free.  On the other hand, if MS bundles this with every Windows machine &#8230; well, hell, as long as it replaceable, I have no problem with that.  Better than a lot of PCs with no AV at all.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE55A1U720090611\">WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic | International | Reuters<\/a> &#8211; Yikes!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.boingboing.net\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/1dGMJmwc4DY\/army-orders-bases-to.html\">Army Orders Bases to Stop Blocking Twitter, Facebook, Flickr<\/a> &#8211; Good.  If they&#8217;re responsible enough to use the telephone (not to mention to enlist and go into battle), they are responsible enough to use Twitter.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/OKk0NQ1xs-o\/rep-mark-kirk-r-il-commander-in-naval.html\">Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), a Commander in the Naval Reserve, told foreign government not to believe U.S. Government<\/a> &#8211; If this guy &#8212; a Representative and Naval Reserve Officer &#8212; were a Democrat, Bill O&#8217;Reilly and Rush Limbaugh would be calling for his head, if not a court-martial.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news163918477.html\">What really prompts the dog&#8217;s &#8220;guilty look&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; We see what we expect to see.  Not a big surprise.<\/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;. Asian poses &#8211; For the record, the picture is the Nyan Nyan. Greece Rejects British Museum\u2019s Terms for Elgin Marbles Loan &#8211; Bloomberg.com &#8211; Since I&#8217;m a lot more likely to see them (again) in London than in Athens, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/11\/unblogged-bits-for-thursday-11-june-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Thursday, 11 June 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_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_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-14999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}