{"id":15234,"date":"2009-07-17T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-17-july-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T06:41:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:41:13","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-friday-17-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-17-july-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Friday, 17 July 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.signgenerator.org\/thumbs.htm\">Sign Generators &#8211; Preview Images (Thumbnails) List<\/a> &#8211; Flagged for future use &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/07\/futurama-voices-to-be-rec.php\">Futurama voices to be recast? | SCI FI Wire<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  That seems &#8230; unwise.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/dangerroom\/2009\/07\/gates-future-jet-supporters-risking-todays-troops\/\">Gates: Future Jet Supporters are Risking Today\u2019s Troops | Danger Room | Wired.com<\/a> &#8211; A problem that afflicts both parties.  Nobody, of course, ever lost any votes by keeping defense industry jobs in their district.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/features_orlando\/2009\/07\/disney-world-fantasyland-expansion-magic-kingdom-princesses.html\">Orlando Sentinel &#8211; New Fantasyland or just plain fantasy? Look at (alleged) plans starring plenty of princesses by<\/a> &#8211; More on the Fantasyland plans (?) at Walt Disney World.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/cEJ75NVnSXo\/why-is-spam-around-because-12-of-readers-actually-try-to-buy-the-stuff\">Why Is Spam Around? Because 12% Of Readers Actually Try To Buy The Stuff  [Spam]<\/a> &#8211; You can fool some of the people, it appears, some of the time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/-CK2NffJ2wk\/squirrely_physics.php\">Squirrely Physics [Built on Facts]<\/a> &#8211; Don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen this behavior, though there is no shortage of squirrels in the area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/Z7ChGum-Ftc\/turnabout_is_fair_play_1.php\">Turnabout is fair play<\/a> &#8211; Oh, my.  This is perfect.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/dfdAFw2b6iw\/what_is_in_the_water_on_c_stre.php\">What is in the water on C Street?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheDisneyBlog\/~3\/MAAQaj7F4_Y\/\">Magic Kingdom Fantasyland Expansion Plans Leaked<\/a> &#8211; I really dislike the Meet-n-Greet concept, and this only further institutionalizes it.  On the other hand, my daughter loves it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5316402\/tom-baker-dons-his-endless-scarf-once-again\">Tom Baker Dons His Endless Scarf Once Again [Doctor Who]<\/a> &#8211; Very cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5316505\/torchwood-will-air-uncut-on-bbc-america\">Torchwood Will Air Uncut On BBC America [Torchwood]<\/a> &#8211; Glee!  And, yes, already set up on the DVR &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/07\/16\/the-debate-over-unscientific-america\/\">The Debate Over Unscientific America<\/a> &#8211; An interesting article.  That said, the author doesn&#8217;t see the distinction between the &#8220;other&#8221; he knows (Bob) and the &#8220;other&#8221; he doesn&#8217;t (the lynching mobs at church).  That Bob doesn&#8217;t leap over the table and try to strangle him is evidence that there <b>is<\/b> a workable (if uncomfortable) &#8220;middle ground,&#8221; and that trying to set &#8220;you&#8217;re either with us or against us&#8221; dichotomies by either side only hardens the battle lines and drives folks in that middle to one side or the other.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/forgetomori\/~3\/EaRXmUT-CaI\/\">Google and the Conspiracy of the Triforce Doodles<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m holding out for the Tri-Lateral Commission, personally.  But I can&#8217;t wait for the <b>religious<\/b> conspiracy nuts to run wild with this one.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/17\/how-to-buy-a-mattress\/\">How to Buy a Mattress<\/a> &#8211; A good article, but I think the best note is: &#8220;Keep in mind that over 10 years a $2,000 bed is only like $15 per month, and you spend 1\/3 of your life in bed, so it is probably the best \u201cvalue\u201d of anything you purchase.&#8221; There is little worth as much as a good night&#8217;s sleep, and investing to make that happen is very worthwhile.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/tZUlpman-ns\/howto-bake-dashboard.html\">HOWTO bake dashboard cookies while you&#8217;re working<\/a> &#8211; On the plus side, reducing home appliance costs and the heat from the oven during the summer.  On the minus side, a good chance that no cookies will actually make it home with you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/offworld\/~3\/rXL8ZGQZA0c\/games-crafter-one-site-to-desi.html\">Games Crafter: one site to design, manufacture and sell your tabletop game<\/a> &#8211; This is awesome.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decrepitoldfool.com\/index.php\/weblog\/ocean_crisis_jul09\/\">Winning the War On Fish<\/a> &#8211; Yes, that introductory quote is very, very telling. And yet I&#8217;m sure that the good Senator inveighs mightily against &#8220;the culture of entitlement.&#8221;  I laugh so that I do not cry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/MykxiQjP_6c\/identity-theft-hysteria-overblown-watch-your-debit-card-instead\">Identity Theft Hysteria Overblown, Watch Your Debit Card Instead  [Interviews]<\/a> &#8211; Some good advice here on what to worry about, and why.<\/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;. Sign Generators &#8211; Preview Images (Thumbnails) List &#8211; Flagged for future use &#8230; Futurama voices to be recast? | SCI FI Wire &#8211; Wow. That seems &#8230; unwise. Gates: Future Jet Supporters are Risking Today\u2019s Troops | Danger Room &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/17\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-17-july-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Friday, 17 July 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":[263,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9597,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/29\/the_night_of_a.html","url_meta":{"origin":15234,"position":0},"title":"The Night of a Million Zillion Strollers","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-May-06 2:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In Fantasyland. 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