{"id":15659,"date":"2009-08-28T18:01:07","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-28-august-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-08-28T18:01:07","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T00:01:07","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-friday-28-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-28-august-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Friday, 28 August 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.cowboylyrics.com\/lyrics\/atkins-rodney\/cleaning-this-gun-come-on-in-boy-17225.html\">Rodney Atkins, Cleaning This Gun (Come on in Boy) Lyrics<\/a> &#8211; For some reason, Mary thought I&#8217;d find this amusing &#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ReadItLaterBlog\/~3\/VCwY37BTZqs\/\">Add Read It Later to Google Reader\u2019s Send To Dropdown &#8211; Updated<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;d never heard of Read It Later. Right now I star a lot of GReader posts to go back to at a later time, but that doesn&#8217;t necessarily help with stuff that I browse directly to.  Hmmmm.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/28\/who-causes-cyclists-deaths\/\">Who Causes Cyclists\u2019 Deaths? &#8211; Freakonomics Blog &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; No, it&#8217;s not surprising.  Bicycles (and motorcycles) are not what car drivers expect to have to deal with, so they pay no attention to them &#8212; with usually tragic results.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.dailykos.com\/~r\/dailykos\/index\/~3\/aFfQqDm1R5g\/-Republicans-Are-Concerned-About-Reaction-To-Kennedys-Passing\">Republicans Are &#8220;Concerned&#8221; About Reaction To Kennedy&#8217;s Passing: Steve Singiser <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/mike-elk\/stop-the-teabaggers-give_b_270767.html\">Mike Elk: Stop the Teabaggers, Give Them Green Jobs: Lessons From the Coalfields of West Virginia: Mike Elk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/lifehacker\/full\/~3\/AWTVRY-phe8\/five-features-we-want-to-see-in-firefox\">Five Features We Want to See in Firefox [Lifehacker Wishlist]<\/a> &#8211; Good list.  And I say that as a confirmed FF fan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn17707-wanted-interrogation-that-works-and-isnt-torture.html\">Wanted: Interrogation that works and isn&#8217;t torture &#8211; science-in-society &#8211; 28 August 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;And remember, this is for posterity, so be honest &#8212; how do you feel?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/shortsharpscience\/2009\/08\/teetotallers-more-likely-to-be.html\">Teetotallers more likely to be depressed &#8211; Short Sharp Science &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Cheers!  It&#8217;s not just a toast any more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toplessrobot.com\/2009\/08\/breaking_british_newspapers_are_just_allowed_to_ma.php\">Breaking: British Newspapers Are Just Allowed to Make Shit Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/28\/rex-rammell-hunting-obama\/\">Idaho Republican gubernatorial candidate jokes about hunting President  Obama.<\/a> &#8211; Wow. That&#8217;s appalling.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/in_brief_london_calling_all_designers.php\">In Brief: London Calling (all Designers)<\/a> &#8211; Well, so long as they don&#8217;t mess with the Underground branding, I&#8217;m cool with it. Esp. if it washes the taste of that awful Olympics mess from my brain.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/your-daily-dose-of-health-care-reform_28.html\">En Tequila Es Verdad: Your Daily Dose of Health Care Reform Stupidity<\/a> &#8211; Because, of course, for the GOP, health care reform is &#8220;getting rid of Medicare and providing hand-outs to private insurance.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/revjph.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/shush-dont-tell-anybody.html\">SHUSH! DON&#8217;T TELL ANYBODY!<\/a> &#8211; Turning the other cheek doesn&#8217;t mean abandoning your principles until everyone else agrees to them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wist.info\/ingersoll-robert-green\/8407\/\">Ingersoll, Robert Green &#8212; \u201cThe Liberty of Man, Woman and Child\u201d (1877): Dave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/effectmeasure\/2009\/02\/hot_air_and_paper_towels_in_th.php\">Hot air and paper towels in the public bathroom : Effect Measure<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve never much cared for hot air dryers &#8212; but I&#8217;d never thought of the airborne contamination issue before now.  Plus, of course, I suspect they are a lot more carbon-inefficient (farm trees + paper manufacture is probably less of an impact than metallurgy and ongoing electrical costs).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/ci_13219779\">Episcopal church&#8217;s last rites in Englewood fueled by gay divide &#8211; The Denver Post<\/a> &#8211; Sad.  It sounds like the merger with Holy Spirit was ill-considered and desperate, at best.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20327232.400-winners-wear-red-how-colour-twists-your-mind.html?full=true\">Winners wear red: How colour twists your mind &#8211; life &#8211; 28 August 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  That&#8217;s pretty remarkable stuff.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn17699-microscopes-zoom-in-on-molecules-at-last.html?full=true&amp;print=true\">Microscopes zoom in on molecules at last &#8211; tech &#8211; 28 August 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Ooooooh &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/27\/tenther-highway\/\">\u2018Tenther\u2019 Activists Add The Federal Highway System To List Of Programs To  Kill<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; doesn&#8217;t the mail actually get transported down federal highways?  And residential streets, for that matter?<\/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;. Rodney Atkins, Cleaning This Gun (Come on in Boy) Lyrics &#8211; For some reason, Mary thought I&#8217;d find this amusing &#8230; \ud83d\ude09 Add Read It Later to Google Reader\u2019s Send To Dropdown &#8211; Updated &#8211; I&#8217;d never heard of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/28\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-28-august-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Friday, 28 August 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-15659","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":8862,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/03\/faces_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15659,"position":0},"title":"Faces","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 3-Apr-06 10:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the interesting things about large business meetings is encountering people you've only heard of, or heard (on the phone) but never met Of three people I'd had that...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Job Jollies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Job Jollies","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/job-jollies"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13615,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/04\/vote.html","url_meta":{"origin":15659,"position":1},"title":"Vote!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 4-Nov-08 11:08am","format":false,"excerpt":"While I'd prefer you vote the way I do, I'd rather you vote than not, regardless. 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