{"id":15941,"date":"2009-10-06T18:01:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-06-october-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-10-06T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T00:01:14","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-06-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-06-october-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 06 October 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.bohdate.com\/whubble\/admin\/data\/upimages\/w4.jpg\">w4.jpg<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ll have to remember this line for my parents and in-laws, for whom I do tech support.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvshowsondvd.com\/news\/Andromeda-Genesis-II-Planet_Earth\/12760\">Andromeda DVD news: Manufacture-on-Demand DVDs for Gene Roddenberry&#8217;s Genesis II and Planet Earth | TVShowsOnDVD.com<\/a> &#8211; I loved the pilots as a kid (when they showed up as occasional TV movies), but I can&#8217;t imagine paying $20 a pope, or even $30 for the pair.  The cool thing about Manufacture-on-Demand is that Warner can be flexible with the price to meet that demand; the uncool thing is no chance of finding it in a remainders bin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/XTEUxgfKi6o\/north-dakota-dems-pass-re_n_311584.html\">North Dakota Dems Pass Resolution Backing Public Plan, Alert Sen. Conrad: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/Xlbs6Z4X6o4\/why-is-obama-firing-dan-c_b_311084.html\">Charles Karel Bouley: Why Is Obama Firing Dan Choi?: Charles Karel Bouley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/how-much-liberal-window\">How Much Is That Liberal In The Window?<\/a> &#8211; Amusing, yes &#8212; but a lot less harmful than some of their activities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/beck-heading-porter-territory\">Is Beck Heading Into Porter Territory?<\/a> &#8211; Oh, Lordy.  And how many deaths will result?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/10\/by-john-blevins-and-marvin-ammori----yesterday-a-group-of-law-professors-and-public-interest-organizations-listed-below-fi.html\">*Comcast v. FCC*: A Brief Overview, and Why You Should Care<\/a> &#8211; This is potentially huge in its impact.  Should Comcast prevail, the Internet (in the US) potentially becomes a Balkanized realm similar to the cell phone and cable TV industry.  Which would be a crime, in a metaphorical sense.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/T43JFZJWTHE\/diet-ads-no-longer-able-to-use-results-not-typical-to-get-away-with-bs+ing-you\">Diet Ads No Longer Able To Use &#8220;Results Not Typical&#8221; To Get Away With BS-ing  You [Badvertising]<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Section 5 of the FTC Act requires advertisers to have substantiation for the messages that consumers reasonably take from their ads, which means they must first know what messages consumers take away from those ads. The Commission sees no reason why an advertiser should be exempt from those basic obligations simply because it chooses to communicate its claims through the use of testimonials &#8230;.&#8221;  Well, duh.  You think advertisers don&#8217;t know precisely what messages consumers take from their ads?  That&#8217;s what they get <b>paid<\/b> to know.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/kaQhcIT5-wc\/the-criticism-that-r.html\">The criticism that Ralph Lauren doesn&#8217;t want you to see!<\/a> &#8211; I don&#8217;t know which is sillier &#8212; the photo or the take-down notice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/owlwVrcDMDk\/its-time-to-playis-i.html\">It&#8217;s Time To Play&#8230;Is! It! Sinful!?<\/a> &#8211; Sounds like the directions for Fizzbin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/IdKlDWYuZxs\/power-to-the-people.html\">Power To the People<\/a> &#8211; Nice data visualization.  Alas, the &#8220;grid&#8221; is expensive to expand and seriously non-sexy, meaning that neither private industry nor the government is likely to do much about it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-1217752\/Henge-stones-Unearthed-site-monuments-little-sister.html\">Henge with no stones: Unearthed, the site that could be monument&#8217;s little sister | Mail Online<\/a> &#8211; Cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ablogabouthistory\/~3\/24rNw1ZfrZY\/\">Israeli World Heritage site vandalized<\/a> &#8211; Argh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ablogabouthistory\/~3\/eQIUnjGET0g\/\">Scientist reproduces Shroud of Turin with medieval techniques<\/a> &#8211; Note that this doesn&#8217;t &#8220;prove&#8221; it&#8217;s a fake, it simply gravely weakens the case that it can&#8217;t be a fake.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/09\/10\/from-sketch-to-photo-instantly-this-is-insanely-awesome\">From sketch to photo instantly (this is insanely awesome)<\/a> &#8211; That&#8217;s &#8230; very cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/jezebel\/full\/~3\/pby-J36XCMU\/why-wont-birthers-die-scientists-point-to-implicit-social-cognition\">Why Won&#8217;t Birthers Die? Scientists Point To &#8220;Implicit Social Cognition&#8221; [O  Rly?]<\/a> &#8211; Some fascinating (and deeply disturbing) research here.  I&#8217;ll note, btw, that Taitz&#8217; biggest problem is that she&#8217;s actually pursuing this (shrilly) in the Courts.  The more &#8220;effective&#8221; Birthers just keep maintaining the mantra in the press (which continues to report about them), settling the matter de facto, rather than de jure.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/UpQ1eCE90zg\/overdraft-fees-up-35-in-past-two-years\">Overdraft Fees Up 35% In Past Two Years [Overdraft Fees]<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s worth noting that, of course, the recessed economy and high unemployment makes it more likely that folks will inadvertently overdraw.  But there&#8217;s little doubt that banks, desperate for money in the same environment, are exploiting the situation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatmedaily.com\/2009\/10\/mcdonalds-to-open-at-the-louvre\/\">McDonald\u2019s to Open at the Louvre \u2013 Eat Me Daily<\/a> &#8211; And so the collapse of French civilization is complete.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/lifehacker\/full\/~3\/8xZk7juHgw8\/an-exhaustive-guide-to-saving-your-smartphones-battery\">An Exhaustive Guide to Saving Your Smartphone&#8217;s Battery [Batteries]<\/a> &#8211; Some fine advice.  Flagging for future Blackberry research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/news\/view\/95237-Nintendo-President-Very-Strong-Response-to-Wii-Price-Cut\">The Escapist : News : Nintendo President: &#8220;Very Strong&#8221; Response to Wii Price Cut<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; yeah, I suspect it will generate at least one more Wii sale in the not-distant-future &#8230;<\/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;. w4.jpg &#8211; I&#8217;ll have to remember this line for my parents and in-laws, for whom I do tech support. Andromeda DVD news: Manufacture-on-Demand DVDs for Gene Roddenberry&#8217;s Genesis II and Planet Earth | TVShowsOnDVD.com &#8211; I loved the pilots &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-06-october-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 06 October 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-15941","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":128089,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/18\/the-mesmerising-manufacture-of-pasta-shells.html","url_meta":{"origin":15941,"position":0},"title":"The Mesmerising Manufacture of Pasta Shells","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 18-Sep-15 7:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"That's awesome. 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