{"id":16089,"date":"2009-10-26T18:01:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-26-october-2009-2.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T13:18:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T20:18:50","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-monday-26-october-2009-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-26-october-2009-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Monday, 26 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:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/fastcompany\/headlines\/~3\/CfincFvP8O8\/1419125\">Infographic of the Day: It&#8217;s a Small World, Afterall<\/a> &#8211; That is simply amazing.  Troubling, perhaps, but also amazing.  A &#8220;small world&#8221; indeed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcanswer.com\/2009\/01\/21\/larry-magids-1984-la-times-review-of-original-mac\/\">Larry Magid\u2019s 1984 LA Times review of 128K Mac | LarrysWorld.com<\/a> &#8211; Wow &#8211; amazing how much of what we assume from PCs (standard UI, WYSIWYG screens\/printing, etc.) are considered revolutionary here. Also amazing is the $2500 price tag.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/articles\/view\/columns\/going-gold\/6680-Behind-the-Curtain\">The Escapist : Behind the Curtain<\/a> &#8211; A good article on why creativity in the gaming industry is on the wane: it costs money and incurs risk, and gaming is now Big Business.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdwinfo.com\/news\/General_Disney_News\/Walt_Disney_World_helps_circulate_1_coins.htm\">Walt Disney World helps circulate $1 coins, Disney News &#8211; WDWINFO.COM<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m afraid, for whatever reason, it&#8217;s a lost cause.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5389285\/i-want-a-slice-of-this-amazingly-freaky-dead-tauntaun-wedding-cake\">I Want a Slice of this Amazingly Freaky Dead Tauntaun Wedding Cake &#8211; Dead tauntaun wedding cake &#8211; Gizmodo<\/a> &#8211; That&#8217;s &#8230; um &#8230; special.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rss.slashdot.org\/~r\/Slashdot\/slashdot\/~3\/4C-CrIn_JU0\/White-House-Website-Switches-To-Open-Source\">White House Website Switches To Open Source<\/a> &#8211; Good for them!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solonor.com\/?p=3117\">Well, I hope you kids have learned something about the dangers of gambling.<\/a> &#8211; One reason why a Vegas vacation has never appealed to me.  &#8220;A man&#8217;s gotta know his limitations.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boulderdude.com\/2009\/10\/things-you-have-to-believe-if-you-are-a-republican\/\">Things you have to believe if you are a Republican<\/a> &#8211; Yeah, it seems that way pretty much.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decrepitoldfool.com\/index.php\/weblog\/win7install_oct09\/\">Windows 7 is making an impression on me right out of the box\u2026<\/a> &#8211; Wow. That&#8217;s &#8230; encouraging &#8230; in a way that isn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com\/Politics\/Default.aspx?id=736154\">Christians on high alert over hate crimes passage (OneNewsNow.com)<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; this Christian is only on &#8220;high alert&#8221; as to how OneNewsNet will characterize all Christians reacting to this bill with dread.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheDisneyBlog\/~3\/y0wQkYf6u4s\/\">The Darkside of Luxo Jr. \u2013 Pixar Intro Parody<\/a> &#8211; Excellent.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=blog&amp;id=58136\">A New Car With Some Old-Fashioned Hardware<\/a> &#8211; Okay, yes, very cool.  But &#8230; do we really want to change the &#8220;standard&#8221; control set for autos?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/V9FoC_jzwXk\/sunday_sermon_afghanistans_cro.php\">Sunday Sermon: Defense Spending&#8217;s Crowding Out Effect [Mike the Mad  Biologist]<\/a> &#8211; To quote George (DOF) here: &#8220;Why is it that, among conservatives, any argument may be dismissed if it is made by someone who casts a suspicious eye on defense spending? Americans die from many causes, and our economy suffers in many ways. Wars enjoy conservative support regardless of deficit spending. But pick an injured man up off the street and put him back to work, and conservatives start hopping from one foot to the other yelling: &#8216;What about the deficit!?'&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsdaily.com\/stories\/tre59o1dj-us-shrimp-dvds\/\">NewsDaily: Shrimp&#8217;s eye points way to better DVDs<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m sure there are probably some other possible applications, too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/10\/091025162530.htm\">First Hyperlens For Sound Waves Created<\/a> &#8211; Very cool, with many possible applications.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/index.php?db=comics&amp;id=1679\">SMBC October 25, 2009 &#8211; Doctors<\/a> &#8211; Ah.  That explains a lot.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookresources.com\/?page=article&amp;id=23428\">&#8220;Batman: B&amp;tB&#8221; &#8211; The Music Meister Review &#8211; Comic Book Resources<\/a> &#8211; Fun stuff &#8212; reminded me a lot of &#8220;Once More With Feeling&#8221; from Buffy.  Only, with, y&#8217;know, Batman.<\/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;. Infographic of the Day: It&#8217;s a Small World, Afterall &#8211; That is simply amazing. Troubling, perhaps, but also amazing. A &#8220;small world&#8221; indeed. Larry Magid\u2019s 1984 LA Times review of 128K Mac | LarrysWorld.com &#8211; Wow &#8211; amazing how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/unblogged-bits-for-monday-26-october-2009-2.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Monday, 26 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":[263,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16089","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":5352,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/01\/let_me_tell_you.html","url_meta":{"origin":16089,"position":0},"title":"Let me tell you a story &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-Apr-04 7:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The Nobilis Lexicon of the Lost 500 Years is pretty much wrapped up. 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