{"id":16108,"date":"2009-10-31T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/31\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-31-october-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-10-31T18:00:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T00:00:41","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-saturday-31-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/31\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-31-october-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 31 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.9to5mac.com\/doom-classic-iPhone\">Doom Classic hits the App Store<\/a> &#8211; I dearly loved Doom when it came out, and was very proud of playing it all the way through.  I can&#8217;t imagine, though, playing it on any sort of handset.  Bleah.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~3\/4oTAz5xglu0\/\">Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A Hidden Finger<\/a> &#8211; Apparently &#8230; it&#8217;s real.  I&#8217;m simultaneously tickled, appalled, and incredulous.  Biggest question to my mind &#8212; was it &#8220;just&#8221; the staffers, or was the Governator part of the plan. I certainly wouldn&#8217;t put it past him.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/jon_stewart_rips_fox_news_a_new_asshole\/\">Jon Stewart rips FOX News a new asshole.<\/a> &#8211; A nice analysis of the interaction between Fox News and Fox Not-News-But-All-We-Ever-Advertise.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/wondermark\/~3\/Z0x00Lq2wfg\/\">#566; Supernatural Collective Nouns.<\/a> &#8211; Just in case you need to know that a group of robots is a &#8220;clangor.&#8221;  Brilliant.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/30\/lieberman-filibuster\/\">Lieberman in 1994: Filibuster is \u2018unfair\u2019 and it isn\u2019t \u2018right\u2019 to use it to  obstruct major legislation.<\/a> &#8211; That was then, this is now, and Lieberman seems determined to just be a spoiler.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5392429\/syfys-americanization-of-being-human-is-just-wrong\">Syfy&#8217;s Americanization of Being Human Is Just Wrong [Being Human]<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m still grinding through the first series, and cannot imagine how it would translate to an American production in anything but an abysmal fashion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/30\/fox-pelosi-hell-funny\/\">Fox and Friends laugh about heckler telling Nancy Pelosi to \u2018burn in hell.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Ah, the Culture of Life, and reverence for God&#8217;s judgment.  It&#8217;s all there on Fox.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/seb_dumb_ass_mother_of_the_year_candidate_margery_tannenbaum\/\">SEB Dumb Ass Mother of the Year Candidate: Margery Tannenbaum<\/a> &#8211; Crikey.  A well-deserved title.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/nanowrimo-this-is-how-i-get-it-done\/\">NaNoWriMo: This is how I get it done<\/a> &#8211; More sage NaNoWriMo advice, from a guy who&#8217;s done it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/P_VQWwwTu9M\/not-that-we-need-another-reason-to.html\">Lieberman says he&#8217;ll support GOP candidates in the future<\/a> &#8211; And he still has Democratic committee memberships because &#8230;?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefutoncritic.com\/news.aspx?id=20091030bbca01\">Breaking News &#8211; THE DOCTOR WHO SPECIALS ARE LANDING ON BBC AMERICA | TheFutonCritic.com<\/a> &#8211; Woot!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boss.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/29\/one-hundred-things-restaurant-staffers-should-never-do-part-one\/\">One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1) &#8211; You\u2019re the Boss Blog &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; I might quibble mildly with a few of these &#8212; but if all waiters\/resses abided by these, I think it would be a net improvement in the dining experience.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/gallery\/history-of-asylums\">Gallery &#8211; From sanctuary to snake pit: the rise and fall of asylums &#8211; Image 1 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Let&#8217;s not forget, in California, the role of St Ronald in his &#8220;let them be treated by cake&#8221; deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill as a budget-cutting measure.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/loveallthis.tumblr.com\/post\/166124704\">love all this | Inspired by jeannr, I flowcharted the Beatles&#8230;<\/a> &#8211; Nice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/volokh.com\/2009\/10\/27\/illegal-to-vilify-religion-in-a-european-union-member-no-less\/\">Illegal to \u201cVilify\u201d Religion (in a European Union Member, No Less)<\/a> &#8211; Wow. Remind me not to visit Malta.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/badwolfone.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/doctor-who-press-conference.html\">&#8216;Doctor Who&#8217; press conference<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Even though he wins in the end it&#8217;s a bitter sweet victory. People die. That&#8217;s part of the story we have to tell to go where we&#8217;re going.&#8221;  Yeah, like that&#8217;s new &#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/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;. Doom Classic hits the App Store &#8211; I dearly loved Doom when it came out, and was very proud of playing it all the way through. I can&#8217;t imagine, though, playing it on any sort of handset. Bleah. Schwarzenegger &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/31\/unblogged-bits-for-saturday-31-october-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 31 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-16108","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":45308,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/17\/in-case-you-ever-thought-fox-was-league-with-the-devil.html","url_meta":{"origin":16108,"position":0},"title":"In case you ever thought Fox was league with the Devil","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Sep-14 10:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"They're bringing him to TV.Actually, the Lucifer comic (written by Mike Carey) was an excellent one, especially early days. 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