{"id":16500,"date":"2010-01-06T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-january-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-01-06T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:00:26","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-january-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 06 January 2010"},"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:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2010\/01\/lakes-on-mars-a-half-billion-years-later-than-expected.ars\">Lakes on Mars a half-billion years later than expected<\/a> &#8211; Silly scientists. Surely they know that Mars was created 6,000 years ago, alongside the Earth.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/news\/2010\/01\/googles-big-news-today-was-not-a-phone-but-a-url.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\">Google&#8217;s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL<\/a> &#8211; Best argument I&#8217;ve heard yet for buying a Nexus One.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/places\/silver-swan\">The Silver Swan<\/a> &#8211; Just because they lived a few centuries back, it doesn&#8217;t mean they were stupid.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bay-of-fundie.com\/archives\/2454\/it-only-hurts-when-i-play#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed\">It Only Hurts When I Play<\/a> &#8211; My friend Andrew had the Creepy Crawlers set.  It was da bomb, and I still have bugs I made deep in various memorabilia boxes, doubtless leaching PCBs and Lead and Radioactive Sludge into my old report cards and coloring.  Great fun.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timpanogos.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/05\/speaking-of-texas-education-policy\/\">Speaking of Texas education policy<\/a> &#8211; <b>SIGH<\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/catdynamics\/2010\/01\/a_solar_minumum.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">a solar minumum : Dynamics of Cats<\/a> &#8211; It never rains, but it pours. I can&#8217;t wait to hear this spun into denialist rhetoric.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/IntoMobile\/~3\/aZWGpBdDgaA\/onstar-mobile-application-will-help-future-chevrolet-volt-owners-manage-their-vehicle.html\">OnStar Mobile Application will help future Chevrolet Volt owners \u201cmanage\u201d  their vehicle<\/a> &#8211; This is just very cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/9twnUQYm0Ww\/a_gentle_reminder_to_republica.php\">A Gentle Reminder to Republicans [The Primate Diaries]<\/a> &#8211; Yes, well, we all know Ike would never get a GOP nomination today.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20427392.000-getting-to-grips-with-why-we-slip.html?full=true\">Getting to grips with why we slip &#8211; tech &#8211; 29 December 2009 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Friction is not a material property, it&#8217;s a system response.&#8221;  This one&#8217;s for Margie.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn18343-deployment-of-airport-full-body-scanners-could-be-delayed.html\">Deployment of airport full body scanners could be delayed &#8211; tech &#8211; 06 January 2010 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; I love the one reassurance by a company flack that we know the scanners work because the TSA has already bought so many of them.  Um &#8230; right.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indenvertimes.com\/election-shock-ritter-wont-run-in-2010\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Election shock: Ritter won\u2019t run in 2010 | INDenverTimes<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s always interesting when an incumbent drops from the race.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goodcomics.comicbookresources.com\/2010\/01\/04\/she-has-no-head-10-great-female-comic-book-characters-of-the-decade\/#comments\">She Has No Head! \u2013 10 Great Female Comic Book Characters Of The Decade | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s hard to argue with any of these choices (except her #1 &#8230; and I haven&#8217;t looked at the character since &#8220;52,&#8221; which she also disliked).  What&#8217;s amazing is that these characters were all created in the last decade. It&#8217;s been an amazing era in comics.<\/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;. Lakes on Mars a half-billion years later than expected &#8211; Silly scientists. Surely they know that Mars was created 6,000 years ago, alongside the Earth. Google&#8217;s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL &#8211; Best argument I&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/06\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-06-january-2010.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 06 January 2010&#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":"","_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-16500","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":127565,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/get-your-name-to-mars.html","url_meta":{"origin":16500,"position":0},"title":"Get Your Name to Mars","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 20-Aug-15 10:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Gimmicky as hell, and I still love it. 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