{"id":16582,"date":"2010-01-27T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/27\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-27-january-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-01-27T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T00:00:32","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-27-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/27\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-27-january-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 27 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:\/\/jakonrath.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/booty-call.html\">Booty Call<\/a> &#8211; The publishers are terrified of losing control and trying something they don&#8217;t understand.  And, like other portions of Big Media, they&#8217;re thus on the road to make the same mistakes that are likely to render them increasingly irrelevant (and hated).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/IntoMobile\/~3\/90qVYyj1b78\/with-the-ipad-apple-just-jumped-the-shark.html\">With the iPad, Apple just jumped the shark<\/a> &#8211; If anyone can make the tablet market work, it seems it will be Apple.  I remain uncommitted as to whether it&#8217;s going to be a smashing success or failure &#8212; I can&#8217;t even figure out if I want one for myself (or, rather, <b>why<\/b> I would) &#8230; but, then, I don&#8217;t assume my own computing needs are those of anyone else.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/27\/donnelly-abu-ghraib\/\">Top DADT Advocate Says Abu Ghraib Abuses Happened Because Women Are Allowed  In The Military<\/a> &#8211; Well, for heaven sakes, don&#8217;t let little things like REALITY get in the way of your rhetoric!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bhc3.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/26\/in-the-future-well-all-have-online-reputation-scores\/\">In the Future We\u2019ll All Have Online Reputation Scores<\/a> &#8211; Doyce beat me to the comparison to Cory Doctorow&#8217;s &#8220;whuffie&#8221; &#8211; the issues to face are how to ensure that reputation cannot be gamed (positively or negatively), and how to handle the multiple axes of reputation (e.g., reflecting I&#8217;m an acknowledge authority on widgetology, but I&#8217;m a crappy vendor on at an auction site).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bhc3.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/26\/in-the-future-well-all-have-online-reputation-scores\/\">In the Future We\u2019ll All Have Online Reputation Scores: Hutch Carpenter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/x6F5BWYaMhY\/texas_boe_bans_childrens_book.php\">Texas BOE Bans Children&#8217;s Book Author [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]: Ed Brayton none@example.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/google-voice-does-end-run-around-apple-launches-new-web-app.html\">Google Voice Does End Run Around Apple, Launches New Web App<\/a> &#8211; Nicely done.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/04x8iOjb7k4\/socal-school-distric.html\">SoCal school district bans the dictionary<\/a> &#8211; I remember the month I went through and flagged all the &#8220;dirty&#8221; (i.e., sexy) words in our home dictionary.  My mom&#8217;s reaction when she discovered this: &#8220;Well, did you learn something?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/after-3-months-only-35-paying-customers-for-newspapers-web-site.html\">After 3 Months, Only 35 Paying Customers For Newspaper&#8217;s Web Site: Meg Marco<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fdlaction.firedoglake.com\/2010\/01\/26\/rahm-emanuel-liberals-are-f-king-retarded\/\">Rahm Emanuel: Liberals are \u201cF\u2013king Retarded\u201d: Jane Hamsher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Neatorama\/~3\/xqhVJTlZ5Vk\/\">The Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khafre, as seen from&#8230; Pizza Hut: Minnesotastan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2010\/01\/not-from-the-onion.html\">Not From The Onion<\/a> &#8211; There are probably definitions for all sorts of other things the parent in question finds morally reprehensible, too.  Like, say, &#8220;murder.&#8221;  Or &#8220;slavery.&#8221;  Or (snicker) &#8220;censorship.&#8221;  But let it be an academic definition about something SEXUAL and all of a sudden you&#8217;d think the sky was falling.  Disgusting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/10\/01\/gridiron-time\">Gridiron time<\/a> &#8211; Football (American) is notorious for standing-around vs play-action anyway (as bad as baseball).  Add in commercials &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradopols.com\/diary\/11396\/bussssted-doug-the-kicker-bruce-is-behind-the-fiscal-suicide-initiatives\">Doug Bruce Pretends Not to Know What You&#8217;re Talking About<\/a> &#8211; Wow.  Bruce is smart enough to realize his name is poison in Colorado political circles?  Amazing!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/failblog\/~3\/pxX7GmiK8tc\/\">Mask Fail<\/a> &#8211; GAH!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2010\/01\/waterboarding-under-the-bridge.html\">Waterboarding Under the Bridge?<\/a> &#8211; And what people will remember &#8212; and other people will suffer for &#8212; is the lie initially told.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/27\/fox-haiti-shine\/\">Fox News executive attacks rival networks for focusing too much on Haiti and  ignoring \u2018big stories in America.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Yeah &#8230; big stories like, &#8220;Hey, look, the guy we urged you to vote for is winning!&#8221;  Yeesh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/27\/beck-condemns-okeefe\/\">Beck condemns O\u2019Keefe\u2019s operation: \u2018If they were doing that \u2014 that\u2019s Watergate. Insanely stupid and illegal.\u2019: Alex Seitz-Wald<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/27\/foreign-lobbying-elections\/\">Lobbyists For Foreign Corporations Begin Fight To Ensure Foreign Money Can  Influence American Elections<\/a> &#8211; Remember!  It was a victory for the Little Guy!<\/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;. Booty Call &#8211; The publishers are terrified of losing control and trying something they don&#8217;t understand. And, like other portions of Big Media, they&#8217;re thus on the road to make the same mistakes that are likely to render them &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/27\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-27-january-2010.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 27 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":"","_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-16582","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":27380,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/13\/the-unspeakable-evils-not-of-amazon.html","url_meta":{"origin":16582,"position":0},"title":"The Unspeakable Evils (Not) of Amazon","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 13-Apr-12 4:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"April L. Hamilton on the situation of Apple and \"The Agency 5,\" and who's to blame. #ddtb Embedded Link Amazon vs. Apple And The Agency 5: Let's Get The Facts Straight Given that anyone who reads my blog is an author, publisher, or otherwise involved in the book business, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30004,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/28\/patently-absurd-3.html","url_meta":{"origin":16582,"position":1},"title":"Patently absurd","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 28-Aug-12 9:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The music and typewriter questions are very germane here. We want to reward innovation, but we also want to incent standards, common ways of behaving and interacting. For Apple to insist that such models as \"pinch-to-zoom\" and other such motions -- even if Apple \"invented\" them -- must remains something\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29092,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/03\/um-free-speech-anyone.html","url_meta":{"origin":16582,"position":2},"title":"Um &#8230; free speech, anyone?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 3-Aug-12 6:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not quite sure how the judge can sanction Samsung for providing information to the media, even if it's excluded as formal evidence against Apple in her courtroom. \u00a0I mean, I understand why she's torqued, but strikes me as tough beans, at least as presented in this story.Reshared post from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16585,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/27\/because-everyone-is-required-by-law-today-to-talk-about-the-ipad.html","url_meta":{"origin":16582,"position":3},"title":"Because everyone is required by law today to talk about the iPad &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 27-Jan-10 5:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's what I have to say about Apple's new iPad: 1.\u00a0 I don't see a need for it in my life.\u00a0 No, really -- my Real Computer Usage demands a keyboard -- not a virtual keyboard, not a pluggable keyboard, but a real keyboard.\u00a0 My Portable Computer Usage demands a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hi-Tech&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27169,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/20\/apple-kool-aid.html","url_meta":{"origin":16582,"position":4},"title":"Apple Kool-Aid","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 20-Mar-12 10:31am","format":false,"excerpt":"Though, to be fair, the same is true for almost any technological product (PCs, smartphones, automobiles). It's just that Apple seems to have a much more ... fanatical following. #ddtbReshared post from +Helena BertinelliAlthough I am a proud Apple owner, I have to agree...It is like that. 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