{"id":16902,"date":"2010-03-14T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-sun-14-mar-2010-301pm.html"},"modified":"2010-03-14T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T19:01:06","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-sun-14-mar-2010-301pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-sun-14-mar-2010-301pm.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Sun, 14 Mar 2010,  3:01PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/s6ifAYvzS88\/lake-mead-drought.html\">Lake Mead Drought<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/CcRLWnX0ah4\/plastic_plywood_substitute.html\">Plastic plywood substitute<\/a> &#8211; If the amount of recycled material indicated is true, and it&#8217;s both cost and energy-efficient, then this could be pretty darned useful.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/luhtDK9XdT4\/better-controls-for-buzz-in-your-inbox.html\">Better controls for buzz in your inbox<\/a> &#8211; Nice to see additional tuning and customization for this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/fbr9Lygak1U\/conspire.gif\">Let&#8217;s conspire against Tom!<\/a> &#8211; Sometimes it does seem that way &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/B-ozT1TrRts\/\">The Big Picture \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb An Epidemic of Laziness?<\/a> &#8211; Perhaps the GOP who make the &#8220;all those folks on unemployment insurance are just lazy bums&#8221; claims figure they&#8217;re not likely to get those votes anyway.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/BIsB90hsiQg\/11275\">mental_floss Blog \u00bb Amazing 70-Year-Old Color Photos<\/a> &#8211; Color photos of the black-and-white past are always remarkable to see.   Bonus: one of my favorite &quot;Calvin &amp; Hobbes&quot; strips.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/P1q_h1GXT54\/insider-republican-dirty-tricks-machine-targeting-grass-roots-constitutionalists.html\">Insider: Republican Dirty Tricks Machine Targeting Grass Roots Constitutionalists<\/a> &#8211; Tea Partiers &#8211; persecuted victims of neocon dirty tricks? Or paranoid bunch of nutcases?  Or perhaps both &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/EfcpIQlEMNU\/\">Your Focus is Under Attack by Facebook\u2019s Latest Re-design \u00ab RescueTime Blog<\/a> &#8211; Some self-serving recommendations, but some nice analysis on FB&#8217;s evolutions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/U-I00No3qFU\/\">Catholic Health Group Accepts Abortion Language in Reform Bill &#8212; Politics Daily<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/UFYMLa1RPUk\/fawning-political-interviews-have-ruined-american-politics\">Fawning Political Interviews Have Ruined American Politics &#8211; sarah palin &#8211; Gawker<\/a> &#8211; Spot on. Journalism today, for the most part, seems to be more about getting the big interview and access to the rich and powerful &#8212; which means not aggravating them with inconvenient questions.  Result: softball interviews that serve as speeches and PR releases for the pols in question.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/UFYMLa1RPUk\/fawning-political-interviews-have-ruined-american-politics\">Fawning Political Interviews Have Ruined American Politics &#8211; sarah palin &#8211; Gawker<\/a> &#8211; Spot on. Journalism today, for the most part, seems to be more about getting the big interview and access to the rich and powerful &#8212; which means not aggravating them with inconvenient questions.  Result: softball interviews that serve as speeches and PR releases for the pols in question.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/UFYMLa1RPUk\/fawning-political-interviews-have-ruined-american-politics\">Fawning Political Interviews Have Ruined American Politics &#8211; sarah palin &#8211; Gawker<\/a> &#8211; Spot on. Journalism today, for the most part, seems to be more about getting the big interview and access to the rich and powerful &#8212; which means not aggravating them with inconvenient questions.  Result: softball interviews that serve as speeches and PR releases for the pols in question.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/UFYMLa1RPUk\/fawning-political-interviews-have-ruined-american-politics\">Fawning Political Interviews Have Ruined American Politics &#8211; sarah palin &#8211; Gawker<\/a> &#8211; Spot on. Journalism today, for the most part, seems to be more about getting the big interview and access to the rich and powerful &#8212; which means not aggravating them with inconvenient questions.  Result: softball interviews that serve as speeches and PR releases for the pols in question.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/GDnfdVWpBAY\/\">Scientific evidence of popular supplements visualized \u00bb Nutritional Blogma &#8211; Discussing New Research &amp; Conventional Nutrition Dogma<\/a> &#8211; A very interesting visualization.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/zYsKn7KxEF0\/otter-methods-of-transportation\">Otter Methods Of Transportation [Ticket To Ride]<\/a> &#8211; TEH CUTE!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/ucIKi_uoCpk\/alive-bent-objects-on-wire.html\">Alive Bent Objects on Wire<\/a> &#8211; Fun.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/-s5yf5vtHxI\/\">Coconut Crabs: Nature\u2019s Worst Thing on Moar Rawr<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of &#8217;em!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/Cbp1hKvEa2E\/article.php\">World Record House of Cards<\/a> &#8211; Cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/VYXQjBSytik\/faith-based-restriction-prevents.html\">Faith-Based Restriction Prevents Volunteer From Being Hired In Federally Funded Program<\/a> &#8211; Your tax dollars at work! (Or, rather, not at work, but praying at work &#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/hAO1mSAi6nc\/\">Hitler Without A Mustache [PIC]<\/a> &#8211; That&#8217;s actually very interesting.  In some ways, the mustache has become so iconic that it&#8217;s impossible to see the man behind it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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;. Lake Mead Drought Plastic plywood substitute &#8211; If the amount of recycled material indicated is true, and it&#8217;s both cost and energy-efficient, then this could be pretty darned useful. Better controls for buzz in your inbox &#8211; Nice to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-sun-14-mar-2010-301pm.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Sun, 14 Mar 2010,  3:01PM&#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-16902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}