{"id":1736,"date":"2002-05-08T11:47:32","date_gmt":"2002-05-08T16:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2002-05-08T11:47:32","modified_gmt":"2002-05-08T16:47:32","slug":"whats_better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/08\/whats_better.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s better?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all of you who are fans of eye exams (“Which is better … number 1 … or number 2? Number 1 … or number 2?”) comes Whatsbetter.com<\/a>, which seeks to sort everything in its cosmos by the same binary choices. Of course, I don’t recognize half the pop culture choices it provides, but some of what I got to choose between included:<\/p>\n

Beer <\/i>or David Bowie in Boots<\/i>
\nBlur <\/i>or Capri Sun<\/i>
\nDoctor Theopolis <\/i>or Everquest<\/i>
\nAnimal Crackers <\/i>or Sponge Bob<\/i>
\nNothing <\/i>or Steve Urkel<\/i>
\nFuturama <\/i>or Network Card<\/i>
\nDog Crap <\/i>or Jay Leno<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

Hours of mindless fun.<\/p>\n

(Via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For all of you who are fans of eye exams (“Which is better … number 1 … or number 2? 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