{"id":17811,"date":"2010-07-06T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T00:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/06\/unblogged-bits-tue-6-jul-10-2000.html"},"modified":"2010-07-06T18:00:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T00:00:42","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-6-jul-10-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/06\/unblogged-bits-tue-6-jul-10-2000.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 6-Jul-10 2000)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
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  1. The Roman Road Map\u2026<\/a> – That is amazingly cool.<\/li>\n
  2. Oil spill threatens Gulf shipwrecks<\/a> – Certainly not the worst thing the BP disaster has done, but one of a thousand other, smaller losses that we’ll never be able to tally the cost for.<\/li>\n
  3. Amazon\u2019s original Kindle patent could spell trouble for competitors<\/a> – I’m not a lawyer either, but I’m appalled something this generic (with plenty of fundamental precedent in fiction) could be awarded a patent.<\/li>\n
  4. Why Is The Mainstream Media Defending The Tea Party?: James Frye<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. 6 Things From History Everyone Pictures Incorrectly | Cracked.com<\/a> – Pyramids, Greeks, Ninjas, Jesus, Velociraptors … once again Cracked demonstrates how freaking educational it is.<\/li>\n
  6. A Little Photography Lesson – RLC July \/ 06 \/ 2010<\/a> – Ditto for you folks at sporting events.<\/li>\n
  7. Stephen Colbert Speaks With EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn: rebecca<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Arizona veterans group bans celebration of Cinco de Mayo.: Tanya Somanader<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Angle Compares Herself To Abraham Lincoln, Admits She \u2018Softened\u2019 Her Positions After The Primary<\/a> – Yes, the Softer, Kinder Sharron Angle, who’s suing to keep her old website from being seen.<\/li>\n
  10. Ugandan Gay Activist Found Decapitated And Dismembered<\/a> – A beheading? Must be those Mexicans!<\/li>\n
  11. The Reality Is That Many In GOP Support Israeli Settlements And Oppose Two-State Solution: M. Duss<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. After Grandstanding Against Stimulus And Race To The Top, Perry Scared Of Losing Federal Teacher Funds: Pat G.<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Canon Wonder Camera Concept promises single-lens perfection (video)<\/a> – Wow — wasn’t I just reading this morning that the camera as a separate gadget was already obsolete? Apparently not.<\/li>\n
  14. Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be | The Onion<\/a> – It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between The Onion and the rest of the world.<\/li>\n
  15. Boehner’s brand of ‘leadership’<\/a> – It’s either remarkable lack of leadership, or it’s being intentionally deceptive to the American public. Or maybe both.<\/li>\n
  16. Norton: I Wasn’t A Lobbyist, I Did ‘Member Education’ On Health Care | TPMMuckraker<\/a> – And I never inhaled!<\/li>\n
  17. When cynicism works<\/a> – The politics of obstructionism, sadly, seem to work. Especially when people are not informing themselves.<\/li>\n
  18. GOP lawyers fight to keep Angle’s public views secret<\/a> – Whatever happened to “and the truth shall set ye free”?<\/li>\n
  19. In Depth: 15 gadgets the smartphone killed<\/a> – There are several hits and misses here. For example, I used my new phone extensively and effectively as a camera during my recent vacation … but it’s still not as good, doesn’t have the physical zoom, nor the battery life, of my pocket digital camera. Smartphones can do a lot of things well; they also do a lot of things in a mediocre fashion due to form factor, etc. They make up for it, somewhat, in convenience, but they are not the only gadget you need in your life, by any means.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. The Roman Road Map\u2026 – That is amazingly cool. Oil spill threatens Gulf shipwrecks – Certainly not the worst thing the BP disaster has done, but one of a thousand other, smaller losses that we’ll never be able to … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Tue. 6-Jul-10 2000)”<\/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-17811","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":1220,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/02\/13\/click.html","url_meta":{"origin":17811,"position":0},"title":"Click","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 13-Feb-02 8:04pm","format":false,"excerpt":"BT claims it has a patent on hyperlinks. 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