{"id":19049,"date":"2010-10-30T17:31:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T23:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/unblogged-bits-sat-30-oct-10-1731.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T11:37:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T17:37:07","slug":"unblogged-bits-sat-30-oct-10-1731","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/unblogged-bits-sat-30-oct-10-1731.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Sat. 30-Oct-10 1731)"},"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\/sBNWOy0aixw\/\">Microsoft Shifts From Silverlight to HTML5<\/a> &#8211; Good for them.  And smart.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/hfpnus1gqxs\/\">5 Ways a Google Nexus Two Could Break Carrier Control<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;825 Mbps over a distance of 400 meters of bonded copper lines and 750 Mbps over a distance of 500 meters&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/PPLndf0HQAQ\/transparent-hole-punch-makes-too-much-sense-for-this-cruel-world\">Transparent Hole Punch Makes Far Too Much Sense For This Cruel World  [Concepts]<\/a> &#8211; Genius.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/tAkVClkYt3U\/companies_enslaved_ie6_no_hurry_upgrade_windows_7\">Companies Enslaved to IE6 in No Hurry to Upgrade to Windows 7<\/a> &#8211; While it was initially MS&#8217;s fault for putting out such a non-standard browser, I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s their responsibility to maintain that deviance in some fashion so that companies can migrate to something that will actually keep them safer (the companies are, themselves, guilty for getting in bed with or developing other software that was dependent on those non-standard IE6 features).  Hopefully everyone will learn a lesson (and the Internet won&#8217;t collapse in the meantime).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/i0Qcqw7wMV8\/\">Palin\u2019s Facebook Wall: PWNED<\/a> &#8211; Okay, that&#8217;s kind of funny.  Certainly not nice, but funny.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/525bHYzZFfA\/\">Costume Test Photos from Tim Burton\u2019s Failed \u2018Superman Lives\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Well, no weirder than &#8220;Electric superman.&#8221; In fact &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/HW7Kh3ABLNQ\/sarah-palin-calls-joe-miller-a-lost-cause-quotes-skopes-monkey-trial-attorney.php\">Sarah Palin Calls Joe Miller A Lost Cause, Quotes Scopes Monkey Trial Attorney | TPMDC<\/a> &#8211; Thanks, Sarah!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/4bZ5Y14sR2o\/angle-to-reporter-ill-answer-questions-when-im-the-senator-video.php\">Angle To Reporter: I&#8217;ll Answer Questions &#8216;When I&#8217;m The Senator&#8217; (VIDEO) | TPMDC<\/a> &#8211; Plus, she&#8217;s a class act ready to retribute against anyone who asks her questions she doesn&#8217;t want to answer!  She&#8217;s perfect for the Senate!<\/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;. Microsoft Shifts From Silverlight to HTML5 &#8211; Good for them. And smart. 5 Ways a Google Nexus Two Could Break Carrier Control &#8211; &#8220;825 Mbps over a distance of 400 meters of bonded copper lines and 750 Mbps over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/unblogged-bits-sat-30-oct-10-1731.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Sat. 30-Oct-10 1731)&#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_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_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":[11,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-comics","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49412,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/29\/broadbanded-no-longer.html","url_meta":{"origin":19049,"position":0},"title":"Broadbanded no longer","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 29-Jan-15 1:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Add \"Comcast\" to that boat. 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