{"id":21038,"date":"2011-05-15T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T23:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/15\/unblogged-bits-sun-15-may-11-1730.html"},"modified":"2011-05-15T17:30:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T23:30:36","slug":"unblogged-bits-sun-15-may-11-1730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/15\/unblogged-bits-sun-15-may-11-1730.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Sun. 15-May-11 1730)"},"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. Top 10 Awesome Android Features that the iPhone Doesn’t Have – Lifehacker<\/a> – Flagged for future refereence …<\/li>\n
  2. Does asbestos mean something different in Quebec than it does everywhere else? [The Pump Handle]<\/a> – I’m sure there’s still some use for asbestos somewhere … but I suspect it is far more limited than the government of Quebec is touting.<\/li>\n
  3. Realism in UI Design | UX Magazine<\/a> – I don’t deal with many programs that go too simple in their icons (though sometimes the icon being used is confusing as to what it actually means). But, yeah, I deal with a number of applications that use far-too-detailed and -specific icons for “home,” etc. Just because it looks pretty doesn’t mean a better user experience.<\/li>\n
  4. Mike Huckabee won\u2019t run for president in 2012 – The Fix – The Washington Post<\/a> – It sounds like it was the right decision for him. I had no desire to see a President Huckabee — but compared to the other folks tossing their hats in the ring, he was a relative gem.<\/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 …. Top 10 Awesome Android Features that the iPhone Doesn’t Have – Lifehacker – Flagged for future refereence … Does asbestos mean something different in Quebec than it does everywhere else? [The Pump Handle] – I’m sure there’s still some … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Sun. 15-May-11 1730)”<\/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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21038","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":49516,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/07\/kitchen-project-yay-for-no-asbestos-in-the-existing-inside-ceiling-and-wall-materials-kitchenproject.html","url_meta":{"origin":21038,"position":0},"title":"Kitchen Project: Yay for No Asbestos in the Existing Inside Ceiling and Wall Materials! #kitchenproject","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 7-Feb-15 11:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"Kitchen Project: Yay for No Asbestos in the Existing Inside Ceiling and Wall Materials! #kitchenproject View on Twitter","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11865,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/16\/the_road_goes_ever_on_exc.html","url_meta":{"origin":21038,"position":1},"title":"The Road Goes Ever On … except this Spring","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 16-Jan-08 3:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A big chunk of County Line Rd. -- one I use regularly on my commute home, to avoid some freeway congestion and the annoyances of the Quebec exit and associated...","rel":"","context":"In "Job Jollies"","block_context":{"text":"Job Jollies","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/job-jollies"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5199,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/16\/words_mean_thin.html","url_meta":{"origin":21038,"position":2},"title":"Words mean things","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Oct-03 3:15pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Under the National Post headline \"GM finds out LaCrosse not just a team sport in Quebec\": General Motor's plans to rechristen the Canadian-built Buick Regal passenger car as the Buick...","rel":"","context":"In "Big Business"","block_context":{"text":"Big Business","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/big-business"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7112,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/26\/props_where_pro.html","url_meta":{"origin":21038,"position":3},"title":"Props where props are due","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 26-Oct-04 9:15pm","format":false,"excerpt":"To the folks at Tile for Less on County Line Road and Quebec, for their flexibility and reasonable pricing in cutting tile. 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