{"id":9692,"date":"2006-05-10T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2006-05-10T07:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/05\/10\/zim.html"},"modified":"2006-05-10T00:01:08","modified_gmt":"2006-05-10T07:01:08","slug":"zim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/10\/zim.html","title":{"rendered":"Zim!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/images\/100px-Zim_scream.jpg\" height=\"161\" width=\"100\" title=\"Invader Zim!\"  \/><\/div>\n<p>Wikipedia has <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invader_Zim\" target=\"_blank\">a disturbing amount of <em>Invader Zim <\/em>information<\/a> on it.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I find Wikipedia to be a really valuable source of data.  For &#8220;controversial&#8221; stuff, <em>caveat lector <\/em>&#8212; though it&#8217;s kind of nice that one can simply be aware of that, vs. the implicit trust most people put in &#8220;real&#8221; media.<\/p>\n<p>But for geeky fun things like Zim, it&#8217;s sort of like going to a really nice, well-formatted, nicely considered fan site, without having to really Google for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia has a disturbing amount of Invader Zim information on it. Actually, I find Wikipedia to be a really valuable source of data. 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