{"id":219,"date":"2008-12-12T20:26:53","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T20:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/12\/12\/fun-stuff-and-oddities-december-12-2008\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:48:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:48:10","slug":"fun-stuff-and-oddities-december-12-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/12\/12\/fun-stuff-and-oddities-december-12-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Stuff and Oddities – December 12, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Amused\" Mood:<\/strong> Amused ]<\/strong>
[<\/strong> \"Listening Currently:<\/strong> Listening to CBC Radio ]<\/strong>
For many, many years I have been sending out a weekly list of wierd and wonderful links to friends and family. So when I saw Matthew Bey’s latest blog entry<\/a>, I was inspired to share them here. I will in no way be as witty as him, but never the less, here I go.<\/p>\n

Who Owns What – This is a dizzying diagram<\/a> of media ownership in the US.<\/p>\n

Dog Can’t Get Out – Ahhhhhhh – there’s a forcefield<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Dog Risks Life to Save That of a Friend – Touching<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s Apples\u2026 Talk About Geek Fruit – Way, way too much time on their hands<\/a><\/p>\n

Atlas of True Names – Just very cool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Holland Puts a New Spin on Old Technology to Combat Climate Change – This was a plot<\/a> on Coronation Street like three years ago. No, reallly!<\/p>\n

Shave the Date – There are no words. Slightly NSFW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wild African Cream – On my Christmas list<\/a>. Guess why? No, not the booze.<\/p>\n

Scientists extract images directly from brain – Soon you will not be able to lie to your partner about what you are really thinking about<\/a>. You have been warned.<\/p>\n

The Great Chess Doping Scandal – Yes, you just read that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boy, 3, with cerebral palsy can keep his pony – Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. I get a lot of my links from the board and other blogs here. I will try and remember to delete them from this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[  Mood: Amused ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]For many, many years I have been sending out a weekly list of wierd and wonderful links to friends and family. So when I saw Matthew Bey’s latest blog entry, I was inspired … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n