{ "date":"2010-01-14", "blurb":"Inspired by Travis's response to some of my and Allen's ideas on the concept of information overload, I've decided to compile a top-ten of The Best Stuff That Happened In RSS Today. ", "author":"Curtis Lassam", "top10": [ { "title":"Gravity Ruler", "link":"http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/carry-on-flying-gravity-ruler-weighs-checked-luggage/", "body":"This cool device for measuring luggage on the fly would be neat to see in production.", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"Unladen Follow 2", "link":"http://www.antipode.ca/2010/unladen-follow-2-how-annoying-would-this-user-be/", "body":"Allen's up to no good, and you can use his tool to find out exactly how annoying your friends are.", "category": "Vancouver" }, { "title":"Nedroid Wakes You Up", "link":"http://nedroid.com/2010/01/no-more-parties/", "body":"Mariachi Bird should have his own TV show. I would watch it.", "category": "Comics" }, { "title":"XKCD Cheats at High-School Robotics", "link":"http://xkcd.com/689/", "body":"Is Randall Monroe too old for robots? Is anybody? No.", "category": "Comics" }, { "title":"Daring Fireball Eulogizes the Newton", "link":"http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/the_original_tablet", "body":"John Gruber is not a villain from Die Hard. That is Hans Gruber. Mr. Not-The-Villain talks about the failure of the Newton.", "category": "Web" }, { "title":"Dilbert on Focus Groups", "link":"http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2010-01-14/", "body":"They don't like us.", "category": "Comics" }, { "title":"What Comes After HTML 5?", "link":"http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/What_Comes_After_HTML5__Just_HTML", "body":"Scott Gilbertson talks about what's next after HTML 5. As it turns out, it's not HTML 6!", "category": "Web" }, { "title":"The Price of Sexual Silence: $7.50", "link":"http://carnalnation.com/content/45040/719/price-sexual-silence", "body":"Lilith talks about how her deaf students, in a wealthy, conservative area of the United States, have received sexual education so insufficient that they don't even know HOW BABBY IS FORMED.", "category":"News" }, { "title": "Hark, A Vagrant", "link":"http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=239", "body":"Do you remember Thundercats?", "category": "Comics" }, { "title": "First Person Tetris", "link": "http://www.firstpersontetris.com/", "body": "First Person Tetris - This dizzying version of tetris plays best in 'Night Mode' with the music on. It's a reminder of how addictive Tetris really is, with a mind-bending twist. Let me warn you, though, the Tetris God is a CRUEL and ANGRY god. ", "category": "Tech" } ] }