{
	"date":"2010-01-25",
	"blurb":"As with all software launches, even the tiny little ones, I have more features to add after launch then I had before. Ah well, it's fun.  Maybe a little bit too fun, though - I'm finding it hard to concentrate on *work* work.",
	"author":"Curtis Lassam",
	"top10":
	[
		{
		"title":"The Helvetica Scenario", 
		"link":"http://beverlyhsu.com/cookies.html",
		"body":"Look! Helvetica shapped cookies! Mmm, 'a'.",
		"category":"Design"
		},
		{
		"title":"Chug Chug", 
		"link":"http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/100125.html",
		"body":"REFILL. YES.",
		"category":"Comics."
		},
		{
		"title":"CSS3 Visual Effects", 
		"link":"http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/25/the-new-hotness-using-css3-visual-effects/",
		"body":"Here are a variety of visual effects that can be accomplished with the new and mostly-implemented CSS3 directives.",
		"category":"Programming"
		},
		{
		"title":"Organic Transistors: Neat", 
		"link":"http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=66617&CultureCode=en",
		"body":"Come on, come on, one step closer to brain-in-a-jar, come on, come on.",
		"category":"Tech"
		},
		{
		"title":"Fuck Flash, H.264 Is The Future", 
		"link":"http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash",
		"body":"John Gruber talks about why Apple hates Flash: Because they don't own it, of course.  He thinks that Apple, Safari, and YouTube are visionaries for moving forward with HTML5 and H.264, moving towards an open standard, and heaps scorn on FireFox for staying behind the times.",
		"category":"Tech"
		},
		{
		"title":"Fuck H.264, Theora Is The Future", 
		"link":"http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/2010/01/html5-video-and-h-264-what-history-tells-us-and-why-were-standing-with-the-web/",
		"body":"Where this gets confusing is that Mozilla (Firefox) refuses to adopt H.264 because, while it's open, it's also covered by a patent, which brings the question of licensing fees.  It's the **gif** file format all over again!  Of course, that forces Mozilla to settle on the open Ogg Theora and Ogg Vorbis video and audio encodings, and I applaud that.",
		"category":"Tech"
		},
		{
		"title":"Poking The Big Stupid Homeopathy Bear", 
		"link":"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/01/25/alt-med-purveyors-show-their-true-colors/",
		"body":"Nothing I enjoy more than people tweaking purveyors of anti-vax and alternative medicine. Heh heh.",
		"category":"SCIENCE!"
		},
		{
		"title":"Alternate Autobiography", 
		"link":"http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1639",
		"body":"T-Rex explores an alternate autobiography, where he is purple. Also? A punchline. ",
		"category":"Comics"
		},
		{
		"title":"Potater Details", 
		"link":"http://www.curtis.lassam.net/?p=1042",
		"body":"This is how Potater works. Ridiculous. ",
		"category":"Programming"
		},
		{
		"title":"This Is Canadian Politics", 
		"link":"http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/01/25/burlington-shea-pie-100125.html?ref=rss",
		"body":"This_ is the *best picture in the world*. If I ever need to explain Canadian politics to a foreigner, this is the picture that I want to use. It's a proud Canadian tradition, even if the person responsible is a PETA crazy.\n\n.. _This: http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/01/25/pie-fisheries-cbc-300-100125.jpg\n",
		"category":"Canada"
		}
	]
}