{
	"date":"2010-01-27",
	"blurb":"I almost forgot about potatering today, I was so busy drawing up plans for potater softwares.",
	"author":"Curtis Lassam",
	"top10":
	[
		{
		"title":"Filtering", 
		"link":"http://www.curtis.lassam.net/?p=1047",
		"body":"I talk about reddit, RSS, and my ideas about the future of publishing - and the future of Potater.",
		"category":"Tech"
		},
		{
		"title":"Does Renting Make Sense?", 
		"link":"http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2010/01/27/does-renting-make-sense/",
		"body":"The common adage that buying is better than renting, that renting is just losing money - well, it might not always be as true as we think, and after the article yesterday about how Vancouver housing prices are among the highest in the world...",
		"category":"Finance"
		},
		{
		"title":"Memphis Blues BBQ", 
		"link":"http://ethniceats.ca/2010/01/27/memphis-blues-bbq/",
		"body":"Having eaten Memphis Blues, I can say that it's expensive, it's not as good as real at-home barbeque, but it's still worth it. Still, I can't wait for Boonies to open.",
		"category":"Vancouver"
		},
		{
		"title":"Flixel", 
		"link":"http://flixel.org/",
		"body":"Flixel is Actionscript libraries to aid development of Flash games. Neat.",
		"category":"Programming"
		},
		{
		"title":"How the Brain Works", 
		"link":"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/27/how-the-brain-works.html",
		"body":"John Cleese demonstrates that he is, in fact, a hilarious dude. The resulting frictation induces correspurdling blip-moltenizers but-uh, that all comes out of the crediselectripruniitsuplificiation which you will underlize in the professorcourse...",
		"category":"Misc"
		},
		{
		"title":"A zero-rupee note revolutionizes India", 
		"link":"http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/paying-zero-public-services",
		"body":"Apparently, if someone asks for a bribe and you hook him up with a zero-rupee note, he will be mollified. Probably. It's probably not a good idea to try to pay strippers with these, though.",
		"category":"Misc"
		},
		{
		"title":"The NDP Does Something Right", 
		"link":"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/26/canadian-mp-demands.html",
		"body":"A Canadian MP is probing into 'the secret copyright treaty', a whole pile of copyright negotiations going on behind closed doors with other countries to *do prickly things to our digital privacy.*",
		"category":"Tech"
		},
		{
		"title":"The Most Important Vote", 
		"link":"http://chainsawsuit.com/2010/01/27/dont-forget-to-vote/",
		"body":"This is how Kris Straub sees all other comics, and he's probably right. ",
		"category":"Comics"
		},
		{
		"title":"SKY-TRAAAAAAAAAIN", 
		"link":"http://www.wastedtalent.ca/index.php?view=443",
		"body":"Everybody in Vancouver has done this at least once or twice. Awesome.",
		"category":"Comics"
		},
		{
		"title":"The Once And Future Fish", 
		"link":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGqVn4tjCus",
		"body":"Did you know that 'Good Eats' is one of my favourite shows ever? In this full episode, Alton Brown talks about sustainable fishing, then shows you how to take small, cheap, sustainable fish and make FOODS out of them.  Also? A ceviche that seems utterly lacking in the 'spice' department - because while Mr. Brown may be witty and informative, his recipes tend to totally lack any of the hot hot heat.",
		"category":"Food"
		}
	]
}