{ "date":"2010-01-29", "blurb":"Between this potater, development of a new project, maintenance of an old project, and the occasional food/shower/exercise/sleep, I am a busy dude.", "author":"Curtis Lassam", "top10": [ { "title":"Presidential Q&A", "link":"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35147797#35147797", "body":"Republicans ask the American President a number of questions. Asses are handed out liberally.", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Deconfliction", "link":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g39xIewgGaM", "body":"Hee hee. This is a funny clip, and it's not trying to make any sort of political statement.", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Spirit", "link":"http://xkcd.com/695/", "body":"This makes me sad, and then I feel stupid for feeling sad about an inanimate object. Remember that IKEA commercial - do you feel sad for the little lamp? That is because you are *crazy*. The new lamp is much better.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Games to Get", "link":"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/29/introducing-the-boin-1.html", "body":"BoingBoing presents a list of Games to Get. Neat.", "category":"Gaming" }, { "title":"Iceholes", "link":"http://lovegoodbeer.com/2010/01/colbert-can-suck-an-rb-icehole-lager/", "body":"A local brewery has produced an Icehole lager in response to Colbert calling Canadians 'iceholes'. Now you, too, can suck on an icehole.", "category":"Vancouver" }, { "title":"The PETA files", "link":"http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/01/29/nl-seal-pie-012910.html?ref=rss", "body":"In response to a Canadian fisheries minister getting pied in the face by PETA, earlier, a radio station has pied a PITA member in the face. A proud Canadian tradition indeed.", "category":"Canada" }, { "title":"Hark!", "link":"http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=242", "body":"Sometimes, book covers don't a lot of sense out of context.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Scales", "link":"http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347", "body":"Here we have a flash animation that allows you to explore the sizes of things, on a quantum-to-galaxy scale. ", "category":"SCIENCE!" }, { "title":"FUSION!", "link":"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/01/29/national-ignition-facility-warm-up-successful-next-step-fusion-tests/", "body":"Look, I don't care. Fusion. Fusion power. So cool.", "category":"SCIENCE!" }, { "title":"Football", "link":"http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/01/as-we-fumble-along.html", "body":"I laughed so hard at these cakes.", "category":"Cake" } ] }