{ "date":"2010-01-31", "blurb":"Weekend roundup! A breakfast potater to greet you with your warm coffee and toasty breakfast when you get to work in the morning. I didn't post anything about the Amazon/Macmillan thing this weekend, because it was lame. In summary: Macmillan wants to charge hella money for digital books. Amazon thought 'no wai' and delisted them from their search. Macmillan was all 'uh uh' and started crazy rioting. Amazon capitulated, and by the end of the weekend nothing has changed in the slightest. Also, every tech blogger in the Western Hemisphere is currently pants-crappingly opinionated about the iPad- especially Flash on the iPad- but none of them are saying anything interesting or worthwhile.", "author":"Curtis Lassam", "top10": [ { "title":"Relationships", "link":"http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1591", "body":"The mystery is gone.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"CBC Fucks Up", "link":"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/30/canadian-broadcastin.html", "body":"Wait, don't we pay for CBC content?", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"Dog", "link":"http://gunshowcomic.com/d/20100125.html", "body":"This is a 6-comic series. It's... dog-like. And strange.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Cute Cakes", "link":"http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunday-sweets-cute-tastic.html", "body":"Do you think that I am posting too many cakes?", "category":"Cakes" }, { "title":"Why I Hate Modern Novels", "link":"http://exiledonline.com/exiles-why-i-hate-modern-novels/", "body":"Margaret Atwood ruins another life. ", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Disco InPhono", "link":"http://ethniceats.ca/2010/01/29/disco-pho/", "body":"Just the regular coverage of Vancouver eateries is super interesting to me.", "category":"Vancouver" }, { "title":"Noogie", "link":"http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1779", "body":"Little-known fact: Superman once had a sidekick named 'Jeremy'.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Strip", "link":"http://xkcd.com/696/", "body":"Every game of the Chairman's Game can be a game of Strip Chairman's Game, but let me tell you, I would probably rather take the penalty card.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Multiple Backgrounds & Multiple Background Gradients", "link":"http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/multiple-bg-css-gradients", "body":"Snook looks at some awesome things that you totally can't do with CSS3. CSS3 is such a tease.", "category":"Programming" }, { "title":"Clay Shirky on Information Overload vs. Filter Failure", "link":"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/31/clay-shirky-on-infor.html", "body":"Okay, so, based on this keynote by Clay Shirky, and a recent blog post by me_, I have come to the only reasonable conclusion: Through the power of the web, I have become Clay Shirky. Bow before my awesome power, fellow netizens! Bua-ha-ha! And as Clay Shirky Squared, I will ramble and refuse to get anywhere, but by the end of it you will still feel juiced. \n\n.. _me: http://www.curtis.lassam.net/?p=1047", "category":"Tech" } ] }