{ "date":"2010-02-03", "blurb":"Ugh. It's late. I'm tired. Nothing good accomplished today. Yesterday I did cool things. Today has been a lot of staring into bright lights and going YURRRRR. Less of today, more of yesterday. ", "author":"Curtis Lassam", "top10": [ { "title":"McGovernment", "link":"http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/supreme_court_allows", "body":"Like most Onion articles, all of the meat is in the headline, so I'm not going to ruin it for you.", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Gift Cards", "link":"http://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/02/reprimand-for-judge-who-ordered-gift-card-payment.html", "body":"A Los Angeles judge has been censured for ordering that a... well, just read the article. ", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Mechanical Gear Ring", "link":"http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/gear-ring-is-like-mechanical-catnip-to-nerds/", "body":"Oh man, I want this ring and I want it bad. It's calling out to me even now.", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Anonymity", "link":"http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/02/anonymity_and_t_3.html", "body":"It's impossible to enact perfect authentication on the internet, and foolish to try.", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"Unicorns", "link":"http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/2/3/questionable-many-levels/", "body":"This is so right, in a creepy sort of way.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Ayn Rand", "link":"http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?action=print&id=2233966", "body":"Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No, says the man in Washington, it belongs to the poor. No, says the man in the Vatican, it belongs to God. No, says the man in Moscow, it belongs to everyone. ", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Two Small Men With Shifty Hands", "link":"http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/02/bc-twosmallmen.html", "body":"BC-based moving company Two Small Men With Big Hearts is under a lot of scrutiny for constantly losing and breaking precious items. *wildcard0* points out that moving companies without stuff-insurance are madness.", "category":"Vancouver" }, { "title":"Hunters & Farmers", "link":"http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/02/hunters-and-farmers.html", "body":"This is a bit of empty, meaningless journalistic fluff, and yet it still resonated with me.", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"What's With The Smile?", "link":"http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/100203.html", "body":"Sheldon takes the last-panel twist and makes it really *work* for the joke.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Werewolf", "link":"http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=243", "body":"Kate Beaton explores the idea of a werewolf.", "category":"Comics" } ] }