{ "date":"2010-02-10", "blurb":"I'm feeling sick, so I spent the day reading bad science fiction, drinking tea and eating soup. The whole Potater process was done very quickly, so if you don't like my links, take it up with the ol' rhinovirus. Also, more super-terse page titles, because I like doing things for exactly one week before abandoning them forever.", "author":"Curtis Lassam", "top10": [ { "title":"Bit", "link":"http://yangman.ca/blog/2010/02/10/never-underestimate-a-bit/", "body":"This story from Yang's blog is a *bit* longwinded (OHO pun!), but it gives you a look at how meticulous graphics coding can be. Yuck. I like my coding more like I like my womens - slow, bureaucratic, and astoundingly innacurate. Wait, where was I going with that? ", "category":"Programming" }, { "title":"Buzz", "link":"http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/google-buzz-in-gmail.html", "body":"Google has a new product. It's essentially Facebook's wall, but assumedly, because it was built by Google, it will be much better. Or it will be like Wave and suck hard. Who knows?", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"SCUBA", "link":"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html", "body":"I think that this image is more funny without supporting details.", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Lakes", "link":"http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/2/10/why-arent-we-coming-your-town/", "body":"Penny Arcade echoes sentiments about Minnesota that I've frequently voiced. ", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Lube", "link":"http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-02-09/", "body":"This comic captures the engineer mindset more than any other. ", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Hoth", "link":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinvg/tags/starwars/", "body":"An artist has done some retro (Zeerust!) posters featuring planets from Star Wars. ", "category":"Misc" }, { "title":"Acne", "link":"http://xkcd.com/700/", "body":"This comic really sneaks up on you. Then it belts you in the face.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Tin", "link":"http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2147-stewart-butterfields-resignation-letter", "body":"This was a resignation letter to Yahoo. Really very clever. ", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"Interview", "link":"http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Missing-Interview,-Infantile-Expectancies,--More.aspx", "body":"I still love thedailyWTF's interview tales.", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"Beaker", "link":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtBki0PsC0&feature=player_embedded", "body":"I really enjoy muppet-related content. Look up the ol' Muppet News Flash, Swedish Chef, or Muppet Labs sketches for fun times. But also, the fact that they are doing internet stuff now too is making me very happypants.", "category":"Misc" } ] }