{ "date":"2010-02-23", "blurb":"", "author":"Curtis Lassam", "top10": [ { "title":"10 Reasons I Avoid Talking on the Phone", "link":"http://theoatmeal.com/comics/phone", "body":"This man seems to hate talking on the phone almost as much as I do. Almost. ", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"The Nonprogramming Programmer", "link":"http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/02/the-nonprogramming-programmer.html", "body":"Jeff Atwood manages to make you feel special just for knowing how to code, even though that's ridiculous. You know he's full of shit, but 'you're great just for knowing how to code' is so easy to sell that it could sell itself.", "category":"Programming" }, { "title":"JSLint: Use it!", "link":"http://www.antipode.ca/2010/more-jslint-less-jswtf/", "body":"Allen advocates automation, alliteratively, as an alligator attacks arbitrary aunts.", "category":"Programming" }, { "title":"Validated", "link":"http://nedroid.com/2010/02/ridiculous-beliefs/", "body":"Oh Beartato. Also? The alternate comic is almost better than the original comic.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Presentation", "link":"http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-02-22/", "body":"I've been to presentations like this.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"CEASE!", "link":"http://www.10e20.com/blog/2009/09/09/what-you-can-learn-about-social-media-from-mc-hammer/", "body":"IT IS THE TIME FOR THE HAMMER.", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"Tablet", "link":"http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/2/22/game/", "body":"See, this is why I'm willing to kill entire families to get my hands on an expensive Wacom 21UX. This is just an awesome use for such technology.", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"Smile", "link":"http://www.threepanelsoul.com/view.php?date=2010-02-22", "body":"Let a smile be your umbrella! Wait, a smile is a terrible shape for an umbrella. ", "category":"Comics" }, { "title":"London Issues Self Parking Tickets", "link":"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/22/london-councils-issu.html", "body":"People think that Islington is crazy for issuing itself parking tickets, and then fighting them in court. The court was certainly baffled, after begrudgingly awarding Islington a judgement forcing Islington to pay Islington a certain amount of money. Honestly, I think that traffic laws should be enforced, regardless of the parker- even if it leads to a city fighting it's own parking tickets. ", "category":"Tech" }, { "title":"Not What I Ordered", "link":"http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/02/wrecking-by-book.html", "body":"These cakes are so far from the cakes promised by the 'cake book' that, if they weren't refunds, the cakeries should be forever shamed.", "category":"Cakes" } ] }