{"id":1659,"date":"2008-08-01T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2008-08-01T12:46:06","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T12:46:06","slug":"links-list-08-01-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1659","title":{"rendered":"Links list: 08-01-08."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have so many different tabs open at the moment that I have to shut some down before I go insane.  So&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/07\/in_from_the_cold_the_novel_tha.html\"><i>The Guardian<\/i> on genre novels nominated for the Booker.<\/a>  Typical kerfuffle.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketbomber.com\/2008\/07\/27\/have-fun-digging-aka-the-illusionary-dollar-of-new-media\">The iffy business of comics to film.<\/a> Wise words.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB121218708445533979.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\">David Foster Wallace on John McCain.<\/a> (Hat tip to Kevin Smokler.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0729\/p01s06-ussc.html\">The <i>Christian Science Monitor<\/i> on comics in academia.<\/a> (Hat tip: Neil Gaiman.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2008\/07\/29\/microsoft-research-lab-opens-quietly-next-to-mit-director-says-intellectual-climate-like-dry-timber-waiting-to-ignite\/2\/\">Microsoft Research Lab opens up down the street.<\/a> Design, huh?  Hmmm.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/13\/travel\/13journeys.html?ex=1231992000&#038;en=bf99c6bbac4b26e0&#038;ei=5087&#038;WT.mc_id=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M053-OP-0708-PH&#038;WT.mc_ev=click&#038;mkt=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M053-OP-0708-PH\"><i>NYT<\/i> on a lost world made by women &#150; in Belgium.<\/a> There&#8217;s a novel here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2008\/oxygen-0731.html\">MIT may have sussed solar power storage.<\/a> If true, this is <i>huge.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/arts_and_entertainment\/stage\/theatre\/article4317650.ece\">Patrick Stewart: from captain to Hamlet.<\/a> I&#8217;d kill to see that production.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/30\/us\/politics\/30law.html?hp\"><i>NYT<\/i> on Obama&#8217;s professorial days.<\/a> Sounds like a great class.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/31\/science\/31computer.html?_r=1&#038;hp&#038;oref=slogin\"><i>NYT:<\/i> workings of ancient computer discovered.<\/a> Older than steampunk: <i>Greekpunk.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theskyisfree.com\/\">Wormtooth Nation.<\/a> Amazing-looking case study in zero-budget filmmaking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have so many different tabs open at the moment that I have to shut some down before I go insane. So&#8230; The Guardian on genre novels nominated for the Booker. Typical kerfuffle. The iffy business of comics to film. Wise words. David Foster Wallace on John McCain. (Hat tip to Kevin Smokler.) The Christian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4e5QR-qL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}