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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://rick.stavanja.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Rick.Stavanja.com : humor, current events</title><link>http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/humor/current+events/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: humor, current events</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>Link-O-Rama (December 2005)</title><link>http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/2005/12/31/Link_2D00_O_2D00_Rama.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0eaba301-c44b-4205-9e88-6c62f27733e4:4671</guid><dc:creator>Stavanja</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://rick.stavanja.com/comments/4671.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://rick.stavanja.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4671</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://rick.stavanja.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4671</wfw:comment><description>&lt;P&gt;Another month.&amp;nbsp; Another collection of links...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Sports/Packers/Racing&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/2002695377_turiaf21.html"&gt;Turiaf will play for Yakama Sun Kings&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?series=f1&amp;amp;id=2258866&amp;amp;campaign=rss&amp;amp;source=RPMHeadlines"&gt;Michelin to leave Formula One after 2006&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2273562&amp;amp;campaign=rss&amp;amp;source=NFLHeadlines"&gt;Favre unsure of future, wonders if Packers want him&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.packerscarpet.com/"&gt;Packers Carpet&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?series=irl&amp;amp;id=2259810&amp;amp;campaign=rss&amp;amp;source=RPMHeadlines"&gt;Toyota leaving IRL earlier than expected&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/2005-11-27-nfl-book-usat_x.htm"&gt;USATODAY.com - Business leadership book wins fans in NFL&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?series=irl&amp;amp;id=2265630&amp;amp;campaign=rss&amp;amp;source=RPMHeadlines"&gt;Michael Andretti set to drive in '06 Indy 500&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5989364.html"&gt;NBA to create huge digital archive CNET News.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;CAD/GIS/Mapping&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.spatialdatalogic.com/cs/blogs/brian_flood/archive/2005/12/13/163.aspx"&gt;Arc2Earth and ArcMap&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/12/18/433432.aspx"&gt;MapPoint - CSS Uploads with Zip and Chunking&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://viks.org/archives/2005/12/07/people-of-earth/"&gt;VirtualEarth Relocates&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Local/Regional&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://mtpeaceofmind.blogspot.com/2005/12/texan-moves-to-montana.html"&gt;Texan Moves to Montana&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://bigskyblog.com/?p=199"&gt;Big Sky Bloggers&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Current Events/Politics&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://wizbangblog.com/archives/007700.php"&gt;Hello? Mainstream Media??? Are You Awake?&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1133336859287360.xml"&gt;17th Street Canal levee was doomed&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/14/201055.shtml"&gt;Louis Farrakhan: Levees Were 'Blown Up'&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/29/051129134157.iq7vlpbg.html"&gt;Global warming set to hit Europe badly environment agency&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398"&gt;Failing ocean current raises fears of mini ice age&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/clinic/"&gt;FRONTLINE: the last abortion clinic&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.thankasoldierweek.com/"&gt;Thank A Soldier Week&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://officersclub.blogspot.com/2005/12/comic-book-flashbackforward.html"&gt;Comic Book Flashback-Forward - Sgt. Fury in Iraq&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://returnoftheconservatives.blogspot.com/2005/12/us-navy-unveils-newest-carrier-uss.html"&gt;US Navy unveils newest carrier- USS William Jefferson Clinton CVS1&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004008.htm"&gt;Michelle Malkin HOLLERING BACK AT JANEANE GAROFALO&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2005-11-30/news/feature_print.html"&gt;Craig$list.com - Can a Simple Website Bring Down the Traditional Newspaper Business Model?&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10272868/"&gt;When murder hits the blogosphere&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/"&gt;Congressional&amp;nbsp;Voting Database&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Programming/Computers&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dan/archive/2005/12/29/17703.aspx"&gt;msh+SMO&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/SecurityBriefs/default.aspx"&gt;Security Briefs Encrypting Without Secrets&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/12/jkontherun_excl.html"&gt;Details emerge about the DualCor cPC&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/11/29/431762.aspx"&gt;Killing the F-Lock on MS Keyboards (even under USB)&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://performancing.com/node/527"&gt;Interview: Rob Howard on blogging, leaving Microsoft, AJAX, VCs, Open Source&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/12/02/432062.aspx"&gt;localhost vs. (local) in SQL Server connection strings&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://demiliani.com/blog/archive/2005/12/23/3296.aspx"&gt;Outlook 12 will have RSS Subscriptions&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/dannychen/archive/2005/12/19/433523.aspx"&gt;Rendering a databound UL menu&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.technet.com/antimalware/archive/2005/12/01/415413.aspx"&gt;Windows OneCare Live Beta Available!&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://lab.mimoco.com/"&gt;mimoco - Designer USB Flash Drives&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/tag_formats_cant_we_all_just_get_along.php"&gt;Tag formats: Can't we all just get along&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/12/02/432063.aspx"&gt;The software market doesn't reward security, it just punishes perceived insecurity&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1837641"&gt;A photo tour of the Transparent Factory in Dresden&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://floatingpoint.typepad.com/pr_marketing_and_the_busi/2005/12/christmas_instr.html"&gt;Christmas Instructions for Engineers&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Science&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-12/eic-mdi112905.php"&gt;Most detailed image of the Crab Nebula&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://areo.info/mer/"&gt;PanCam true color images from Spirit and Opportunity Mars Exploration Rovers&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Off-the-Wall&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.rpi-polymath.com/ducttape/index.php"&gt;How To Make A Duct Tape Wallet&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/im-feeling-silly.html"&gt;Ever Wonder What Would Happen if You Bought 250 lbs. of Silly Putty?&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/24/celeb-spotting/"&gt;Satellite Photos of Celebrity Estates&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.santastars.com/"&gt;SantaStars.com - Christmas Lights in Your Neighborhood&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://yaf.org/press/12_21_05.html"&gt;The Dirty Dozen; America's Most Bizarre and Politically Correct College Courses&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.geekgorgeous.com/"&gt;The Geek Gorgeous Calendar featuring Women in Technology&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.evilwhiteguy.com/blog/archive/2005/12/07/3515.aspx"&gt;Here's Your Sign: Christmas Edition&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can see my complete bookmark archive at &lt;A href="http://del.icio.us/stavanja"&gt;my del.icio.us bookmarks page&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;tags: &lt;/EM&gt;&lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/links" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;links&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/montana" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;montana&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/programming" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;programming&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/asp.net" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;asp.net&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/packers" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;packers&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/racing" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;racing&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/iraq" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;iraq&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://technorati.com/tag/katrina" rel=tag&gt;&lt;EM&gt;katrina&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://rick.stavanja.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4671" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/current+events/default.aspx">current events</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/humor/default.aspx">humor</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/computers/default.aspx">computers</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/packers/default.aspx">packers</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/links/default.aspx">links</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/politics/default.aspx">politics</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/racing/default.aspx">racing</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/software/default.aspx">software</category></item><item><title>Is "Outrage Fatigue" the New Epidemic?</title><link>http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/2004/07/11/Is-_2200_Outrage-Fatigue_2200_-the-New-Epidemic_3F00_.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0eaba301-c44b-4205-9e88-6c62f27733e4:169</guid><dc:creator>Stavanja</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://rick.stavanja.com/comments/169.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://rick.stavanja.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=169</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://rick.stavanja.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=169</wfw:comment><description>From &lt;A href="http://www.theonion.com/" target=_blank&gt;The Onion&lt;/A&gt; -- &lt;A href="http://www.theonion.com/news/?issue=4027&amp;amp;n=3" target=_blank&gt;“Nation’s Liberals Suffering From Outrage Fatigue”&lt;/A&gt;&lt;img src="http://rick.stavanja.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=169" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/current+events/default.aspx">current events</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/humor/default.aspx">humor</category></item><item><title>More Brilliance From Dennis Miller</title><link>http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/2004/06/30/More-Brilliance-From-Dennis-Miller.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 03:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0eaba301-c44b-4205-9e88-6c62f27733e4:149</guid><dc:creator>Stavanja</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://rick.stavanja.com/comments/149.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://rick.stavanja.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=149</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://rick.stavanja.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=149</wfw:comment><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/cnbc-20040625000000-quotesforcnbcsq.html"&gt;Memorable quotes&lt;/A&gt; from last week's &lt;A href="http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/TV_Info/P72123.asp"&gt;Dennis Miller&lt;/A&gt; show on CNBC.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;P.S. -- Oh, and just for the record, I was one of the&amp;nbsp;silent masses that&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;liked&lt;/EM&gt; Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://rick.stavanja.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=149" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/current+events/default.aspx">current events</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/humor/default.aspx">humor</category><category domain="http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/tags/tv/default.aspx">tv</category></item></channel></rss>