Five Live Links http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five_archive/ Informative, entertaining or downright odd? Hopefully all three. Five new links are added every day. en comments@hopstudios.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-07T02:44:05+00:00 http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five_archive/http://www.hopstudios.com/images/hoprssfeed150.jpgHop StudiosThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. OpenOfficeMouse: The 18-Button Mouse designed and for sale by by OpenOffice.org http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5697/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5697/ http://openofficemouse.com/pr110609.html

This is not a joke. This is everything that's wrong about open source -- not that there isn't lots that's right, too...

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The sad part, is that they people USING these believe in them.

]]> 2009-11-05T01:05:54+00:00 Pet cat in Iowa got sick, tested positive for swine flu #h1n1 http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5693/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5693/ http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5A33ZG20091104

Dog people are going to have a field day with this.

]]> 2009-11-04T19:28:36+00:00 Local Tofino surfer Peter Devries wins a Tofino-hosted int’l Surfing Professionals World Tour event http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5689/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5689/ http://thetyee.ca/Life/2009/11/02/SurfingChamp/?utm_source=mondayheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=021109

Very much a "local boy does good" story.

]]> 2009-11-02T23:57:06+00:00 Supernatural Collective Nouns: host of angels, tournament of predators, drove of elves http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5688/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5688/ http://wondermark.com/566/

Superb list, and so appropriate for tonight!

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And, he lives the results of it every day.

]]> 2009-11-01T00:47:59+00:00 New city liquor bylaw may limit sale of expensive wines in Vancouver restaurants http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5683/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5683/ http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/city liquor bylaw limit sale fine wines Vancouver restaurants/2148148/story.html#at

Unintended consequences of lame liquor laws.

]]> 2009-10-30T00:52:49+00:00 Storm Brewing in Vancouver http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5682/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5682/ http://www.stormbrewing.org/?page_id=3

Good beer. Good name.

]]> 2009-10-30T00:50:09+00:00 Review: World’s Largest Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (Candy Blog) http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5681/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5681/ http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/worlds_largest_reeses_peanut_butter_cups/

Remember, it's not the size of the cup.

]]> 2009-10-29T23:59:30+00:00 Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Vaccination Shots Endangers Us All http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5679/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5679/ http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience/all/1

Wired's take on the flu shot "controversy". Money quote: "I used to say that the tide would turn when children started to die. Well, children have started to die."

]]> 2009-10-29T22:01:34+00:00 The French are the most productive people, but work 300 hours less / year than Canadians http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5678/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5678/ http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=1253

They work 1600 hours per year and have 28 days vacation. We work 1900 hours and have 15 days off. Booooo.

]]> 2009-10-29T06:27:44+00:00 Happiness Hat: It Pokes Your Head with a Spike If You’re Not Smiling http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5677/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5677/ http://gizmodo.com/5391968/the-happiness-hat-will-spike-your-skull

Frankly, I think this is a fabulous idea, and I know the first person I'd make wear it. And the second.

]]> 2009-10-28T22:28:05+00:00 Daring U.S. Chamber of Commerce hoax exposes limits of instant journalism http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5676/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5676/ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/713670--daring-hoax-exposes-limits-of-instant-journalism

Prankster pulls a coup.

]]> 2009-10-28T00:20:17+00:00 $7,100: The median price of a home in Detroit, July 2009 (That’s not a typo) http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5675/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5675/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125390841258341665.html

Woah.

]]> 2009-10-27T21:26:30+00:00 In Bella Coola Valley, “problem bears’ are killed twice as often as hunted bears http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5674/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5674/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/in-bcs-wilderness-where-the-wild-things-arent/article1337766/

In other words, people who kill a bear that's "threatening them" is the leading source of bear deaths.

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