{"id":1863,"date":"2008-01-25T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-jan-25-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-01-24T18:43:21","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T23:43:21","slug":"unrequired-reading-jan-25-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-jan-25-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Jan. 25, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linkitylinkitylink!<\/p>\n

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I’m the bomb<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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I wish<\/em> there was a Buddhist bomb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Subtraction guy steps down from escalation in the Apple TV living room war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This guy’s not thrilled about the new skinnyMac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This guy had to review it, which led to an interesting challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If you care about how businesses work, then you really oughtta read the first two parts of Jeff Matthews’ epic posts on Dairy Queen: part one<\/a>, part two<\/a>. The story has intrigue, high finance, and<\/em> the Blizzard!<\/p>\n

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Donald Pittenger doesn’t exactly get the In-N-Out Burger<\/a> phenomenon.<\/p>\n

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I’M STEPHEN A. SMITH AND THESE CHEESE DOODLES ARE FANTASTIC! I’LL BLOG ABOUT THEM!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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