{"id":3646,"date":"2009-03-20T05:55:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T09:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2009-03-20T05:55:55","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T09:55:55","slug":"unrequired-reading-march-20-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-march-20-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: March 20, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow! Look at the links!<\/p>\n

As if you didn’t know, newspapers are going out of business<\/a>. (Especially the ones that loaded up on debt to acquire more newspapers and other businesses.) No, they’re really dying<\/a>. Really! See<\/a>? But hey: we’ll always have journalism<\/a>, kid.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

My wife thinks I need to post this Sarah Palin, um, “fan fiction” link<\/a>. (So<\/em> NSFW) So there you go.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

It’s the ruins of Detroit<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

On deck: the ruins of Dubai<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Christoph Niemann: Cable operator<\/a><\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I once called Grant Morrison and got his answering machine. His Scottish accent was so thick, I thought I was on the set of Trainspotting<\/em>. I’m not sure how long it took to transcribe this interview with him<\/a>, but the line about “Morrissey Bizarro” made me laugh out loud.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

To quote Iain Banks, “The buggers have learned to fly<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow! 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