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 2008 2008-12-04T23:27:00-08:00 Opinion piece: Same-sex marriage is too limiting http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4831/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4831/ http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-epstein4-2008dec04,0,902741.story

Poorly expressed, but interesting in the world view it highlights.

]]> 2008-12-05T00:27:00-08:00 Bacon recipes galore! http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4830/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4830/ http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/food/la-fo-bacon3-2008dec03,0,5812155.story

What a Christmas gift -- 6 pounds of bacon!

]]> 2008-12-05T00:24:00-08:00 Video: Squirrels dancing to Michael Jackson http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4828/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4828/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A2moFdM1Yo

It is what it says it is, that's for sure.

]]> 2008-12-03T11:39:00-08:00 This 103.08 TiAlN Urwerk looks like a nice watch http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4826/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4826/ http://www.urwerk.com/watches_103_08.asp

I wonder how many iPhones I could buy for the same price.

]]> 2008-11-30T08:15:00-08:00 An interesting charity angle: Menu for Hope http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4825/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4825/ http://www.chezpim.com/blogs/2007/11/menu-for-hope-4.html

I'd be interested in this.

]]> 2008-11-30T02:48:00-08:00 Time-lapse video of a guy sleeping, and the cat that pesters him all night long http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4824/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4824/ http://gunson.ca/blog/2008/11/28/friday-cat-blogging-oh-well-i-didnt-need-sleep-anyways/

Been there.

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The 3D stuff seems like overkill, but the other two things are really powerfully easy to use.

]]> 2008-11-28T01:53:01-08:00 Retired B.C. woman’s travel dream dashed by being on the U.S. no-fly list http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4818/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4818/ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/11/24/bc-noflylist.html?ref=rss

And she can't get her name removed. Awful story.

]]> 2008-11-28T01:29:01-08:00 Graph: 7 wonders of the modern world. http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4817/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4817/ http://thisisindexed.com/2008/11/7-wonders-of-the-modern-world/

Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? Ha!

]]> 2008-11-27T03:10:00-08:00 Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition site, runs in ExpressionEngine http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4816/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4816/ http://change.gov/

Cool!

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This probably has something to do with Rogers. Them being the devil, I mean..

]]> 2008-11-26T23:33:01-08:00 Susanne Klatten: the billionairess and her blackmailing gigalo http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4811/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4811/ http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article5225802.ece

It reads like the plot to an airplane novel. But it happened

]]> 2008-11-25T19:26:00-08:00 Why Are Christians Having Better Sex Than the Rest of Us? http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4810/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4810/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-25/the-christian-sexual-awakening/

Because God has a sense of humor.

]]> 2008-11-25T19:20:01-08:00 12,000 laptops go missing annually in airports, but 70% of those are turned in by good Samaritans http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4812/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4812/ http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9121338&source=NLT_CAR&nlid=5

Hard to believe.

]]> 2008-11-25T18:03:00-08:00 A javascript that makes an ASCII heart out of whatever word you pick http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4808/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4808/ http://ad1987.blogspot.com/2006/09/ascii-heart.html

Pretty .... cheesy, actually.

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