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 2009-07-09T22:28:22+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. Slow Death by Rubber Duck http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5433/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5433/ http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307397126

Bad news for the Hop Studios brand... smile

]]> 2009-07-09T22:28:22+00:00 G�bekli Tepe: The Turkish Stonehenge that is revolutionizing pre-history http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5432/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5432/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe

It up-ends much of what we think we know about hunter-gatherers and the earliest foundations of society.

]]> 2009-07-09T21:45:05+00:00 United Airlines breaks singer’s guitar: He makes a music video about it http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5431/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5431/ http://patspapers.com/index.php/hidden-blog/1601-july-9-singer-gets-even-with-united-via-youtube.html?utm_source=Pat's Papers by e-mail&utm_campaign=15ebb5972d-papers_July_97_9_2009&utm_medium=email

And lo and behold, United offers to pay for his guitar. Great example of using social media to take on a huge company.

]]> 2009-07-09T16:49:57+00:00 Spain’s tradition of quality, gorgeous hand-made paper http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5430/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5430/ http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/travel/05heads.html?8dpc

Nifty.

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See slices of twitters in neat ways. I love the 'I love..." one.

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I would not want to meet one of these in an alley.

]]> 2009-07-08T17:22:31+00:00 The Imp of the Perverse - Why we blurt and flirt and act impulsively http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5427/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5427/ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/health/07mind.html?ref=science

Interesting New York Times article

]]> 2009-07-07T10:21:37+00:00 Bratdance: Video mashup of great dances from ‘80s brat pack movies http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5426/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5426/ http://informationnation.blogspot.com/2009/06/bratdance.html

A little long, but shorter than watching all the movies again.

]]> 2009-07-05T00:38:39+00:00 Happy 4th: Here’s the top 10 Explosions ever http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5425/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5425/ http://www.livescience.com/history/090517-Greatest-Exposions-1.html

I dunno. I'd probably have ranked them differently.

]]> 2009-07-05T00:05:07+00:00 What would happen if you lit 7000 sparklers at once? http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5424/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5424/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0H4GYxGx0Q

Well, for one thing, it would be COOL!

]]> 2009-07-05T00:03:42+00:00 Cabel’s annual trek to the crazy Vancouver, WA, fireworks stand is hilarious http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5423/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5423/ http://www.cabel.name/2009/07/yay-fireworks-2009.html

This year: photos and an HD video!

]]> 2009-07-04T23:58:51+00:00 About Michael Jackson’s closest photographers and fans http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5422/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5422/ http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/07/michael-jackson-photo200907

Really interesting article, with a new insight into MJ himself.

]]> 2009-07-04T09:26:03+00:00 Is Bicycling Bad for Your Bones? (Yes.) http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5421/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5421/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/is-bicycling-bad-for-your-bones/?em

Here's a neat news trick: For every news headline that asks a question, the answer is "Yes" but the copy editor is too chicken to say so.

]]> 2009-07-03T09:04:21+00:00 Jobless Rate Climbs to 9.5%, and lots of other nasty bad statistics http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5420/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5420/ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/business/economy/03jobs.html?hp

NYTimes, oh how you can make the day seem gloomy.

]]> 2009-07-03T09:02:11+00:00 The Frugal Pleasures of Paris in Summer http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5419/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/5419/ http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/travel/28frugalparis.html?ref=travel

The open paragraph describes the canal we lived three blocks from in the 10th A.

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