{"id":5,"date":"2005-01-08T15:22:36","date_gmt":"2005-01-08T21:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/08\/2-of-many-cool-xmas-presents\/"},"modified":"2005-01-08T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2005-01-08T21:25:55","slug":"2-of-many-cool-xmas-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/08\/2-of-many-cool-xmas-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"2 (of many) cool Xmas presents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying out the Amazon plugin, so I figured I&#8217;d use it to put in a plug for two Christmas prezzies that are pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=manalangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B00025ETIM%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B00025ETIM%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B00025ETIM.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"Who Is This America\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, one of the many excellent CDs I got was Antibalas&#8217; <em>Who is this America<\/em>, which is seriously excellent.  Great Fela-Kuti-style afropop with wonderful (long) dance tunes with very cool political lyrics that Fela would have been proud of.  A definite keeper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=manalangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1594480001%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1594480001%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1594480001.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"The Kite Runner\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get so many books this year, mostly because I go <em>so<\/em> much music :-), but one book that&#8217;s looking really good is <em>The kite runner<\/em>.  I&#8217;m only about a quarter of the way through, but the first section  (in Afghanistan in the 70&#8217;s in the years before and in the early years of the Soviet occupation) is worth the price of admission alone.  I&#8217;m definitely looking forward to the rest of the novel.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying out the Amazon plugin, so I figured I&#8217;d use it to put in a plug for two Christmas prezzies that are pretty cool. First, one of the many excellent CDs I got was Antibalas&#8217; Who is this America, which is seriously excellent. Great Fela-Kuti-style afropop with wonderful (long) dance tunes with very cool &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/08\/2-of-many-cool-xmas-presents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2 (of many) cool Xmas presents&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[8,2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/02\/11\/bills-and-laws-are-available-in-xml-format\/","url_meta":{"origin":5,"position":0},"title":"Bills and laws are available in XML format","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"11 Feb 05","format":false,"excerpt":"In doing some homework for the REAL ID Act for a class, I was reading the text of the bill at the Library of Congress's excellent Thomas site and discovered that the LoC has been making new bills available in XML format since Feb 2004. Pretty cool, eh? Less cool\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":648,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/09\/13\/a-very-long-distance-dedication\/","url_meta":{"origin":5,"position":1},"title":"A very long distance dedication","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"13 Sep 07","format":false,"excerpt":"I just heard Sage Francis's excellent \"Got up this morning\". This is not, in and of itself, terribly surprising, since I really love the song, and Sub-Evil Boy gave me the album (Human the death dance) for my birthday a few months ago. The cool part here was that I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":456,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/10\/gotta-love-internet-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":5,"position":2},"title":"Gotta love internet radio&#8230;","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"10 Feb 07","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm listening to Brainwashed radio on the prehistoric tangerine iBook in the kitchen while I'm making pancakes for the fam on this fine Saturday morning. Some excellent tunes have wandered by, including: Cabaret Voltaire - Here to Go [Extended Mx]. 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