{"id":718,"date":"2007-11-23T09:26:27","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T09:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/23\/a-little-distraction-for-a-friday\/"},"modified":"2007-11-23T20:16:59","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T20:16:59","slug":"a-little-distraction-for-a-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/23\/a-little-distraction-for-a-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"A little distraction for a Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/launchpad\/launchball\/' title='Launchpad screenshot'><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/launchpadscreenshot.png?w=840&#038;ssl=1' alt='Launchpad screenshot' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for something fun for a Friday afternoon?  Hard to beat the joys of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/launchpad\/launchball\/\">Launchball<\/a>!  This is an amazingly fun and clever little game, and I wasted all too many minutes going through the levels.  And it&#8217;s from the Science Museum just down the way in London.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t blame me for this distraction &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kjell_\/statuses\/429929732\">it&#8217;s all Kjell&#8217;s fault<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/computer-game\/\" title=\"computer game\">computer game<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/fun\/\" title=\"fun\">fun<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/museum\/\" title=\"museum\">museum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/science\/\" title=\"Science\">Science<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/09\/so-so-cool-looking-but-i-cant-play-yet\/\" title=\"So, so cool looking &#8212; but I can&#8217;t play yet! (9 Mar 08)\">So, so cool looking &#8212; but I can&#8217;t play yet!<\/a> (3)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/04\/06\/more-fun-with-skulls-in-london\/\" title=\"More fun (with skulls) in London (6 Apr 08)\">More fun (with skulls) in London<\/a> (1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for something fun for a Friday afternoon? Hard to beat the joys of Launchball! This is an amazingly fun and clever little game, and I wasted all too many minutes going through the levels. And it&#8217;s from the Science Museum just down the way in London. Don&#8217;t blame me for this distraction &#8211; it&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/23\/a-little-distraction-for-a-friday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A little distraction for a Friday&#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":[4,14],"tags":[120,121,64,866],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-bA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":794,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/02\/15\/darwin-dinosaurs-and-flesh-eating-beetles\/","url_meta":{"origin":718,"position":0},"title":"Darwin, dinosaurs, and flesh-eating beetles!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"15 Feb 08","format":false,"excerpt":"I realize that I'm fashionably late for Darwin Day (12 Feb), but I offer cool-scary dinosaur skeletons and flesh-eating beetles in apology! 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