{"id":3237,"date":"2005-04-01T18:28:04","date_gmt":"2005-04-02T02:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/01\/boring-area-guide\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T11:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T19:02:59","slug":"boring-area-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/01\/boring-area-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Boring Area Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8576,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.boingboing.net\\\/2005\\\/03\\\/31\\\/boring_boring_awesom.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/boingboing.net\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8577,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/boringboring.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310140932\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.boringboring.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/boringboring.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 10:38:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 06:41:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 06:41:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>These things pop up from time to time, but I still find them amusing.<\/p>\n<p>Today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2005\/03\/31\/boring_boring_awesom.html\" title=\"Boing Boing: Awesome April Fool's parody of Boing Boing\">Boing Boing pointed to<\/a> the masterfully-done parody of their site, <a href=\"http:\/\/boringboring.org\/\" title=\"Boring Boring\">Boring Boring<\/a>. Reading it in my newsreader, I was treated to the following automatically-generated ad after their post (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2005\/04\/graphics\/boringareaguide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2005\/04\/graphics\/boringareaguide-tm.jpg\" height=\"73\" width=\"450\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Boring Area Guide\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Sixteen Bit Suicide%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Sixteen Bit Suicide' on the iTMS\">Sixteen Bit Suicide<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCranium HF%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Cranium HF on the iTMS\">Cranium HF<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FalbumTerm=Disco Death Race 2000%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Disco Death Race 2000 on the iTMS\">Disco Death Race 2000<\/a><\/em> (1996, 5:53).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Boing Boing pointed to the masterfully-done parody of their site, Boring Boring. 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