{"id":5833,"date":"2009-01-28T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:49:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:49:13","slug":"delicious-january-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/28\/delicious-january-27th\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for January 27th through January 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4535,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/27\\\/health\\\/27brod.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250910232154\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/27\\\/health\\\/27brod.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 10:41:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 14:03:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 14:03:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4536,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\\\/html\\\/nationworld\\\/2008681247_webdtv28.html?syndication=rss&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\\\/html\\\/nationworld\\\/2008681247_webdtv28.html?syndication=rss&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4537,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/djwudi\\\/status\\\/1152611053&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;pending&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4538,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.chroniclebooks.com\\\/index\\\/main,book-info\\\/store,books\\\/products_id,7847\\\/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.chroniclebooks.com\\\/index\\\/main,book-info\\\/store,books\\\/products_id,7847\\\/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4539,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/kilianvalkhof.com\\\/2008\\\/css-xhtml\\\/the-css3-not-selector&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kilianvalkhof.com\\\/2008\\\/css-xhtml\\\/the-css3-not-selector&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4540,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ci.kent.wa.us\\\/police\\\/index.aspx?id=1672&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20091018034244\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.ci.kent.wa.us:80\\\/police\\\/index.aspx?id=1672&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 10:41:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 10:41:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Sometime between January 27th and January 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/27\/health\/27brod.html\" title=\"Babies Know - a Little Dirt Is Good for You\">Babies Know &#8211; a Little Dirt Is Good for You<\/a>: &quot;&#39;What a child is doing when he puts things in his mouth is allowing his immune response to explore his environment,&#39; Mary Ruebush, a microbiology and immunology instructor, wrote in her new book, &#39;Why Dirt Is Good&#39; (Kaplan). &#39;Not only does this allow for &#39;practice&#39; of immune responses, which will be necessary for protection, but it also plays a critical role in teaching the immature immune response what is best ignored.&#39; One leading researcher, Dr. Joel V. Weinstock, said in an interview that the immune system at birth &#39;is like an unprogrammed computer. It needs instruction.&#39; He said that public health measures like cleaning up contaminated water and food have saved the lives of countless children, but they &#39;also eliminated exposure to many organisms that are probably good for us. Children raised in an ultraclean environment,&#39; he added, &#39;are not being exposed to organisms that help them develop appropriate immune regulatory circuits.&#39;&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/nationworld\/2008681247_webdtv28.html?syndication=rss\" title=\"Feb. 17 Digital TV Conversion Is Still on After House Vote\">Feb. 17 Digital TV Conversion Is Still on After House Vote<\/a>: &quot;Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12 &#8212; leaving the current Feb. 17 deadline intact for now.&quot; A very welcome bookend to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/djwudi\/status\/1152611053\">my grousing the other day<\/a>. The Feb. 17 date has been trumpeted for a few years now, delaying it would just cause more problems and more confusion. Just flip the switch and get it done with already.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/index\/main,book-info\/store,books\/products_id,7847\/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies\/\" title=\"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance&mdash;Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!\">Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance&mdash;Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!<\/a>: &quot;Pride and Prejudice and Zombies &#8212; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen&#39;s beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton&#8211;and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she&#39;s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers&#8211;and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kilianvalkhof.com\/2008\/css-xhtml\/the-css3-not-selector\/\" title=\"The CSS3 <code>:not()<\/code> Selector&#8221;>The CSS3 <code>:not()<\/code> Selector<\/a>: &quot;There isn&#39;t a lot of information to be found about the <code>:not()<\/code> selector. The specifications only offer 3 lines of text and a couple of examples. So lets see what it can do!&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.kent.wa.us\/police\/index.aspx?id=1672\" title=\"Graffiti Removal - City of Kent, Washington\">Graffiti Removal &#8211; City of Kent, Washington<\/a>: &quot;Immediate removal within 24-48 hours is the key to successful graffiti prevention. Property owners can take back their neighborhoods by helping to clean up graffiti. Any effort to remove graffiti makes a big difference. Remove graffiti immediately and work with your neighbors to ensure your neighborhood remains clean. If you have been the victim of graffiti vandalism, you may complete a case report by utilizing the Kent Police Department&#39;s online reporting system.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime between January 27th and January 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Babies Know &#8211; a Little Dirt Is Good for You \u2022 Feb. 17 Digital TV Conversion Is Still on After House Vote \u2022 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance&mdash;Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! \u2022 The CSS3 `:not()` Selector \u2022\u00a0Graffiti Removal &#8211; City of Kent, Washington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036,2028],"tags":[514],"class_list":["post-5833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-links","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}