{"id":8090,"date":"2013-07-06T14:08:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=8090"},"modified":"2013-07-06T14:08:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T21:08:18","slug":"saturday-news-chum-stew-independence-weekend-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=8090","title":{"rendered":"Saturday News Chum Stew &#8211; Independence Weekend Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5009\" alt=\"userpic=observations\" src=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/userpicobservations.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"72\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/>In between watching the news of the horrific plane crash at SFO (luckily, no reports of fatalities yet), here are some less horrific accumulated links that didn&#8217;t quite form a larger theme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Abandoned Resorts.<\/strong> When I was younger, I found abandoned things fascinating. Houses about to be torn down. The old facilities at Murietta Hot Springs. Older parts at camp. Here&#8217;s an interesting rundown of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalgraffiti.com\/news-10-abandoned-resorts\">10 abandoned resorts that have just been left to rot<\/a>. The pictures are just fascinating.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abandoned Readers<\/strong>. This week also saw the death of Google Reader. Here are two interesting articles exploring the possible rationale, and looking at why Google really hates RSS. The <a href=\"http:\/\/adactio.com\/journal\/6291\/\">first looks at the battle for control of the API<\/a>; the second talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marco.org\/2013\/07\/03\/lockdown\">how vendors want to lock down how people interact with their products<\/a> (and never liked free tools that gave everything away). I personally love RSS &#8212; it is a way for me to get people reading my blog without having to post links everywhere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automotive Risks.<\/strong> Here&#8217;s an interesting proposal from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/cars\/article\/2013-06\/electronic-license-plates-could-flash-stolen-or-uninsured-or-teen-driver\">a company in South Caroline to use e-Paper displays as license plates<\/a>, permitting them to display &#8220;STOLEN&#8221; or &#8220;ON CELL PHONE&#8221; or other such stuff. Loads of risks here, along with questions of how to secure the protocols.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attacks on Credit Unions.<\/strong> My credit union alerted me to this a few days ago; now an article is in the LA Times. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-credit-union-taxes-20130706,0,4104761,full.story\">Not content with the profit banks make, Banks are now trying to make Credit Unions (which are non-profit) subject to taxes<\/a>. Seems that banks don&#8217;t like the competition, especially from an entity that drives any surplus back to its members, instead of the executives and shareholders. You can take action by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donttaxmycreditunion.org\/\">Don&#8217;t Tax My Credit Union<\/a>. Additionally, you can &#8220;like&#8221; CUNA Advocacy on Facebook, follow @CUNAadvocacy using hashtag #DontTaxMyCU on Twitter, or call 877-642-4223.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geographical Domains<\/strong>. According to the LA Times, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/technology\/la-fi-tn-godaddy-market-la-web-addresses-los-angeles-20130705,0,3933702.story\">GoDaddy is starting to market .la domains in Los Angeles<\/a>. The domain actually belongs to Laos. Yet another domain that will create difficulty for those companies attempting to filter Internet access by country code (I often have trouble getting to <a href=\"http:\/\/paper.li\/metrolibrary\/paperli\">paper.li<\/a> at work).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a final PS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/travel\/deals\/la-trb-los-angeles-flyaway-bus-20130702,0,3115933.story\">Flyaway prices in LA look to be rising again<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In between watching the news of the horrific plane crash at SFO (luckily, no reports of fatalities yet), here are some less horrific accumulated links that didn&#8217;t quite form a larger theme: Abandoned Resorts. When I was younger, I found abandoned things fascinating. Houses about to be torn down. 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