I was on the road Monday, so this is my first opportunity to get some links up from the past few days.

• Legendary Animator Joseph Barbera Dead at 95 on LAist.com: Like nearly every other kid in the New York area during the 1970s and early 80s, I watched syndicated reruns of The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and other Hanna-Barbera classics on WNYW after school. Sorry to hear that the other half of a great animation team is gone.
• 'Rocky Balboa' makes its Philly debut on Philly.com: "The Philadelphia premiere of the sixth film in the Rocky canon, Rocky Balboa, drew stars as well as several hundred cheering fans lining Chestnut Street, where a red carpet was stretched outside the Prince Music Theater. The Rocky theme, "Gonna Fly Now," blared from speakers, and searchlights probed the sky around City Hall."
• Athletes' unbeatable foe on LAtimes.com: A two-part series of articles that were published earlier this month and probe the World Anti-Doping Agency and its effects on international sports. No comment on the allegations made in the article, but amateur athletes and sports fans will probably be very interested in what they report. [ via my friend Sammarye Lewis at Velogal.Blogspot.com ]
• Macbook Pro Batteries Are Inflating? on Gizmodo.com: "I own a 17inch Macbook pro (not core 2 duo) and I recently had one of the cells on my battery balloon to about twice the normal size. The cell forced the cover of the battery to pop off. I took the battery to the Apple store today to have it replaced and they seemed in a hurry to get it out of public view so as my "genius" went to get the replacement I took some photos...The Apple nerds said they had never seen anything like it." Apparently one of the classic signs of lithium ion battery failure, and there may be a risk of explosion in situations like this, so be careful.