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  "date": "2005-12-29T19:35:36.000Z",
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  "title": "Stray bullets of incoherent thought",
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  "html": "<p>No time for much in the way of coherent thought expressed, but here are a few stray bullets:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/CPlyrics.htm#cttc\">\"It is the engine that drives itself / But it chooses the uphill climb.\"</a><br>Yeah, I feel that.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Lots of great things happening at work that are demanding cool things from me.  But alas, I feel I'm neither at liberty nor at an opportune moment to talk about them.  (But, let's just say that I'm glad I wrote <a href=\"http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/28/how-to-hack-rss-and-atom-feeds\">that first book</a>.)</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>After a brief pause for the holiday season and for a bit of a shift in focus and format, work on <a href=\"http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/12/14/hacking-delicious-is-a-real-book\">the new book</a> has continued apace.  And boy howdy, do I know <a href=\"http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/12/28/the-book-progress-report/\">how Meredith feels</a>.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Work is gradually trickling in on <a href=\"http://decafbad.com/trac/wiki/FeedMagick\">FeedMagick</a>.  It's in an entirely too-rough-for-comfort state at the moment, but give a shout if it looks interesting to you.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Time for lunch and pizza.  See you soon.</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090651\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1b3b42818ea73c3b7008445f9def4acf&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">James Holderness</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221090651\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-12-29T19:16:50\">2005-12-29T19:16:50</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Your FeedMagick link is broken.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090652\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221090652\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-12-30T02:28:49\">2005-12-30T02:28:49</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Thanks for the heads up - should be fixed now!</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "No time for much in the way of coherent thought expressed, but here are a few stray bullets:\r\n\r\n* [\"It is the engine that drives itself / But it chooses the uphill climb.\"][ly]  \r\n  Yeah, I feel that.\r\n\r\n* Lots of great things happening at work that are demanding cool things from me.  But alas, I feel I'm neither at liberty nor at an opportune moment to talk about them.  (But, let's just say that I'm glad I wrote [that first book][book1].)\r\n\r\n* After a brief pause for the holiday season and for a bit of a shift in focus and format, work on [the new book][book] has continued apace.  And boy howdy, do I know [how Meredith feels][she].\r\n\r\n* Work is gradually trickling in on [FeedMagick][fm].  It's in an entirely too-rough-for-comfort state at the moment, but give a shout if it looks interesting to you.\r\n\r\nTime for lunch and pizza.  See you soon.\r\n\r\n[ly]: http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/CPlyrics.htm#cttc\r\n[book]: http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/12/14/hacking-delicious-is-a-real-book\r\n[book1]: http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/28/how-to-hack-rss-and-atom-feeds\r\n[she]: http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/12/28/the-book-progress-report/\r\n[fm]: http://decafbad.com/trac/wiki/FeedMagick\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090651\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1b3b42818ea73c3b7008445f9def4acf&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\">James Holderness</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221090651\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-12-29T19:16:50\">2005-12-29T19:16:50</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Your FeedMagick link is broken.</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090652\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221090652\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-12-30T02:28:49\">2005-12-30T02:28:49</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Thanks for the heads up - should be fixed now!</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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