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  "title": "Random thoughts for 2014 Oct 27",
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  "year": "2014",
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  "date": "2014-10-27T19:00:00.000Z",
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  "html": "<p>TL;DR: More <a href=\"http://blog.lmorchard.com/2014/10/23/wtfomgbullets\">random stuff</a> collected and updated throughout the day.</p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Hello world!</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>\"<a href=\"http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram\">Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single\ngram</a>\"</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Can you imagine what it would be like to have a personal device that\ncould store all the data you would ever need?</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>And stored on media that's made for copying?</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Dave asks, \"<a href=\"http://scripting.com/2014/10/27/whatsTheBestDesktopNodejsShell.html\">What's the best desktop node.js shell?</a>\"</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Could be an odd question in the age of CPUs in pockets\n&amp; clouds and the desktop in decline.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>But, <a href=\"http://scripting.com/davenet/1997/09/14/FractionalHorsepowerHTTPSe.html\">fractional horsepower HTTP servers</a> and <a href=\"http://scripting.com/davenet/2001/01/04/desktopWebsites.html\">desktop\nwebsites</a> are powerful notions.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Back in the day, <a href=\"http://radio.userland.com/\">Radio UserLand</a> and <a href=\"http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/\">AmphetaDesk</a> were\nmarvels.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>First time I realized that a web server in my\nhouse <em>just for me</em> was a good idea.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p>I've also tried to say a few things about <a href=\"http://blog.lmorchard.com/2012/07/25/aerostats-base-stations-and-the-cloud/\">aerostats and base\nstations</a>.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit\">node-webkit</a> seems like something I should check out.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>It's like <a href=\"http://www.indigostar.com/perl2exe.php\">Perl2EXE</a> all over again!</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><p>It seems like the sizes of mobile computers are trying to find some\n<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point\">Lagrange points</a> where the influences of human hand size and demand for\nscreen real estate balance.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes, I'm trying to talk myself into <a href=\"http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-to-bring-nexus-6-to-its-data-strong-network-this-november.htm\">buying a Nexus 6</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Do we really all <em>want</em> to live in the same big room on the internet?</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>I've <a href=\"http://decafbad.com/recaffeinated/archives/2007/11/20/WoWEVEandDelicious.html\">long thought</a> some separation between groups can help things scale\n socially and tech-wise.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Reddit gets a lot right with subreddits. Kind of a\nsilo, yet avoids a most of the problems.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<!-- vim: set wrap wm=5 syntax=mkd textwidth=78: -->\n",
  "body": "TL;DR: More [random stuff][why] collected and updated throughout the day.\r\n\r\n[why]: http://blog.lmorchard.com/2014/10/23/wtfomgbullets\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n* Hello world!\r\n\r\n* \"[Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single\r\n  gram][dnadata]\"\r\n\r\n  * Can you imagine what it would be like to have a personal device that\r\n    could store all the data you would ever need?\r\n\r\n  * And stored on media that's made for copying?\r\n\r\n[dnadata]: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram\r\n\r\n* Dave asks, \"[What's the best desktop node.js shell?][nodeshell]\"\r\n\r\n  * Could be an odd question in the age of CPUs in pockets\r\n    & clouds and the desktop in decline.\r\n\r\n  * But, [fractional horsepower HTTP servers][frac] and [desktop\r\n    websites][deskweb] are powerful notions.\r\n\r\n    * Back in the day, [Radio UserLand][ruser] and [AmphetaDesk][] were\r\n      marvels.\r\n      \r\n    * First time I realized that a web server in my\r\n      house *just for me* was a good idea.\r\n\r\n  * I've also tried to say a few things about [aerostats and base\r\n    stations][aerostats].\r\n\r\n  * [node-webkit][] seems like something I should check out.\r\n\r\n    * It's like [Perl2EXE][] all over again!\r\n\r\n[perl2exe]: http://www.indigostar.com/perl2exe.php\r\n[ruser]: http://radio.userland.com/ \r\n[AmphetaDesk]: http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/\r\n[node-webkit]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit\r\n[aerostats]: http://blog.lmorchard.com/2012/07/25/aerostats-base-stations-and-the-cloud/  \r\n[deskweb]: http://scripting.com/davenet/2001/01/04/desktopWebsites.html\r\n[frac]: http://scripting.com/davenet/1997/09/14/FractionalHorsepowerHTTPSe.html\r\n[nodeshell]: http://scripting.com/2014/10/27/whatsTheBestDesktopNodejsShell.html\r\n\r\n* It seems like the sizes of mobile computers are trying to find some\r\n  [Lagrange points][] where the influences of human hand size and demand for\r\n  screen real estate balance.\r\n\r\n  * Yes, I'm trying to talk myself into [buying a Nexus 6][n6].\r\n\r\n[n6]: http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-to-bring-nexus-6-to-its-data-strong-network-this-november.htm\r\n\r\n* Do we really all *want* to live in the same big room on the internet?\r\n\r\n  * I've [long thought][] some separation between groups can help things scale\r\n   socially and tech-wise.\r\n\r\n  * Reddit gets a lot right with subreddits. Kind of a\r\n    silo, yet avoids a most of the problems.\r\n\r\n[long thought]: http://decafbad.com/recaffeinated/archives/2007/11/20/WoWEVEandDelicious.html\r\n[Lagrange points]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point\r\n\r\n<!-- vim: set wrap wm=5 syntax=mkd textwidth=78: -->\r\n",
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