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  "html": "<p>I want a quickie posting theme like Strongbad's rap about <a href=\"http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html\">answerin' the emails</a>.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wow.  This a capella cover of TMBG's \"Particle Man\" I just <a href=\"http://www.coverville.com/archives/2005/02/coverville_53_a.html\">heard on Coverville</a> by <a href=\"http://www.bobs.com/cover.html\">The Bobs</a> absolutely rocks.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And then, I realize that I've heard The Bobs before.  In particular, it was from when I used to listen to the <a href=\"http://www.drdemento.com/\">Dr. Demento Show</a> and heard their song \"<a href=\"http://www.bobs.com/mil.html\">My, I'm Large</a>\".  Now, that takes me back.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Got <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/02/19/writing_no_things_of_epic_import#comment-4326\">a comment from Mark Eichin</a> that reminded me I forgot to link to something I posted a few years ago: <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2002/03/26/oooofa\">Perceptible interface + laziness threshold = weblog silence</a></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I just helped my friend Erik (aka We3bus) get <a href=\"http://www.bio-medical.com/blog/\">The Biofeedback Blog</a> up and running for his company with <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.org\">WordPress 1.5</a>--I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it.  It was a gigantic pain in the ass, since we ran into problems with damn near <em>every</em> component of the setup, from MySQL to IIS to WordPress itself.  Granted, this is a bit of a non-typical install, but damn...  Anyway, check them out.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/02/19/tonights_items_of_little_import#comment-4323\">A comment from Jason Clark</a> makes me think a little more about ideas I've had about customized feeds to offer here for the next refresh.  I've gotten on a run posting political links because, well, I've got some very definite opinions about our current situation--but you might not care about that.  Was thinking that I might offer a mix-your-own-feed form where you can pick and choose from kinds of posts and tags I'll be using.  The proper place for this is in the aggregator, but it could be a fun project for the book.</li>\n</ul>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087952\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=81717a172b6918071fbea1a52483294b&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://dougal.gunters.org/\">Dougal Campbell</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087952\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T09:30:39\">2005-02-22T09:30:39</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Les, what kind of problems did you run into with WordPress? There is a login/redirection problem on IIS (due to an IIS bug) that we're aware of. There will be a 1.5.1 release coming out soon with a workaround. Details can be found here: \nhttp://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=592\nhttp://www.simmonsconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=160</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087953\">\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=eb7f2a3ba74af37415ab7df101a86c75&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">l.m. orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087953\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T09:57:31\">2005-02-22T09:57:31</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Dougal: Actually, that's was the problem we had-- which, now that I think about it again, is much more a bug with IIS than with WordPress.  We hacked WP in a few places, but the dot-release to fix things properly will certainly be more than welcome!</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087955\">\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=eb7f2a3ba74af37415ab7df101a86c75&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">l.m. orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087955\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T10:18:45\">2005-02-22T10:18:45</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">...and this was the issue we had with MySQL, involving OLD_PASSWORD:\nhttp://drbacchus.com/wordpress/index.php?p=896</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087959\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=81717a172b6918071fbea1a52483294b&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://dougal.gunters.org/\">Dougal Campbell</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087959\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T15:15:08\">2005-02-22T15:15:08</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Okay, I just wanted to make sure that you didn't run across any other issues that we weren't already aware of. If you *do*, please post a bug report:\nhttp://mosquito.wordpress.org/main_page.php</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "I want a quickie posting theme like Strongbad's rap about [answerin' the emails][emails].\r\n\r\n[emails]: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html\r\n\r\n* Wow.  This a capella cover of TMBG's \"Particle Man\" I just [heard on Coverville][cover] by [The Bobs][bobs] absolutely rocks.\r\n\r\n[cover]:http://www.coverville.com/archives/2005/02/coverville_53_a.html\r\n[bobs]:http://www.bobs.com/cover.html\r\n\r\n* And then, I realize that I've heard The Bobs before.  In particular, it was from when I used to listen to the [Dr. Demento Show][demento] and heard their song \"[My, I'm Large][large]\".  Now, that takes me back.\r\n\r\n[demento]:http://www.drdemento.com/\r\n[large]:http://www.bobs.com/mil.html\r\n \r\n* Got [a comment from Mark Eichin][markcomment] that reminded me I forgot to link to something I posted a few years ago: [Perceptible interface + laziness threshold = weblog silence][lazy]\r\n\r\n[lazy]:http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2002/03/26/oooofa\r\n[markcomment]:http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/02/19/writing_no_things_of_epic_import#comment-4326\r\n\r\n* I just helped my friend Erik (aka We3bus) get [The Biofeedback Blog][bfb] up and running for his company with [WordPress 1.5][wp]--I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it.  It was a gigantic pain in the ass, since we ran into problems with damn near *every* component of the setup, from MySQL to IIS to WordPress itself.  Granted, this is a bit of a non-typical install, but damn...  Anyway, check them out.\r\n\r\n[wp]: http://www.wordpress.org\r\n[bfb]: http://www.bio-medical.com/blog/\r\n\r\n* [A comment from Jason Clark][jcc] makes me think a little more about ideas I've had about customized feeds to offer here for the next refresh.  I've gotten on a run posting political links because, well, I've got some very definite opinions about our current situation--but you might not care about that.  Was thinking that I might offer a mix-your-own-feed form where you can pick and choose from kinds of posts and tags I'll be using.  The proper place for this is in the aggregator, but it could be a fun project for the book.\r\n\r\n[jcc]:http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/02/19/tonights_items_of_little_import#comment-4323\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-221087952\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=81717a172b6918071fbea1a52483294b&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://dougal.gunters.org/\">Dougal Campbell</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087952\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T09:30:39\">2005-02-22T09:30:39</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Les, what kind of problems did you run into with WordPress? There is a login/redirection problem on IIS (due to an IIS bug) that we're aware of. There will be a 1.5.1 release coming out soon with a workaround. Details can be found here: \r\n\r\n\r\nhttp://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=592\r\n\r\n  http://www.simmonsconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=160</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087953\">\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=eb7f2a3ba74af37415ab7df101a86c75&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=\"\">l.m. orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087953\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T09:57:31\">2005-02-22T09:57:31</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Dougal: Actually, that's was the problem we had-- which, now that I think about it again, is much more a bug with IIS than with WordPress.  We hacked WP in a few places, but the dot-release to fix things properly will certainly be more than welcome!</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087955\">\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=eb7f2a3ba74af37415ab7df101a86c75&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=\"\">l.m. orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087955\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T10:18:45\">2005-02-22T10:18:45</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">...and this was the issue we had with MySQL, involving OLD_PASSWORD:\r\n\r\nhttp://drbacchus.com/wordpress/index.php?p=896</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087959\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=81717a172b6918071fbea1a52483294b&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://dougal.gunters.org/\">Dougal Campbell</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087959\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-02-22T15:15:08\">2005-02-22T15:15:08</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Okay, I just wanted to make sure that you didn't run across any other issues that we weren't already aware of. If you *do*, please post a bug report:\r\n\r\nhttp://mosquito.wordpress.org/main_page.php</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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