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  "html": "<ul>\n<li>I'm not supposed to <a href=\"http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/02/27/news/opinion/edit07.txt\">link to this column by Bill O'Reilly</a>--<a href=\"http://stayfree.typepad.com/stayfree/2005/03/bill_oreilly_is.html\">here's why.</a></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Today's earworm: <a href=\"http://www.uvphactory.com/Portfolio/robot/\">Scent of a Robot</a></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>First, The Gates.  Now, <a href=\"http://www.littlefuckingrayofsunshine.com/2005/02/20/the_crackers/\">The Crackers</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><p>About Podcasts, <a href=\"http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/z2005-03-03-PodcastRant/\">Bill Seitz rants</a>: </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>alternative idea for filling your dead passive-listening time - have software to generate speech from RSS and make that into an MP3 file</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This makes me giggle because, well, it's one of the hacks I wrote up for my book, last week.  I probably need to edit things, but I hope the goofiness and sheer hack value comes through. </p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Speaking of Podcasts:  Check out the <a href=\"http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/\">Battlestar Galactica Podcast</a>.  It's like getting the DVD commentary track, but about a year early.  Finally, my hunch is confirmed that Battlestar Galactica's opening sequence with episode preview is \"an homage to Space 1999\".</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lately, my favorite thing to toss back at Podcast naysayers: Dismissing Podcasts because of issues of quality or amateurism is like dismissing eBay because people try <a href=\"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=63889&amp;item=5367710154&amp;rd=1\">selling their used sneakers</a> there.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>  Meanwhile, I've just about got a full commute to and from work filled with pretty good quality content--or at least decently entertaining content (to me)--to the point that I've almost stopped listening to NPR.  Also, it's becoming a rapidly heating issue at work--not sure if it will go where I hope it does, but I've started getting drafted to educate some co-workers in other departments.</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085399\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.cleverdevil.org\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=755c2b459dbfd42c96a3066c94e94a31&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.cleverdevil.org\">Jonathan LaCour</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221085399\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-07T21:29:30\">2005-03-07T21:29:30</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">I haven't been able to find much in the way of podcasts that I enjoy nearly as much as National Public Radio from end to end.  But I really like the other aspects of podcasting: timeshifting, listen anywhere you have your iPod, etc.\nSo, I created an application to help me listen to NPR on my iPod.  Let me know what you think.  I have the initial exploratory announcement on my website -&gt;  http://cleverdevil.org</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "* I'm not supposed to [link to this column by Bill O'Reilly][bor]--[here's why.][borwhy]\r\n\r\n[borwhy]:http://stayfree.typepad.com/stayfree/2005/03/bill_oreilly_is.html\r\n[bor]:http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/02/27/news/opinion/edit07.txt\r\n\r\n* Today's earworm: [Scent of a Robot][robot]\r\n\r\n[robot]:http://www.uvphactory.com/Portfolio/robot/\r\n\r\n* First, The Gates.  Now, [The Crackers][crackers].\r\n\r\n[crackers]:http://www.littlefuckingrayofsunshine.com/2005/02/20/the_crackers/\r\n\r\n* About Podcasts, [Bill Seitz rants][brant]: \r\n\r\n  > alternative idea for filling your dead passive-listening time - have software to generate speech from RSS and make that into an MP3 file\r\n\r\n  This makes me giggle because, well, it's one of the hacks I wrote up for my book, last week.  I probably need to edit things, but I hope the goofiness and sheer hack value comes through. \r\n  \r\n* Speaking of Podcasts:  Check out the [Battlestar Galactica Podcast][bgal].  It's like getting the DVD commentary track, but about a year early.  Finally, my hunch is confirmed that Battlestar Galactica's opening sequence with episode preview is \"an homage to Space 1999\".\r\n\r\n[bgal]:http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/  \r\n  \r\n* Lately, my favorite thing to toss back at Podcast naysayers: Dismissing Podcasts because of issues of quality or amateurism is like dismissing eBay because people try [selling their used sneakers][sneakers] there.\r\n\r\n[sneakers]:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#38;category=63889&#38;item=5367710154&#38;rd=1\r\n\r\n  Meanwhile, I've just about got a full commute to and from work filled with pretty good quality content--or at least decently entertaining content (to me)--to the point that I've almost stopped listening to NPR.  Also, it's becoming a rapidly heating issue at work--not sure if it will go where I hope it does, but I've started getting drafted to educate some co-workers in other departments.\r\n  \r\n[brant]:http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/z2005-03-03-PodcastRant/\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-221085399\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.cleverdevil.org\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=755c2b459dbfd42c96a3066c94e94a31&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.cleverdevil.org\">Jonathan LaCour</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221085399\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-07T21:29:30\">2005-03-07T21:29:30</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">I haven't been able to find much in the way of podcasts that I enjoy nearly as much as National Public Radio from end to end.  But I really like the other aspects of podcasting: timeshifting, listen anywhere you have your iPod, etc.\r\n\r\nSo, I created an application to help me listen to NPR on my iPod.  Let me know what you think.  I have the initial exploratory announcement on my website ->  http://cleverdevil.org</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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