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  "html": "<ul>\n<li><p>\"<em>The Modern with the warrior, the mean with the stride, the Tom with the sawyer, And the mean, mean, mean, mean pride.</em>\" </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/inside/music.php\">Mindless Self Indulgence</a> has done the best deconstruction of <a href=\"http://www.rush.com\">Rush</a>'s Tom Sawyer I've ever heard.  I'm still bouncing after numerous obsessive replays.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<img src=\"http://www.decafbad.com/2005/04/globe-dock.jpg\" align=\"right\" style=\"padding: 0 5px 5px 10px\" width=\"\" height=\"\">\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Ecto, OmniWeb, Colloquy, Firefox, NetNewsWire.  There are just far too many icons on my dock based on globe imagery.  I can't find any links, but I swear someone made just this observation not too long ago.  </p>\n<p>I mean, come on, I understand that the internet is world wide and has global reach and all that--but can I get a little more variation in icon design here?  :)  At least Safari's compass gives a nod back to the \"Navigator\" theme from <em>ye olden days</em> of Netscape.  </p>\n<p>Can I get a different overall shape at least?  A triangle or trapezoid, maybe?  These all tend to smudge into vague circles at low magnification, or in the pre-coffee morning hours.  I'd be fine if NNW dropped the globe and stuck with the satellite.  Colloquy might be cool just as a funky megaphone.  And, maybe ecto could play up that pen theme.</p>\n<p>Ah well--I wouldn't be grousing if I didn't rely on these apps daily.</p>\n</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-221085022\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.negatendo.net/~brett\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=858b67dce705eae91c3a9f7213202ab9&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.negatendo.net/~brett\">Brett</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221085022\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-27T23:09:13\">2005-04-27T23:09:13</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Holy crap, MSI covers Rush on their new album?  THAT IS AWESOME!  AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085025\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://jonasgalvez.com/blog\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f62d685edd373e74022b1bc6801771e5&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://jonasgalvez.com/blog\">Jonas Galvez</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221085025\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-28T18:23:45\">2005-04-28T18:23:45</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Heh, just bought the new album. These guys are geniuses.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085026\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://x-pollen.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=9e624279b55180098a60af34f7fa6e62&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://x-pollen.com/\">xian</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221085026\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-28T19:17:51\">2005-04-28T19:17:51</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">I don't know about recently but I did complain about this exact thing a few years back.\nhttp://radiofreeblogistan.com/2002/11/18/tip_for_icon_designers.html\nI still have to spread out dock icons that look similar just so I can stab at them with my peripheral vision without missing.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085027\">\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-221085027\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-28T19:27:24\">2005-04-28T19:27:24</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">xian: Heh, maybe my concept of recent has stretched a bit, because I think that might just be the complaint I had in mind.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085028\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.freeke.org/ffg\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4969083c17792237a8e84e8422e657e8&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.freeke.org/ffg\">d.w.</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221085028\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-05-04T06:14:25\">2005-05-04T06:14:25</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">That Tom Sawyer cover is definitely worth a bottle cap.\nhttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=56766634&amp;selectedItemId=56766642</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "* \"*The Modern with the warrior, the mean with the stride, the Tom with the sawyer, And the mean, mean, mean, mean pride.*\" \r\n\r\n  [Mindless Self Indulgence][msi] has done the best deconstruction of [Rush][rush]'s Tom Sawyer I've ever heard.  I'm still bouncing after numerous obsessive replays.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.decafbad.com/2005/04/globe-dock.jpg\" align=\"right\" style=\"padding: 0 5px 5px 10px\" />\r\n\r\n* Ecto, OmniWeb, Colloquy, Firefox, NetNewsWire.  There are just far too many icons on my dock based on globe imagery.  I can't find any links, but I swear someone made just this observation not too long ago.  \r\n\r\n  I mean, come on, I understand that the internet is world wide and has global reach and all that--but can I get a little more variation in icon design here?  :)  At least Safari's compass gives a nod back to the \"Navigator\" theme from *ye olden days* of Netscape.  \r\n  \r\n  Can I get a different overall shape at least?  A triangle or trapezoid, maybe?  These all tend to smudge into vague circles at low magnification, or in the pre-coffee morning hours.  I'd be fine if NNW dropped the globe and stuck with the satellite.  Colloquy might be cool just as a funky megaphone.  And, maybe ecto could play up that pen theme.\r\n  \r\n  Ah well--I wouldn't be grousing if I didn't rely on these apps daily.\r\n\r\n[rush]: http://www.rush.com\r\n[msi]: http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/inside/music.php\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-221085022\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.negatendo.net/~brett\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=858b67dce705eae91c3a9f7213202ab9&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.negatendo.net/~brett\">Brett</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221085022\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-27T23:09:13\">2005-04-27T23:09:13</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Holy crap, MSI covers Rush on their new album?  THAT IS AWESOME!  AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085025\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://jonasgalvez.com/blog\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f62d685edd373e74022b1bc6801771e5&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://jonasgalvez.com/blog\">Jonas Galvez</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221085025\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-28T18:23:45\">2005-04-28T18:23:45</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Heh, just bought the new album. These guys are geniuses.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085026\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://x-pollen.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=9e624279b55180098a60af34f7fa6e62&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://x-pollen.com/\">xian</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221085026\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-28T19:17:51\">2005-04-28T19:17:51</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">I don't know about recently but I did complain about this exact thing a few years back.\r\n\r\nhttp://radiofreeblogistan.com/2002/11/18/tip_for_icon_designers.html\r\n\r\nI still have to spread out dock icons that look similar just so I can stab at them with my peripheral vision without missing.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085027\">\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-221085027\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-28T19:27:24\">2005-04-28T19:27:24</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">xian: Heh, maybe my concept of recent has stretched a bit, because I think that might just be the complaint I had in mind.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221085028\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.freeke.org/ffg\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4969083c17792237a8e84e8422e657e8&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.freeke.org/ffg\">d.w.</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221085028\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-05-04T06:14:25\">2005-05-04T06:14:25</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">That Tom Sawyer cover is definitely worth a bottle cap.\r\n\r\nhttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=56766634&selectedItemId=56766642</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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