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  "title": "Random thoughts for 2014 Oct 23",
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  "year": "2014",
  "month": "10",
  "day": "23",
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  "date": "2014-10-23T19:00:00.000Z",
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  "html": "<p>TL;DR: This is a bunch of stuff I just randomly collected throughout the day.\n<a href=\"http://blog.lmorchard.com/2014/10/23/wtfomgbullets\">Look here for a bit of explanation</a>. I may or may not do this again.\nI'm experimenting and entertaining myself.</p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>As a remote worker, I think this is a splendid insight:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you focus purely on the job, and not the industry, you realise airlines\nselling business class seats are competing with Skype for customers, as they\naddress the same job: the need to have clear communication with colleagues.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http://blog.intercom.io/the-end-of-apps-as-we-know-them/\">The End of Apps as We Know Them</a></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>I've got a notion to crawl through all my blog archives, harvest all the\nlinks, and see which are still reachable - starting from the oldest.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>I miss web mashups.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>So I made a couple of mashups against my own blog - look in the sidebar.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p>I've installed <a href=\"https://github.com/NYTimes/Emphasis\">Emphasis</a> on this blog.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tap Shift twice and see what happens. Permalink ALL the things!</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://www.strava.com/athletes/6013128\">I've been running.</a></p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>I'm not a champ by any means, yet, but it's looking like it's stuck as a\nhabit. </p>\n<ul>\n<li>I start to feel antsy when I haven't managed to get around to it.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p>Winter in Michigan will be interesting.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Last year, the sidewalks were break-neck dangerous for walking let alone\njogging.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p>I read a lot; I think a lot. I am well versed in <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphaloskepsis\">omphaloskepsis</a>.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>I have a lot of notions about psychology &amp; life in general.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://links.net/daze/14/10/17-xoxo-2014.html\">Watching Justin Hall speechify</a> got me thinking again about posting\nthem here.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>But, this has typically been a techie place.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Still, that's what personal blogs are for, no?</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Or, at least a <a href=\"http://deus-x.livejournal.com\">LiveJournal</a>. </p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wow, I haven't written there in a very long time.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<!-- vim: set wrap wm=5 syntax=mkd textwidth=78: -->\n",
  "body": "TL;DR: This is a bunch of stuff I just randomly collected throughout the day.\r\n[Look here for a bit of explanation][look]. I may or may not do this again.\r\nI'm experimenting and entertaining myself.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[look]: http://blog.lmorchard.com/2014/10/23/wtfomgbullets\r\n\r\n* As a remote worker, I think this is a splendid insight:\r\n\r\n  > If you focus purely on the job, and not the industry, you realise airlines\r\n  > selling business class seats are competing with Skype for customers, as they\r\n  > address the same job: the need to have clear communication with colleagues.\r\n\r\n  Source: [The End of Apps as We Know Them][endofapps]\r\n\r\n* I've got a notion to crawl through all my blog archives, harvest all the\r\n  links, and see which are still reachable - starting from the oldest.\r\n\r\n* I miss web mashups.\r\n  \r\n  * So I made a couple of mashups against my own blog - look in the sidebar.\r\n\r\n* I've installed [Emphasis][] on this blog.\r\n\r\n  * Tap Shift twice and see what happens. Permalink ALL the things!\r\n\r\n* [I've been running.][running]\r\n\r\n  * I'm not a champ by any means, yet, but it's looking like it's stuck as a\r\n    habit. \r\n    \r\n    * I start to feel antsy when I haven't managed to get around to it.\r\n\r\n  * Winter in Michigan will be interesting.\r\n\r\n    * Last year, the sidewalks were break-neck dangerous for walking let alone\r\n      jogging.\r\n\r\n* I read a lot; I think a lot. I am well versed in [omphaloskepsis][].\r\n  \r\n  * I have a lot of notions about psychology & life in general.\r\n\r\n  * [Watching Justin Hall speechify][jah] got me thinking again about posting\r\n    them here.\r\n\r\n  * But, this has typically been a techie place.\r\n\r\n  * Still, that's what personal blogs are for, no?\r\n\r\n    * Or, at least a [LiveJournal](http://deus-x.livejournal.com). \r\n    \r\n      * Wow, I haven't written there in a very long time.\r\n\r\n[Omphaloskepsis]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphaloskepsis\r\n[jah]: http://links.net/daze/14/10/17-xoxo-2014.html\r\n[running]: http://www.strava.com/athletes/6013128\r\n[endofapps]: http://blog.intercom.io/the-end-of-apps-as-we-know-them/\r\n[Emphasis]: https://github.com/NYTimes/Emphasis\r\n\r\n<!-- vim: set wrap wm=5 syntax=mkd textwidth=78: -->\r\n",
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  "summary": "TL;DR: This is a bunch of stuff I just randomly collected throughout the day.\nLook here for a bit of explanation. I may or may not do this again.\nI'm experimenting and entertaining myself.",
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