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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:38:52 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Home</title><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:47:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Astute observation</title><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:52:03 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/12/25/astute-observation.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:14319400</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>From Teller's book, <a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=KsI3sswEg14C&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=god+no+penn+jillette&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=bHXrTuSJNYnt0gHoqrikCQ&amp;ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%22that%20exact%20nonsense%22&amp;f=false" target="_blank">God, No!</a>:</p>
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<p>If every trace of any single religion died out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-14319400.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Rune Longtail</title><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:02:31 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/12/4/rune-longtail.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13972745</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><img class="iphone-image" src="http://www.abashima.com/resource/iphone-20111204150231-1.jpg?fileId=15444454"/></p><p>Casual.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13972745.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>NaNoWriMo failure</title><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:55:40 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/12/4/nanowrimo-failure.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13968702</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I signed up for NaNoWriMo for the first time this year but failed <em>miserably</em>.</p>
<p>Why? At last, the truth can be told:&nbsp;</p>
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<li>I got a peritonsillar abscess the first week that made me very sick.</li>
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<li>During treatment for the abscess, my writing machine fell into water and was out of commission for three days, over a weekend.</li>
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<p>I was never able to really recover from those setbacks. Took the wind out of my sails, it did!</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13968702.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Wow, this.</title><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:50:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/12/3/wow-this.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13966803</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I <strong>so</strong>&nbsp;want to do this, it's not even funny! <a class="offsite-link-inline" title="Parachute fort!" href="http://angela-della-muerta.tumblr.com/post/13718349503" target="_blank">What's going on here?</a></p>
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<p>It's actually working quite wonderfully!</p>
<p>The best part is that the songs pulled from the cloud are super-spectatualrly clear and rich. A definite noticable difference.</p>
<p>Second, streaming (well&hellip;"streaming") is fluid and quick and hardly with any interruptions. The only time I've encountered it is when going through known dead zones of reception between mountains, say (which happens during my commute).</p>
<p>I am quite satisfied with the service. Being able to tap "Shuffle" on an entire genre and have everything come up right away is pretty sweet.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13966648.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Steve</title><category>Apple</category><category>Tech</category><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:36:03 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/10/6/steve.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13963442</guid><description><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13963442.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>The RPG I'm designing, part one: Why change?</title><category>RPGs</category><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:02:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/9/15/the-rpg-im-designing-part-one-why-change.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13963443</guid><description><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13963443.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>I don't care about 9/11</title><category>Politics</category><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:39:44 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/9/11/i-dont-care-about-911.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13963454</guid><description><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13963454.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Pretty</title><category>Science</category><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:21:46 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/9/5/pretty.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13963476</guid><description><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13963476.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Choosing WordPress vs Tumbr vs Blogger</title><category>Tech</category><dc:creator>Eric Haddock</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.abashima.com/main/2011/9/4/choosing-wordpress-vs-tumbr-vs-blogger.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1003211:13375988:13963478</guid><description><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.abashima.com/main/rss-comments-entry-13963478.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>
