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		<title>StackExchange folks, KeyMinor already exists</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2010/09/02/stackexchange-folks-keyminor-already-exists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is there a StackExchange proposal in the works for a &#8220;Musical Practice and Performance site&#8221; when KeyMinor already exists on the SE platform?
The proposed site is &#8220;for people who play musical instruments. On-topic questions will be about technique, practice, theory, composition, and repertoire.&#8221; KeyMinor already serves this purpose, it&#8217;s just not known about.
I&#8217;d add [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is there a <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/4059/musical-practice-and-performance">StackExchange proposal in the works</a> for a &#8220;Musical Practice and Performance site&#8221; when <a href="http://keyminor.com/">KeyMinor</a> already exists on the SE platform?</p>
<p>The proposed site is &#8220;for people who play musical instruments. On-topic questions will be about technique, practice, theory, composition, and repertoire.&#8221; KeyMinor already serves this purpose, it&#8217;s just not known about.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d add a comment to the proposal but I see no way to; I probably don&#8217;t have sufficient reputation points.</p>
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		<title>Afghanistan in the 1960s</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2010/06/04/afghanistan-in-the-1960s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What could&#8217;ve Afghanistan become without decades of war?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/27/once_upon_a_time_in_afghanistan?page=full">What could&#8217;ve Afghanistan become without decades of war?</a></p>
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		<title>Sorry Jerks, Intimidation Won&#8217;t Change the Web</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2009/02/18/sorry-jerks-intimidation-wont-change-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shameful law firm Jones Day sued real estate news site BlockShopper claiming &#8220;trademark infringement&#8221; over the way the site used link text, but really because the firm didn&#8217;t like how the site reported the home purchases of their partners (which is public record). The case should&#8217;ve been thrown out, but the judge allowed it, and, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.jonesday.com/">Shameful law firm</a> Jones Day sued real estate news site BlockShopper claiming &#8220;trademark infringement&#8221; over the way the site used link text, but really because the firm didn&#8217;t like how the site reported the home purchases of their partners (which is public record). The case should&#8217;ve been thrown out, but the judge allowed it, and, in doing so, allowed the firm to bleed the site of $110K in legal fees. BlockShopper <a href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&amp;art_aid=99914">finally agreed to settle out of court</a> and to format its links to the firm in a particular way.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;it signals to companies that they can force sites to revise their linking styles by alleging trademark infringement. And Judge Darrah&#8217;s decision not to dismiss the suit signals that Web publishers may have to spend significant sums to deal with this kind of litigation. [<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2210636/pagenum/all/">Slate</a>]</p></blockquote>
<p>Paul Levy <a href="http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2008/09/trademark-abuse.html">noted</a> the law firm is &#8220;a serial abuser of the trademark laws to suppress commentary that it does not like.&#8221;</p>
<p>Personally, I would&#8217;ve just used this URL to link to the <a href="http://www.jonesday.com/">bullies</a>: <code>http://google.com/search?btnI=1&amp;q=Paul+W.+Schroeder+Professional+Biography</code> E.g., &#8220;<a href="http://google.com/search?btnI=1&amp;q=Paul+W.+Schroeder+Professional+Biography">Paul W. Schroeder</a> likes to strongarm web authors.&#8221; Or you could use a 3rd party redirect site like <a href="http://tr.im/">tr.im</a>. In fact, there should be a redirector designed to shame site owners who attack linkers like this.</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: We now have one: <a href="http://mrclay.org/warning/">http://mrclay.org/warning/</a></p>
<p>E.g.: <a href="/warning/http://www.jonesday.com/pwschroeder/">Paul W. Schroeder</a>.</p>
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		<title>Lying in your job description? You may be our Drug Czar.</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2009/01/27/lying-in-your-job-description-you-may-be-our-drug-czar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The deeper you dig into the history of the Drug War the more craziness you uncover. You&#8217;d think an office in charge of drug policy on a national level would monitor science and policy outcomes and work to refine those policies over time, or in the very least not break laws spreading misinformation about drugs.
You&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The deeper you dig into the history of the Drug War the more craziness you uncover. You&#8217;d think an office in charge of drug policy on a national level would monitor science and policy outcomes and work to refine those policies over time, or in the very least not break laws spreading misinformation about drugs.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2007/10/09/theDrugCzarIsRequiredByLaw.html">You&#8217;d be wrong!</a> In 2003 Congressman Ron Paul found this out when he <a href="http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/paul040203.cfm">pointed out</a> that it&#8217;s illegal for the ONDCP to propagandize untruths about marijuana, especially in attempt to lobby against legislation (typically for its medicinal use). The General Accounting Office&#8217;s <a href="http://www.gao.gov/decisions/other/301022.pdf">response</a> a year later? Sure it&#8217;s illegal, but technically not against state legislation! And since the drug czar&#8217;s job description includes doing &#8220;such actions as necessary&#8221; to oppose legalization attempts of any kind, why look into the misinformation claim at all.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re curious to know what kind of lies come out of this office, I covered <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/reader_blogs/2009/jan/07/latest_drug_czar_lies">those of drug czar John Walters</a> in detail on StopTheDrugWar.org. His writing is practically a guide for constructing logical fallacies.</p>
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		<title>Avoiding the replay bug in EA Skate 1</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2009/01/11/avoiding-the-replay-bug-in-ea-skate-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depending on how you navigate through the menus to get to the video replays, the game (and entire Xbox360) will tend to lock up in the waiting screens, requiring a manual reset on the console. Usually this is before you can view even 3 or 4 replays.
Now that I&#8217;m capturing a ton of replays on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Depending on how you navigate through the menus to get to the video replays, the game (and entire Xbox360) will tend to lock up in the waiting screens, requiring a manual reset on the console. Usually this is before you can view even 3 or 4 replays.</p>
<p>Now that I&#8217;m capturing a ton of replays on my PC I had to figure away around this, and here it is:</p>
<p>Do NOT choose the Media menu from the front menu.</p>
<ol>
<li>Enter Freeskate with any options and any starting location.</li>
<li>Use the white back button [left-facing triangle] to pull up the backpack.</li>
<li>Enter the Live option (the sidekick).</li>
<li>Use the triggers to move to the Media section and load your replay.</li>
<li>After leaving a replay with the B button, use the triggers to return to the media section (don&#8217;t back out all the way to the game or the front menu).</li>
</ol>
<p>BTW, latest EA skate video hotness: <a href="http://vimeo.com/2705235">Attack!</a> (password: &#8220;attack&#8221;).</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Phlox&#8217; Menace Could Abet Future Enemies</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2008/12/06/phlox-menace-could-abet-future-enemies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest example of law enforcement solutions to reducing drug use.
Police raided the home of a couple in the hunt for a drug factory because a [moss phlox] plant in their garden smelled like cannabis. &#8230; the couple, both in their late 70s, returned home to find that the drugs squad had battered down their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The latest <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/74525/Plant-s-aroma-sparks-police-drugs-swoop">example</a> of law enforcement solutions to reducing drug use.</p>
<blockquote><p>Police raided the home of a couple in the hunt for a drug factory because a [<a href="http://home.howstuffworks.com/moss-phlox.htm">moss phlox</a>] plant in their garden smelled like cannabis. &#8230; the couple, both in their late 70s, returned home to find that the drugs squad had battered down their front door. &#8230; No drugs were found&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>At least they didn&#8217;t <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073003299.html">have dogs at home</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Retired engineer Mr Wiltshire, 77, who, ironically, has no sense of smell following an operation on his nose, has now pulled up the plant. &#8230; [The couple has] lodged a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission.</p></blockquote>
<p>This plant could aid marijuana criminals by deterring detection and investigation. Begin the countdown to its restriction near U.K. homes.</p>
<p>Meanwhile the black market contributes to public safety:</p>
<blockquote><p>The couple’s next-door neighbour was even threatened by a drugs gang who demanded: “Give us the weed, man.”</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Chili enzyme for .htaccess</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2008/05/26/chili-enzyme-for-htaccess/</link>
		<comments>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2008/05/26/chili-enzyme-for-htaccess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a chili (javascript syntax highlighter) enzyme for highlighting .htaccess code snippets. This is for the 1.x series (I&#8217;m using 1.8b here) so this will likely not work for the latest 2.0 release without some modification. Also the highlighting is pretty basic, but at least you get comments and the first directive on a line.
place [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href="http://code.google.com/p/jquery-chili-js/">chili</a> (javascript syntax highlighter) enzyme for highlighting .htaccess code snippets. This is for the 1.x series (I&#8217;m using 1.8b here) so this will likely not work for the latest 2.0 release without some modification. Also the highlighting is pretty basic, but at least you get comments and the first directive on a line.</p>
<h3>place in recipes.js</h3>
<pre><code class="javascript">ChiliBook.recipes[ "htaccess.js" ] = {
    steps: {
        com : { exp: /(?:^|\n)\s*\#.*/ }
        ,dir : { exp: /(?:^|\n)\s*\w+/ }
    }
};</code></pre>
<h3>place in recipes.css</h3>
<pre><code class="css">.htaccess .com { color: green; }
.htaccess .dir { color: navy; }</code></pre>
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		<title>Awesome Holiday boredom</title>
		<link>http://mrclay.org/index.php/2007/12/22/awesome-holiday-boredom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[88
I got: A, ABBR, ACRONYM, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HEAD, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, INPUT, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, MAP, MENU, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a id="mingle2_badge" href="http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/html_quiz" style="display: block; background:url(http://assets.justsayhi.com/badges/150/281/html_elements.ecj0uqdunt.jpg) no-repeat top left; height: 147px; width: 335px; text-decoration: none; color: #fff;"><strong id="mingle2_badge_score" style="display: block; padding-left: 125px; padding-top: 44px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Times New Roman, Arial; font-size: 45px;">88</strong></a></p>
<p>I got: A, ABBR, ACRONYM, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HEAD, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, INPUT, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, MAP, MENU, META, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OBJECT, OL, OPTGROUP, OPTION, P, PARAM, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, STYLE, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, and VAR</p>
<p>I forgot: ADDRESS, BDO, and IMG. Yes, IMG.</p>
<p>To be fair, this was probably the 8th try. It helps to group them into forms, block/inline, quoting, embedding/linking, framing, lists,  data/code display, etc.</p>
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