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	<title>Blogging Ottinger (tim)</title>
	<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com</link>
	<description>Tim Ottinger on Christianity, freedom, software, podcasts, and really hot-looking guitars.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Thinkpad T42P: Fan Death</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/dead-thinkpad-p42p/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/dead-thinkpad-p42p/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Linux</category>
	<category>Angst</category>
	<category>Life</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/dead-thinkpad-p42p/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim is left high and dry.]]></description>
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		<title>Building Lists the Hard Way in Python</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/building-lists-the-hard-way-in-python/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/building-lists-the-hard-way-in-python/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Programming</category>
	<category>Life</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/building-lists-the-hard-way-in-python/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Just for the record, these are dumb:

#  Example A: reading
file = open(somefile)
contents = []
for line in file:
   contents.append(line)
	
# Example B: writing
file = open(somefile, \"w\")
for line in contents:
     file.writeline(line)
	
# Example C: filtering
result = []
for line in contents:
     if not line.find(\"boo\"):
      [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Year of Living Biblically</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/the-year-of-living-biblically/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/the-year-of-living-biblically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Reading</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/the-year-of-living-biblically/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I&#8217;ve started on A.J. Jacobs&#8217; masterpiece The Year of Living Biblically today.  I already raced through the introduction and part of September (his first month of transition) over some hamburger concoction at Red Robin (and no refills on fries; though I had two refills of iced tea). 
	The basic idea is that he has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English and the Letter E</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/17/english-and-the-letter-e/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/17/english-and-the-letter-e/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Angst</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/17/english-and-the-letter-e/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Reddit let me to a strange web site for some cracking/hacking/naughtiness (I think.  I wasn&#8217;t interested enough to read it).  What I did see is a sentence on one page that said:
	
Does the underground still breath?

	My, how the letter E changes things.  Does the author ask if the underground is still alive(&#8221;does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Top Ten Command Line Tools</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/todays-top-ten-command-line-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/todays-top-ten-command-line-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Linux</category>
	<category>Programming</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/todays-top-ten-command-line-tools/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This is all the rage lately, so I&#8217;m doing it too:
	
[0]tottinge@clicky:~$ history|awk '{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){printf \"%5d\t%s\n\",a[i],i}}'|sort -rn|head
  119   sudo
   53   ls
   34   hpodder
   30   cd
   19   vi
   18   ping
   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting In Python</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/starting-in-python/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/starting-in-python/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Programming</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/starting-in-python/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Some of my friends and relatives are getting a start in python.  Some are just curious about programming in general, some are interested especially in testing with Twill or the like.  I have a few recommendations for the beginner.
	The first is to go to  the python home page.   This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weinermobile Sighting</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/weinermobile-sighting/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/weinermobile-sighting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Fun</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/weinermobile-sighting/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	You see the strangest things in hotel parking lots.  Here is a bit of Americana oddity:

Today there were two of them.  I took the picture with my phone, which is a poor camera, but there it is. 
	By the way, George Sparks sent me a spelling correction and a link to the wienermobile&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agile  AD2800 P90-Equipped Beauty</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/04/agile-ad2800-p90-equipped-beauty/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/04/agile-ad2800-p90-equipped-beauty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Guitars</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/04/agile-ad2800-p90-equipped-beauty/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim raves about another pretty guitar, again with P90 pickups.]]></description>
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		<title>Twill Testing</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/twill-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/twill-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Programming</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/twill-testing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I had a very simple first brush with twill, in which I drove Google around a little bit.   I was successful, and even delighted.  It&#8217;s a nice language and an even better python library.  As a next step, I got some friends around to play with testing a real application.
	For some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Week</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/crazy-week/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/crazy-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Life</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/crazy-week/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	It&#8217;s a crazy week.  I flew out Sunday, after some flight delays due to weather.  
	I had a minor delay getting a rental car, and then an interruption getting into my room at the hotel.  Normally I wouldn&#8217;t have minded, but somewhere near the end of the flight I started getting ill. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Break In Des Moines, IA</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/03/27/spring-break-in-des-moines-ia/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/03/27/spring-break-in-des-moines-ia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Life</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/03/27/spring-break-in-des-moines-ia/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	Actually, it&#8217;s better than it sounds.  The phrase &#8220;Going to Des Moines for spring break&#8221; is seldom uttered, and rightfully so.  This is not a big tourism town.  I&#8217;m sure the juxtaposed phrase that does describe it (borrowed from Champaign/Urbana, IL) is &#8220;it&#8217;s a nice place to live, but I wouldn&#8217;t want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Larry Makes An Excuse</title>
		<link>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/03/21/larry-makes-an-excuse/</link>
		<comments>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/03/21/larry-makes-an-excuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Life</category>
		<guid>http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2008/03/21/larry-makes-an-excuse/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This is why I think Larry Carlton is so cool.
	



]]></description>
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