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	<title>Jason's postings and stuff</title>
	<link>http://edseek.com</link>
	<description>"Chance favors the prepared mind. Never forget it." - Howard Dean</description>
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		<title>Recession Squeezing Customer Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The current economic climate in the U.S. is causing downsizing of customer options in leiu of price increases.  Recently, Subway nuked the small drink size option.  Panera no longer allows a half sandwich order.  It&#8217;s a defacto price increase.  Store hours are among the casualties, too.

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		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2008/05/06/recession-squeezing-customer-options/</link>
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		<title>Okay, I am done with RadioShack forever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I wander into my local RadioShack for a simple RCA to S-Video adapter (or SVHS).  After looking around, I ask the lady and she finds one for me.  It looks unimpressive enough.  I ponder a cable to plugin to it, since the original one being replaced was male to female and this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2008/04/25/okay-i-am-done-with-radioshack-forever/</link>
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		<title>gnump3d and downsampling mp3s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Recently I discovered gnump3d.  It supports downsampling, which is a feature I especially need.  However, the example reencoding command for handling MP3s doesn&#8217;t seem to work.  Instead, I am using a different variant.
	
	
downsample_medium_mp3 = /usr/bin/sox -t mp3 $FILENAME -t wav - &#166; /usr/bin/toolame&#160;&#160;-b 128 - -

	The original uses the lame encoder to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2008/04/24/gnump3d-and-downsampling-mp3s/</link>
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		<title>TigerDirect CompUSA spam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	What a perfect marriage.  I never liked CrapUSA.  It seems TigerDirect has bought them out, and now I am getting weekly spam about the CrapUSA store re-openings.  I honestly don&#8217;t care.  I unsubscribed &#8212; supposedly &#8212; after receiving the second email about them, but today I have yet another.  Supposedly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2008/04/21/tigerdirect-compusa-spam/</link>
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		<title>Rails STI resouce routes routing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	After hours of Googling and an ill timed browser reload while typing this the first time, I finally happened upon RoR ticket 10454 which details the problem I am having with inferred routes and STI models.  I modified it to supposedly support any level of model nesting.  Seems to work now.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2008/04/12/rails-sti-resouce-routes-routing/</link>
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		<title>DokuWiki and HOWTO migration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Since I deployed DokuWiki last fall, I&#8217;ve found it to be an excellent tool for managing documentation.  It enhances the quality of the final documentation product whilest not getting in the way of writing it.  I rather enjoy it.
	
	I am now migrating some of my existing HOWTO documents over to the wiki.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2008/04/05/dokuwiki-and-howto-migration/</link>
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		<title>has_many :through and with_scope protected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you were following the excellent has_many :through blog, you may find you can&#8217;t use with_scope in the methods defined on your association.  Instead, just send :with_scope along.
	
	
has_many :active_campaigns, :through =&#62; :campaign_distributions do
&#160;&#160;def &#60;&#60;(active_campaign)
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CampaignDistribution.send(:with_scope, :create =&#62; {}) {
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;self.concat active_campaign
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;}
&#160;&#160;end
end

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		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2008/04/01/has_many-through-and-with_scope-protected/</link>
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		<title>Hilarious craigslist job post for Web Freaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I was flipping through craigslist today and came cross a job posting for Web Freaks worthy of a ticket to planet clue.  Let&#8217;s take a trip down the rabbit hole.
	
	
We are seeking a highly motivated Level 3 (Highest Level) Linux System Administrator to
maintain and administer approximately 500 LINUX servers in a Kissimmee, FL based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2007/12/14/hilarious-craigslist-job-post-for-web-freaks/</link>
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		<title>Daniel Suarte,  IT Services spammer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Today I received my third email from someone claiming to be a Daniel Suarte, writing about filing open IT positions.  However, I&#8217;ve never heard of this person before and I have no company or positions to fill.  Clearly, this lamer is a spammer.  He&#8217;s posting from a gmail account Daniel.Suarte@gmail.com.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2007/12/03/daniel-suarte-it-services-spammer/</link>
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		<title>ed2k helper with Ruby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Nothing fancy.  It works.
	
	
#!/usr/bin/ruby1.8
&#160;
# ed2k link helper for Opera
&#160;
host = &#039;10.10.1.1&#039;
&#160;
link = ARGV.first
&#160;
require &#039;net/telnet&#039;
core = Net::Telnet::new(
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#039;Host&#039; =&#62; host,
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#039;Port&#039; =&#62; 4000
)
&#160;
core.cmd(&#34;dllink #{link}&#34;)
core.cmd(&#039;q&#039;)
core.close

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		<link>http://edseek.com/archives/2007/10/18/ed2k-helper-with-ruby/</link>
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