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--- a/content/personal/2008/05/geohashing.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2008/05/geohashing.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Miscellaneous
 status: publish
+extra: XCKD gold.
--- a/content/personal/2008/07/iphone-3g-one-week-in.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2008/07/iphone-3g-one-week-in.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
 - iPhone
 status: publish
+extra: Thoughts on the iPhone 3G one week after getting it.
--- a/content/personal/2008/11/cumquat-liqueur.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2008/11/cumquat-liqueur.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
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+extra: Making liquer from my little cumquat tree.
--- a/content/personal/2008/11/movember.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2008/11/movember.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
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+extra: The terrible image of me participating in Movember.
--- a/content/personal/2009/01/sensation-melbourne-nye.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2009/01/sensation-melbourne-nye.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
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+extra: The awesome Sensation NYE crowd give the media nothing to complain about.
--- a/content/personal/2009/03/becoming-a-melbourne-cyclist.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2009/03/becoming-a-melbourne-cyclist.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
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+extra: I join the ranks of Melbourne cyclists and share my initial thoughts.
--- a/content/personal/2009/03/gmail-stickers-have-arrived.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2009/03/gmail-stickers-have-arrived.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
 status: publish
+extra: My Gmail stickers from Google arrive in an unsealed envelope.
--- a/content/personal/2009/03/once-a-month-cooking.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2009/03/once-a-month-cooking.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
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+extra: The once-a-month cooking experiment.
--- a/content/personal/2009/04/greetings-from-tall-karri-country.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2009/04/greetings-from-tall-karri-country.yaml
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 - Miscellaneous
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+extra: A postcard showing the destrution of native forests seems like a strange image to sent to friends or family.
--- a/content/personal/2009/05/rafael-bonachelas-360-degrees.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2009/05/rafael-bonachelas-360-degrees.yaml
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 - Entertainment
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+extra: "Rafael Bonachela's 360\xC2\xB0 turned out to be an underwhelming birthday present."
--- a/content/personal/2010/01/mt-dandenong.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2010/01/mt-dandenong.yaml
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 - Out and About
 - Personal
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+extra: A nice weekend in Mt. Dandenong including a visit to Cloudhill and staying at Linden Garden's.
--- a/content/personal/2010/01/sensation-melbourne-2009.yaml
+++ b/content/personal/2010/01/sensation-melbourne-2009.yaml
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 - Entertainment
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+extra: Photos and movies from Sensation NYE Melbourne 2009.
--- a/content/technical/2008/02/seeking-app-ideas.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/02/seeking-app-ideas.yaml
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 - Development
 - Mac
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+extra: Lost for a Mac development idea. I seek suggestions from the Internet.
--- a/content/technical/2008/03/create-empty-tar-file.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/03/create-empty-tar-file.yaml
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 - Tips
 - UNIX
 status: publish
+extra: "How to create an empty tar file with BSD tar, GNU tar and Solaris tar"
--- a/content/technical/2008/03/webkit-for-keynote.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/03/webkit-for-keynote.yaml
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 - WebKit
 status: publish
+extra: Small note from the WebKit mailing list suggesting last minute revisions are made to the software for Stevenote's.
--- a/content/technical/2008/03/windows-silverlight-installation-experience.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/03/windows-silverlight-installation-experience.yaml
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 - Windows
 status: publish
+extra: Details on my terrible experience attempting to install Microsoft Silverlight on Windows.
--- a/content/technical/2008/04/expand-glob-in-variable-within-shell-script.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/04/expand-glob-in-variable-within-shell-script.yaml
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 - Tips
 - UNIX
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+extra: How to expand a glob pattern in a shell script.
--- a/content/technical/2008/04/mp3-decoder-libraries-compared.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/04/mp3-decoder-libraries-compared.yaml
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 - Mac OS X
 - Programming
 status: publish
+extra: "Comparison of the MP3 decoding performance of Core Audio, MAD and mpg123"
--- a/content/technical/2008/04/pizza-style-delivery-for-technical-books.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/04/pizza-style-delivery-for-technical-books.yaml
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 - UNIX
 status: publish
+extra: Why can't books be delivered with the same timliness as pizzas?
--- a/content/technical/2008/04/womens-weekly-getting-in-on-the-linux-action.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/04/womens-weekly-getting-in-on-the-linux-action.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Linux
 status: publish
+extra: Photo of a penguin cake in a Women's Weekly cook book that looks an awful lot like Tux.
--- a/content/technical/2008/05/death-to-the-feed-uri-scheme.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/05/death-to-the-feed-uri-scheme.yaml
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 - Internet
 status: publish
+extra: "The feed: URI scheme is annoying and unnecessary, can people please stop using it."
--- a/content/technical/2008/05/stop-vim-completion-searching-included-files.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/05/stop-vim-completion-searching-included-files.yaml
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 - Tips
 - UNIX
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+extra: "How to stop vim searching all included files when applying word completion."
--- a/content/technical/2008/05/to-title-case-bookmarklet.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/05/to-title-case-bookmarklet.yaml
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 - Internet
 - Miscellaneous
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+extra: A bookmarklet made from David Gouch’s Javascript implementation of John Gruber’s Title Case Perl script.
--- a/content/technical/2008/07/comment-feeds-in-wordpress.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/07/comment-feeds-in-wordpress.yaml
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 - Internet
 - Tips
 status: publish
+extra: How to find the comments feed on a Wordpress blog.
--- a/content/technical/2008/07/iphone-tips-from-the-user-guide.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/07/iphone-tips-from-the-user-guide.yaml
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 - iPhone
 status: publish
+extra: A collection of useful tips compiled from the iPhone User Guide.
--- a/content/technical/2008/07/iphone-vodafone-comments.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/07/iphone-vodafone-comments.yaml
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 - iPhone
 status: publish
+extra: Vodafone dropped the ball on the iPhone 3G launch. I sent an email to them but never got a response.
--- a/content/technical/2008/08/iphone-gripe-trucated-song-titles.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/08/iphone-gripe-trucated-song-titles.yaml
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ permalink: http://www.wezm.net/2008/08/iphone-gripe-trucated-song-titles/
 kind: article
 section: technical
 created_at: 2008-08-17 09:10:12
-title: "iPhone Gripe: Trucated Song Titles"
+title: "iPhone Gripe: Truncated Song Titles"
 post_id: 62
 tags: 
 - gripe
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 categories: 
 - iPhone
 status: publish
+extra: "The iPhone isn't flawless. It truncates song titles, which its iPod predecessors did not."
--- a/content/technical/2008/08/pondering-sent-from-my-iphone.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/08/pondering-sent-from-my-iphone.yaml
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 - iPhone
 status: publish
+extra: 'Some thoughts and a solution to the default, "Sent from my iPhone", email signature.'
--- a/content/technical/2008/09/pimping-vim-on-windows.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/09/pimping-vim-on-windows.yaml
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 - Tips
 - Windows
 status: publish
+extra: How to make Vim on Windows more pleasant to use.
--- a/content/technical/2008/09/update-expectations.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/09/update-expectations.yaml
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 - Mac OS X
 - Software
 status: publish
+extra: It seems common to suggest an application will recieve updates without them materialising. This is a short list of some applications that fall into this category.
--- a/content/technical/2008/09/zsh-cygwin-and-insecure-directories.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/09/zsh-cygwin-and-insecure-directories.yaml
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 - UNIX
 - Windows
 status: publish
+extra: How to fix directories that zsh reports as insecure on Cygwin.
--- a/content/technical/2008/11/iphone-case.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/11/iphone-case.yaml
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 categories: 
 - iPhone
 status: publish
+extra: Details of the Mossimo iPhone case I found and its flaw.
--- a/content/technical/2008/11/progress-update.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2008/11/progress-update.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Development
 status: publish
+extra: An update on my indie software work.
--- a/content/technical/2009/01/determining-non-automatically-installed-debian-packages.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/01/determining-non-automatically-installed-debian-packages.yaml
@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ categories:
 - Linux
 - Tips
 status: publish
+extra: How to determine packages that were explicitly installed on Debian/Ubuntu.
--- a/content/technical/2009/01/the-iphone-headphones-have-a-button.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/01/the-iphone-headphones-have-a-button.yaml
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 categories: 
 - iPhone
 status: publish
+extra: Notes on the operation of the button built-in to the iPhone headphones.
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/bash-git-completion-with-mac-ports.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/bash-git-completion-with-mac-ports.yaml
@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ tags:
 categories: 
 - Mac
 status: publish
+extra: Enabling bash completion for git with MacPorts.
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/consolas-on-mac-update.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/consolas-on-mac-update.yaml
@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ tags:
 categories: 
 - Mac
 status: publish
+extra: 'A follow-up to, "Install Consolas on Mac OS X", identifying the need to set the font smoothing style for optimum clarity.'
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/debian-lenny-released.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/debian-lenny-released.yaml
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 - Linux
 status: publish
+extra: Small post noting the release of Debian 5.0.
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/free-virtualisation-with-virtualbox.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/free-virtualisation-with-virtualbox.yaml
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 - Software
 status: publish
+extra: A small review of Sun's freely available virtualisation software.
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/install-consolas-mac-osx.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/install-consolas-mac-osx.yaml
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 - Mac OS X
 - Tips
 status: publish
+extra: Install the Consolas fixed width font on Mac OS X.
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/mac-remote-desktop-connection-without-installer.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/mac-remote-desktop-connection-without-installer.yaml
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 - Mac OS X
 - Tips
 status: publish
+extra: Install the Mac version of Microsoft's Remote Desktop client without all the other rubbish they include.
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/mlug-virtualbox-workshop.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/mlug-virtualbox-workshop.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Uncategorized
 status: publish
+extra: The Melbourne Linux User's Group are hosting a VirtualBox workshop.
--- a/content/technical/2009/03/my-first-new-site-is-live.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/03/my-first-new-site-is-live.yaml
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 - Programming
 - Software
 status: publish
+extra: 'My first Trike project, "Less Wrong", goes live'
--- a/content/technical/2009/04/capturing-an-rtmp-video-stream-with-flv-recorder.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/04/capturing-an-rtmp-video-stream-with-flv-recorder.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Software
 status: publish
+extra: "How to capture an RTMP, Flash video stream with FLV Recorder."
--- a/content/technical/2009/05/exclude-directories-from-textmate-side-bar-for-faster-find-in-project.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/05/exclude-directories-from-textmate-side-bar-for-faster-find-in-project.yaml
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 - Programming
 - Tips
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+extra: Some shell magic to exclude directories from the TextMate project drawer.
--- a/content/technical/2009/05/spider-a-site-with-wget-using-sitemap-xml.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/05/spider-a-site-with-wget-using-sitemap-xml.yaml
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 - Internet
 - Tips
 status: publish
+extra: How to request all the pages in a sitemap.xml file with wget.
--- a/content/technical/2009/06/programming-fonts-recap.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/06/programming-fonts-recap.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Development
 status: publish
+extra: A look the some of the favoured programming fonts available.
--- a/content/technical/2009/06/virtualbox-news-atom-feed.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/06/virtualbox-news-atom-feed.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Code
 status: publish
+extra: Creating an Atom feed of VirtualBox updates with Ruby.
--- a/content/technical/2009/07/scraping-nab-internet-banking-with-mechanize.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/07/scraping-nab-internet-banking-with-mechanize.yaml
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 - Code
 - Internet
 status: publish
+extra: How to scrape the NAB Internet banking site with Ruby.
--- a/content/technical/2009/08/adaptive-shell-idea.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/08/adaptive-shell-idea.yaml
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 - UNIX
 status: publish
+extra: In idea for a shell that learns completion behaviour.
--- a/content/technical/2009/08/local-package-management-with-gnu-stow.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/08/local-package-management-with-gnu-stow.yaml
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 - Tips
 - UNIX
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+extra: How to manage custom built software without polluting the system directories with GNU stow.
--- a/content/technical/2009/08/temperature-logger-project.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/08/temperature-logger-project.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Projects
 status: publish
+extra: Some details about an Arduino based temperature logger I'm building.
--- a/content/technical/2009/08/the-art-of-backup.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/08/the-art-of-backup.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Technical
 status: publish
+extra: Details of the various tools I use and have used for personal data backup.
--- a/content/technical/2009/09/font-smoothing-in-snow-leopard.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2009/09/font-smoothing-in-snow-leopard.yaml
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 - Mac
 - Tips
 status: publish
+extra: How regain control of the font smoothing weight in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
--- a/content/technical/2010/01/clone-git-repo-on-non-standard-port.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2010/01/clone-git-repo-on-non-standard-port.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Technical
 status: publish
+extra: How to clone a git repository via SSH on a non-standard port.
--- a/content/technical/2010/01/updated-applications.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2010/01/updated-applications.yaml
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 - Mac OS X
 - Software
 status: publish
+extra: 'A follow up to, "Update Expectations", in which I check in on some neglected apps.'
--- a/content/technical/2010/02/git-object-store-efficiency.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2010/02/git-object-store-efficiency.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Technical
 status: publish
+extra: "Hubert Feyrer claims git's storage efficiency is much worse than CVS's. I attempt to show its not."
--- a/content/technical/2010/02/ipad-and-the-future-of-computing.yaml
+++ b/content/technical/2010/02/ipad-and-the-future-of-computing.yaml
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 categories: 
 - Technical
 status: publish
+extra: My thoughts on iPad a couple of weeks after its announcement.