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	<title>But I Digress</title>
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	<description>Random neuron firings, digitized heedless of the repercussions</description>
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		<title>Ruby silliness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, this is just dumb.

msoulier@kanga:~$ gem list torrent --remote

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

Well that&#8217;s wrong, I know there&#8217;s a RubyTorrent gem.

msoulier@kanga:~$ gem list tftp --remote

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

tftpplus (0.4)

It finds my tftp library just fine with a substring.

msoulier@kanga:~$ gem list RubyTorrent --remote

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

rubytorrent (0.3)

So why do I have to be so specific?
I shouldn&#8217;t need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=933&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/ruby-silliness/</link>
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		<title>Java time capsule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been involved in some discussions regarding Java recently, and I&#8217;ve repeated said that I mostly find it a solution that is still looking for a problem.
Looking back at this post by Paul Graham on &#8220;Java&#8217;s Cover&#8221; I find it interesting how many of his points still ring true, 8 years later.
My favorite quote:

It could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=928&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/java-time-capsule/</link>
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		<title>Java sucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well yes, we know this already from the way that it makes easy things hard, and hard things nearly impossible, but it&#8217;s rarely been captured with the eloquence that I find in these wonderful quotes on the topic.
And yet, as cockroaches are to humans this technology/language/marketing campaign continues unabated until having java on one&#8217;s resume [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=921&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/java-sucks/</link>
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		<title>Bell just as stupid as Call Select</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, now that we have our long-distance service switched back to Bell, and Call Select admits that we owe them nothing, you&#8217;d think that the whole issue was over, right? Wrong.
From our bill:

Jul 23  Order #**** Removal
 From Jul 23 to Aug 12
 1 Unlimited Canada &#38; US LD Plan 24.95 20 16.63cr
 1 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=913&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/bell-just-as-stupid-as-call-select/</link>
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		<title>Weekend at Golden Lake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We spent the weekend at Golden Lake, a campground that I spent a lot of time at while growing up. While there I pulled out my GPS and wrote down our coordinates so that I could link to Google Maps when I got back.
The weather was interesting, one second we thought that it was going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=901&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/weekend-at-golden-lake/</link>
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		<title>Lunch at the Bohemian Kitchen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maria and I had lunch at The Bohemian Kitchen today. Very nice little place in Bells Corners, with only a couple of decent tables but great, organic food with a home-made touch.
We split some split-pea soup and veggie panini, with some organic coffee and finished it off with a brownie. Now Maria wants me to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=899&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/lunch-at-the-bohemian-kitchen/</link>
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		<title>Call Select does the right thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got a few calls, two of them from Call Select. The first one asked me to call back and the second said that the matter was cleared-up and we would not have to pay anything, meaning that they can&#8217;t find any proof that we ever agreed to their service in the first place.
Why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=896&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/call-select-does-the-right-thing/</link>
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		<title>CCTS is no help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, apparently the CCTS will be of no help at all since Call Select is not a member. That&#8217;s just a wonderful system we have here in Canada, isn&#8217;t it?
So, according to the CRTC&#8217;s guidelines I&#8217;ve followed up with them again, amending my complaint about being billed on a fraudulent claim. I&#8217;ve called Call Select [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=893&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/893/</link>
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		<title>Call Select sends us a bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So we just got the mail, and it seems that Call Select just doesn&#8217;t get the point, &#8217;cause they sent us a bill for $1.44.
I really don&#8217;t care about the size of it, we&#8217;re not paying it, and I&#8217;m filing a complaint with the CCTS since they obviously can&#8217;t get their shit together.
I called them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=msoulier.wordpress.com&blog=8865953&post=891&subd=msoulier&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/call-select-sends-us-a-bill/</link>
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		<title>Fight Internet censorship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International is running a campaign against Internet censorship, and it&#8217;s well worth checking out. If you run a website they have a section on how you can help undermine censorship on your own site.
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		<link>http://msoulier.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/fight-internet-censorship/</link>
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