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		<title>ruby 1.9.3 is released, and slackware packages are here</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/11/ruby-1-9-3-is-released-and-slackware-packages-are-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ruby 1.9.3 is *finally* released. Their NEWS and ChangeLog are available. And I have packages built for slackware-current and slackware64-current here: ruby-1.9.3_p0-i486-1_vb.txz [MD5] [ASC] ruby-1.9.3_p0-x86_64-1_vb.txz [MD5] [ASC] Again, these are built on the -current development branch, so use at your &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/11/ruby-1-9-3-is-released-and-slackware-packages-are-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Outage</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/outage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the last 30 hours of outage. The host for the virtual private server had an outage and had a hard shutoff. This seemed to cause a little havoc on services, but it all appears to be cleared up &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/outage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tastes in Languages: an internal dialogue</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/tastes-in-languages-an-internal-dialogue/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/tastes-in-languages-an-internal-dialogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[python]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been a point of contention for me, ever since I have had a desire to learn a &#8220;language&#8221; other than shell scripting. Which language would be most practical, valuable, powerful, reach the most receptive audience, designed with the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/tastes-in-languages-an-internal-dialogue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hacking on KDE: part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/hacking-on-kde-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/hacking-on-kde-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a personal brainstorm of how to better facilitate folks that want to have an ideal hacking environment, for X. The primitives of the idea need to be figured out, and often nothing happens because you can determine &#8220;If the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/10/hacking-on-kde-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good Times</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/08/good-times/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/08/good-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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<category>charles nutter</category><category>conferences</category><category>jim weirich</category><category>linux</category><category>patrick volkerding</category><category>ruby</category><category>slackware</category><category>slackware linux</category><category>wayne seguin</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year has been a nice for socializing with nerds. Attending conferences is something that can get tiresome, if the content is something you do not find interesting or stimulating. Thankfully, I have no required conferences, so I can be &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/08/good-times/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More 1337 for your Slackware-13.37 release</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/04/more-1337-for-your-slackware-13-37-release/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/04/more-1337-for-your-slackware-13-37-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kernel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are one that is not afraid to recompile your kernel, then here is a little treat for you. http://slackware.com/~vbatts/things/linux-2.6.37.6-logo_slk.patch.gz This patch applies to the Linux kernel source stored in /usr/src/linux of your Slackware Linux 13.37 install. If you &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/04/more-1337-for-your-slackware-13-37-release/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Red-Black Tree, but a little Ruby Benchmarking</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/02/more-red-black-tree-but-a-little-ruby-benchmarking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/02/more-red-black-tree-but-a-little-ruby-benchmarking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After hearing a bit about the improvements in the Rubinius ruby interpreter, I decided to test a handful of the interpreters against the Red-Black tree insertion script I last posted about. As a forward, this is completely out of idle &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/02/more-red-black-tree-but-a-little-ruby-benchmarking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kick off of playing with trees</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/02/kick-off-of-playing-with-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/02/kick-off-of-playing-with-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I have stated before, I enjoy the speed at which I can prototype an idea in Ruby. Even if ultimately that idea runs better on another language. For the sake of my academics, it provides a super learning playground. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/02/kick-off-of-playing-with-trees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a point-and-clicky (ruby) addition, dobbage!</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/01/a-point-and-clicky-ruby-addition-dobbage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/01/a-point-and-clicky-ruby-addition-dobbage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago, the brainstorm of a simple GUI package viewer for my Slackware desktop would be handy. While completely unnecessary, I thought it would be neat. So what did I do? Created a project on github.com for an application &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2011/01/a-point-and-clicky-ruby-addition-dobbage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Candle in the Darkness</title>
		<link>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2010/11/candle-in-the-darkness/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2010/11/candle-in-the-darkness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vbatts</dc:creator>
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<category>mindful meditation</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.hashbangbash.com/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A simple candle-flame meditation: Light a candle in a darkened room. Move about two feet away from it and sit down, facing the candle flame. Get comfortable. Then begin breathing in and out quietly through your nostrils. Let your body &#8230; <a href="http://blog.hashbangbash.com/2010/11/candle-in-the-darkness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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