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    An h1 header

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## the_new_blog_software_flask_plus_gist_equals_flasgist.html
<p>I'm not sure if anyone's been crazy enough to try this yet, but I've had this vision for a while. I had three main goals: get the data out of a relational database, put it in the cloud, and make it look pretty.</p>
<p><b>I satisfied the first goal using github's gist API as a data store for all of my blog posts.</b> I use the description as the title, the filename to anchor the URL semantically, the created_at date for the date/time of the posting, and the body for the post itself. I'm only supporting single filename gists right now, and I use the starred/unstarred functionality to mean published and draft, respectively. The beauty of this design is that it allows me to avoid having to implement all of the CMS functions directly, i.e authentication, creating, updating, deleting posts, etc. In exchange, I use github's gist interface for creation, updating, deleting, promoting from draft to published, and in turn, I get versioning and forking of posts for free, which is inline with both my share and share-al

## david_watson_architect.html
<p>If I ever wind up with a giant pile of money, <a href="http://watsonarchitect.com/">this guy is going to be my architect</a>.</p>

## black_dub_at_guitar_center_doing_surely.html
<p><iframe width="940" height="705" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qG5AZIRMvRo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>

## david_foster_wallace_this_is_water.html
<p><iframe width="940" height="705" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M5THXa_H_N8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe width="940" height="705" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uSAzbSQqals" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>

## heroku_no_app_specified.html
<p>
If you run into the dreaded "heroku no app specified" problem, <a href="http://www.digitalsanctum.com/2010/05/05/heroku-no-app-specified/">here's the solution</a>.
</p>

## get_flickr_userid.html
<p>Why this has to be so difficult I'm not sure, but <a href="http://idgettr.com/">this tool</a> to go from your userid to that hideous thing that the flickr API's require works.</p>

## paul_hudak_on_haskell.html
An interview with <a href="http://www.infoq.com/interviews/paul-hudak-haskell-Qcon-SF-08">Yale's Paul Hudak</a> on Haskell.

## a_history_of_haskell.html
A <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/history-of-haskell/history.pdf">history of Haskell [PDF]</a> from Microsoft Research.

## the_smartest_thing_ever_written_about_vim_vs_emacs.html
<p>
Derek Thurn has written probably the best comparison of Vim and Emacs ever written. In particular, he's confirmed that I'm not the only person in the known universe who uses vi for quick sysadmin editing tasks and emacs for larger scale coding efforts. And he's managed to do this in <a href="http://www.thurn.ca/why_i_switched_from_vim_to_emacs">the most fence-straddling way possible</a>.</p>
<p>
I'd also add that Gabriel Lanaro's <a href="http://gabrielelanaro.github.com/emacs-for-python/">emacs for python starter kit</a> tipped the scales in favor of emacs for me having come from vim.
</p>
	<p><iframe width="940" height="705" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M5THXa_H_N8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
	<p><iframe width="940" height="705" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uSAzbSQqals" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
	<p>
	If you run into the dreaded "heroku no app specified" problem, <a href="http://www.digitalsanctum.com/2010/05/05/heroku-no-app-specified/">here's the solution</a>.
	</p>
	<p>
	Derek Thurn has written probably the best comparison of Vim and Emacs ever written. In particular, he's confirmed that I'm not the only person in the known universe who uses vi for quick sysadmin editing tasks and emacs for larger scale coding efforts. And he's managed to do this in <a href="http://www.thurn.ca/why_i_switched_from_vim_to_emacs">the most fence-straddling way possible</a>.</p>
	<p>
	I'd also add that Gabriel Lanaro's <a href="http://gabrielelanaro.github.com/emacs-for-python/">emacs for python starter kit</a> tipped the scales in favor of emacs for me having come from vim.
	</p>