<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Rambling @ theclapp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Rambling) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 theclapp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:29:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Rambling @ theclapp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>blog moving; lw-vim-mode update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://theclapp.blog-city.com/blog_moving_lwvimmode_update.htm</guid><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/blog_moving_lwvimmode_update.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blog%5Fmoving%5Flwvimmode%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>Larry Clapp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Blog moving; lw-vim-mode v5 posted]]></description></item><item><title>&quot;Month before Christmas rebuttal&quot; deleted</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://theclapp.blog-city.com/month_before_christmas_rebuttal_deleted.htm</guid><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/month_before_christmas_rebuttal_deleted.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=month%5Fbefore%5Fchristmas%5Frebuttal%5Fdeleted</comments><dc:creator>Larry Clapp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, looking back and re-reading my "rebuttal" to the "Twas the month before Christmas" poem, it seemed kind of childish, so I deleted it.]]></description><category>christmas</category></item><item><title>Not writing things down</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://theclapp.blog-city.com/not_writing_things_down.htm</guid><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/not_writing_things_down.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fwriting%5Fthings%5Fdown</comments><dc:creator>Larry Clapp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I had a long list in my head of stuff I'd like to blog about "one day", but I didn't write it down, and now I can only remember one or two.  I hate that.

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Good scaling.  As Joel says, &quot;Craftsmanship&quot;.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://theclapp.blog-city.com/pretty_fonts__good_scaling__as_joel_says_craftsmanship.htm</guid><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/pretty_fonts__good_scaling__as_joel_says_craftsmanship.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pretty%5Ffonts%5F%5Fgood%5Fscaling%5F%5Fas%5Fjoel%5Fsays%5Fcraftsmanship</comments><dc:creator>Larry Clapp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rendering fonts prettily.]]></description><category>font rendering</category></item><item><title>I &amp;lt;3 Marty Klein</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://theclapp.blog-city.com/i_lt3_marty_klein.htm</guid><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/i_lt3_marty_klein.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Flt3%5Fmarty%5Fklein</comments><dc:creator>Larry Clapp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A quote from Dr. Klein's blog]]></description><category>marty klein</category></item><item><title>Musing on emacs keymappings and &quot;vim mode&quot; 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Good book]]></description><category>founders at work</category><category>joel spolsky</category><category>joshua schachter</category><category>startup</category></item><item><title>Lispworks major modes, crickets, Freebird</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://theclapp.blog-city.com/lispworks_major_modes_crickets_freebird.htm</guid><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/lispworks_major_modes_crickets_freebird.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 18:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lispworks%5Fmajor%5Fmodes%5Fcrickets%5Ffreebird</comments><dc:creator>Larry Clapp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lispworks major modes, crickets, Freebird]]></description><category>lisp</category><category>hug</category><category>freebird</category></item><item><title>Laid off at work ... almost</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://theclapp.blog-city.com/laid_off_at_work__almost.htm</guid><link>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/laid_off_at_work__almost.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 13:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://theclapp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=laid%5Foff%5Fat%5Fwork%5F%5Falmost</comments><dc:creator>Larry Clapp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Monday morning my consulting company called and said IBM had terminated my contract, and my last day was Tuesday.  Bummer.  I notified my manager, project manager, and team lead (yes, three different people).  Much scrambling ensued.  Also much hand-]]></description><category>ibm</category><category>contractor</category></item></channel></rss>