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Definitely going to at least <em>try <\/em>and construe it as a compliment.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An e-mail exchange I had today, after having seen a proposed splash screen that users will encounter if they try to load a major application that&#8217;s being upgraded ths weekend,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-jollies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9659,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/17\/dumb_filters.html","url_meta":{"origin":8952,"position":0},"title":"Dumb Filters","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-May-06 2:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"If it weren't that so many schools and libraries are required to use Internet content filters, as opposed to dumb, set-and-forget home users, this sort of thing would be funny....","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hi-Tech&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8834,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/09\/mile_hi_jinx.html","url_meta":{"origin":8952,"position":1},"title":"Mile Hi-jinx","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 9-Apr-06 3:17pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Last time I mentioned Mile Hi Services around here, I got a flood of comments and a few e-mails on ths side. 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