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        <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
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    <subtitle>I know what I should do, but I'm gonna do something else</subtitle>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Carving initials into the internet]]></title>
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        <updated>2026-02-17T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This post was written by Claude, based on a conversation with Pieter about why he maintains this site. It's an unusual thing to publish, but it felt r...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This post was written by Claude, based on a conversation with Pieter about why he maintains this site. It's an unusual thing to publish, but it felt r...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Unfinished things and open loops]]></title>
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        <updated>2025-08-25T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What happened to all those things I said I'd do? All the grand projects, the lengthy research and the big unveilings? The quippy response is "life", w...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[What happened to all those things I said I'd do? All the grand projects, the lengthy research and the big unveilings? The quippy response is "life", w...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Personal virtual computing pt 4: the install]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2021-03-20-personal-virtual-computing-iv</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2021-03-20-personal-virtual-computing-iv"/>
        <updated>2021-03-20T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is the 4th and final part, which ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is the 4th and final part, which ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Personal virtual computing pt 3: the build]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-08-20-personal-virtual-computing-iii</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-08-20-personal-virtual-computing-iii"/>
        <updated>2020-08-20T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is part 3, which is about putting...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is part 3, which is about putting...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Personal virtual computing pt 2: the design]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-08-15-personal-virtual-computing-ii</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-08-15-personal-virtual-computing-ii"/>
        <updated>2020-08-15T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is part 2, which is about some of...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is part 2, which is about some of...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Personal virtual computing pt 1: the beginning]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-08-05-personal-virtual-computing-i</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-08-05-personal-virtual-computing-i"/>
        <updated>2020-08-05T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is part 1, which is mostly made o...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is a series about my journey in building a multipurpose PC using virtualisation technology and RGB strips. This is part 1, which is mostly made o...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Upgrading video calls]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-07-12-upgrading-video-calls</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-07-12-upgrading-video-calls"/>
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        <updated>2020-07-12T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I've already written about routing audio from different sources into video confs, and waxed a little lyrical about my history, and the present, of rem...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[I've already written about routing audio from different sources into video confs, and waxed a little lyrical about my history, and the present, of rem...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Making music remotely]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-06-25-remote-music-making</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-06-25-remote-music-making"/>
        <updated>2020-06-25T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[With the need for social distancing, the internet is full of remote shows. Take That got in on the action, as did Dua Lipa on James Corden, and countl...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[With the need for social distancing, the internet is full of remote shows. Take That got in on the action, as did Dua Lipa on James Corden, and countl...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[TeslaBridge III - keeping up to date]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-06-13-teslabridge-iii</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-06-13-teslabridge-iii"/>
        <updated>2020-06-13T13:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Early last year, I detailed the construction of a special guest wifi access point for my car. Then how I had to fix it to make it work. Until recently...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Early last year, I detailed the construction of a special guest wifi access point for my car. Then how I had to fix it to make it work. Until recently...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Audio routing in OSX]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-05-16-osx-audio-routing</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-05-16-osx-audio-routing"/>
        <updated>2020-05-16T13:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Once upon a time I used to collaborate online and make a lot of music. As I write this, the UK is in the 10th week or so of lockdown (although it's no...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Once upon a time I used to collaborate online and make a lot of music. As I write this, the UK is in the 10th week or so of lockdown (although it's no...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Managing my personal workload]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-04-01-managing-my-workload</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-04-01-managing-my-workload"/>
        <updated>2020-03-08T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Like many engineers and makers I know and idolise, I like lists. I rely on lists to see the steps I need to take to realise my projects from nothing t...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Like many engineers and makers I know and idolise, I like lists. I rely on lists to see the steps I need to take to realise my projects from nothing t...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[My second digital life: replacing Dropbox]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-02-03-replacing-dropbox</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-02-03-replacing-dropbox"/>
        <updated>2020-02-03T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Part of an ongoing series exploring my digital life, starting with "Designing my digital life (again)" With Dropbox positioning themselves as a collab...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Part of an ongoing series exploring my digital life, starting with "Designing my digital life (again)" With Dropbox positioning themselves as a collab...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[My second digital life: trying Brave and Duck Duck Go]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-02-02-trying-brave-and-ddg</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2020-02-02-trying-brave-and-ddg"/>
        <updated>2020-02-02T17:17:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Part of an ongoing series exploring my digital life, starting with "Designing my digital life (again)" Thinking about privacy and surveillance as I di...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Part of an ongoing series exploring my digital life, starting with "Designing my digital life (again)" Thinking about privacy and surveillance as I di...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[My second digital life: what is privacy?]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-10-10-privacy</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-10-10-privacy"/>
        <updated>2019-10-10T18:28:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Part of an ongoing series exploring my digital life, starting with "Designing my digital life (again)" Part of understanding my gut feeling for wantin...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Part of an ongoing series exploring my digital life, starting with "Designing my digital life (again)" Part of understanding my gut feeling for wantin...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Working around DVD regions]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-07-27-working-around-dvd-regions</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-07-27-working-around-dvd-regions"/>
        <updated>2019-07-27T13:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Yesterday, what I really wanted to do was watch 3x3 Eyes. I own the DVD, so this should be a matter of plugging play ... except what I own is the NTSC...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Yesterday, what I really wanted to do was watch 3x3 Eyes. I own the DVD, so this should be a matter of plugging play ... except what I own is the NTSC...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Designing my digital life (again)]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-06-27-designing-my-digital-life</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-06-27-designing-my-digital-life"/>
        <updated>2019-06-27T22:02:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly a decade ago I discovered the power of controlling my environment by being deliberate in how I wanted to operate. This consisted of reflecting ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly a decade ago I discovered the power of controlling my environment by being deliberate in how I wanted to operate. This consisted of reflecting ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Experiment: smart watch reminders - 15 minute vibra-chime]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-06-19-actual-watch-dev</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-06-19-actual-watch-dev"/>
        <updated>2019-06-19T21:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This post is mostly for me. It's not a design diary, it's not a retrospective. Using embedded development tools is tricky and so this represents some ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This post is mostly for me. It's not a design diary, it's not a retrospective. Using embedded development tools is tricky and so this represents some ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Getting started with smartwatch development]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-05-27-getting-started-with-smartwatch-development</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-05-27-getting-started-with-smartwatch-development"/>
        <updated>2019-05-27T13:30:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[So the goal here is to have some fun hacking some watch face ideas together for personal use. I'm not looking to sell, or share. When working with emb...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[So the goal here is to have some fun hacking some watch face ideas together for personal use. I'm not looking to sell, or share. When working with emb...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[TeslaBridge II - live in the wild]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-05-24-teslabridge-ii</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-05-24-teslabridge-ii"/>
        <updated>2019-05-24T17:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I detailed the construction of a special guest wifi for my car, and ended the post having successfully got the car to connect ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I detailed the construction of a special guest wifi for my car, and ended the post having successfully got the car to connect ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[My first smartwatch]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-05-16-my-first-smartwatch</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-05-16-my-first-smartwatch"/>
        <updated>2019-05-16T17:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Today is day 5 of smartwatch ownership for me. This is a purchase that was made after a lot of thought about my needs and how I might use it, but like...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Today is day 5 of smartwatch ownership for me. This is a purchase that was made after a lot of thought about my needs and how I might use it, but like...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Design diary: special guest wifi]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-03-31-design-diary-special-guest-wifi</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-03-31-design-diary-special-guest-wifi"/>
        <updated>2019-03-31T17:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In late 2017 I bought the best toy I have ever had the pleasure of playing with: a Tesla Model S. I'm not a car-person, so I didn't have to overcome t...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[In late 2017 I bought the best toy I have ever had the pleasure of playing with: a Tesla Model S. I'm not a car-person, so I didn't have to overcome t...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lessons in keeping music software up to date - part 2]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-03-19-lessons-in-keeping-music-software-ii</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-03-19-lessons-in-keeping-music-software-ii"/>
        <updated>2019-03-19T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Two days ago I realised things were a bit wafty with my DAW setup, but now it's time to do a proper cleanup, because upgrading to Reaper 5 64-bit has ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two days ago I realised things were a bit wafty with my DAW setup, but now it's time to do a proper cleanup, because upgrading to Reaper 5 64-bit has ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lessons in keeping music software up to date]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-03-17-lessons-in-keeping-music-software</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2019-03-17-lessons-in-keeping-music-software"/>
        <updated>2019-03-17T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Back in 2015, when I wasn't working I was trying to make music. I spent a lot of time and some money to assemble a set of tools to support my creativi...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Back in 2015, when I wasn't working I was trying to make music. I spent a lot of time and some money to assemble a set of tools to support my creativi...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Design diary: inspirational dashboard]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-08-27-design-diary-inspirational-dashboard</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-08-27-design-diary-inspirational-dashboard"/>
        <updated>2018-08-27T16:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I love Momentum, the Chrome plugin, that welcomes me to each tab I open. I don't use all the bells and whistles it offers, but I really really value t...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[I love Momentum, the Chrome plugin, that welcomes me to each tab I open. I don't use all the bells and whistles it offers, but I really really value t...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Some advice about CVs]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-07-17-some-advice-about-cvs-and-resumes</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-07-17-some-advice-about-cvs-and-resumes"/>
        <updated>2018-07-17T17:37:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[One day I'd like to write about the most recent hiring experience I had in 2017, to compare and contrast against my previous written and recorded expe...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[One day I'd like to write about the most recent hiring experience I had in 2017, to compare and contrast against my previous written and recorded expe...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Verbal scaffolding]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-07-13-verbal-scaffolding</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-07-13-verbal-scaffolding"/>
        <updated>2018-07-13T22:22:23.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is about communication. What I want to do is start at the beginning. I mean, isn't that the most efficient way of bringing someone else up to spe...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is about communication. What I want to do is start at the beginning. I mean, isn't that the most efficient way of bringing someone else up to spe...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The uncertainty continuum]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-07-04-uncertainty-continuum</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-07-04-uncertainty-continuum"/>
        <updated>2018-07-04T22:37:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The uncertainty continuum We're sitting in a meeting room having another conversation about the project, and for the 3rd time someone says "but what a...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[The uncertainty continuum We're sitting in a meeting room having another conversation about the project, and for the 3rd time someone says "but what a...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Understanding guitar tone]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-01-24-understanding-guitar-tone</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2018-01-24-understanding-guitar-tone"/>
        <updated>2018-01-24T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This post is about a hobby that's been languishing a while: music. It's been a significant part of my life since I've been born, and I've been making ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This post is about a hobby that's been languishing a while: music. It's been a significant part of my life since I've been born, and I've been making ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Optimising for clarity]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-10-22-optimising-for-clarity</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-10-22-optimising-for-clarity"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://www.pietersartain.com/post/2015-10-22-optimising-for-clarity/hero-optimising-for-clarity.svg" type="image/svg"/>
        <updated>2015-10-22T14:45:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I've spent a lot more time over the past few months listening and talking to people than ever before. As a new manager, I've had to learn a few really...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[I've spent a lot more time over the past few months listening and talking to people than ever before. As a new manager, I've had to learn a few really...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Interesting people]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-10-16-interesting-people</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-10-16-interesting-people"/>
        <updated>2015-10-16T14:45:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Who are your interesting people? The internet has done wonders for opinions, since everyone (including fools like me), can write and publish. Not ever...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Who are your interesting people? The internet has done wonders for opinions, since everyone (including fools like me), can write and publish. Not ever...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Here's something you already know]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-10-09-something-you-already-know</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-10-09-something-you-already-know"/>
        <updated>2015-10-09T14:45:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There is a difference between assuming nothing and hammering things home well past the time the point has been made. I had a conversation recently whe...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[There is a difference between assuming nothing and hammering things home well past the time the point has been made. I had a conversation recently whe...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Recording software stack]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-04-20-recording-software-stack</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2015-04-20-recording-software-stack"/>
        <updated>2015-04-20T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I was worrying today about the costs of my recording hobby, having assembled a collection of VSTs and recording software. Once I put the numbers down,...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[I was worrying today about the costs of my recording hobby, having assembled a collection of VSTs and recording software. Once I put the numbers down,...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Forum building]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2010-02-25-forum-building</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2010-02-25-forum-building"/>
        <updated>2010-02-25T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From time to time, as we all do, I get into a new subject or hobby. So into it, infact, that I want to get involved; especially when it's a community ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[From time to time, as we all do, I get into a new subject or hobby. So into it, infact, that I want to get involved; especially when it's a community ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[New job pt 3: deal or no deal?]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-28-new-job-pt-3-deal-or-no-deal</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-28-new-job-pt-3-deal-or-no-deal"/>
        <updated>2009-10-28T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[For those joining us this late in the game, allow me to recap: - Two companies, both alike in dignity (and their desire to get their hands on me). - T...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[For those joining us this late in the game, allow me to recap: - Two companies, both alike in dignity (and their desire to get their hands on me). - T...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[New job pt 2: the art of handwaving]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-26-new-job-pt-2-the-art-of-handwaving</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-26-new-job-pt-2-the-art-of-handwaving"/>
        <updated>2009-10-26T12:00:01.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Having beaten the first couple of levels, now things get intense. Casual mode is yesterday's news, now we're in to Hardcore territory, and coming up t...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Having beaten the first couple of levels, now things get intense. Casual mode is yesterday's news, now we're in to Hardcore territory, and coming up t...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[New job pt 1: foot in the door]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-26-new-job-pt-1-foot-in-the-door</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-26-new-job-pt-1-foot-in-the-door"/>
        <updated>2009-10-26T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Every journey begins with a single step, and for jobs, that's getting your CV to someone who cares. I've been very lucky to have had some excellent ad...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Every journey begins with a single step, and for jobs, that's getting your CV to someone who cares. I've been very lucky to have had some excellent ad...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[A refrain]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-02-a-refrain</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-10-02-a-refrain"/>
        <updated>2009-10-02T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Success. The demon has been banished from my hardware and I am finally able to reliably record at 48KHz 16bit (native resolution for a SB Audigy2 Plat...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Success. The demon has been banished from my hardware and I am finally able to reliably record at 48KHz 16bit (native resolution for a SB Audigy2 Plat...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[A musical interlude]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-09-24-a-musical-interlude</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-09-24-a-musical-interlude"/>
        <updated>2009-09-24T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Being a natural born tinkerer isn't a good attribute when what you really want to do is finish something. The past few weeks I've been working fairly ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Being a natural born tinkerer isn't a good attribute when what you really want to do is finish something. The past few weeks I've been working fairly ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Normal service to resume]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-09-01-normal-service-to-resume</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-09-01-normal-service-to-resume"/>
        <updated>2009-09-01T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[While the hob is still laying outside in pieces, I am at least back up and running with my PC. Most importantly, with all my data still intact, just w...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[While the hob is still laying outside in pieces, I am at least back up and running with my PC. Most importantly, with all my data still intact, just w...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Turbulence]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-07-21-turbulence</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-07-21-turbulence"/>
        <updated>2009-07-21T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What started out as killing time at work has actually gone past the "That's cool" barrier and into something practical. To start at the end first, the...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[What started out as killing time at work has actually gone past the "That's cool" barrier and into something practical. To start at the end first, the...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Farming]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-07-02-farming</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-07-02-farming"/>
        <updated>2009-07-02T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the farm! This dokuwiki installation is now part of a wiki farm that also contains http://pam.pesartain.com, http://www.src2pkg.net and htt...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the farm! This dokuwiki installation is now part of a wiki farm that also contains http://pam.pesartain.com, http://www.src2pkg.net and htt...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ease]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-06-22-ease</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-06-22-ease"/>
        <updated>2009-06-22T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Catching up on some RSS subscriptions this morning, I found myself reading Kent Beck's blog about the Open/Closed Principle. Flipping back through his...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Catching up on some RSS subscriptions this morning, I found myself reading Kent Beck's blog about the Open/Closed Principle. Flipping back through his...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Interviewfail?]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-06-03-interviewfail</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-06-03-interviewfail"/>
        <updated>2009-06-03T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Interview over. I walked out feeling like that was a total fail. It didn't help that I got a bad case of the nerves just an hour before I was due to s...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Interview over. I walked out feeling like that was a total fail. It didn't help that I got a bad case of the nerves just an hour before I was due to s...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Interview!]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-05-28-interview</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-05-28-interview"/>
        <updated>2009-05-28T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is what it's all been leading up to. I have a good shot at it providing I don't screw up the C test and subsequently stick my foot in my mouth. 1...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is what it's all been leading up to. I have a good shot at it providing I don't screw up the C test and subsequently stick my foot in my mouth. 1...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Power saving]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-05-25-power-saving</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-05-25-power-saving"/>
        <updated>2009-05-25T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Since moving to a server/client network architecture at home, I'm finding the electricity bills are going nowhere but up! There are many reasons to ha...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Since moving to a server/client network architecture at home, I'm finding the electricity bills are going nowhere but up! There are many reasons to ha...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Add on domains]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-03-06-add-on-domains</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2009-03-06-add-on-domains"/>
        <updated>2009-03-06T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The difference between addon domains and domain parking is important. Which is why I first titled this post "parking", 'cause I got 'em confused. You ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[The difference between addon domains and domain parking is important. Which is why I first titled this post "parking", 'cause I got 'em confused. You ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Employed!]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-26-employed</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-26-employed"/>
        <updated>2008-09-26T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What started with a few stressful phone calls at the start of August has lead inexorably toward being employed in the same location, by the same peopl...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[What started with a few stressful phone calls at the start of August has lead inexorably toward being employed in the same location, by the same peopl...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Curiousity Kills]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-15-curiousity-kills</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-15-curiousity-kills"/>
        <updated>2008-09-15T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I've just pulled the title of this post off a song by Trapt. Since I've started this sort of blog, I've kept brand names out of the posts, I've kept l...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[I've just pulled the title of this post off a song by Trapt. Since I've started this sort of blog, I've kept brand names out of the posts, I've kept l...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Now under offer!]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-10-now-under-offer</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-10-now-under-offer"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://www.pietersartain.com/post/2008-09-10-now-under-offer/hero-now-under-offer.svg" type="image/svg"/>
        <updated>2008-09-10T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Another Monday morning, I'm still dozing in about 9am fully intending to get up any minute now, and a surprise phone call. My London interview came up...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Another Monday morning, I'm still dozing in about 9am fully intending to get up any minute now, and a surprise phone call. My London interview came up...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What interviews are supposed to be all about]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-07-what-interviews-are-supposed-to-be-all-about</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-07-what-interviews-are-supposed-to-be-all-about"/>
        <updated>2008-09-07T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[So I dashed into London on Friday (2008-05-09) for an interview with no specific job specification. The night before I found myself in a complete stat...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[So I dashed into London on Friday (2008-05-09) for an interview with no specific job specification. The night before I found myself in a complete stat...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Quick-fire round: GO!]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-06-quick-fire-round-go</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-09-06-quick-fire-round-go"/>
        <updated>2008-09-06T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous. The first phone interview I've ever had was very simple and required talking around a bunch of points that my CV h...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous. The first phone interview I've ever had was very simple and required talking around a bunch of points that my CV h...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The long road]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-08-31-the-long-road</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-08-31-the-long-road"/>
        <updated>2008-08-31T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Still no word about the job referenced recently. Since life has been busy I've felt little need to keep this up to date. I have another interview on S...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Still no word about the job referenced recently. Since life has been busy I've felt little need to keep this up to date. I have another interview on S...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Technically interviewable]]></title>
        <id>https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-08-12-technically-interviewable</id>
        <link href="https://www.pietersartain.com/blog/2008-08-12-technically-interviewable"/>
        <updated>2008-08-12T11:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Turns out I made a decent enough impression on the phone interview to warrant the travel expenses and face to face. I can see why you'd want to check ...]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[Turns out I made a decent enough impression on the phone interview to warrant the travel expenses and face to face. I can see why you'd want to check ...]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Pieter Sartain</name>
            <uri>https://www.pietersartain.com</uri>
        </author>
    </entry>
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