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	"title": "CTD’s micro-blog experiments",
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/07/26/ok-so-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Ok, so the link from my ancient (moribund) blog still works apparently, but just posts a link to the post, rather than repeating the post here, which isn’t terribly helpful. So it may be time to retire typepad, except that I think it also hosts the privacy pages for my iOS sticker collections. Hmmm.</p>\n\n<p>Have an Ollie picture while I ponder this conundrum.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/image.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"The Twitteriffic bird, Ollie, stands in a field of dandelions\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-07-26T12:10:51+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/07/26/ok-so-the.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/31/the-final-prompt.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The final prompt for the MBMAR photo challenge is practice. Over the years I have had lots of practice in the particular agricultural optimisation puzzles favoured by Uwe Rosenberg.</p>\n\n<p>#boardgames</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/a97444facc.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"600\" alt=\"close up view of part of a player board in Caverna board game showing sheep pigs wheat and other items \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-31T05:21:40+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/31/the-final-prompt.html"
			},
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/30/the-penultimate-prompt.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The penultimate prompt for the MBMAR photo challenge is mirror. Here is one from Venice last year when Rosie was exhibiting at the Homo Faber festival.</p>\n\n<p>Curiously the share sheet extension for Micro Blog doesn’t work in iOS 16.4. Mysterious.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/6805ed21d7.jpg\" width=\"514\" height=\"600\" alt=\"an oval mirror decorated with branches, showing myself and some paintings on the wall \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-30T05:02:42+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/30/the-penultimate-prompt.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/29/all-being-well.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>All being well I should be back here in a couple of weeks for the first time in 4 years.\n#waterfallWednesday</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/560f92f8f7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"water rushing over Niagara Falls \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-29T12:24:53+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/29/all-being-well.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/29/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 29 of the MBMAR photo challenge is slice. Here is a slice of life from Benjamin Snowbear.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/24ced86969.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"a large white bear in a bathtub. \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-29T05:02:40+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/29/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/28/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 28 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is prompt. Very meta. The word appears on this HP-41c synthetic programming quick reference card from 1982. Can you find it?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/5313787709.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" alt=\"a card containing a very dense table of codes and instructions \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-28T05:06:14+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/28/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/27/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 27 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is support. Show your support for artists by visiting their exhibitions, in this case Matt Dixon’s robot show.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/88d35cbacd.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"a robot sitting at a bus stop with a teddy bear for support\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-27T04:49:59+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/27/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/26/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 26 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is instrument.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/1be7deb531.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a cat curled up tightly beside a trumpet\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-26T05:47:11+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/26/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/25/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 25 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is Spice. Not a very valuable commodity in Race for the Galaxy.</p>\n\n<p>#boardgames</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/c47292e885.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a hand of cards including a Spice World  \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-25T06:31:32+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/25/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/24/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 24 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is court. 15 years ago we were lucky to be let out onto the roof of Hampton Court Palace. Definitely not where the public are allowed to roam!</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/586ea23752.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"some of the roof expanse of the palace with a glimpse of the clock to the left \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-24T06:18:33+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/24/the-prompt-for.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/23/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 23 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is chance. Here are many agents of chance.</p>\n\n<p>#boardgames</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/b05cd3e244.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a spread of dice from many differenf board games \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-23T05:25:44+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/23/the-prompt-for.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/22/lego-horror-stories.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>#Lego Horror Stories number 25</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/f6b9a05110.jpg\" width=\"478\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a lego minifig head with a lego body and saw in the background \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-22T14:41:24+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/22/lego-horror-stories.html"
			},
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/22/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 22 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is insect, in which case you will need this invaluable guide.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/5cf79d6f53.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a photo of the Observers Book of Larger Moths\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-22T05:34:41+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/22/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/21/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 21 of the Micro Blog 📷 Challenge is tiny.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/ea1ac75ca9.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a very young and small person \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-21T05:38:46+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/21/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/20/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 20 of the MicroBlog photo challenge is houseplant…</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/a89b1d6d42.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a cat in a plant pot\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-20T04:54:00+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/20/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/19/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for Day 19 of the March Photoblogging Challenge is analog. For which I could take a photo with this but will settle for a photo of this.</p>\n\n<p>📷</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/0239da24f4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" alt=\"an old Canon SLR camera, pre-digital era\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-19T06:16:15+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/19/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/18/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 18 of the MBMar challenge is portico. This is the door to St Heliers Bay public library where so many discoveries shaped my life in unexpected ways.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/c739ca8ece.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a brick arched portico with a white wooden door shaded by trees\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-18T06:24:12+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/18/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/17/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for Day 17 of the Micro Blog 📷 challenge is early. You know what they say about early birds.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/48d992ff78.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a very splendid chicken \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-17T07:33:04+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/17/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/16/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for Day 16 of the Photoblogging Challenge is road. I searched my photo library and one result was this of Rivals for Catan, a firm favourite here. I don’t think it recognised the Road card in the foreground but possibly found the word road on a card.\n#boardgames</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/8cd8fdc51e.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a spread of square cards from the Rivals for Catan game\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-16T06:09:45+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/16/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/15/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 15 of the March Micro Blog 📷 challenge is patience. It must have required much of that to capture this rare action shot of me peering into a Watties Bag, back in the olden days of black &amp; white…</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/6766b58281.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"484\" alt=\"a black and white photo of a young child, peering into a bag, held open by a slightly older sibling\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-15T06:07:14+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/15/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/14/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for Day 14 of the March Micro Blog Photoblogging Challenge is horizon, and here is one of my favourites…</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/834cb49c61.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"St Heliers beach with Rangitoto on the horizon\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-14T07:14:46+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/14/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/13/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for Day 13 of the March Photoblogging Challenge is connection.</p>\n\n<p>These sofubi space robots are a connection to my grandparents who bought them back from Singapore to New Zealand in the 70s. I only discovered they are from SUPER ROBOT MACH BARON recently.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/2ab574816d.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" alt=\"a set of soft vinyl robots from a Japanese TV show\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-13T05:55:47+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/13/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/12/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for Day 12 of the March Photoblogging Challenge is shiny. This building was super shiny as I cycled over Blackfriars Bridge on Friday. Doesn’t sparkle so much on camera though.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/def02cac64.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" alt=\"a shiny tall building in a gloomy sky \"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-12T05:20:40+01:00",
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/11/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 11 of the Micro Blog 📷 Challenge is gimcrack, a word that has no meaning to me. So have an octopus instead.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/b50b874eaf.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"a silver sculpture of an octopus\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-11T05:23:02+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/11/the-prompt-for.html"
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				"id": "http://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/10/the-prompt-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The prompt for day 10 of the MicroBlog 📷 Challenge is Ritual. One ritual I have is that I like to photograph interesting doors and this is one of my favourites.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4461/2023/ac03922cf4.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A warehouse door on the first floor of a buliding with a derelict cargo crane next to it\"></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2023-03-10T06:53:01+01:00",
				"url": "https://ctd.micro.blog/2023/03/10/the-prompt-for.html"
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