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	<description>Eyolf Østrem on Dylan, Computers, and then some</description>
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		<title>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you also block &#8230;?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/06/why-dont-you-also-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I receive a lot of suggestions of other countries to boycott. Turkey, North Korea, Sudan, etc. So why don&#8217;t I also block them?
1. This is not a crusade against every injustice in the world. It is a contribution to the cultural boycott of Israel because of its treatment of Gaza and the Palestinians, as explained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Hamas</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/06/anti-hamas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I was going to take a break from this now, but there is one more thing I need to state more clearly, and thanks to all who have reminded me of this (and I&#8217;m not being sarcastic here):
Everything I&#8217;ve said about truth, propaganda, and predetermined morals could and should be used against the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Boycott &#8212; some reflections</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/06/cultural-boycott-some-reflections/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/06/cultural-boycott-some-reflections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago, I started my cultural boycott of Israel, in direct response to, but not caused only by, the events surrounding the murders (or war crimes) on the Freedom Flotilla. These are some reflections on the boycott itself and on the reactions it has caused.
What is a cultural boycott, and is it fair?
I consider [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
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		<title>Neighbourhood Bully indeed</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/06/neighbourhood-bully-indeed/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/06/neighbourhood-bully-indeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m too enraged to write anything coherent, but beginning yesterday, I&#8217;m running my own private boycott of the state of Israel and anything/-one associated with it, and I urge everyone to do the same. 
A fascist, belligerent regime is not justifiable by any past, no matter how cruel and injust it has been. A rotten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St Stallman: A Hero of the Highest Order</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/02/st-stallman-a-hero-of-the-highest-order/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/02/st-stallman-a-hero-of-the-highest-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m not God — I&#8217;m just a saint.&#8221;
Richard M. Stallman
The Phoenix &#62; News Features &#62; Tilting at Windows
Richard M. Stallman is a legendary figure without whom the world would have looked very different, and one of those few whose initials &#8212; RMS &#8212; is a concept, on a par with JFK and LBJ.
Within certain circles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar in Two Weeks, day 12: Chords, chords, chords</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/guitar-in-two-weeks-day-12-chords-chords-chords/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/guitar-in-two-weeks-day-12-chords-chords-chords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson is all theory, but it’s theory that you’re going to have use for more often than any other theory item so far. It answers two questions: &#8220;What the &#8230; does F#m9-5 and E+ mean?&#8221;, and &#8220;I made up this great chord, but now I want to write it down before I forget it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar in Two Weeks, day 11: Fingerpicking II</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/guitar-in-two-weeks-day-11-fingerpicking-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/guitar-in-two-weeks-day-11-fingerpicking-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s lesson will pick up from where the previous ended and take it further in two directions. And be warned: this lesson is probably the most advanced lesson in the whole series. As one commenter wrote, these songs are not easy to play.  They demonstrate some more advanced things you can do with fingerpicking once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Between lessons: In case you need some inspiration</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/between-lessons-in-case-you-need-some-inspiration/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/between-lessons-in-case-you-need-some-inspiration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lessons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a little something for those who need to chill out to some good music between lessons:

He&#8217;s doing exactly the right thing: no matter if you have to pick your nose, scratch your butt or do some facial gymnastics: keep the flow!
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		<title>Learn to Play the Guitar in Two Weeks, day 10: Fingerpicking I</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/learn-to-play-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-10-fingerpicking-i/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/learn-to-play-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-10-fingerpicking-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lessons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far, we&#8217;ve been playing as if you only had one finger on the right hand (or two, like Bruce Langhorne). If plain strumming &#8212; whether with a plectrum or one of the fingers &#8212; is guitar playing&#8217;s equivalent to the pathetic one-button Mac mouse, fingerpicking is more like an advanced gaming mouse, or the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons: update</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/lessons-update/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2010/01/lessons-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to say that I haven&#8217;t abandoned the lessons series, I&#8217;ve just been having a Christmas and a headache.
What remains are: Two days of fingerpicking glory, one more chord lesson covering the thousands of chords remaining; a brief look into open tunings (with an obvious focus on Blood on the Tracks); a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to Play the Guitar in Two Weeks, Day 9: D major redeemed (dropped tunings)</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-9-d-major-redeemed-dropped-tunings/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-9-d-major-redeemed-dropped-tunings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Died and were reborn,
and then mysteriously saved&#8221;

Bob Dylan: &#8220;Oh Sister&#8221;
I can&#8217;t begin to tell you how much I&#8217;ve been looking forward to this post: the post where the ugly duckling, despised by everyone, turns out to be a swan.
All it takes is to tune the sixth string one tone down, and something wonderful happens to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learn to Play the Guitar in Two Weeks, Day 8: Strumming My Gay Guitar</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-8/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth&#8221; (Matthew 6:3)
&#8220;there should be no schism in the body; but the members should have the same care one for another&#8221; (1 Cor. 12:25)
Jesus and St Paul may not be best known as guitar tutors, but their advice, if taken together, not only becomes a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learn to Play the Guitar in Two Weeks, Day 7: Barre chords</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-7/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My order has been messed up. I had intended to stick to a steady left hand &#8212; right hand &#8212; left hand etc. rhythm for the remaining posts. Today was going to be some more flatpicking/right hand techniques, but I realized that we need one more group of chords in place before we go further. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learn to Play the Guitar in Two Weeks, Day 6: Chords and Overtones</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-6/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/learn-to-play-the-guitar-in-two-weeks-day-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If less is more, is &#8220;lesson&#8221; the opposite of &#8220;moron&#8221;, or is it even more stupid?
More Chords
Forget all about which hand is most artisty &#8212; today it&#8217;s all about chords.
So far, we&#8217;ve covered most of the &#8220;simple&#8221; chords. Here are the ones that are left:
o   oo     o o oo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unluck&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/unluck/</link>
		<comments>http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2009/12/unluck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eyolf Østrem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>

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A sign outside a cellphone shop that offers certain services at prices from 50 Danish kroner.
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