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  <title>JM's website</title>
  <link href="https://maraist.org/" />
  <link rel="self" href="https://maraist.org/atom.xml" />
  <id>https://maraist.org/</id>
  <updated>2021-09-20T10:33:00-05:00</updated>

  <entry>
      <title>ASCII art and Org-mode</title>
      <link href="http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2016/06/15/ascii-art-diagrams-in-emacs-org-mode/" />
      <id>http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2016/06/15/ascii-art-diagrams-in-emacs-org-mode/</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-06-15T09:45:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[A how-to for converting ASCII art diagrams in an Emacs org-mode document into a more polished graphic.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>I'm an engineer and I'm OK...</title>
      <link href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123119236117055127.html" />
      <id>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123119236117055127.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-01-08T11:29:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[A vaguely amazing ranking]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Rights deprivation for the kids</title>
      <link href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/21/amazon-user-reviews.html" />
      <id>http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/21/amazon-user-reviews.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-01-22T14:13:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I guess these are a good idea to make the process less scary for kids. All we need now is something to make the process less scary for adults.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>First week in La Crosse</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/self/first-week-lacrosse.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/self/first-week-lacrosse.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-07-26T21:13:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[We got here about a week ago]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Marcel Philip Maraist 1932-2021</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/self/mp-maraist-obit.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/self/mp-maraist-obit.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2021-08-12T14:34:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[The text of my dad's obituary]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>With Dad, Mardi Gras 2004</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/self/mpm-mg2004.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/self/mpm-mg2004.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2021-08-11T11:05:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I have so many pictures of him looking away from the camera]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Election 2014</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/politic/minn-general-2014.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/politic/minn-general-2014.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2014-10-29T00:22:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Sheriff, city questions, school board and lots of judges]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Minnesota state primary 2014</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/politic/minn-primary-2014.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/politic/minn-primary-2014.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2014-08-03T22:59:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[It's election time again. Don't blow off the primary.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Minneapolis elections 2013</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/politic/mpls-elections-2013.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/politic/mpls-elections-2013.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2013-10-22T23:13:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[My choices for this November's city and county elections.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>City and county 2013 elections tomorrow</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/politic/mpls-henn-2013-tmrw.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/politic/mpls-henn-2013-tmrw.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2013-11-04T10:05:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Final picks for tomorrow's City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County elections.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Information resources and picks for the Soil and Water Supervisor races</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/politic/soil-water-2012.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/politic/soil-water-2012.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-11-05T08:47:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Need help deciding on the 2012 Hennepin County Soil and Water Supervisor races?]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Hard birthdays</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/nola/hard-birthdays.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/nola/hard-birthdays.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-10-20T13:56:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Missing Ashley Morris]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>WTUL on McSweeney's</title>
      <link href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/three-things-id-take-to-a-desert-island" />
      <id>https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/three-things-id-take-to-a-desert-island</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-11-24T15:45:00-06:00</updated>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Adieu sushiref</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/meta/adieu-sushiref.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/meta/adieu-sushiref.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-05-29T22:33:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Almost twenty-two years ago, I started a website called The Worldwide Sushi Restaurant Reference.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Just found out about org2blog</title>
      <link href="https://github.com/punchagan/org2blog" />
      <id>https://github.com/punchagan/org2blog</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2011-06-14T09:06:00-05:00</updated>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Research page updated for the first time in a while</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/meta/research-page-updated-oct15.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/meta/research-page-updated-oct15.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2015-10-26T21:25:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I'd let my [[https://maraist.org/work/][research page]] fall out of date, but it's now jumped up to current.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Updated Louisiana notes</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/meta/updated-louisiana-2013.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/meta/updated-louisiana-2013.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2013-09-25T13:33:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Updates to my notes on Louisiana, from our last trips there this winter.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Six words to avoid</title>
      <link href="http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/01/19/6-words-that-make-your-resume-suck/" />
      <id>http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/01/19/6-words-that-make-your-resume-suck/</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-01-22T14:27:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Six words to avoid in resumes.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>We're playing Candyland at the bar</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/humor/candyland-2012.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/humor/candyland-2012.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-04-16T20:42:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[We're playing Candyland at the bar]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Love an implied STFU</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/humor/implied-stfu.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/humor/implied-stfu.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-04-21T17:21:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Love an implied STFU]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>It's always Take Your Pig to Work Day somewhere</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/humor/pigtowork.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/humor/pigtowork.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2021-09-09T14:15:00-05:00</updated>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>"Maybe you're not sure what plagiarism is"</title>
      <link href="http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001393.html" />
      <id>http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001393.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-01-22T20:59:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Whether 'tis nobler in the total eclipse of the plagiarism...]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Candies of evil</title>
      <link href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/8/15burns.html" />
      <id>http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/8/15burns.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-08-18T13:30:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[When Lovecraft wrote for Whitman's]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Chocolate skull</title>
      <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/failblog/~3/UjqJ1hsTOr0/" />
      <id>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/failblog/~3/UjqJ1hsTOr0/</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-04-02T19:58:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I love it when food looks evil]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>The onion twins</title>
      <link href="http://blog.khymos.org/2008/09/26/speeding-up-the-maillard-reaction/" />
      <id>http://blog.khymos.org/2008/09/26/speeding-up-the-maillard-reaction/</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-09-27T10:15:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[All about the browning]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>The good quick-ignite</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/foodish/quick-ignite.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/foodish/quick-ignite.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-10-22T20:07:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[The offhand remark you'll use every time]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Pulled pork rub and sauces</title>
      <link href="https://www.thepauperedchef.com/article/apple-city-barbecues-smoked-pulled-pork" />
      <id>https://www.thepauperedchef.com/article/apple-city-barbecues-smoked-pulled-pork</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-08-05T18:00:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Yes, sauces]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>One of these days I'll watch a movie again</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cool/one-of-these-days-movie.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cool/one-of-these-days-movie.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-01-08T13:37:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[...but for now I'll just squirrel away lists of what that movie might be.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Venus in transit</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cool/venus-2012.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cool/venus-2012.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-06-05T19:22:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Venus in transit]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>White squirrel in the backyard</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cool/white-squirrel-moves-in.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cool/white-squirrel-moves-in.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2021-09-20T10:33:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I've seen this white squirrel before on the next street over, but this was the first time I'd seen it in our yard.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>The Austrian cure</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/austrian-cure-2012.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/austrian-cure-2012.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2010-02-05T10:15:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Bacon from a childhood memory]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Bitters for old-fashioneds, batch 1</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/bitters-for-old-fashioneds.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/bitters-for-old-fashioneds.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-03-18T11:02:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I'm starting a quest for the perfect bitters for old-fashioneds as I like them.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>The cure for bacon</title>
      <link href="https://ruhlman.com/homemade-pancetta/" />
      <id>https://ruhlman.com/homemade-pancetta/</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>1999-12-31T18:00:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Ratios for the curing mix I use for bacon]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Five-year bacon</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/five-year-bacon.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/five-year-bacon.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2021-03-04T17:07:00-06:00</updated>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Flavored pecans</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/flavored-pecans.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/flavored-pecans.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2013-01-12T10:53:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[We made three kinds of flavored pecans this year.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>January bacon</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/january-bacon-2009.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/january-bacon-2009.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2021-01-19T15:45:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Time for another round of bacon.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>And this little piggy became bacon</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/little-piggy-2012.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/little-piggy-2012.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-04-03T13:45:00-05:00</updated>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Louisiana dining roundup</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/louisiana-dining-2009.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/louisiana-dining-2009.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-01-06T00:16:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Just back from the annual holiday trip.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>October bacon</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/october-bacon-2008.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/october-bacon-2008.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-10-09T16:25:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[It's bacon-making time again!]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>October bacon — Day 3</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/october-bacon-day-3-2008.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/october-bacon-day-3-2008.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-10-12T16:05:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Looking good so far]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Ribs glaze</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/ribs-glaze.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/ribs-glaze.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2014-07-27T23:13:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Variations on a web recipe for a glaze for ribs]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Rose foam</title>
      <link href="http://blog.khymos.org/2009/03/31/tgrwt-16-roasted-chicken-with-rose-foam/" />
      <id>http://blog.khymos.org/2009/03/31/tgrwt-16-roasted-chicken-with-rose-foam/</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-03-31T21:44:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[This looks good.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Summer 2021 bacon</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/summer-bacon-2021.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/summer-bacon-2021.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2021-09-15T21:15:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[First big slab in a while]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>To be pulled</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/to-be-pulled.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/to-be-pulled.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2012-04-15T12:30:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Winter pasta</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/cook/winter-pasta-2009.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/cook/winter-pasta-2009.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-01-06T00:08:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Jill and I made two kinds of pasta for gifts this winter.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Atypical typing</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/atypical-typing.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/atypical-typing.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-10-31T20:25:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[When the blast from the past is an I-told-you-so]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Cloning, narrowing, and Emacs</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/cloning-narrowing-emacs.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/cloning-narrowing-emacs.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2020-05-02T17:07:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Combining narrowing and cloning in Emacs]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Comma-separated lists in LaTeX</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/comma-separated-latex-lists.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/comma-separated-latex-lists.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-08-23T12:51:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[For some time I've wanted a way to process comma-separated lists in LaTeX.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>First TC Lispers meeting</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/first-tc-lispers.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/first-tc-lispers.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-06-12T11:53:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[The first meeting of the TC Lispers meeting was this week]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Getting a certificate for HTTPS</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/getting-https-cert.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/getting-https-cert.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-01-24T09:17:00-06:00</updated>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>ICAPS paper up</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/icaps08-paper-up.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/icaps08-paper-up.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-10-19T16:53:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I've uploaded our paper at ICAPS this year]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>ILC2010 lightning talk</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/ilc2010-lightning.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/ilc2010-lightning.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2010-10-25T10:30:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I’ve posted the slides from a ILC2010 lightning talk I gave about defdoc.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>ILC2010 paper posted</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/ilc2010-paper.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/ilc2010-paper.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2010-10-05T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[I’ve posted a link to the paper about NST I’ll present at ILC2010.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Let's encrypt, indeed</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/lets-encrypt-indeed.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/lets-encrypt-indeed.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-01-22T15:20:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Secure sites without expensive certificates.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>NST 2.1.0 released</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/nst-2-1-0.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/nst-2-1-0.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2010-07-01T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>NST: testing for Common Lisp</title>
      <link href="http://www.cliki.net/NST" />
      <id>http://www.cliki.net/NST</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-11-11T03:33:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Some time ago we released NST, a test framework for Common Lisp.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>An opposite of security</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/opposite-of-security-2008.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/opposite-of-security-2008.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2008-08-27T15:35:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[It's not funny.  It's a disaster waiting to happen.]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Reach a live person</title>
      <link href="http://gethuman.com/" />
      <id>http://gethuman.com/</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2009-01-04T11:42:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[How to skip the voice mail menus and trees]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Renewing the HTTPS certificate</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/renew-https-cert.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/renew-https-cert.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-04-03T22:33:00-05:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[Renewing a Let's Encrypt certificate]]></summary>
    </entry>

  <entry>
      <title>Surf your bibliographies</title>
      <link href="https://maraist.org/compute/surf-your-bibliographies.html" />
      <id>https://maraist.org/compute/surf-your-bibliographies.html</id>
      <author><name>John Maraist</name></author>
      <updated>2016-02-01T01:04:00-06:00</updated>
      <summary><![CDATA[This weekend I wrote a BibTeX-to-HTML converter.]]></summary>
    </entry>
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