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	'title' => 'Pinentry came back to haunt me',
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<p>
	I don&apos;t know why, but pinentry seems to be in use in my compilation script again.
	I will go back to the original plan of coding around it.
	Pinetry is a thorn in my side for no good reason.
</p>
<p>
	When I first set up the weblog $a[ASCII] calendar index page, the plan was to have a different index page for each month.
	As a result, it made the most sense to fill the empty spaces at the beginning and end of each month with days from the preceding and following month, as that provided links to more total pages.
	However, with all the $a[ASCII] calendar pages now being shown on the same page, all it&apos;s doing is creating redundant links and making it a bit harder to understand the navigation page.
	I&apos;ve now fixed that, so $a[ASCII] calendar pages only display days actually appearing in the months the represent.
</p>
<p>
	I&apos;m not sure what is up with my mother, but she was trying to buy herself, my sister, and I each a new used computer.
	It makes sense that my mother and sister need new machines.
	My sister&apos;s laptop has a broken hinge and I think it is starting to have issues.
	My mother&apos;s machine has a virus, and it has been locked up for months.
	We can reinstall the system, but because my mother runs Windows, the Microsoft $a[DRM] is likely to give us problems upon reinstallation.
	She told me to pick one out too though.
	I tried explaining that it seemed like a waste of money seeing as my computer is still functional, but she insisted.
	The main thing that got her to stop was me telling her that after buying the computer, the first thing I would need to do with mine is wipe the system and install a system that I could actually use (the computers on display all ran Windows or $a[OS] X).
	I explained that until we got it home and wiped the system, I had no way to know if the hardware was compatible with Debian.
	Once the system is wiped, we likely cannot take it back.
	The people at the recycling center said that they some times have Zorin $a[OS], but that they are usually netbooks.
	My understanding is that netbooks are fairly useless for most tasks and that they really only work well as a way to access Web-based applications.
	There&apos;s also the fact that Zorin likely includes proprietary firmware, so Zorin running on a machine is no indication that Debian likely will.
	We were told though that if we came back at a time that both the pricing guy and the custom machine building guy were in (Monday through Thursday, excluding this coming Thursday), we could look into having a custom Debian machine being built.
	I don&apos;t need a new computer at the moment, but it seems I might be getting one anyway, depending on how much my mother pushes.
</p>
<p>
	My <a href="/a/canary.txt">canary</a> still sings the tune of freedom and transparency.
</p>
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