Fix old pre-markdown link formats

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diff --git a/content/old/asides/wow-that-took-way-longer-than-i-thought-it-would.md b/content/old/asides/wow-that-took-way-longer-than-i-thought-it-would.md
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-After only five years (or so) of searching for the missing element of my Tad Williams "\`Otherland \<http://www.tadwilliams.com/volume1.html\>\`__" hardcover set, I finally found a copy that wasn't some wildly-overpriced "first edition" in poor condition.
+After only five years (or so) of searching for the missing element of my Tad Williams "[Otherland](http://www.tadwilliams.com/volume1.html)" hardcover set, I finally found a copy that wasn't some wildly-overpriced "first edition" in poor condition.
 
 It's very pretty, and now I have all four.
diff --git a/content/old/events/an-event-i-can-get-behind.md b/content/old/events/an-event-i-can-get-behind.md
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-Apparently, although this is news to me, March 15th has become the "\`International Eat an Animal for PETA \<http://www.yourish.com/archives/2005/mar6-12_2005.html#2005030803\>\`__" day. (Via [Instapundit](http://instapundit.com/archives/021657.php))
+Apparently, although this is news to me, March 15th has become the "[International Eat an Animal for PETA](http://www.yourish.com/archives/2005/mar6-12_2005.html#2005030803)" day. (Via [Instapundit](http://instapundit.com/archives/021657.php))
 
 It doesn't have the same linguistic flair that, say, Talk Like a Pirate day does, but it's still something that I'll approve of. Apparently, joined by many others, although most of them have left the blogging thing -- or at least re-done their links -- since they participated, so no links.
 
diff --git a/content/old/events/this-man-is-a-cancer.md b/content/old/events/this-man-is-a-cancer.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ So... What's the most common refrain? Well, on one hand we have people who are a
 
 What the fuck, you ask?
 
-Well, see, that last group "\`believe in free speech, but... \<http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/49353#1216948\>\`__"
+Well, see, that last group "[believe in free speech, but...](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/49353#1216948)"
 
 Beware of [anyone who prefaces a statement with that line](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2005/10/13/corporalte-punishment/). They probably don't have your best interests at heart, and they're a liar, to boot.
 
diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/books-i-plan-to-read-websites-that-i-think-are-cool.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/books-i-plan-to-read-websites-that-i-think-are-cool.md
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 I was thinking, today; I have a lot of books on my plate in the immediate future. I mean, just stupid quantities of readings that I mean to get to.
 
-I'm just finishing [Tad Willams](http://www.tadwilliams.com/)' *\`Shadowmarch \<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756402700/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20\>\`__* right now. I've started, and need to get around to finishing, [Stephen R. Donaldson](http://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/)'s *\`The Runes of the Earth \<http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRNSFTHRT2004\>\`__*. I'm in the same position with [C.J. Cherryh](http://www.cherryh.com/)'s [*Collected Short Fiction*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756402565/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20) and [*Precursor*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0886779103/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20)/\`*Defender* \<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756400201/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20\>\`__/\`*Explorer* \<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756401313/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20\>\`__.
+I'm just finishing [Tad Willams](http://www.tadwilliams.com/)' *[Shadowmarch](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756402700/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20)* right now. I've started, and need to get around to finishing, [Stephen R. Donaldson](http://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/)'s *[The Runes of the Earth](http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRNSFTHRT2004)*. I'm in the same position with [C.J. Cherryh](http://www.cherryh.com/)'s [*Collected Short Fiction*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756402565/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20) and [*Precursor*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0886779103/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20)/*[Defender](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756400201/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20)*/*[Explorer](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756401313/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20)*.
 
 [Char](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar) just bought me [*Freakonomics*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006073132X/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20), which looks interesting. I've also got [Ray Kurzweil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil)'s [*The Age of Spiritual Machines*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140282025/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20) on my plate. Add to that a plan to re-read [Norman](http://www.jnd.org/)'s [*The Design of Everyday Things*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465067107/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20) and a standing request for [Amy](http://lashingtail.blogspot.com/) to lend me the rest of [Lois McMaster Bujold](http://www.dendarii.com/)'s [Vorkosigan](http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FanFic/timeline.html) books, and I've got quite a pile. Not to mention [Dan Simmons](http://www.dansimmons.com/)' [*Illium*](http://www.dansimmons.com/books/new_books.htm#ilium_new) and [*Olympos*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380978946/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20), the former of which I am half-finished.
 
diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/growing-pain.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/growing-pain.md
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ As some of you probably know, for the last couple of years my right wrist has be
 
 The thing is, now that i'm actually taking steps down a path towards a *career* in computing, i have to do something about it, because the condition is only getting worse as time goes by, not better.
 
-So, at the [recommendation](http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/smartglove/smartglove-1.html) of one of the premier tech sites on the net, and at ridiculous personal expense, i purchased a pair of "\`smart gloves \<http://www.imakproducts.com/products/smart_glove.htm\>\`__" to see if they could help. The gloves arrived just yesterday, so it's too early to tell how well they're gonna work, but here's hoping i see a difference.
+So, at the [recommendation](http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/smartglove/smartglove-1.html) of one of the premier tech sites on the net, and at ridiculous personal expense, i purchased a pair of "[smart gloves](http://www.imakproducts.com/products/smart_glove.htm)" to see if they could help. The gloves arrived just yesterday, so it's too early to tell how well they're gonna work, but here's hoping i see a difference.
 
 I'd like to be able to use my hands in the future... Ya know, they're kind of useful :)
diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/infotainment-glut.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/infotainment-glut.md
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-A story on Wired News entitled "\`Stop Trying to Persuade Us \<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65640,00.html\>\`__" should be required reading for advertising execs.
+A story on Wired News entitled "[Stop Trying to Persuade Us](http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65640,00.html)" should be required reading for advertising execs.
 
 The only problem is, this is not a grassroots "we're sick of this shit" story, but rather a reasoned objection to the current state of affairs. I guess it's actually even a bit less than that -- It's pretty much the shell of an argument. Entertainment as information itself.
 
diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/privacy-what-privacy.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/privacy-what-privacy.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ So, the question that's worth asking -- and is well asked at the Wired blog that
 >
 > And what's your justification for choosing what kind of people are reprehensible enough to you that their private lives should be splayed on the internet for anyone, from family to friends to co-workers to acquaintances to their bosses, to see?
 
-*\`--from Wired 27B Stroke 6 \<http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1553813\>\`__*
+*[--from Wired 27B Stroke 6](http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1553813)*
 
 So, tempest in a teapot? Violation on a par with rape? Just short of? Sadistic action of a man-child? Sociopathic cruelty?
 
diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-usual-gripe-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-usual-gripe-again.md
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ Unless, of course, i take Mel's advice, and get into a comparative lit. course i
 
 In unrelated news, i got my Chem102 midterm mark back. Acceptable, yes, but not what i wanted. 82.2%. That will *not* keep my GPA at 4.0, but, then again, neither will my ENGL-101 mark :)
 
-In other news, even less related, i found an interesting article on (where else?) [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/) the other day about the junior/high-school expericene, entitled "\`Why Nerds are Unpopular \<http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html\>\`__". This is a pretty wide-ranging article, and, while it has some good points to make about the specific issue of nerd popularity, it makes points about the nature of high-school society that i think are more important than the title suggests. Give it a read, it does - in more ways than one - accurately describe my own experiences in education.
+In other news, even less related, i found an interesting article on (where else?) [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/) the other day about the junior/high-school expericene, entitled "[Why Nerds are Unpopular](http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html)". This is a pretty wide-ranging article, and, while it has some good points to make about the specific issue of nerd popularity, it makes points about the nature of high-school society that i think are more important than the title suggests. Give it a read, it does - in more ways than one - accurately describe my own experiences in education.
diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/why-not.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/why-not.md
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-There's a small, nearly invisible war going on down south of us, with implications that touch on the cornerstone of any working democracy -the counting of votes. I know, i know... I've ranted about this before, and really, there's not a lot that's new. But here's what's kind of interesting: There's an anti-war advocacy site, called "\`Why War? \<http://why-war.com/memos\>\`__" that is hosting an archive of the memos that are widely considered to be incriminating evidence against the voting machine company Diebold.
+There's a small, nearly invisible war going on down south of us, with implications that touch on the cornerstone of any working democracy -the counting of votes. I know, i know... I've ranted about this before, and really, there's not a lot that's new. But here's what's kind of interesting: There's an anti-war advocacy site, called "[Why War?](http://why-war.com/memos)" that is hosting an archive of the memos that are widely considered to be incriminating evidence against the voting machine company Diebold.
 
 It's interesting how some situations make for strange bedfellows. Other than this convergence of ideals, i couldn't disagree more than i do with most of Why War?'s ideals and positons. But down in the states, they're fighting a good fight. They face the distinct possiblity of *going to jail* on the strength of their belief that this information must be made public, and i can't help but respect that. What does concern me, though, is the ongoing lack of play that this is still getting in the major media in the US. It's shaking my faith in the essential fairness of the system - by fairness, of course, i mean that both sides' dishonesty will tend to cancel out.
 
diff --git a/content/old/humour/wont-someone-please-think-of-the-statistics.md b/content/old/humour/wont-someone-please-think-of-the-statistics.md
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-In a world of fearmongering media and government, it seems to me that life would be better if we could just *\`fucking count \<http://www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic/bunny/index.php?id=687\>\`__*!
+In a world of fearmongering media and government, it seems to me that life would be better if we could just *[fucking count](http://www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic/bunny/index.php?id=687)*!
diff --git a/content/old/internet/time-to-start-a-holy-war.md b/content/old/internet/time-to-start-a-holy-war.md
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-"\`Why Religion Doesn't Matter \<http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/18/05434/162\>\`__", an article at [kuro5hin.org](http://kuro5hin.org/) is pretty much guaranteed to piss off the religious sorts amongst my readers. That being said, i think it bears a read, even if the idea makes you wanna hit somebody... There's not much more i could say that hasn't already been said in there, but i thought i'd toss this one off anyway - k5 has always been one of the best sites on the net for this sort of thing, and i'm always glad to pass more views off their way. For the tech-inclined amongst you, think of it as the "thinking man's [slashdot](http://slashdot.org/)", a place where reason, though it doesn't rule, per se, it *does* dominate.
+"[Why Religion Doesn't Matter](http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/18/05434/162)", an article at [kuro5hin.org](http://kuro5hin.org/) is pretty much guaranteed to piss off the religious sorts amongst my readers. That being said, i think it bears a read, even if the idea makes you wanna hit somebody... There's not much more i could say that hasn't already been said in there, but i thought i'd toss this one off anyway - k5 has always been one of the best sites on the net for this sort of thing, and i'm always glad to pass more views off their way. For the tech-inclined amongst you, think of it as the "thinking man's [slashdot](http://slashdot.org/)", a place where reason, though it doesn't rule, per se, it *does* dominate.
 
 Go forth, and pontificate!
 
diff --git a/content/old/internet/to-the-edmonton-journal.md b/content/old/internet/to-the-edmonton-journal.md
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 (I just sent in this letter to the editor)
-Regarding "\`Web superhighway likely to be toll road \<http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=7d971979-7f62-47a1-9895-c9e15fcfeb20&k=44014\>\`__" (Jan 30):
+Regarding "[Web superhighway likely to be toll road](http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=7d971979-7f62-47a1-9895-c9e15fcfeb20&k=44014)" (Jan 30):
 
 There are two issues in connection with this issue that I would like to address. First, and most visible to all subscribers of the ISP services, is that -- despite their claims to the contrary -- companies like Shaw and Rogers lie to their customers when asked about the use of software that specifically restricts the speed of certain types of traffic ("Traffic shaping" software). From personal experience, I can tell you that this leads to frustration from the side of the customer, especially when I'm experiencing service delays with my competing VOIP service. This is a major issue, since Shaw is competing with Vonage for VOIP services, but Shaw is in a position to severely, and adversely, affect the quality of Vonage VOIP, something that is currently affecting me.
 
diff --git a/content/old/media/ooooo.md b/content/old/media/ooooo.md
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-Against all expectations, [It's](http://www.famousplayers.com/movies/movie_information.asp?movie=A1885BC1-76B9-42C5-8518-A07C32C60C8D)**`COMING!!! \<http://www.lordoftherings.net/trilogy/index.html\>`**
+Against all expectations, [It's](http://www.famousplayers.com/movies/movie_information.asp?movie=A1885BC1-76B9-42C5-8518-A07C32C60C8D) **[COMING!!!](http://www.lordoftherings.net/trilogy/index.html)**
 
 And South Ed is getting it, too. I'm so there. \$50 is the price, and it's worth it, by gum!
diff --git a/content/old/rants/sportsmanlike-conduct.md b/content/old/rants/sportsmanlike-conduct.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ And then some words about my final lab - hell, those words now... It was EASY!
 
 Nuff said.
 
-Now, onto the main topic. There's some *\`discussion \<http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/21787\>\`__* going on about a really badly lost/thoroughly won [basketball game](http://espn.go.com/moresports/news/2002/1121/1464158.html). Now, this game (as you'll see from the article) was a high-school playoff game, and it was *very* poorly matched - the eventual score was 115-2. So, the uptick of this discussion, and the gist of the article seems to be that winning by a large amount is 'unsporting'. Now, i'm not one to support the madness of hockey dads pushing 4-yr-old Joey to be the next Gretzky, but i do subscribe to a fairly simple philosophy of sport.
+Now, onto the main topic. There's some *[discussion](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/21787)* going on about a really badly lost/thoroughly won [basketball game](http://espn.go.com/moresports/news/2002/1121/1464158.html). Now, this game (as you'll see from the article) was a high-school playoff game, and it was *very* poorly matched - the eventual score was 115-2. So, the uptick of this discussion, and the gist of the article seems to be that winning by a large amount is 'unsporting'. Now, i'm not one to support the madness of hockey dads pushing 4-yr-old Joey to be the next Gretzky, but i do subscribe to a fairly simple philosophy of sport.
 
 Do Your Best.
 
diff --git a/content/old/rants/uhh.md b/content/old/rants/uhh.md
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-By now, i'm sure everyone has read about the [86-year](http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1003688,00.html)\`-old man \<http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/22/Opinion/Danger_at_the_wheel.shtml\>\`__ who [drove his](http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-smcrash17jul17,0,3789886.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines) car [through a crowded market](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030718_700.html).
+By now, i'm sure everyone has read about the [86-year](http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1003688,00.html)[-old man](http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/22/Opinion/Danger_at_the_wheel.shtml) who [drove his](http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-smcrash17jul17,0,3789886.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines) car [through a crowded market](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030718_700.html).
 
 Not really news, is it?
 
diff --git a/content/old/rants/volunteerism.md b/content/old/rants/volunteerism.md
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 [Volunteerism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteerism) is one of those interesting 'isms'.&nbsp; It's probably one of the most well-regarded 'isms' by more people, but I admit that much like my reaction to charity, I have a decidedly contrary view of this practice.
 
-And, it appears, I'm not the only one.&nbsp; Here's "\`To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich \<http://www.swaraj.org/illich_hell.htm\>\`__," a transcript of a speech given in 1968 to a volunteer organization.&nbsp; I came across this by way of, as always, Metafilter, where a discussion on the validity of volunteering [was taking place](http://www.metafilter.com/69436/Do-you-really-care-about-the-starving-children-of-Africa). This was spurred by an interesting article decrying modern celebrity aid programs as [development porn](http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_paternalism.html) and calling out volunteerism as paternalistic behaviour... which is how I have always sort of felt.
+And, it appears, I'm not the only one.&nbsp; Here's "[To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich](http://www.swaraj.org/illich_hell.htm)," a transcript of a speech given in 1968 to a volunteer organization.&nbsp; I came across this by way of, as always, Metafilter, where a discussion on the validity of volunteering [was taking place](http://www.metafilter.com/69436/Do-you-really-care-about-the-starving-children-of-Africa). This was spurred by an interesting article decrying modern celebrity aid programs as [development porn](http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_paternalism.html) and calling out volunteerism as paternalistic behaviour... which is how I have always sort of felt.
 
 Poke about. It's a good debate.

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`45`	`45`	`> And what's your justification for choosing what kind of people are reprehensible enough to you that their private lives should be splayed on the internet for anyone, from family to friends to co-workers to acquaintances to their bosses, to see?`
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`16`	`16`	`In unrelated news, i got my Chem102 midterm mark back. Acceptable, yes, but not what i wanted. 82.2%. That will not keep my GPA at 4.0, but, then again, neither will my ENGL-101 mark :)`
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`18`		-In other news, even less related, i found an interesting article on (where else?) [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/) the other day about the junior/high-school expericene, entitled "\`Why Nerds are Unpopular \<http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html\>\`__". This is a pretty wide-ranging article, and, while it has some good points to make about the specific issue of nerd popularity, it makes points about the nature of high-school society that i think are more important than the title suggests. Give it a read, it does - in more ways than one - accurately describe my own experiences in education.
	`18`	+In other news, even less related, i found an interesting article on (where else?) [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/) the other day about the junior/high-school expericene, entitled "[Why Nerds are Unpopular](http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html)". This is a pretty wide-ranging article, and, while it has some good points to make about the specific issue of nerd popularity, it makes points about the nature of high-school society that i think are more important than the title suggests. Give it a read, it does - in more ways than one - accurately describe my own experiences in education.