#!/usr/bin/perl
# Time-stamp: "2024-11-04 04:04:37 MST"
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# See http://www.interglacial.com/rss/ for info on RSS feeds
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use constant DEBUG => $ENV{'MAILTO'} ? 0 : 2;
use XML::RSS::SimpleGen 12;
use strict;

my @obl = (
	q{Return to the Introduction},
	q{Decorate, decorate},
	q{When is it for?},
	q{Revaluation (a warm feeling)},
	q{Which parts can be grouped?},
	q{Short circuit (example; a man eating peas with the idea that they will improve his virility shovels them straight into his lap)},
	q{Balance the consistency principle with the inconsistency principle},
	q{How would you have done it?},
	q{What to increase? What to reduce? What to maintain?},
	q{Is there something missing?},
	q{Remove specifics and convert to ambiguities},
	q{Cluster analysis},
	q{Abandon desire},
	q{Accept advice},
	q{Do nothing for as long as possible},
	q{Into the impossible},
	q{Emphasize the flaws},
	q{Cascades},
	q{Use something nearby as a model},
	q{Move towards the unimportant},
	q{Intentions -nobility of -humility of -credibility of},
	q{Disconnect from desire},
	q{Overtly resist change},
	q{The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten},
	q{Courage!},
	q{What context would look right?},
	q{Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do and do the last thing on the list},
	q{Work at a different speed},
	q{State the problem in words as clearly as possible},
	q{Take a break},
	q{It is quite possible (after all)},
	q{Lowest common denominator},
	q{Take away the important parts},
	q{Question the heroic},
	q{Use fewer notes},
	q{What is the simplest solution?},
	q{Give way to your worst impulse},
	q{Try faking it (from Stewart Brand)},
	q{Not building a wall; making a brick},
	q{Simply a matter of work},
	q{Change ambiguities to specifics},
	q{Change instrument roles},
	q{A line has two sides},
	q{Are there sections? Consider transitions},
	q{You are an engineer},
	q{Go to an extreme, come part way back},
	q{Do the last thing first},
	q{Ask your body},
	q{Distorting time},
	q{What is the reality of the situation?},
	q{In total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly},
	q{Make a sudden, destructive unpredictable action; incorporate},
	q{Twist the spine},
	q{Go slowly all the way round the outside},
	q{Imagine the music as a set of disconnected events},
	q{Faced with a choice, do both (from Dieter Rot)},
	q{Put in earplugs},
	q{Listen in total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly},
	q{You can only make one dot at a time},
	q{Do the washing up},
	q{Reverse},
	q{Look at the order in which you do things},
	q{Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance},
	q{Make it more sensual},
	q{Just carry on},
	q{Children -speaking -singing},
	q{Find a safe part and use it as an anchor},
	q{You don't have to be ashamed of using your own ideas},
	q{The inconsistency principle},
	q{Voice your suspicions},
	q{Be extravagant},
	q{Think of the radio},
	q{The most easily forgotten thing is the most important},
	q{Emphasize differences},
	q{Ask people to work against their better judgement},
	q{Give the game away},
	q{Accretion},
	q{Ghost echoes},
	q{Go to an extreme, move back to a more comfortable place},
	q{Destroy nothing; Destroy the most important thing},
	q{Bridges -build -burn},
	q{Discard an axiom},
	q{State the problem as clearly as possible},
	q{Go outside. Shut the door.},
	q{Tidy up},
	q{Do the words need changing?},
	q{Spectrum analysis},
	q{Use `unqualified' people},
	q{Pae White's non-blank graphic "metacard"},
	q{Don't break the silence},
	q{Once the search has begun, something will be found},
	q{Use cliches},
	q{What wouldn't you do?},
	q{Breathe more deeply},
	q{What mistakes did you make last time?},
	q{[blank]},
	q{Use an unacceptable color},
	q{Slow preparation, fast execution},
	q{Tape your mouth (given by Ritva Saarikko)},
	q{Consider different fading systems},
	q{Is the tuning appropriate?},
	q{Turn it upside down},
	q{Is the style right?},
	q{Be less critical},
	q{Listen to the quiet voice},
	q{Convert a melodic element into a rhythmic element},
	q{Imagine the piece as a set of disconnected events},
	q{Openly resist change},
	q{Define an area as `safe' and use it as an anchor},
	q{Left channel, right channel, centre channel},
	q{Repetition is a form of change},
	q{Question the heroic approach},
	q{Use an old idea},
	q{Always give yourself credit for having more than personality (given by Arto Lindsay)},
	q{Do we need holes?},
	q{Assemble some of the instruments in a group and treat the group},
	q{Once the search is in progress, something will be found},
	q{Use filters},
	q{Look closely at the most embarrassing details and amplify them},
	q{Don't be frightened to display your talents},
	q{Is something missing?},
	q{Use your own ideas},
	q{Mechanicalize something idiosyncratic},
	q{(Organic) machinery},
	q{Consider transitions},
	q{Is the intonation correct?},
	q{Get your neck massaged},
	q{Magnify the most difficult details},
	q{Where is the edge?},
	q{Humanize something free of error},
	q{Allow an easement (an easement is the abandonment of a stricture)},
	q{Honor thy error as a hidden intention},
	q{Change specifics to ambiguities},
	q{Do something sudden, destructive and unpredictable},
	q{From nothing to more than nothing},
	q{Fill every beat with something},
	q{Mute and continue},
	q{Change nothing and continue with immaculate consistency},
	q{Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame},
	q{Think - inside the work -outside the work},
	q{What would your closest friend do?},
	q{What are the sections sections of? Imagine a caterpillar moving},
	q{Make what's perfect more human},
	q{Change nothing and continue consistently},
	q{Discover the recipes you are using and abandon them},
	q{Be less critical more often},
	q{Idiot glee (?)},
	q{Always first steps},
	q{Destroy -nothing -the most important thing},
	q{Adding on},
	q{Remember those quiet evenings},
	q{Abandon normal instructions},
	q{Infinitesimal gradations},
	q{Shut the door and listen from outside},
	q{Lowest common denominator check -single beat -single note -single riff},
	q{Simple subtraction},
	q{Emphasize repetitions},
	q{Remember quiet evenings},
	q{It is simply a matter of work},
	q{Consult other sources -promising -unpromising},
	q{Towards the insignificant},
	q{Imagine the music as a moving chain or caterpillar},
	q{Always the first steps},
	q{Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics},
	q{Children's voices -speaking -singing},
	q{Retrace your steps},
	q{Lost in useless territory},
	q{Display your talent},
	q{How would someone else do it?},
	q{Distort time},
	q{Would anybody want it?},
	q{Is it finished?},
	q{Discover your formulas and abandon them},
	q{Edition 4 - 1996},
	q{Faced with a choice, do both (given by Dieter Rot)},
	q{Water},
	q{Disciplined self-indulgence},
	q{Do something boring},
	q{Your mistake was a hidden intention},
	q{Abandon normal instruments},
	q{Would anyone want it?},
	q{Trust in the you of now},
	q{Only a part, not the whole},
	q{The tape is now the music},
	q{Not building a wall but making a brick},
	q{Intentions -credibility of -nobility of -humility of},
	q{Don't be frightened of cliches},
	q{Remove a restriction},
	q{Only one element of each kind},
	q{Don't be afraid of things because they're easy to do},
	q{Cut a vital connection},
	q{Don't avoid what is easy},
	q{Assemble some of the elements in a group and treat the group},
	q{Don't stress one thing more than another},
);


my $now = int( .5 +  time() / ( 2.6 * 24 * 60 * 60 ) );
my $number = $now % @obl;
my $current = $obl[ $number ];

DEBUG and print "#$number: $current\n";

#my $url = "http://www.enoshop.co.uk/index.php?product_id=8";
#my $url = "http://www.recordstore.co.uk/brianeno/";
my $url =
 "https://www.enoshop.co.uk/shop/oblique-strategies"
 #"http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/"
;

rss_new( $url, "Oblique Strategies",
  #"Skewy tactics by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt"
  "Pats on the back of your mind, by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt"
);
rss_daily();
rss_webMaster( 'sburke@pobox.com' );
rss_language( "en-GB" );

rss_self_url(      "http://interglacial.com/rss/oblique_strategies.rss" );
rss_generator_url( "http://interglacial.com/rss/oblique_strategies.pl" );
rss_livejournal( 'obliques' );

rss_item( "$url#$number", "Oblique Strategy #$number", $current );
rss_save( 'oblique_strategies.rss', 10);
exit;
__END__