{"id":1001,"date":"2008-02-05T23:09:26","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T13:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/05\/unboxing-an-apple-c-never-opened\/"},"modified":"2008-02-05T23:09:26","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T13:09:26","slug":"unboxing-an-apple-c-never-opened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/05\/unboxing-an-apple-c-never-opened\/","title":{"rendered":"unboxing an Apple \/\/c &#8211; never opened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Found this via BoingBoing: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dansays\/sets\/72157603835099525\/\">Apple \/\/c &#8211; a photoset on Flickr<\/a> which is unpacking a previously unopened Apple \/\/c.<\/p>\n<p>My inner Apple \/\/ geek is way too excited right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found this via BoingBoing: Apple \/\/c &#8211; a photoset on Flickr which is unpacking a previously unopened Apple \/\/c. 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