{"id":424,"date":"2005-06-22T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2005-06-22T05:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2005-06-22T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2005-06-22T05:39:43","slug":"a-followup-on-dont-buy-msi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/22\/a-followup-on-dont-buy-msi\/","title":{"rendered":"a followup on &#8220;Don&#8217;t buy MSI&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still waiting to get my box back. I&#8217;m meant to be getting a call back from the shop where I bought it later today (I called them, again, this morning).<\/p>\n<p>i want my mythtv box dammit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still waiting to get my box back. 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