{"id":4464,"date":"2015-10-18T21:05:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T01:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.e357.net\/beingernest\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2015-10-18T21:10:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T01:10:28","slug":"technopagan-blessing-for-a-leatherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/technopagan-blessing-for-a-leatherman\/","title":{"rendered":"TechnoPagan Blessing for a Leatherman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfrevu.com\/ISSUES\/2003\/0302\/Feature%20Interview%20-%20Cory%20Doctorow\/DSCN1533.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfrevu.com\/ISSUES\/2003\/0302\/Feature%20Interview%20-%20Cory%20Doctorow\/DSCN1533.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cory Doctorow showing off his brand new mutli-tool at a NYC SFWA Authors and Editors Reception<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I call upon the earth, its iron given to forge this Tool,<br \/>\nI call upon the hacker spirit, driving us to explore, understand,\u00a0improve, and create,<br \/>\nI call upon the Goddess, mother of the twins we serve, nature and\u00a0technology.<\/p>\n<p>Blessed be this Tool,<br \/>\nMay it help its owner through adversity,<br \/>\nMay it provide the abilities that would otherwise be lacking,<br \/>\nMay its blades remain sharp, its pliers strong, and its steel untarnished,<br \/>\nMay it serve long years, not failing before its tasks are complete.<\/p>\n<p>Bless that it never be used to wantonly destroy,<br \/>\nMay its implements be used as they are able, not forced into roles\u00a0they cannot fulfill,<br \/>\nMay its pliers not pinch living flesh, nor blades cut it, nor it&#8217;s saw be applied to bone, except in emergency field operations, as required by such dire exigencies.<br \/>\nMay it be used to strive against entropy, to build up more than to\u00a0take apart.<\/p>\n<p>Let us strive to be as this Tool, strong, capable, flexible,<br \/>\nWith a wealth of hidden abilities to call upon when needed.<\/p>\n<p>Blessed be this tool,<br \/>\nMay it be used in the service of the Goddess.<\/p>\n<p>[anoint Tool with lubricating oil]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I call upon the earth, its iron given to forge this Tool, I call upon the hacker spirit, driving us to explore, understand,\u00a0improve, and create, I call upon the Goddess, mother of the twins we serve, nature and\u00a0technology. Blessed be this Tool, May it help its owner through adversity, May it provide the abilities that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4464"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4471,"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464\/revisions\/4471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e357.net\/beingernest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}