{"id":334,"date":"2009-08-17T15:53:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T19:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=334"},"modified":"2009-08-17T15:53:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T19:53:22","slug":"august-mr-roboto-link-repaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/334\/august-mr-roboto-link-repaired\/","title":{"rendered":"August Mr. Roboto link repaired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My August <a href=\"http:\/\/redmondmag.com\/articles\/2009\/08\/01\/your-first-fishing-lesson.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Roboto column<\/a> in REDMOND Magazine was published online with a broken link to the PowerShell script. This has since been fixed. 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