{"id":642,"date":"2015-05-18T15:11:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T23:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaphorpublications.com\/wp\/?p=642"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:20:24","slug":"in-case-we-missed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaphorpublications.com\/wp\/in-case-we-missed-it\/","title":{"rendered":"In Case We Missed It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You read that right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">We lost our office internet connection and were offline for most of last week. Michael is our Guru of All the Internet Things, and he eventually wrangled the configuration files back into submission. 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Please allow me to distract you with&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The &#8220;Latest news&#8221; Round-up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We launched <a href=\"http:\/\/metaphorpublications.com\/wp\/?p=621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uncommon Catalysts<\/a> with an article from a man more commonly known by his Twitter handle <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fiddleback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Fiddleback<\/a>. 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