mockingbird links and removing the "NEW!"

2008-10-27/unfold.markdown

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The code for unfold is at [unfold.rb](unfold.rb). To use it in a Rails project,
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-10-28/and_and_or.markdown

@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ The predicate seems less important than the consequent, which suggests that it s
 
 ---
 
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+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown

@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ So what have we learned?
 * [inside.rb](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/inside.rb): If you are using Rails, drop it in `config/initializers` to make it available in your project.
 * [You keep using that idiom](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/you_keep_using_that_idiom.markdown#readme). I do not think it means what you think it means.
 
-_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), and [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme).
+_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme), and [Mockingbirds and Simple Recursive Combinators in Ruby](https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/11/mockingbirds.md#readme).
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-10-29/you_keep_using_that_idiom.markdown

@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ It is a matter of wonder why ordering arrays is handled with `sort` and `sort!`,
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-10-30/thrush.markdown

@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ We have seen two formulations of the thrush combinator, `#into` and `let`. One i
 
 If you are using Rails, drop these in config/initializers to make them available in your project. `let` is also available as part of the [ick](http://ick.rubyforge.org/) gem, along with a more powerful variation, `lets`. To get it, simply `sudo gem install ick`.
 
-_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), and [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme).
+_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme), and [Mockingbirds and Simple Recursive Combinators in Ruby](https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/11/mockingbirds.md#readme).
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-10-30/why_im_using_git.markdown

@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Reg Braithwaite:
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown

@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ In Ruby terms, you are meta-programming. In Smullyan's terms, you are *Listening
 
 * [cardinal.rb](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/cardinal.rb)
 
-_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), and [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme).
+_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme), and [Mockingbirds and Simple Recursive Combinators in Ruby](https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/11/mockingbirds.md#readme).
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-11-03/with_unhygienic_and_call-by-name_semantics_in_rewrite.markdown

@@ -231,6 +231,6 @@ As a example, things like [andand](http://github.com/raganwald/andand/tree "raga
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown

@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ The quirky bird is superficially similar to the cardinal, however it can be used
 * [quirky_bird.rb](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_bird.rb "")
 * [quirky_songs.rb](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_songs.rb "")
 
-_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), and [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme). By the way, did anybody spot the [Kestrel]((http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme) in today's post?
+_More on combinators_: [Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme), [The Thrush](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-30/thrush.markdown#readme), [Songs of the Cardinal](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-31/songs_of_the_cardinal.markdown#readme), [Quirky Birds and Meta-Syntactic Programming](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-04/quirky_birds_and_meta_syntactic_programming.markdown#readme), [Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme), [The Enchaining and Obdurate Kestrels](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-12/the_obdurate_kestrel.md#readme), [Finding Joy in Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-16/joy.md#readme), [Refactoring Methods with Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-23/recursive_combinators.md#readme), [Practical Recursive Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-26/practical_recursive_combinators.md#readme), [The Hopelessly Egocentric Blog Post](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-02-02/hopeless_egocentricity.md#readme), [Wrapping Combinators](http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2009-06-29/wrapping_combinators.md#readme), and [Mockingbirds and Simple Recursive Combinators in Ruby](https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/11/mockingbirds.md#readme). By the way, did anybody spot the [Kestrel]((http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-10-29/kestrel.markdown#readme) in today's post?
 
 p.s. Please vote for this post on [ruby.reddit.com](http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/7bhsh/quirky_birds_and_metasyntactic_programming/) and [hacker news](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=354660)!
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
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2008-11-04/unary_ampersand_in_ruby.markdown

@@ -176,6 +176,6 @@ p.s. *This post originally appeared on [weblog.raganwald.com](http://weblog.raga
 
 ---
 
-NEW! [Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
+[Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity](http://leanpub.com/combinators), all of my writing about combinators, collected into one convenient and inexpensive e-book!
 
 Follow [me](http://reginald.braythwayt.com) on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/raganwald). I work with [Unspace Interactive](http://unspace.ca), and I like it.