content/lessons/TakeMyBlood.rst

   1 TakeMyBlood lessons learned
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   4 :date: 2022-08-22
   5 :tags: lessons
   6 :category: lessons
   7 :author: Jude N
   8 :status: draft
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  10 I'm a frequent blood donor, but I don't like the  `Red Cross donation site`_, and don't get me started on their Android app.  I could go off on this for a while. but lets just say I've
  11 rage-quit setting up a donation appointment more than once.
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  13 When I came across the Julia Evans `How to use undocumented web APIs`, I looked into whether I could come up with some way of finding donation sites that worked better for me.
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  19 .. _Red Cross donation site: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html
  20 .. _How to use undocumented web APIs: https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/03/10/how-to-use-undocumented-web-apis/