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 This repository holds the Go Blog server code and content.
 
 To submit changes to this repository, see http://golang.org/doc/contribute.html.
+
+To run the blog server locally:
+
+	go build -o blog.exe ./blog
+	./blog.exe
+
+and then visit http://localhost:8080/.