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	<description>Sysloggin&#039; one day at a time.</description>
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		<title>Trespassing on Memory Lane</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2008/12/08/trespassing-on-memory-lane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[(My) Ancient History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first computer I owned (er, was given by the parental units), circa 1983-4:
Timex/Sinclair 1000
&#8230;and the second computer (the 800XL, not the 800), circa 1985-6:
Atari 800/800XL
Going all the way now:
Here&#8217;s the 6502 assembly language cartridge I spent innumerable hours on the Atari with (and that mysteriously disappeared one day, which, ~25 years later, I still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SoBe Bottle Cap Qoute</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/21/sobe-bottle-cap-qoute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/21/sobe-bottle-cap-qoute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was on the bottom of my SoBe bottle cap today.  50 points to the first person who can, without referencing any source outside their own skull, leave a comment telling us where this quote is from (sadly, I already know so this is just for fun):
NEO-MAXIZOOMDWEEBIE
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		<title>How to Identify Good Chocolate</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/20/how-to-identify-good-chocolate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/20/how-to-identify-good-chocolate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While not your usual step-by-step instructions, it provides more information than I think 98-99% of the U.S. population has that&#8217;s required to know what&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; and what&#8217;s&#8230; not good.
The February 2006 issue of Gourmet magazine has a nice ranked list of chocolate (available in the U.S.) that they tested in a brownie recipe.  Valrhona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mediocrity by &#8220;areas of improvement&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/19/mediocrity-by-areas-of-improvement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/19/mediocrity-by-areas-of-improvement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Mediocrity by &#8220;areas of improvement&#8221;
How many times in your life (school, career, relationships) have you been told about your &#8220;areas of improvement&#8221;? How much time and energy have you spent working on those areas? If you&#8217;re a manager, how much emphasis do you put on those areas during a performance review?
Maybe instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WWdN: In Exile: Seeking a potential Marrow Donor</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/11/wwdn-in-exile-seeking-a-potential-marrow-donor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/02/11/wwdn-in-exile-seeking-a-potential-marrow-donor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
WWdN: In Exile: Seeking a potential Marrow Donor
One of my fellow Los Angeles Poker Bloggers, StudioGlyphic (who won the WPBT Winter Classic last December) is looking for some help for one of his friends, whose girlfriend is very sick with cancer, and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. The odds of finding a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jupelo spends a year and $100K at Walt Disney World</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/11/julpelo-spend-a-year-and-100k-at-walt-disney-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/11/julpelo-spend-a-year-and-100k-at-walt-disney-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Jupelo &#8211; Who Be Me?
The Most Basic Basics
Goal 1: Spend an entire year at Walt Disney World and record every second of it for you to see.
Goal 2: Begin building the world&#8217;s largest Disney collection (there&#8217;s more to this &#8211; see below).
Goal 3: Not go insane.
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		<title>MonopolyHomeRules</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/11/monopolyhomerules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/11/monopolyhomerules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Play Again Games : MonopolyHomeRules
Monopoly Home Rules
These optional rules may make Monopoly a whole new game for you. Please let me know if you have played any good home rules that I have not mentioned, or if you play with any of these rules tell me what you thought of them. I mark the ones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summary/PDF: Crash Course in Learning Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/05/summarypdf-crash-course-in-learning-summary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/05/summarypdf-crash-course-in-learning-summary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Crash Course in Learning Summary
Here&#8217;s a PDF (500k) with a two-page summary sheet (with the graphics as icon/reminders) of the full post I made previously. Do NOT look at this until you&#8217;ve read the earlier (big) post&#8230; it&#8217;s not meant to be stand-alone.
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		<title>Crash course in learning theory</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/05/crash-course-in-learning-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2006/01/05/crash-course-in-learning-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory
So, as promised in an earlier post, here&#8217;s a crash course on some of our favorite learning techniques gleaned from cognitive science, learning theory, neuroscience, psychology, and entertainment (including game design). Much of it is based around courses I designed and taught at UCLA Extension&#8217;s New Media/Entertainment Studies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xmas tree@pier 39</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/10/xmas-treepier-39/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/10/xmas-treepier-39/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Live From the Field]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Xmas tree @ Pier 39 San Francisco

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		<title>Bush &#8216;Flat Wrong&#8217; on Kyoto</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/09/bush-flat-wrong-on-kyoto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/09/bush-flat-wrong-on-kyoto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It will &#8220;hurt the economy&#8221;, eh?  He probably means his personal economy.  The problem isn&#8217;t going away and the country&#8217;s economy will probably be hurt worse the longer it takes the oil-mongers in Washington (DC) to realize that there won&#8217;t be one to hurt before too long.  Then again, the oil-mongers will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardware Porn &#8211; Girls with Network Equipment</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/08/hardware-porn-girls-with-network-equipment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/08/hardware-porn-girls-with-network-equipment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8230; I&#8230; Um&#8230; Cool!  Hehe&#8230;
HW-PORN &#8211; Girls with Network Equipment
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		<title>Creativity on speed (as in fast)</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/07/creativity-on-speed-as-in-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/12/07/creativity-on-speed-as-in-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve known for a long time that the best way to learn non-technical things and create artistic thingies was to get my logical brain the hell out of the way.  This puts that idea into a very digestible, and vastly more useful, form.
Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Creativity on speed
One of the best ways to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Much To Do About Task Tracking</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/11/12/much-to-do-about-task-tracking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/11/12/much-to-do-about-task-tracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For all my procrastinating and/or overwhelmed-by-the-details friends, please for Heaven&#8217;s sake read this article (comments too; there are some gems) &#8212; and use it!  You know you need to. :)
Excerpt:
David Seah &#8211; Much To Do About Task Tracking
However, when it comes to my personal time, I&#8217;d rather be more free-form. Unfortunately, I tend to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are we doing when we look away during a conversation?</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/11/12/what-are-we-doing-when-we-look-away-during-a-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/11/12/what-are-we-doing-when-we-look-away-during-a-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Cognitive Daily &#8211; What are we doing when we look away during a conversation?
In face to face conversation, we often look away from the person we&#8217;re speaking with. Somewhat paradoxically, the closer people sit to their conversation companions, the less often they look at them.
But other factors influence how often we avert our gaze, too. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How &#8220;gut feelings&#8221; influence memory</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/11/12/how-gut-feelings-influence-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/11/12/how-gut-feelings-influence-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Cognitive Daily &#8211; How &#8220;gut feelings&#8221; influence memory
What does it mean to have a gut feeling that you remember something? You see someone you recognize in a coffee shop. Do you remember her from high school? Or maybe you saw her on television. Could she be the manager of your local bank? Perhaps you don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mystery of the Green Menace</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/28/the-mystery-of-the-green-menace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/28/the-mystery-of-the-green-menace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt
Wired 13.11: The Mystery of the Green Menace
It&#8217;s been celebrated as a muse and banned as a poison. Now an obsessed microbiologist has cracked the code for absinthe &#8211; and distilled his own.
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		<title>Say hi to the new theme</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/21/say-hi-to-the-new-theme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/21/say-hi-to-the-new-theme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a tip o&#8217; the hat to good ol&#8217; Marketing 101 &#8212; that is, if it ain&#8217;t sellin&#8217; change the labelin&#8217; &#8212; and rather than create any decent/clever/relevant content, other than links, for the blog, I took some time to install/configure/customize a new theme for the site.  Nifty, ain&#8217;t it? :)  Check out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Most Often Mispronounced Words</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/19/100-most-often-mispronounced-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/19/100-most-often-mispronounced-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to be pretty picky about this sort of thing.  This example is news to me, though.  Check out the list for some others that might surprise you.
Excerpt:
100 Most Often Mispronounced Words
often: We have mastered the spelling of this word so well, its spelling influences the pronunciation: DON&#8217;T pronounce the [t]! This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bugged games from World of Warcraft makers Blizzard?</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/15/bugged-games-from-world-of-warcraft-makers-blizzard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/15/bugged-games-from-world-of-warcraft-makers-blizzard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Boing Boing: Bugged games from World of Warcraft makers Blizzard?
Breaking the rules isn&#8217;t nice, but this is a game, people &#8212; a game! It&#8217;s not a matter of national security; nobody is going to get killed except the stupid video game avatars. Do you realize the government would have to have a warrant to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The blogger who loathed me</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/13/the-blogger-who-loathed-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/13/the-blogger-who-loathed-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Salon.com Books &#124; The blogger who loathed me
To be clear: Some bloggers, such as Wendy McClure, also happen to be terrific writers. They use their blogs to undertake the honest labor of self-reflection. The improvisational form activates their love of the language. More power to them.
But there are also bloggers who [...] are simply too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Confirms Ancient Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/03/study-confirms-ancient-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/10/03/study-confirms-ancient-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet more proof that chocolate is good for everything! :)
Excerpt:
Dark Chocolate Helps Diarrhea: Study Confirms Ancient Myth
History shows that the use of cocoa to treat diarrhea dates back to the 16th century by ancient South American and European cultures. Until now, no one knew exactly why the cocoa bean appeared to be a remedy. &#8220;Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dignity is Deadly</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/26/dignity-is-deadly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/26/dignity-is-deadly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As usual, good stuff from Kathy Sierra.
Exerpt:

Creating Passionate Users: &#8220;Dignity is deadly.&#8221; &#8211; Paul Graham
What goes away when a company moves past the start-up phase? Living only on take-out and caffeine. Working in a [small] living room. Crazy, stupid, unprofessional behavior. Wearing nothing but shorts and ripped t-shirts.
Is this a good thing?
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		<title>Beautiful CA Sunset</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/22/beautiful-ca-sunset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/22/beautiful-ca-sunset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[snapped with the treo on my way home today.

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		<title>Voice-jail shortcuts to speak to humans</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/22/database-of-voice-jail-shortcuts-to-speak-to-humans-at-big-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/22/database-of-voice-jail-shortcuts-to-speak-to-humans-at-big-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very handy!
Excerpt:

Boing Boing: Database of voice-jail shortcuts to speak to humans at big companies
Database of voice-jail shortcuts to speak to humans at big companies
The Find-a-Human database is a collection of touch-tone recipes that get you through big companies&#8217; voice-jail systems and through to a live operator.
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		<title>A bioterror attack in World of Warcraft</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/20/a-bioterror-attack-in-world-of-warcraft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/20/a-bioterror-attack-in-world-of-warcraft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
collision detection: A bioterror attack in World of Warcraft
Dig this: An Ebola-like epidemic is raging in World of Warcraft, the enormously popular online game &#8212; and it&#8217;s killing players left and right. The trouble began when Blizzard, the company that runs World of Warcraft, introduced a new opponent called Hakkar, the &#8220;god of blood&#8221;. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Talk Like A Pirate Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/19/another-talk-like-a-pirate-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/19/another-talk-like-a-pirate-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Talk Like A Pirate Day again!  Which also means I&#8217;ve been running WordPress for a bit more than a year&#8230; Oooo aahhhh.
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		<title>9rules network</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/16/9rules-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/16/9rules-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I discovered the 9rules site via Creating Passionate Users.  If you&#8217;re looking for a way to find the creme de la creme of weblogs, this is certainly a really good place to start.  My Newsgator/Feeddemon article count just grew a bit. :)
Excerpt from the &#8216;About&#8217; page:
9rules network
Overview
About the 9rules Network
The 9rules Network is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution of New Orleans</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/16/evolution-of-new-orleans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/09/16/evolution-of-new-orleans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
The Week Magazine
The evolution of the Big Easy
Its French Quarter is actually Spanish, many of its streets are below sea level, and many of its former public officials and judges are in jail. How did New Orleans become the nation&#8217;s most eccentric city?
9/16/2005
Why was the city built below sea level?
Founded in a marsh in 1718, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wordpress Gallery2</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/26/wordpress-gallery2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/26/wordpress-gallery2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This looks entirely too awesome!  I&#8217;ve been toying with Gallery2, and obviously already have Wordpress going.  The combination of the two will be a lot of fun, assuming setting it up isn&#8217;t too great a headache. :)
Wordpress Gallery2 &#8211; WPG2 Main Page
WPG2 is a Wordpress Plug-in that embeds Gallery2 within Wordpress to share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ugh, another upgrade</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/24/ugh-another-upgrade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/24/ugh-another-upgrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just finished upgrading Wordpress to 1.5.2 from 1.5 and I have to say&#8230; I must love pain.  I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;d be a breeze if I didn&#8217;t have much, or any, customization.  But, as you may be able to tell, I have a Freakin&#8217; Load(tm) of them.  No customizations: upgrade in 5 minutes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foo Camp: ad-hoc learning</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/19/foo-camp-ad-hoc-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/19/foo-camp-ad-hoc-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have I mentioned lately how awesome the Creating Passionate Users blog is, in particular how much I agree with their teaching/learning methodologies?  They rock, man.
Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Foo Camp: ad-hoc learning
A lot of adult learning environments (including colleges) do have scenarios in which the students/learners are asked to help evolve the course itself&#8230; including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speechless</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/19/speechless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/19/speechless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article itself is interesting but I love the line I&#8217;ve excerpted below.  Nothing sexist intended; I just find it humorous that &#8220;educated&#8221; people continue to view women as any less capable than men in any characteristic, psychopathic or otherwise.
Quiz: Is Your Boss a Psychopath?
&#8230;research suggests psychologists have underestimated the psychopathic propensity of women.
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		<title>Writers Bleed</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/18/writers-bleed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/18/writers-bleed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been catching up on reading Neal Stephenson&#8217;s Baroque Cycle, Book One: Quicksilver the last few weeks.  During last night&#8217;s reading session there was a conversation, between two of the characters, constructing an analogy between a heart pumping blood (both in and out of itself) and certain other characters&#8217; excessive letter-writing with each other, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Profits of Fear</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/17/the-profits-of-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/17/the-profits-of-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Boing Boing:
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
Sam Cohen might have remained relatively unknown, troubled by ethical lapses in government and the military but unable to do anything about them, if he had not visited Seoul in 1951, during the Korean war. In the aftermath of bombing sorties he witnessed scenes of intolerable devastation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New patented lens made of liquid</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/17/new-patented-lens-made-of-liquid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/17/new-patented-lens-made-of-liquid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via 101reviews.com&#8230;:
DigitalCamera@101reviews ï¿½ New patented lens made of liquid paves way for slimmer digital cameras
Named Fluidlens, this lens is made of liquid and is no bigger than a contact lens, but can achieve an optical zoom of up to 10 times, matching the zoom capabilities of lenses found on mid-range and high-end digital cameras and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brits steal carloads of F**king Austrian roadsigns</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/15/brits-steal-carloads-of-fking-austrian-roadsigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/15/brits-steal-carloads-of-fking-austrian-roadsigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via The Register:
Brits steal carloads of F**king Austrian roadsigns &#124; The Register
An Austrian village called Fucking will not change its name despite sniggering Brits making off with its roadsigns.
Mayor Siegfried Hauppl has asked visitors to lay off the signs which began to attract outside attention after British and US soldiers passing through in 1945 illuminated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Star Trek Business Cards on Flickr</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/11/star-trek-business-cards-on-flickr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/11/star-trek-business-cards-on-flickr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Star Trek Business Cards on Flickr &#8211; Photo Sharing!
I bought a set of business cards for the characters of Star Trek (The Original Series) in the 1980&#8217;s at a Sci-Fi Convention. UnfortunatelyI don&#8217;t know who the original manufacturer is or how to get more. I found them today whilst digging for some old photos.
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		<title>Espresso crema shots</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/11/espresso-crema-shots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/11/espresso-crema-shots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to know how to make divine espresso, click the link below.  Via boingboing (excerpt):
Boing Boing: Espresso crema shots
Crema is the wonderful tan colored foam that appears on the top of a well-shot espresso. High quality espresso joints have a saying: &#8220;No crema, no serva.&#8221;
I recently got a Rancilio Silvia espresso maker, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator Hacks 101</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/10/elevator-hacks-101/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/10/elevator-hacks-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 02:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
TheDamnBlog.com
&#8220;The designers of some elevators include a hidden feature that is very handy if you&#8217;re in a hurry
or it&#8217;s a busy time in the building (like check-out time in a hotel). While some elevators require
a key, others can be put into &#8220;Express&#8221; mode by pressing the &#8220;Door Close&#8221; and &#8220;Floor&#8221; buttons at
the same time. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I should be doing</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/09/what-i-should-be-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/08/09/what-i-should-be-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Live From the Field]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to make my French tutor happy.

[Update] Oh yeah.. posted via email from my spiffy new Treo 650.
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		<title>Celebrity math</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/20/celebrity-math/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/20/celebrity-math/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mmm&#8230; looks and brains.  Whatever is a (male) geek to do? ;-)
Excerpt:
collision detection: Celebrity math
One hazard of being an attractive starlet is that many people assume you&#8217;re not that smart. This, however, is no problem for Danica McKellar, a 30-year-old former star of The Wonder Years and regular on The West Wing, because she&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress to add 2 months to Daylight Savings Time</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/20/congress-to-add-2-months-to-daylight-savings-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/20/congress-to-add-2-months-to-daylight-savings-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Congress to add 2 months to Daylight Savings Time
Congress to add 2 months to Daylight Savings Time
July 20, 2005
BY JOHN J. FIALKA
It looks like Daylight Saving Time is about to be extended, and that has child safety and fire prevention advocates riled.
Congressional leaders of both parties have signed off on a proposal, being considered in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Table of Condiments</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/20/table-of-condiments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/20/table-of-condiments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Table of Condiments
Table of Condiments
That Periodically Go Bad
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		<title>You&#8217;re emotional. Deal with it.</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/10/youre-emotional-deal-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/07/10/youre-emotional-deal-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from Creating Passionate Users:
No matter how enlightened and politically correct we&#8217;ve become, most people still tend to believe that when making decisions, men are less driven by emotions than women. Men use left-brained (metaphorically speaking) logical, rational thought. Men are persuaded to buy or act based on thinking, not feeling, while women do the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wawona Hotel (at Yosemite) Journal</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/06/07/wawona-hotel-at-yosemite-journal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/06/07/wawona-hotel-at-yosemite-journal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wawona Journal
WAWONA
JOURNAL
by TOM BOPP 
These pages will include bits of history, news, local
ephemera, and my own musings, as there is time.
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		<title>Cool new geek toy</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/26/cool-new-geek-toy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/26/cool-new-geek-toy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 07:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wi-Gearâ€™s iMuffs Bluetooth headphones .. iMuffs
wi-gear.com
]]></description>
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		<title>Food for Thought #81</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/12/food-for-thought-81/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/12/food-for-thought-81/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 18:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What&#8217;s the hottest thing you&#8217;ve ever seen?&#8221;
&#8220;Two people kissing, like they mean it.&#8221;

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		<title>Change or Die</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/change-or-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/change-or-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 19:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever tried to change a habit or behavior, read this article, and then read the previous blog entry&#8217;s site/article.
Excerpt:
Change or Die
What if you were given that choice? For real. What if it weren&#8217;t just the hyperbolic rhetoric that conflates corporate performance with life and death? Not the overblown exhortations of a rabid boss, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change or lose your mind</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/change-or-lose-your-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/change-or-lose-your-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 19:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Change or lose your mind
Why are people so resistent to change? Because of how our brains work. In a previous post I discussed how neural pathways are made stronger as you repeat a behavior: this is the secret behind your habits (good and bad) and also learning new things (practice makes perfect). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-induced passion</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/self-induced-passion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/self-induced-passion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 19:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Self-induced passion
Is there something in your life you know you should do you, but you just can&#8217;t seem to do it on a regular basis? For lots of people, this might include things like eating right, exercising, even cleaning the house! We&#8217;ve had many good ideas here about how to create passion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create an intention calendar</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/create-an-intention-calendar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/05/03/create-an-intention-calendar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 19:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Creating Passionate Users: Create an intention calendar
It&#8217;s also the case that &#8220;You are what you think.&#8221; Every single thought in our heads is created by nerve impulses that travel between neurons. These impulses travel from one neuron to the next by being transmitted across the synaptic gap between neurons. The neurotransmitters in that gap make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate ingredient fights cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/04/18/chocolate-ingredient-fights-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/04/18/chocolate-ingredient-fights-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Boing Boing: Chocolate ingredient fights cancer
Chocolate ingredient fights cancer
Georgetown University scientists report that an ingredient in chocolate seems to have anti-cancer properties. Found in cocoa, pentameric procyandin turns off proteins that likely spur the out-of-control division of cancer cells. The research is funded by Mars Inc., makers of M&#038;Ms and Snickers. Seriously. From the press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why John Gilmore Won&#8217;t Show His ID at Airports</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/27/why-john-gilmore-wont-show-his-id-at-airports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/27/why-john-gilmore-wont-show-his-id-at-airports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From boingboing:
Cory Doctorow:
Pittsburgh&#8217;s Post-Gazette has an amazing, balanced, in-depth profile on John Gilmore, the guy who Sun hired to write their first code, the guy who co-founded EFF, the guy who won&#8217;t show ID to get on an airplane:

In post 9/11 America, asking &#8220;Why?&#8221; when someone from an airline asks for identification can start some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guardian Unlimited &#124; Special reports &#124; Underwater bike ride to launch students&#8217; eight-week crime spree</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/27/guardian-unlimited-special-reports-underwater-bike-ride-to-launch-students-eight-week-crime-spree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/27/guardian-unlimited-special-reports-underwater-bike-ride-to-launch-students-eight-week-crime-spree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Guardian Unlimited &#124; Special reports &#124; Underwater bike ride to launch students&#8217; eight-week crime spree
As US coast-to-coast crimewaves go, it is not in the league of Bonnie and Clyde. It lacks both violence and avarice and is further hindered by an overabundance of pre-publicity.
Undeterred, a couple of students from Cornwall are intent on making American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox 1.0.1 out, squashes most security bugs</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/25/firefox-101-out-squashes-most-security-bugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/25/firefox-101-out-squashes-most-security-bugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those people I know who wouldn&#8217;t otherwise know about this:
Excerpt:
Firefox 1.0.1 out, squashes most security bugs
The first update to open-source browser Firefox is out. Released late yesterday, Firefox 1.0.1 aims to fix a slew of vulnerabilities. Foremost among those are domain-spoofing and cross-site scripting bugs. According to the Mozilla Foundation, 1.0.1&#8217;s release was pushed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longmire does Romance Novels</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/25/longmire-does-romance-novels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/25/longmire-does-romance-novels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longmire does Romance Novels
]]></description>
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		<title>The Mapping of a Cat&#8217;s Brain</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/25/the-mapping-of-a-cats-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/25/the-mapping-of-a-cats-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mapping of a Cat&#8217;s Brain
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		<title>Starbucks Gossip: Here&#8217;s a cake recipe for the Chantico fans out there</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/21/starbucks-gossip-heres-a-cake-recipe-for-the-chantico-fans-out-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/21/starbucks-gossip-heres-a-cake-recipe-for-the-chantico-fans-out-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starbucks Gossip: Here&#8217;s a cake recipe for the Chantico fans out there
This recipe was posted in one of the STARBUCKS GOSSIP forums by &#8220;Chris.&#8221; Anyone care to guess the calories in one slice of this cake?
Chantico Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
* 1 box &#8220;Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Devil&#8217;s Food Cake&#8221; (you can use
other brands, as long as it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>mimi smartypants</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/20/mimi-smartypants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/20/mimi-smartypants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
mimi smartypants
I have a bottle of cheap hand lotion in my bedroom, and it is not a gentleman. I know this because no matter how often I politely explain, &#8220;Listen, hand lotion? I don&#8217;t play that way,&#8221; the hand lotion insists on ejaculating all over me. I do not mind, and in fact I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHGTTG Trailer</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/19/hhgttg-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/19/hhgttg-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Screw Star Wars!  Make way for Vogon poetry!
Click here.
]]></description>
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		<title>Groupware Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/18/groupware-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/18/groupware-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Truer words (about software development) were never spoken.  Typical of jwz to say something so profound and so utterly ignored by 99% of the sw-devs/sw-marketers in the world, to their peril.
Groupware Bad
If you want to do something that&#8217;s going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss Memory USB</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/17/swiss-memory-usb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/17/swiss-memory-usb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post inspired by my friend Mary:
ThinkGeek has this Swiss Memory USB module/knife geek-thingy.  Mary apparently saw it at some point and sends me this email saying she doesn&#8217;t know why it would remind her of me *wink*.  Hmm&#8230; me either.  (Not.)
Here&#8217;s what I said to her about the Swiss Memory USB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whew, upgrade to WP1.5 completed!</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/17/whew-upgrade-to-wp15-completed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/17/whew-upgrade-to-wp15-completed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few minor plug-in related things to finish up, but mostly it&#8217;s done&#8230; four hours later.  Not bad, I guess, considering all the plugins and other customizations I have installed.  Not a lot of swearing at the computer either which is a pretty good measure of degree of difficulty/annoyance in the process. :) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiral learning</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/13/spiral-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/13/spiral-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Spirals show up everywhere from fractals to nautilus shells.  Software developers know the spiral as iterative development&#8211;a model in stark (positive) contrast to the old linear waterfall model.
One huge problem with the waterfall model is that in its traditional form, it&#8217;s not based in reality. It assumes that it&#8217;s entirely possible for each stage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Note #66183</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/10/mental-note-66183/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/02/10/mental-note-66183/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do not use the Publish button when writing a private post.  It over-rides the &#8216;Private&#8217; radio button without warning. :P
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		<title>SBC Trying to Buy AT&amp;T?</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/sbc-trying-to-buy-att/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/sbc-trying-to-buy-att/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2005 04:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NY Times: SBC Said to Be in Talks to Buy AT&#038;T. A deal, if reached, would be the final chapter in the 120-year history of AT&#038;T, the first technological giant of the modern age and the original model for telecommunications companies worldwide. A deal would be a reunion of sorts, putting back together some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to say when you are losing a tech argument</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/things-to-say-when-you-are-losing-a-tech-argument/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/things-to-say-when-you-are-losing-a-tech-argument/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
Things to say when you are losing a tech argument
1 That won&#8217;t scale.
2 That&#8217;s been proven to be O(N^2) and we need a solution that&#8217;s O(NlogN).
3 There are, of course, various export limitations on that technology.
4 The syntax is idiosyncratic.
5 Trying to build a team behind that technology would be a staffing nightmare.
6 That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fixed broken comment spam filter</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/fixed-broken-comment-spam-filter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/fixed-broken-comment-spam-filter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope, anyway.
To all those who in the last couple of months may have legitimately attempted to post comments and got rather brashly denied, I profusely apologize for not properly testing and configuring the comment-spam filter software I installed and stupidly assumed would &#8220;just work&#8221; with little modification.  I should know better.
Argh.
I&#8217;ve now tested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nineteen Years Ago Yesterday &#8211; Where Were You?</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/nineteen-years-ago-yesterday-where-were-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/29/nineteen-years-ago-yesterday-where-were-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day late, but nonetheless here it is&#8230; 
The Command Post &#8211; Global Recon &#8211; Nineteen Years Ago Today &#8211; Where Were You?
On January 28, 1986, the 25th Space Shuttle mission (STS-51L) ended in tragedy 73 seconds after launch; the Challenger Orbiter was destroyed and its seven-member crew killed.
I was in 9th grade (high school) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For self important Techies</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/for-self-important-techies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/for-self-important-techies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m having George Carlin flashbacks, what with &#8216;fuck&#8217; or some derivative thereof being every other word.  Besides that, the guy makes some good points.  &#8220;Caustic&#8221; is definitely apropos.
Found this via Scoble &#8211; CausticTech has a rant that every techie should read and take to heart. Reading it is cathartic &#8212; I am sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Blogger Fired</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/another-blogger-fired/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/another-blogger-fired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another one bites the dust.  Could we get more paranoid?  Don&#8217;t answer that.

Jeremy C. Wright of Ensight was just fired from his job for blogging: 

But, they fired me.

My Posts About Work

What did they fire me for? This post:

Getting to surf the web for 3 hours while being paid: Priceless.
Getting to blog for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, Kitty</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/hello-kitty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/hello-kitty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cool story.  Reminds me of my days on BITnet and xyzzy in college.
Xeni Jardin:
On John Perry Barlow&#8217;s blog today, this account of a random human connection by VoIP &#8212; testament to how technology can make this an oddly intimate planet.

I was sitting at my desk in New York on Wednesday night, writing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you think better when you&#8217;re typing?</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/can-you-think-better-when-youre-typing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/can-you-think-better-when-youre-typing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent post with a lot of informative comments as well.  Personally, for years I&#8217;ve known there was a difference in thought process between typing and writing: when I want to write poetry or anything drawn from the depths of emotion, reflection, and introspection, I handwrite; when I want to write and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fontifier &#8211; Your own handwriting on your computer!</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/fontifier-your-own-handwriting-on-your-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/fontifier-your-own-handwriting-on-your-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool idea.  I&#8217;m not sure how much it adds to the whole kinesthetic feedback thing but it probably can&#8217;t hurt.
Fontifier &#8211; Your own handwriting on your computer!
Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer.
It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing a 180</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/doing-a-180/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/25/doing-a-180/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathy&#8217;s recent post, Creating Passionate Renters got me thinking about the whole 180 thing.  And then today, I saw this terrific post on 43folders.com&#8230;: Patching your personal suck.  I realized there a couple of different ways of looking at the whole &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to suck&#8221; thing with 180 in mind: there&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unsung Security Hole</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/24/the-unsung-security-hole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/24/the-unsung-security-hole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
Inside Firefox &#8211; The Inside Track on Firefox Development
Every few months a new worm makes the rounds, Sobig, Sober (the 77KB worm which ultimately destroyed my email account) and others. These worms usually travel using Microsoft Outlook as the hook onto people&#8217;s systems. Creating an email with an attachment that appears inocuous and beckons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, no more desktop icons</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/24/finally-no-more-desktop-icons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/24/finally-no-more-desktop-icons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, and thanks to a number of Stardock programs, I have no more icons on my desktop (technically, they&#8217;re hidden).
Instead, there are &#8220;sliding drawer&#8221; tabs from the left side of the screen.  Each drawer is a category of my own devising and contains the icons that would typically be somewhere on my desktop&#8230; if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most classroom learning sucks</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/23/most-classroom-learning-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/23/most-classroom-learning-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
Creating Passionate Users: Most classroom learning sucks
The most depressing result of Skyler&#8217;s transition to public school was when she came home one day a few weeks into her 7th grade, and said, &#8220;In real school, they don&#8217;t seem to like it when you question the teacher&#8230;&#8221; She was horrified to be labeled somewhat of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning doesn&#8217;t happen in the middle!</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/10/learning-doesnt-happen-in-the-middle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/10/learning-doesnt-happen-in-the-middle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmakers know that the feeling the audience leaves with has a huge impact on the movie&#8217;s success. It&#8217;s what the audience remembers, and determines how (and whether) they talk about the movie to others. When filmmakers do audience testing, they&#8217;re trying to get the ending right, and that&#8217;s why usually the best music of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circadiana: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/08/circadiana-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-sleep-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/08/circadiana-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-sleep-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
Circadiana: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)
Until not long ago, just about until electricity became ubiquitous, humans used to have a sleep pattern quite different from what we consider &#8220;normal&#8221; today. At dusk you go to sleep, at some point in the middle of the night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turmoil in blogland</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/08/turmoil-in-blogland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/08/turmoil-in-blogland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 21:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salon.com Technology &#124; Turmoil in blogland
Publishing tool LiveJournal nurtures a dazzling array of unorthodox subcultures. But will diversity continue to flourish in the wake of its purchase by blogging start-up Six Apart?
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		<title>TSUNAMI &#8212; Delivering aid stymies UN</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/08/tsunami-delivering-aid-stymies-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/08/tsunami-delivering-aid-stymies-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 21:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Ocean Earthquake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Business Review (NBR) &#8211; Business, News, Arts, Media, Share Market &#038; More
While the United Nations appears to be adept at having meetings, the organisation is hopeless on the ground say career foreign service officers in tsunami-affected regions.
As news media are increasingly dominated by footage of US, Australian and regional military forces actually delivering aid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush Administration Invents &#8216;News&#8217; and Pays Journalist</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/08/bush-administration-invents-news-and-pays-journalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USA Today: Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law. Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, the Bush administration paid a prominent black pundit $240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same.
 

t: Drug Control Office Faulted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Interstates got their numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cory Doctorow:
CoolGov uncovered this US Highway Administration document that explains the numbering scheme behind the US interstate highway system.

* Major interstates routes have a one or two digit number associated with them. North-south routes have odd numbers (I-5) while east-west roads have even numbers (I-10).

* Connecting interstate routes or beltway loops around urban areas have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tsunami &#8211; Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The same QuickBird pics, but the before and after have been aligned so that they overlap perfectly.  Click a button to toggle between the views for a dramatic view of the tsunami damage.
Tsunami &#8211; Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka
The &#8220;Before/After&#8221; button below (the one that is currently labelled &#8220;Before&#8221;) toggles the image between the &#8220;Before&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks describes Chantico as &#8220;decadent &#8230; dramatically different from hot chocolate&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Starbucks says in a news release: &#8220;With Chantico drinking chocolate, we&#8217;re introducing our customers to the pleasures of drinking chocolate &#8212; transforming the way consumers think about chocolate, just as we transformed the way consumers experience coffee.&#8221; The drink, which debuts on Saturday, Jan. 8, is called &#8220;a liquid heart attack&#8221; by one STARBUCKS GOSSIP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth and Bill Gates</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/07/truth-and-bill-gates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED
CNet&#8217;s interview with Bill Gates has any number of howlers, but a couple of them stand out.
He claims, for example, that Internet Explorer is the best browser. Insulting people&#8217;s intelligence is par for the course for Gates, but this one is beyond laughable.
More serious, and ugly, is Gates&#8217; attack on people who want to restore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your user&#8217;s brain wants a conversation!</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/07/your-users-brain-wants-a-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/07/your-users-brain-wants-a-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the weblogs I read, there&#8217;s something cool to learn on Headrush almost every day.
Which would you prefer to listen to&#8211;a dry formal lecture or a stimulating dinner party conversation? 
Which would you prefer to read&#8211;a formal academic text book or an engaging novel?
When I pose this question to authors or instructors, I usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death toll from Asian earthquake, tsunami rises to about 160,000</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/07/death-toll-from-asian-earthquake-tsunami-rises-to-about-160000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/07/death-toll-from-asian-earthquake-tsunami-rises-to-about-160000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CJAD 800 : News
Death toll from Asian earthquake, tsunami rises to about 160,000
Updated at 1:33 on January 7, 2005, EST.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CP) &#8211; The death toll from the devastating tsunami that hit Asia and Africa soared to about 160,000 early Friday after Indonesia announced almost 20,000 new deaths.
Health officials have warned the death toll could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks Drinks Simplified (kinda)</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/07/starbucks-drinks-simplified-kinda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starbucks Drinks Simplified (kinda)
Since many people seem to be overly confused by the wide variety of options available at Starbucks, I&#8217;ve put together this handy-dandy cheat sheet to help you figure out what you want without spending hours staring blankly at a menu. It&#8217;s huge, but that&#8217;s because there&#8217;s a lot to choose from, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>this one goes to eleven</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/06/this-one-goes-to-eleven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The always hilarious BBspot hits it out of the park again. Today, they give us The Top Eleven Geek Break Up Lines.
My personal favorite is number eleven:

(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? F
Relationship failed.

&#8230;excerpt from: http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001765.php
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		<title>Shutting Down the GPS Network</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/06/shutting-down-the-gps-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More stupid security from our government. From an AP story: President Bush has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. network of global positioning satellites during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology, the White House&#8230;&#8230;excerpt from: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/01/shutting_down_t.html
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		<title>LiveJournal announces sale to Six Apart</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/06/livejournal-announces-sale-to-six-apart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xeni Jardin:
It&#8217;s official. LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick says:

Why is Six Apart buying LiveJournal? Lots of reasons:

    * Our companies are more alike than different.
    * We both use Perl.
    * Together we form super robot that&#8217;s stronger than the sum of its parts.
    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cultural Divide Between LiveJournal and Six Apart</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/06/the-cultural-divide-between-livejournal-and-six-apart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/06/the-cultural-divide-between-livejournal-and-six-apart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
apophenia: The Cultural Divide Between LiveJournal and Six Apart
If Brad is willing to sell, i suspect that this rumor is definitely true. It doesn&#8217;t require a brain to know that buying LiveJournal would be a brilliant move on Six Apart&#8217;s part. That said, i&#8217;m not sure that i like this move at all.
Live Journal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.N. Warns Tsunami Death Toll Could Reach 300,000</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/06/un-warns-tsunami-death-toll-could-reach-300000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/06/un-warns-tsunami-death-toll-could-reach-300000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 09:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Command Post &#8211; Global Recon &#8211; U.N. Warns Tsunami Death Toll Could Reach 300,000
Reuters reports the World Health Organization warns that the tsunami death toll could double to about 300,000 unless survivors received clean water and other basic services by the end of the week.
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		<title>There&#8217;s No Leopards Like Snow Leopards&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/05/theres-no-leopards-like-snow-leopards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
Plastic: There&#8217;s No Leopards Like Snow Leopards&#8230;
Thus, illegal poaching constitutes one direct threat to the animal. Another threat is the loss of habitat to desperately poor farmers and herders. These people, living on the margin as it is, kill leopards either to reduce leopards using their farm animals as prey or for the income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac was Made &#8212; An Interview with Andy Hertzfeld</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/05/the-insanely-great-story-of-how-the-mac-was-made-an-interview-with-andy-hertzfeld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
MacDevCenter.com: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac was Made &#8212; An Interview with Andy Hertzfeld
When I first flipped through the pages of Andy Hertzfeld&#8217;s Revolution in The Valley, I realized that I was not merely stepping back into the history of the Macintosh, but into the genesis of personal computing itself. Regardless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday Tsunami Update</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/05/wednesday-tsunami-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from:
Chrenkoff
Wednesday tsunami update
The death toll: In this table.
The big picture: &#8220;The United Nations says &#8216;extraordinary progress&#8217; is being made. The UN says the total amount of aid pledged had risen to between $US2 billion and $US3 billion ($A2.55 to $A3.99 billion).&#8221;
This is a handy list of who&#8217;s giving what. As the report notes, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EFF helps beat RIAA in privacy for accused infringers case</title>
		<link>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/05/eff-helps-beat-riaa-in-privacy-for-accused-infringers-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jimbala.net/archives/2005/01/05/eff-helps-beat-riaa-in-privacy-for-accused-infringers-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cory Doctorow:
EFF&#8217;s helped win another victory this week! We filed a brief in RIAA vs Charter, a case where the music industry was asserting the legal right to require your ISP to turn over your information if you&#8217;d been accused of copyright infringement &#8212; rather than waiting until they&#8217;d proven their case. The court ruled [...]]]></description>
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