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	<title>idleMind.org Journal</title>
	<link>http://idlemind.org/journal</link>
	<description>random nothingness</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>For Your Protection</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/214/for-your-protection</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/214/for-your-protection#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[codemonkey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/214/for-your-protection</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These days, as far as the digital information exchange is concerned, there are standards for everything.  No one actually follows these standards, but at least they are there.  Which is why it is so surprising to me that there does not appear to be a standard for passwords.  At least, in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrible Mistake</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/213/terrible-mistake</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/213/terrible-mistake#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/213/terrible-mistake</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These days, I seem to spend half my time repeating &#8220;It will all be OK&#8221; as a mantra, the other half decrying myself a liar.  Terror comes and goes in waves, swallowing me whole, rolling off my back, and then swallowing me again.
Today&#8217;s swell had a particularly peculiar flashback quality.  As we sat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/212/time</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/212/time#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/212/time</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer:  This will do what I am ranting against, namely waste your time.  Proceed at your own risk.
I once had a very interesting conversation with a certain chief of plastic surgery.  Actually, if you are familiar with this particular person, you will know that conversations with this particular individual tend to me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training Wheels</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/211/training-wheels</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/211/training-wheels#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/211/training-wheels</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me that medical training in the States is akin to learning how to ride a bicycle.
You start out on the tricycle.  No one cares if you can keep your balance.  They just want you to get used to sitting in the seat and pedal without falling over.  I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s Subtle&#8221; or Why TV Needs More Consultants</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/206/its-subtle-or-why-tv-needs-more-consultants</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/206/its-subtle-or-why-tv-needs-more-consultants#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/206/its-subtle-or-why-tv-needs-more-consultants</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is no secret that TV, especially the more technical shows, is full of crap.  I assume, they hire advisors and consultants to help in that regard, but it seems those guys are not enough.  Because for every one thing they get right, they get five wrong.
Most of the time, you ignore the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/205/the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-and-round</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/205/the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-and-round#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 14:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/205/the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-and-round</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuck You Facebook and your Instant Personalization</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/204/fuck-you-facebook-and-your-instant-personalization</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/204/fuck-you-facebook-and-your-instant-personalization#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/204/fuck-you-facebook-and-your-instant-personalization</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, Facebook is giving out your personal informaion.  Once again, they do it without asking.  Once again they make you jump through hoops to keep your information private.
Not only do you have to &#8216;no&#8217; by opting out of the option, you have to then repeatedly say &#8216;hell no!&#8217; by blocking individual partner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Laid Plans&#8230; Or How I Cloned My Hard Drive</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/203/the-best-laid-plans-or-how-i-cloned-my-hard-drive</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/203/the-best-laid-plans-or-how-i-cloned-my-hard-drive#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[codemonkey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/203/the-best-laid-plans-or-how-i-cloned-my-hard-drive</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I laid out a nice smooth and shiny plan for upgrading my PC and setting up a backup system.  Well, as the old adages say, no battle plan survives more than a few minutes once the fight is joined, and what can go wrong, will go wrong.
If there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birthday</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/202/birthday</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/202/birthday#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/202/birthday</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is my birthday.  I forgot today was my birthday.  In fact, I had no clue that it was my birthday, until I had to set a reminder on my phone.  As I set the chime, something seemed odd about the day&#8230; oh yeah, birthday.
It is not that I am so absent-minded, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backup Strategy</title>
		<link>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/201/backup-strategy</link>
		<comments>http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/201/backup-strategy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://idlemind.org/journal/archive/201/backup-strategy</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned recently, my computer backup skills have left a lot to be desired in the past, present, and immediate future.  I guess there is a threshold for everything, even my laziness.  At least as far as backups are concerned, we have crossed that line.
Below, I will outline my basic setup and [...]]]></description>
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