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		<title>Computer nastalgia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the midst of reading a rather lengthy article about computer file systems (fs) and their sometime sordid histories, here.
While reading it, it mentions a number of operating system (OS), and it evoked some nostalgic memories for me.  So I got to thinking about them, and figured I&#8217;d blurb something up here.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/32</link>
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		<title>Nice use for a turbine engine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a paltry $28k&#8230; I&#8217;m sure Detroit could do it en mass for less, but that would require them to refit, retool, etc. their assembly lines (mega bucks)&#8230; something they are really hesitant to do so with carbon-fiber (hence why they aren&#8217;t tripping over themselves to do it).
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html
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		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/31</link>
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		<title>That&#8217;ll teach me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a rather disturbing morning.  You know, the type of thing that causes you to shiver, like the first time you heard one of your parents talk about sex or something?
Yeah, so this one is right up those lines.
My sister, calls me up, first thing this morning so that I can part-take in sharing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/30</link>
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		<title>Eclipse&#8217;s Graphical Modeling Framework</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I&#8217;ve been on a new project, and I have to build a program to create pipeflow models, everything from common pipes, Elbow joints, T-joints to ports, discreet changes, etc.  Fun stuff.
So mucking around with GMF for the past 10 months has proved annoying.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I see a lot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/20</link>
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		<title>Poker Etiquette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the places I play poker, there is one relatively new player (for about a month now) who has horrendous manners at the table&#8230; The type of person you&#8217;d like to strangle just for their overall mannerisms and conduct.  Such as a very derisive laugh when she wins, and a loud whoop when she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/24</link>
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		<title>Poker&#8230; Night of bad-beats, donkey&#8217;s paradise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I was in a tourney the other night, rather insane cards and hands.
Session 1, before the first blind increment:

Kc-As-7s; Ks; Kd.  I have: Qs-9s (nut-flush).  Opponent: Ad-7d (full-house)
6-8-9 (rainbow); Th (10 of hearts);  Js.  I have: 7d-5d (low straight, big blind).  Opponent: K-Q
2d-3h-8s; J; 5.  I have 3d-3s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/23</link>
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		<title>AppleTV to kill TiVo and DVR services?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=301
Interesting article, albeit he left out one factor in tallying up price over two years, cost of high-speed internet&#8230; figure $40/mo ($480/yr.), $50/mo. if you drop cable.  Most cable providers add $10 per/mo if you have only internet.
So if I dropped cable and went with AppleTV, internet access and a few choice shows:

AppleTV: $299
Internet ($50/mo): [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/21</link>
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		<title>Multi-Touch iPhone and Patents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple claims to have patented the heck out of everything they&#8217;ve developed for the iPhone.
One interesting thing though, you know that &#8220;pinching&#8221; motion to zoom in/out on photos and maps?  I and many other people have seen it before.  A researcher at NYU, Jeff Y. Han presented work on multi-touch (fingers) enabled displays starting in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/19</link>
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		<title>Steve Jobs spouting FUD?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I watched a recorded interview that Steve Jobs had with Nightline on Tuesday night (9th).
Pretty boring interview, what was really odd was seeing so much of the top of Steve&#8217;s head.  Half the interview he had his head down as if in serious thought&#8230; Public Speaking 101 refresher course?
Anyway, in the interview he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/17</link>
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		<title>iPhone: no 3rd party app development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this plain sucks, and is really stupid.  Best part about smart phones and PDAs, is the ability to develop applications to run on them.
If Apple is worried about crappy performance due to a 3rd party application, they should just create an [optional] Apple certification process that applications can go thru.  Then if someone bitches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.icesamurai.net/wpblog/archives/9</link>
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