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		<title>Advanced Text Editing In Ubuntu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting stuck on some heavy duty text editing&#8230;
A few months ago I finally took the plunge and downloaded and installed Notepad++ (for Windows).
There are plenty of advanced features and plugins available.
I especially like the ability to search for several occurrences of a string of text.
You can count the occurrences, without making changes&#8230; or you can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2289</link>
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		<title>Playing With Lucid Lynx</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took some time this weekend to upgrade my main laptop.
I have been running Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) since it was released.
Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) came out on April 29th.

I ran a few system checks prior to the upgrade.
As it turns out&#8230; three years of constant pounding on the hard drive had finally taken its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2285</link>
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		<title>Finding Images</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone posed a question to me.
&#8220;Without becoming an expert photographer, how do I find images to use for general purposes?&#8221;
I scratched my head.
I have come across some postings of free images in the past&#8230; but all the web addresses, I have lost.
I heard someone say, not too long ago&#8230;
&#8216;When I need an image, I just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2280</link>
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		<title>A Visual Breakdown On Viruses &amp; Malware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Via: Online Schools
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		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2278</link>
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		<title>A Checksum Head-scratcher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a &#8216;high maintenance&#8217; friend that constantly needs help with their computer.
About every 4 months, they manage to get some sort of unknown malignancy.
It happened again.
So, for a &#8217;small fee&#8217; I am re-installing Windows XP on their machine.
I went through the regular gyrations, the list of things that I normally install.
Everything seemed to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2276</link>
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		<title>Playing With Cron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For kicks, lately&#8230; I have been trying to get a handle on cron.
If you need more information, check out this explanation.
In simplistic terms&#8230; if you want to automate a computer task&#8230; cron is a good way to do it.
And, there is loads of documentation on it, out there.

I came across this&#8230;  the cron sandbox.
If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2274</link>
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		<title>A Strange Error In Ubuntu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was running my Update Manager in Ubuntu, Karmic Koala, over the weekend.
I was faced with:
(Reading database &#8230; 75% dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 failed in buffer_read(fd): files list for package `XYZ-package&#8217;: Input/output error
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
For the past couple of days&#8230;
I have been searching forums, blogs and help sites.
I found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2271</link>
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		<title>Bloating and Statistics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After perusing an article at Ars Technica, about piracy estimates and losses&#8230;
Any time you hear someone quoting statistics, remember&#8230;
92 % of all statistics are completely useless!
It&#8217;s not that I am against watching trends and analyzing data.
I like to look at reports and graphs, as much as the next person.
It reminds me of some interesting stories [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2269</link>
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		<title>Moving An Old Windows Install To New Hardware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have an old Compaq workstation, loaded with Windows XP.
It&#8217;s in the back room.
I have some software installed on it, that was a nightmare to configure.
It took me a long time, and a great deal of heartache.
Recently, the machine has begun to freeze at a black screen.
No blue screen, no error messages, just freezing.
Seeing that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2267</link>
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		<title>Mobile Ads And Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt were seen sitting at a cafe in Palo Alto, CA.
While people are scratching their heads at what the topic of conversation was&#8230;
There is much competition going on, there.
Google bought AdMob, not too long ago.
That&#8217;s to help their continued endeavor into the mobile market.
Apple has also purchased [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2264</link>
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		<title>Taking The Printer Concept To New Levels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 30 years, or so&#8230; computer printers have come a long way.
That&#8217;s from the old thermal and dot matrix types, as well as other antiquated types.
Recently, some innovative people have thought deeply about the printing concept.
Not too long ago, I saw a design for a prototype of a building printer.
Imagine, if you wanted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2262</link>
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		<title>Dean Kamen And His New Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


The Colbert Report
Mon &#8211; Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c


Dean Kamen


www.colbertnation.com









Colbert Report Full Episodes
Political Humor
Health Care Reform







I liked the demonstration and the innovation of this.
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		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2260</link>
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		<title>Setback For Net Neutrality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of years, we have heard various arguments on Net Neutrality.
On one side, it seems as if internet providers may do whatever they wish with traffic, traversing their network
One could argue, that if they offer VOIP or phone service&#8230; they could, in practice, disable free VOIP applications.
That&#8217;s in hope that you will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2258</link>
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		<title>Protecting Your Information On Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few months, we have begun to realize the downside of social media.
Sharing information is a great and wonderful thing&#8230;
But many people ignore the most important aspect.
That aspect is, you are sharing information!
That in itself is not necessarily a bad thing&#8230;
But the audience composition can not be ignored.
It&#8217;s been revealed that many government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2256</link>
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		<title>Create Diagrams With Free Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had someone ask me about software for creating a flowchart.
Dia is a great, free software package for different types of charts.

There are shapes available for regular flowcharts, for engineering, electical, chemical and several other categories.
Dia is free and open source.  It is available for Windows and Linux.
You can download it here.
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		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2254</link>
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		<title>The Evolution Of The Consumer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across a great article at PC World.
For the computer literate, as well as the illiterate.
There are plenty of things that we take for granted, when it comes to our computers, and technology.
If you think about it, in detail&#8230; it&#8217;s probably enough to drive you insane.
The fact is&#8230; any time you have interaction with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2251</link>
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		<title>Enhance Your Presentations With Zoomit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had someone ask about something to use for presentations.
Zoomit is a great tool from SysInternals.


Zoomit allows you to zoom in on parts of the screen and annotate it.
It&#8217;s good for presentations, but has some other uses.
The keys can be customized&#8230; by default, CTRL-1 turns the zoom feature on.
CTRL-2 allows you to draw or annotate.
You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2249</link>
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		<title>Updating Your Resumé</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I helped a couple of friends with their resumé.
It&#8217;s a good idea for all of us to keep ours updated.
When you look over your resumé, look for talents that you may have left off.
Many times, I have seen a resumé  get overlooked, simply because of things left out.
The goal is to describe your qualifications and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2245</link>
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		<title>A Different Kind of Electronic Box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

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		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2243</link>
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		<title>Printing Directories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems like a regular basis, that I have to print a directory for some reason.
Usually, I pull up a command line.
In Windows&#8230;
c:\Documents and Settings\joe m\&#62; dir &#62;listing.txt
That usually does the job.
You can open listing.txt in notepad or a word processor.
I came across Karen&#8217;s Directory Printer.

It&#8217;s a fantastic little tool.
Helps avoid the extra steps I mentioned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2240</link>
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		<title>The Safest Search Engine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mcafee has named AOL Search as the safest search engine.
(I was surprised to hear that.)
The study by Mcafee also found that searches for digital music is also risky.
The number of search results returned when a user searches for digital music indicate that about 20 % of the results may be infected with some sort of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2237</link>
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		<title>A Simple Explanation of Binary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

I came across this video at csunplugged.com.
This is a fantastic site.
It offers teachings in a format, aimed at kids.
But&#8230;
There is plenty of information that will benefit adults.
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		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2235</link>
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		<title>More Nasty Stuff Via Email</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook users beware&#8230;
Another virus is out to steal your FB credentials&#8230; and who knows what else?
An email that is being sent to FB users, via regular internet email accounts, prompts users to change their password.
A link is being attached and passed through the email.
When the user clicks the link, viruses and / or malware are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2232</link>
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		<title>A New Kind Of Hack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Police in Austin, Texas, have arrested a 20 year-old in connection with several car &#8216;mishaps.&#8217;
As it turns out&#8230;
About a hundred car problems were reported, simultaneosly.
Problems ranged from horns honking, reported to be at night, to the ignition being deactivated.
The High Tech Crime Unit was activated.
The common factor in all of the cases?
The cars were all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2230</link>
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		<title>Send Free Faxes With FaxZero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have found yourself having to send a fax&#8230; you know it can be a pain.
Who wants to have a fax machine in their home, these days?
Sure&#8230;  you can get an all-in-one device.
But&#8230; if you are not so fortunate&#8230; there are other options.
I came across FaxZero.

The service is free, but there are limitations.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2227</link>
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		<title>Test Your Connection Speed With Help From Uncle Sam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government wants users to have a clear picture of their broadband connection.
The FCC has released a tool / site to help consumers realize their connection speed.

www.broadband.gov
I am not sure where this might go, from here.
Many consumers have been complaining of speeds lagging behind what the ISPs have been advertising.
Some even reported lagging by as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2225</link>
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		<title>Google Gets More Social In News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Digg.
Now, Google is getting into the social news game.

The format is somewhat different from Digg.
Will it steal any traffic from Digg?
It&#8217;s hard to say.
I can tell you&#8230; that even though I like Digg&#8230; it&#8217;s not my only source of newsfeeds.
It&#8217;s a complement to all of the feeds I use.
I am guessing that everyone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2220</link>
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		<title>Nerves &amp; Presentations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across an article on Psychology Today, How to give a presentation Part I.
Some good stuff in the post.
At one point in my life&#8230;
I had to give presentations&#8230; and teach others.
While preparation is the biggest part of teaching or presenting&#8230;
The truth is&#8230; the best presentations you will ever give, are on topics that are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2218</link>
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		<title>Buck Rogers Comes Back From The Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

This is part of a series of web released episodes of Buck Rogers.
See if you recognize the actors playing the parents.
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		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2216</link>
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		<title>A Graphical Display For Google Suggest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was surfing around this evening&#8230; and came across whatdoyousuggest.net.
It uses Google Suggest, but puts it in a graphical format.
Google Suggest&#8230; Remember it?
When you type in the text box on the main page for Google Search&#8230;
You see the listing from Google Suggest, pop up under the text box.

whatdoyousuggest offers an easy-to-use interace.
As you click on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://braintubes.com/blog/?p=2211</link>
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