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		<title>Something new</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The date: Friday, December 30. Kate and I walked to the beach from our host&#8217;s house. On the way, we stopped at a Walgreens to use the facilities and pick up some snacks. I happened to see a digital photo frame that could play video with sound, and I noticed that the demo clip of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2012/01/31/something-new/</link>
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		<title>Winter wonderland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday morning, I woke up and it was snowing outside. And I was like, whoa. This was my first time seeing snow anywhere I&#8217;d actually lived. I&#8217;d only seen it on trips to DC and Russia. Seattle only gets 5.9 inches per year on average, so anytime it snows, it&#8217;s a big deal. A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2012/01/22/winter-wonderland/</link>
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		<title>Going south</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And now, as previously promised, kittens. So it was two days after Christmas, and my aunt was taking Kate and me around Gainesville to see and do stuff. Before lunch, she took us to her work at No More Homeless Pets, which shares a facility with a couple of similar organizations. We passed by a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2012/01/21/going-south/</link>
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		<title>Left-Handed.com sent me the wrong item and is ignoring me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I work for one of the largest online retailers, but we don&#8217;t sell everything. If I&#8217;m searching for a particularly rare item, I may have to turn elsewhere. Such was the case when I was looking to buy a left-handed Swiss Army knife a few months ago. Apparently no company currently makes them, and only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2012/01/10/left-handed-com-sent-me-the-wrong-item-and-is-ignoring-me/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll be home for Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year, everybody. Hope it&#8217;s going well so far. Now gather round and I&#8217;ll tell you a story about how I spent the holidays. Way too early in the morning on Saturday, December 24, I took a taxi to Seattle-Tacoma International Aiport. After a layover in Phoenix (spoiler alert for those who haven&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2012/01/09/ill-be-home-for-christmas/</link>
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		<title>2011: The Year in Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It wouldn&#8217;t be New Year&#8217;s Eve without my annual Year in Review! And of all the years I&#8217;ve been through (which isn&#8217;t really a lot, but bear with me), 2011 was definitely the biggest one yet. This Year in Review will be especially useful because in the past twelve months, I&#8217;ve presented many important happenings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2011/12/31/2011-the-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Disunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using Ubuntu as my operating system for a while (almost five years now). A new version is released twice a year, and each version is generally better than the last, although there have been some hiccups along the way. The latest version, released last month, comes with a new(ish) interface, and the old [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2011/12/11/disunity/</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I might as well tell you about what I did for Thanksgiving. I didn&#8217;t think I did very much, but I guess there&#8217;s more to mention than I thought. It was my first Thanksgiving away from my family. Lots of people travel on and around Thanksgiving, and I didn&#8217;t want to be caught up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2011/12/04/thanksgiving-day/</link>
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		<title>Stream of consciousness X</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I saw a pretty cool deal on a daily deal website: tickets to a comedy/music show featuring Rainn Wilson (from TV&#8217;s The Office) and special guests. It was $37, half off from the normal price, and included a copy of Rainn Wilson&#8217;s new book, Soul Pancake, for free. And it was at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2011/11/23/stream-of-consciousness-x/</link>
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		<title>The right tool for the job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to be prepared. If I happen to need a screwdriver, a bottle opener, or a tiny pair of scissors, it&#8217;s good to know that I have a tool on hand that can do the job. That&#8217;s why I asked my parents for a Swiss Army knife for Christmas a few years ago. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2011/11/13/the-right-tool-for-the-job/</link>
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