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		<title>Bay Area Backroads &#8211; Secluded Armpits Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a fairly nice ride in San Mateo this afternoon.  My friends invited me to go to a hidden, secret magical land, which turned out to be Seal Point Park and the surrounding environs (just south of Coyote Point). However &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/bay-area-backroads-secluded-armpits-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=172&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Belkin Paying Folks to Post Fake Reviews on Amazon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this story via The Daily Background. Apparently Belkin&#8217;s &#8220;Business Development Manager of eCommerce&#8221;, Michael Bayard has been found to be paying people to post positive reviews of their products, and downplay any negative reviews. The posting states you &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/belkin-paying-folks-to-post-fake-reviews-on-amazon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=169&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My friends are plotting against me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>DIY Biotechnologists &#8211; Start Praying</title>
		<link>http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/diy-biotechnologists-start-praying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the new rage is to attempt synthetic biology in one&#8217;s home, says this article: Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home (via the Associated Press) People with no training and only rudimentary knowledge doing genetic splicing in unregulated lab &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/diy-biotechnologists-start-praying/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=157&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ball Droppeth&#8230; again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>goatmonger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony Computer Entertainment has today announced that it will perform a worldwide release of the new PlayStation Home service on December 11, 2009. The 3D social gaming service has recently completed its lengthy beta test and will allow PlayStation 3 &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-ball-droppeth-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=153&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d Sooner Kiss a Wookie</title>
		<link>http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/id-sooner-kiss-a-wookie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was totally floored to see this in the recent Robot Chicken Star Wars Special 2.  For all you kids who aren&#8217;t old enough, or (*ahem*) cool enough to know, the nerds pictured here are playing Escape from the Death &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/id-sooner-kiss-a-wookie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=141&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Message from Our Alien Overlords</title>
		<link>http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/message-from-our-alien-overlords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>goatmonger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As frequent readers know, every Saturday we publish a new article in our Home &#38; Lifestyle section of the blog. This week, frequent contributor Xltlksxxr has a few helpful tips for how to tidy up around the house. PUNY HUMAN &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/message-from-our-alien-overlords/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=118&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swap Modifier Keys Between Macbook and External Windows Keyboard Modes</title>
		<link>http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/swap-modifier-keys-between-macbook-and-external-windows-keyboard-modes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A problem with PC keyboards on the Mac is that your Option and Command keys get mapped to the Windows and Alt keys, respectively (this swaps their placement).  This makes it confusing when you are switching between a Macbook&#8217;s onboard &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/swap-modifier-keys-between-macbook-and-external-windows-keyboard-modes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=103&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spore: Round One</title>
		<link>http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/spore-round-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>goatmonger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started playing Spore this week.  I don&#8217;t know how the online reviewers could claim that the performance was good even on less powerful machines.  I have it running on my Macbook Pro 2.2ghz (Geforce 8600M 128MB) with all the &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/spore-round-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=98&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard: Fix the Finder!</title>
		<link>http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/osx-106-snow-leopard-fix-the-finder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>goatmonger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With OS X 10.6 &#8220;Snow Leopard&#8221;, Apple&#8217;s Goal is to &#8220;Enhance the performance of OS X, set a new standard for quality and lay the foundation for future OS X innovation.&#8221;  They are promising that, although there will be no &#8230; <a href="http://apoplecticape.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/osx-106-snow-leopard-fix-the-finder/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apoplecticape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2745612&amp;post=95&amp;subd=apoplecticape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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