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		<title>Glass Houses, Yahoo and MS. Glass Houses.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google announced their new Buzz product yesterday, and both Microsoft and Yahoo were quick with their responses. Microsoft was all, '...that's a dumb idea. Besides Hotmail has had linking with external sites forever.' And Yahoo was like, '...we had the original Buzz.' Here's my feeling on their positions.
First, Microsoft. Hotmail? Really? Have you really looked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2010/02/glass-houses-yahoo-and-ms-glass-houses/</link>
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		<title>A (cosmetic) fix for those Feedburner tracking URLs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm a huge Google Reader nerd, and a few months ago, Feedburner (an RSS feed provider) started generating long URLs that are used to track outbound clicks in their feeds. Here's an example:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/solar-eclipse-images-show-dazzling-corona-detail/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=feed&#38;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&#38;utm_content=Google+Reader
Everything after that question mark (in red) isn't necessary to the user, and is only needed for the feed owner to track clicks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2010/01/a-cosmetic-fix-for-those-feedburner-tracking-urls/</link>
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		<title>Getting the &#8220;Model Identifier&#8221; for a Mac via ARD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the recent release of a new firmware update for the latest version of the Mac Pros, I was wondering if there was an easy way to query a bunch of systems for their Model Identifier. This is a unique name for a particular model of Mac, that can be found in the Apple System [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2010/01/getting-the-model-identifier-for-a-mac-via-ard/</link>
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		<title>Brick and Mortar shops almost worthless?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok...that's an over the top header, but I swear I'm often left with this feeling lately. Heading to BestBuy is a great example. Sure you walk in the store and it seems filled to the brim with stuff, and it definitely is. However more often than not, I feel like I walk out of there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2010/01/brick-and-mortar-shops-almost-worthless/</link>
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		<title>Migration to Dreamhost nearly complete&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Migration complete! 1and1 cancelled! Yay!!
I've been meaning to get all of my domains off of 1 and 1 forever. A few weeks ago, I was motivated and started the migration. Thankfully none of my domains are very busy, so it was an easy transition. Domain registration changes are much easier nowadays too, thank god. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2010/01/migration-to-dreamhost-nearly-complete/</link>
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		<title>A quick reply from GGB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I noticed a change in the lane configuration for the evening commute on the Golden Gate Bridge. For some reason, they had switched from a 3 North/3 South configuration to a 4 North/2 South setup, which had the negative effect of backing Southbound traffic through the Waldo tunnel, while the Northbound side on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2009/11/a-quick-reply-from-ggb/</link>
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		<title>Facebook invites are out of control.</title>
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Below is a "suggestion" I just sent in to Facebook. I doubt anyone will read it, but I figured it was worth a try anyway.
Don't allow event organizers to contact invitees w/o RSVP
This is a big sore spot for me with Facebook that results in a high volume of social noise, and is one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2009/09/facebook-invites-are-out-of-control/</link>
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		<title>American Heritage &#8211; &quot;shit&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Apple apparently didn't approve the Ninjawords dictionary application due to "inappropriate" words. I wonder why American Heritage got a free pass?
Come on Apple... Stop being so evil. I've supported your stupid brand from back in the days when you were the underdog and I would be pelted with rocks and garbage for admitting to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2009/08/american-heritage-shit/</link>
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		<title>Beware Budget Rental Cars in Vegas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a story about a bad experience with a business and how it was turned around by good customer service in the end.
Almost a month ago, Donna and I took a trip to Vegas to visit family. We had dinner plans off-strip, so we booked a minivan through Budget for the day because it would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2009/06/beware-budget-rental-cars-in-vegas/</link>
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		<title>Beware cheap bluetooth speakerphones.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been in the market for a bluetooth speakerphone for the car for awhile now. So far, my experience with my previous Garmin Nüvi 650, and my current TomTom 720 has been less then stellar in the actual phone call department. In general, I can hear the caller fairly well, but they can't hear me. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2008/07/beware-cheap-bluetooth-speakerphones/</link>
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		<title>Blogging from iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wordpress released a native iPhone application today. Now if only typing on an iPhone didn't kinda blow.
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		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2008/07/blogging-from-iphonr/</link>
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		<title>Leopard Screencaps w/o Shadow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since upgrading to Leopard, I was surprised to find that screen captures of windows now include a drop shadow. If you're not familiar with OS X's built-in screencap utility, you can hit cmd-shift-3 to grab the full screen, cmd-shft-4 to get selection crosshairs, and if you use cmd-shift-4 then hit the spacebar, you'll be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2008/02/leopard-screencaps-wo-shadow/</link>
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		<title>MacWorld Conference website&#8230;Ouch.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With my best sarcasm voice: 'IDG has really outdone themselves again with their stellar MacWorld Expo website this year.' To say nothing of the issues with the code (the footer was in the middle of all the pages a week or so ago), but the site itself is so hard to use. I'm attending the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2008/01/macworld-conference-websiteouch/</link>
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		<title>TechScorn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TechScorn is now iPhone-ready thanks to the handy iWPhone Wordpress Plugin and Theme! The guys over at Content Robot frickin' rock. Thanks guys!
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		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2007/12/techscorn/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming RSS Choking on Spam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most Upcoming users may not even notice the war that's raging behind the scenes at this very minute. However, being the RSS junkie that I am, it's painfully obvious. You see, on the web-side, it looks like Upcoming is doing a good job of keeping the site spam free. Unfortunately it appears their RSS pipe, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2007/12/upcoming-rss-choking-on-spam/</link>
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		<title>Street View Sub-Contractor?</title>
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Street View Sub-Contractor?, originally uploaded by chrisr.
 	Spotted this vehicle today on the way to Molly Stones. I'm guessing it's for creating the pano photos for Google's Street View, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2007/06/streetview-sub-contractor/</link>
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		<title>Comment on!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I've switched from super-paranoid mode to a lot less paranoid, but still in control mode for blog comments. So have it! Do your worst!
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		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2007/04/comment-on/</link>
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		<title>Some decent signage, finally.</title>
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Some decent signage, finally., originally uploaded by chrisr.
 	It looks like with the addition of the new (and now infamous) T Line, SFMTA has actually hired a graphic designer! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2007/04/some-decent-signage-finally/</link>
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		<title>WTFSPOILER??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the $3.50-4.00/gallon world we live in today, one would think the last thing someone is concerned about is how much downforce they have keeping their rear wheels on the ground. Take this poor schmuck mentioned on Autoblog for instance. Never mind the fact that he definitely doesn't have a need for this aerodynamic device, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2007/04/wtfspoiler/</link>
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		<title>Armchair iPhone Quarterbacks &amp; The Clueless</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZOMG! The amount of commentary and pseudo punditry about the iPhone is frankly...breathtaking. Or do I mean nauseating? Either way, I wanted to address one specific issue that's running rampant around the web currently. You see...Steve Jobs proclaimed to his flock, that the OS behind the iPhone, was in fact none other than OS X. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.techscorn.com/2007/01/armchair-iphone-quarterbacks-the-clueless/</link>
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