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		<title>How to build your own computer</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/08/09/how-to-build-your-own-computer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Almost every resource on the Internet on building your own computer is oriented towards building a gaming computer. The second most common discussion is how to build a &#8220;budget PC.&#8221; When I sought out the latest information on building a computer a few weeks ago, I did not like either of these two options. A &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/08/09/how-to-build-your-own-computer/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to build your own computer</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Python Programming To Automate Common Tasks</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/11/python-programming-to-automate-common-tasks/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners by super Python expert Al Sweigart is a pretty thick intermedia to somewhat advanced level programming book. It covers how Python works, so someone familiar with programming languages can get up to speed. Then, the book tackles a number of key important tasks one &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/11/python-programming-to-automate-common-tasks/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Python Programming To Automate Common Tasks</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Learn Scratch Programming (For Kids And Adults)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/10/28/learn-scratch-programming-for-kids-and-adults/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2016 02:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scratch Programming Playground: Learn to Program by Making Cool Games is a brand new offering from No Starch Press. Never mind all the other programming books for kids, this is the best so far. It helps that the Scratch Programming environment is so easy to use and allows such creative development, and it also helps &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/10/28/learn-scratch-programming-for-kids-and-adults/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Learn Scratch Programming (For Kids And Adults)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>One liner to turn a column of text into a comma separated list</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/12/one-liner-to-turn-a-column-of-text-into-a-comma-separated-list/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You have the following list: Firstline Secondline Thirdline Fourthline Fifthline Sixthline You want to turn it into something that looks like this: Firstline,Secondline,Thirdline,Fourthline,Fifthline,Sixthline All you have is a stick of bubble gum, a broken lightbulb, and a bash shell with the usual tools installed. How would you do it? Here are a few suggestions. perl &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/12/one-liner-to-turn-a-column-of-text-into-a-comma-separated-list/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One liner to turn a column of text into a comma separated list</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Linux Shell Scripting</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/10/07/linux-shell-scripting/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just finished Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook &#8211; Third Edition by Shantanu Tushar and Sarath Lakshman. This is a beginner&#8217;s guide to using shell scripting (bash) on linux. Usually, a &#8220;cookbook&#8221; is set up more like a series of projects organized around a set of themes, and is usually less introductory than this book. &#8220;Linux &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/10/07/linux-shell-scripting/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Linux Shell Scripting</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Technology News and Stuff</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/30/technology-news-and-stuff/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday from PhysOrg.com (AP) &#8212; Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don&#8217;t want to be forced into using XP&#8217;s successor, Vista.[&#8230;] Synchronize directories with Komparator and &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/30/technology-news-and-stuff/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Technology News and Stuff</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gedit With It.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/29/gedit-with-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I find myself using a basic text editor more and more often. Even the relatively well behaved openoffice.or Writer had a tendency to do stuff I don&#8217;t necessarily want to do with a simple text file, and certainly, something like Word is the work of Satan.For instance, have you ever noticed strange goofy characters that &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/29/gedit-with-it/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gedit With It.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NASA on your iPhone Touch</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/28/nasa-on-your-iphone-touch/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For your iPod Touch:The Phoenix Mars Mission thingie. Gives you two RSS feeds (one for news one for blog) and the weather report on mars. A widget displays the elapsed mission time on mars. I&#8217;d like to see this application give us more. Like real time images and possibly the ability to control the Phoenix &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/28/nasa-on-your-iphone-touch/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">NASA on your iPhone Touch</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Software for your iPod Touch</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/27/software-for-your-ipod-touch/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An x-ray I took of Julia&#8217;s hand. Sorry, it&#8217;s a little blurry. The main two functions of an iPod touch are: being an iPod (music, podcasts, movies, etc.) and giving you a pocket size web browser. There are several other functions as well, like a calendar and such.Here I want to review a couple of &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/27/software-for-your-ipod-touch/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Software for your iPod Touch</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Optical Character Recognition in Linux</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/25/optical-character-recognition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think Optical Character Recognition (OCR) works that well, frankly. But it can be done and it can be better than retyping piles of text.It does seem to work nicely when the text is nice and clean on nice clean white paper with a good contract between ink and background and no garbage on &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/25/optical-character-recognition/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Optical Character Recognition in Linux</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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