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		<title>Free audiobooks? Sure why not</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/23/free-audiobooks-sure-why-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbuis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Audible.com has a special offer I&#8217;m not getting paid a dime to promote, but I felt compelled to bring it to you. Go to audible.com/thanksgiving to pick one of a few selected audiobooks. It ends Nov. 26, so get on it if you want to take advantage.
Some of the titles available:
• A Hymn Before Battle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple TV, fake Beatles sightings and confiscated internets</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/07/apple-tv-fake-beatles-sightings-and-confiscated-internets/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/07/apple-tv-fake-beatles-sightings-and-confiscated-internets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbuis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever have one of those weeks when you work your butt off on a project only to have it blow up a couple of days later? I finished hacking my Apple TV on Oct. 27. Two days later, Apple releases Apple TV update 3.0. It&#8217;s snappier it&#8217;s better, but I&#8217;m still kicking myself over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with not-so shocking statistics</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/07/fun-with-not-so-shocking-statistics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbuis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran into a couple of interesting tidbits about market share in the computing world. 

For those of you who don&#8217;t know what market share is, it&#8217;s basically the magical number some consulting firm gets paid to pull out of the air using some measurement that seems to make sense. Those numbers probably don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s looking a lot like Christmas. Well it has been for awhile but…</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/06/its-looking-a-lot-like-christmas-well-it-has-been-for-awhile-but%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/06/its-looking-a-lot-like-christmas-well-it-has-been-for-awhile-but%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbuis</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Black]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Black Friday is looming close and one of the few shopping days of the year where I arise from my bed early — er, stay up for the sales — is filling with anticipation of sales to break the recession. Or at least stand out above the trend.
Wal-Mart is offering an Xbox 360 Arcade version [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of MySpace, penis-shaped lollipops and stupidity</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/30/of-myspace-penis-shaped-lollipops-and-stupidity/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/30/of-myspace-penis-shaped-lollipops-and-stupidity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbuis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two disturbing trends are growing in this nation: The illusion of privacy on the Internet and the idiocy of school districts with the Internet. And lucky me, a story came across the AP wire that kills two birds with one stone.
Churubusco High School suspended two sophomore girls for posting sexually suggestive photos involving lingerie and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to upgrade to Windows 7 in less than 100 hours</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/26/how-to-upgrade-to-windows-7-in-less-than-100-hours/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/26/how-to-upgrade-to-windows-7-in-less-than-100-hours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbuis</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Boot Camp]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[install]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been down a hellish road that I don&#8217;t want anyone else to follow. I write this tale of caution to make sure of this.
It all started simply enough a few weeks ago when I noticed an offer for a cheap downloadable version of Windows 7. Bear in mind I vetted the living daylights out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I hope Comcast Cares about this headache</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/12/i-hope-comcast-cares-about-this-headache/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/12/i-hope-comcast-cares-about-this-headache/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally I don&#8217;t work Mondays, but on this exception to the rule, I was greeted by a comment from one of our readers that instantly sent me into full-alert panic. Thankfully I didn&#8217;t pull anything in the process. 
Chuck&#8217;s comment reads:
Question. When I clicked on an icon on the Colusa Casino ad yesterday on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kodak EasyShare: Oxymoron of the week</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/30/kodak-easyshare-oxymoron-of-the-week/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/30/kodak-easyshare-oxymoron-of-the-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got off the phone with one of our readers trying to submit a photo for our Your Turn page and was reminded of the one thing I can&#8217;t stand. No, it&#8217;s not talking to readers on the phone.
It&#8217;s stock photo programs. I can&#8217;t stand them. Especially Kodak EasyShare.
As I mentioned on the phone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will you be my fwend?</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/15/will-you-be-my-fwend/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/15/will-you-be-my-fwend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding onto the empire of amazing ways to find stuff through Pen &#38; Links, we&#8217;re on Facebook too. How do you find me? Click on the badge below, or on the other one I added on the right side of the page under the ads. It&#8217;s a work in progress at the moment.
Pen Links

Create Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough choices, broadband and anonymity</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/04/tough-choices-broadband-and-anonymity/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/04/tough-choices-broadband-and-anonymity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbuis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Man difficult choices abound for me. 
With both Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 3 hitting the $299 mark and Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox 360 joining the party I&#8217;m conflicted about getting a second console. The sad thing? The tipping point might be the fact Sony has a DVD player and my TV is currently lacking one. And Sony doesn&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explaining MMS requires tilting your head funny</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/04/explaining-mms-requires-tilting-your-head-funny/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/04/explaining-mms-requires-tilting-your-head-funny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The whole announcement of MMS finally coming to the iPhone wasn&#8217;t worth a post by itself. But Seth the blogger guy and his limp neck was worth it.
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		<title>You can&#8217;t take down Obama&#8217;s site that easily. Or stupidly</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/03/you-cant-take-down-obamas-site-that-easily-or-stupidly/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/03/you-cant-take-down-obamas-site-that-easily-or-stupidly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting this story by itself mainly because of the combination of a high concentration of Republicans and a relative lack of tech savviness. I read the comments on our stories and get to read the letters to the editor that confirm all of this.
 If you get a piece of e-mail promising to add [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackouts, black Wiis and blackballing</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/03/blackouts-black-wiis-and-blackballing/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/03/blackouts-black-wiis-and-blackballing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought the blackouts of Raider games were horrible – not that I&#8217;m a Raiders fan, I just hate the blackout policy as a whole – but the NFL has a new form of blackout for Twitter. Players, coaches, media, representatives of media, ball boys, the parking lot guys probably – none can use Twitter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m still mad I didn&#8217;t get my endangered species in the mail</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/29/im-still-mad-i-didnt-get-my-endangered-species-in-the-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/29/im-still-mad-i-didnt-get-my-endangered-species-in-the-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because I know all of my readers are awesome and amazing, I don&#8217;t think I really need to post this story. But just in case, if you want Snow Leopard, pay the $29, don&#8217;t pirate it. Otherwise say hello to another trojan.
By the way, your government believes a $1.92 million penalty for uploading 24 songs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying safe on the Interwebs</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/29/staying-safe-on-the-interwebs/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/29/staying-safe-on-the-interwebs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sunday&#8217;s Appeal-Democrat, there&#8217;s a story on the front page about seniors getting acquainted with computers, the Internet and e-mail. While I was excited to hear about these seniors being exposed to all of the exposure to the wonders and tools the Internet has to offer, I was disappointed to hear that not much was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Snow Leopard&#8217;s shadow lurks news</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/29/in-the-snow-leopards-shadow-lurks-news/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/29/in-the-snow-leopards-shadow-lurks-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well while I&#8217;m waiting for Blogo to get its much anticipated update – well at least by me – I&#8217;m testing out another piece of blogging software called MarsEdit. It&#8217;ll run me about $30 if I really like it. Sadly there isn&#8217;t a Cash for Clunkers for blog editors like there was for cars and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A quick look at installing Snow Leopard</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/28/a-quick-look-at-installing-snow-leopard/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/28/a-quick-look-at-installing-snow-leopard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re on the cutting edge, eventually you lose a finger. You hope it&#8217;s just a pinky because it isn&#8217;t that important and it just makes for a good story. You pray it&#8217;s not the index or middle finger because you&#8217;ll lose the ability to point and make your point, respectively.
I&#8217;ve installed Snow Leopard on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony uses straightforward marketing with the PS3?</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/27/sony-uses-straightforward-marketing-with-the-ps3/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/27/sony-uses-straightforward-marketing-with-the-ps3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And it features that one guy who&#8217;s been all over the place from Comcast to Holiday Inn
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		<title>Planning on upgrading to Snow Leopard? Read this first</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/27/planning-on-upgrading-to-snow-leopard-read-this-first/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/27/planning-on-upgrading-to-snow-leopard-read-this-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s new operating system Snow Leopard officially hits the streets tomorrow, offering a series of improvements in performance and disk space. But there&#8217;s always one big problem with a software update: 
Old programs bite the dust.
Crashes, freezes, freakish errors all can happen with a software update, but here&#8217;s a handy site to help you figure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New New Super Mario Bros. trailer is up</title>
		<link>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/19/new-new-super-mario-bros-trailer-is-up/</link>
		<comments>http://penlinks.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/19/new-new-super-mario-bros-trailer-is-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And since it&#8217;s on YouTube I can actually post the video in the post. What a concept!
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