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		<title>WP to Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2010/06/01/wp-to-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now I&#8217;m going to try the WP to Twitter plug-in for my wordpress.org blog.  I&#8217;ve created a post and now will go ahead and publish it &#8211; should go to my twitter account with a shortened url.
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		<title>Just installed Twitter Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2010/06/01/just-installed-twitter-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweeting my blog now  - new posts will be on twitter]]></description>
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		<title>Replace the Color Wheel on my Samsung DLP TV</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2009/09/05/replace-the-color-wheel-on-my-samsung-dlp-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weeeeeee&#8230;. that&#8217;s the sound of the color wheel on my Samsung DLP 43&#34; TV.&#160; Its been good to me, had it for years and have yet to replace the bulb.&#160; Amazing. But the sound is just too much.&#160; Scott Jangro&#8217;s blog has instructions. The PartStore has the part &#8211; should be all in for less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the point of Tweeting</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2009/08/30/whats-the-point-of-tweeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  Why Don&#8217;t Teens Tweet? We Asked Over 10,000 of Them. 
I was directed to the above article via a Tweet on FB that appeared as a &#34;friend&#8217;s&#34; status. &#160;I don&#8217;t tweet but was considering getting into it again after I tried it and gave up. It is too much work. I have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picnik</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2009/06/02/picnik/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
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&#160;
cool application for photo editing.&#160;
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		<title>Insignia 5.0 Digital Camcorder &#8211; on Mac OS X &#8211; Quicktime</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2009/01/02/insignia-divx-video-on-mac-os-x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[divX]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mac os x 10.5.6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel just got a really cool flip camera from his grandparents and has been enjoying it as he is into video and pictures. &#160;Its an&#160;Insignia 5.0MP Digital Camcorder with 2.4&#34;

Swivel LCD Screen.
  &#160; Problem is &#8211; its video is: MPEG4 (DivX) in AVI wrapper. &#160;This would not play on his eMac and isn&#8217;t supported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About the Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/12/29/about-the-mac-os-x-1056-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer Hardware]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About the Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update
Lots of fixes in this one. &#160;It appears to have fixes for both the Airport issue with 802.11N networks and the Address Book sync issues on Mobile Me. &#160;Also the mail not quitting and junk mail staying problem. &#160;All issues my Mom has had with her new iMac.&#160;
If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FireWire Developer Note: FireWire Product-Specific Details</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/11/08/firewire-developer-note-firewire-product-specific-details/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/11/08/firewire-developer-note-firewire-product-specific-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[firewire 800]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firewire power]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FireWire Developer Note: FireWire Product-Specific Details Mac Pro Computers (January 2008) The Mac Pro computers with Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 Series microprocessors were introduced in January 2008. The Mac Pro provides two FireWire 800 IEEE 1394b ports and two FireWire 400 IEEE 1394a ports. The four FireWire ports are on the same FireWire bus and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obscure Tax Breaks Increase Cost of Financial Rescue &#8211; WSJ.com</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/10/20/obscure-tax-breaks-increase-cost-of-financial-rescue-wsjcom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/10/20/obscure-tax-breaks-increase-cost-of-financial-rescue-wsjcom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wachovia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Obscure Tax Breaks Increase Cost of Financial Rescue &#8211; WSJ.com The biggest beneficiary so far is likely to be Wells Fargo. The big San Francisco-based bank recently agreed to buy Wachovia Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., which has been hammered by huge losses on mortgage-related securities and loans. Wells Fargo has said it expects to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Merger&#8217;s continue with Wachovia next?</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/29/bank-mergers-continue-with-wachovia-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/29/bank-mergers-continue-with-wachovia-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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Several factors are behind the shakeout in banking. But the overarching reason is that bankers, governments, investors and customers simply have lost faith in the lending system on a number of fronts.
A potential new area of concern is the speed with which retail bank customers are moving deposits, sometimes by using the Internet, challenging the [...]]]></description>
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