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		<title>New eReader Acquired!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.stevedoria.net/?p=709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I run errands, such as having my car serviced or getting a haircut, I usually bring a book with me for the wait. I already had a desktop, laptop, netbook, and smartphone, which are used daily. I figured that I can use my netbook or smartphone to read ebooks. The need for an ereader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I have been involved with optimizing code to improve execution time. I am still becoming familiar with a large and complex software system that is used by a multitude of end-users. Because my knowledge of the system is limited and people are dependent on the system, the scope of my modifications is focused on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potential HP Remote Exploit</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20111208/potential-hp-remote-exploit</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I remember my first computer. It was a standalone system that booted directly to the Microsoft DOS prompt. There were no logins nor passwords. There were no real security measures to protect files on disk or processes in memory. Floppy disks were the primary means of transferring data between computers. Bulletin board systems were popular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wherever the Wind Blows</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20110824/wherever-the-wind-blows</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.stevedoria.net/?p=676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The winds of change have scattered my team among several companies. The cohesive forces experienced between team members at my previous company have resulted in groups of people finding themselves working in new environments with others of our previous company. Two former teammates have relocated to a semiconductor company, and two others took up positions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Not Disturb: Working</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20101228/do-not-disturb-working</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jason Fried gives a talk entitled Why Work Doesn&#8217;t Happen at Work. He presents his observation that people feel more productive when they work at places other than their office, into which companies invest heavily with the hope of maximizing worker productivity. He concludes that people find other places for work more conducive to productivity, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judging a Book by Its Table of Contents</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20101223/judging-a-book-by-its-table-of-contents</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon a draft of a book on programming languages, which from a look over the table of contents seems to cover topics for a compiler book. Robert Harpers&#8217;s home page links to his book, Practical Foundations for Programming Languages. Whenever I find the time to read up on programming languages and compiler, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Thanksgiving Vacation</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20101121/on-thanksgiving-vacation</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2010 has been a very busy, yet brutal, year. I have used more vacation hours this year than any of my previous years of employment. By leveraging the Thanksgiving weekend, I am able to have nine contiguous days of rest from work at the cost of three vacation days. As is the case for sleep, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Write Less Code</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20100827/write-less-code</link>
		<comments>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20100827/write-less-code#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently come across multiple sources that recommended writing less code or just enough code to get the job done. Fewer lines of source code mean fewer lines of code that needs to be documented, tested, and maintained. In a situation where lines of code is not being used as a performance metric, lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Update Acquired!</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20100817/watch-update-acquired</link>
		<comments>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20100817/watch-update-acquired#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.stevedoria.net/?p=565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My parents gave me the Swiss Army Active Original with Red Bezel (#24221) as a gift for high school graduation, which had a retail price of 155USD at the time of purchase and is now sold by authorized dealers for 195USD. The Original features a Swiss analog quartz movement and scratch-resistant mineral crystal. Its strap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trunk and Branch Management</title>
		<link>http://blog.stevedoria.net/20100601/trunk-and-branch-management</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Engineering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.stevedoria.net/?p=450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A real-world discussion about trunk and branch management that I found through reddit.com is reprinted here: From: Rasmus Lerdorf Subject: PHP 6 Groups: php.internals Date: Thu Mar 11 12:22:48 2010 Ah, Jani went a little crazy today in his typical style to force a decision. The real decision is not whether to have a version [...]]]></description>
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