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		<title>Four Things You Should Do When Starting a New (Dev) Job</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2012/02/four-things-you-should-do-when-starting-a-new-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your first 30 days with a company can be nerve-wracking. Your boss is watching your performance, trying to decide if he made the right choice. Your co-workers are trying to learn if you&#8217;re going to be a helpful member of &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2012/02/four-things-you-should-do-when-starting-a-new-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five Reasons to Learn a New Programming Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve landed a good job. You negotiated a high salary, plenty of vacation days, and flexible work hours. Congratulations. But don&#8217;t stop thinking about your career just yet. Now that you know your way around your current programming language, it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2012/02/five-reasons-to-learn-a-new-programming-language/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 Questions Every Developer Should Ask In Their Next Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the market for developers so fierce, we can afford to be a little more careful about where we work. Over the years, I&#8217;ve interviewed at several companies. Whenever we got to the part of the interview where they asked &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2012/01/10-questions-every-developer-should-ask-in-their-next-interview/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How To: Sync Last Read Page Between Nook for Android and iPad</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2010/12/how-to-sync-last-read-page-between-nook-for-android-and-ipad/</link>
		<comments>http://mindbat.com/2010/12/how-to-sync-last-read-page-between-nook-for-android-and-ipad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scribbler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both Amazon and Barnes and Noble claim their ereaders will sync where you are in your books between the different devices (iPad, Android phone, PC or Mac) you might be reading on. Amazon&#8217;s works in the background, without a hitch, &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2010/12/how-to-sync-last-read-page-between-nook-for-android-and-ipad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Short Review of the Pangolin Performance</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2010/10/short-review-of-the-pangolin-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scribbler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I gave away my trusty Macbook, I&#8217;ve been pining for a new computer. The iPad purchase helped, but let&#8217;s face it: I&#8217;m not going to be able to do any programming on that thing. I knew I was &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2010/10/short-review-of-the-pangolin-performance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>iPad: 30 days in</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2010/10/ipad-30-days-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 days ago, I broke down and bought an iPad. I know, I&#8217;ve ranted and raved against Apple&#8217;s unfair closed-source system. And yes, I hated the shopping experience my first time out. But lugging around my netbook + my Nook &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2010/10/ipad-30-days-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How To: Run Clojure with Clojure-Contrib Library</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2010/08/how-to-run-clojure-with-clojure-contrib-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scribbler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently picked up Programming Clojure and started working through it, trying to wrap my head around this new variant of Lisp. Installing clojure itself was pretty simple (sudo apt-get install clojure, since I&#8217;m using Ubuntu), but I had a &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2010/08/how-to-run-clojure-with-clojure-contrib-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Kills Lala.com</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2010/04/apple-kills-lalacom/</link>
		<comments>http://mindbat.com/2010/04/apple-kills-lalacom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scribbler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindbat.com/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, when Apple bought Lala.com, I didn&#8217;t panic. I thought Apple&#8217;d integrate Lala.com&#8217;s store into iTunes, rebrand the site, and keep things rolling. I was wrong: Dear Ron T., The Lala service will be shut down on &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2010/04/apple-kills-lalacom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Choices I&#8217;ve Made</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2010/04/the-choices-ive-made/</link>
		<comments>http://mindbat.com/2010/04/the-choices-ive-made/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scribbler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finished reading Just a Geek. Surprisingly, my experiences and feelings toward NASA parallel Wheaton&#8217;s feelings toward Star Trek in many ways: the feeling that I need to prove leaving was the right decision, the odd mix of guilt, excitement and &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2010/04/the-choices-ive-made/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Have You Done For Me Lately?</title>
		<link>http://mindbat.com/2010/04/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately/</link>
		<comments>http://mindbat.com/2010/04/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindbat.com/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, a friend of my wife&#8217;s was gushing about how her church had just started a program to help the poor in Uganda: they take unwanted clothes from Ugandans, ship them over to the US so her church-members can &#8230; <a href="http://mindbat.com/2010/04/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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