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	<description>The Synthetic Approach to Information Discovery</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>An easy CSS recipe for multi-column lists</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2008/02/21/an-easy-css-recipe-for-multi-column-lists</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2008/02/21/an-easy-css-recipe-for-multi-column-lists#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a CSS recipe to display any ordered or unordered list in multiple columns.

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		<title>Happy Darwin Day!</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2008/02/12/happy-darwin-day</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2008/02/12/happy-darwin-day#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, February 12, is Darwin Day.

Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin &#8212; the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ezproxy to be acquired by OCLC:  Time for an open-source alternative</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2008/01/12/ezproxy-to-be-acquired-by-oclc-time-for-an-open-source-alternative</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2008/01/12/ezproxy-to-be-acquired-by-oclc-time-for-an-open-source-alternative#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2008/01/12/ezproxy-to-be-acquired-by-oclc-time-for-an-open-source-alternative</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Word on the street is that Ezproxy, the remote access solution for libraries, is to be acquired by OCLC.  I predict a change in the licensing and potential litigation for users in the future.  More to the point, this should be seen as a call for an open-source equivalent.
For years ezproxy has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you travelled back in time and got stuck, what would you do?</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/18/if-you-travelled-back-in-time-and-got-stuck-what-would-you-do</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/18/if-you-travelled-back-in-time-and-got-stuck-what-would-you-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[youtube library video shortfilm unlv48hourfilmfestival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/18/if-you-travelled-back-in-time-and-got-stuck-what-would-you-do</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This awesome short film on YouTube came to my attention because it is tagged with the word &#8220;librarian&#8221; (I&#8217;ve got an RSS feed that shows all &#8220;library&#8221; videos on YouTube).  Apparently, the whole thing was created in less than 48 hours: the whole thing.  It was an entry in the UNLV 48 Hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your database protected by a firewall?  Research says too many are not.</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/16/is-your-database-protected-by-a-firewall-research-says-too-many-are-not</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/16/is-your-database-protected-by-a-firewall-research-says-too-many-are-not#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Systems Administration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sysadmin security systemadministration networkadministr]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/16/is-your-database-protected-by-a-firewall-research-says-too-many-are-not</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, November 19, 2007,  David Litchfield will be releasing the Database Exposure Survey for 2007 on his databasesecurity.com website.  According to CIO.com, Litchfield estimates that there are roughly 500,000 database servers on the Internet that are openly accessible (with no firewall protection).
I believe many sysadmins overlook database security believing that &#8220;no one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why doesn&#8217;t YouTube Canada use a &#8220;.ca&#8221; domain?</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/06/why-doesnt-youtube-canada-use-a-ca-domain</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/06/why-doesnt-youtube-canada-use-a-ca-domain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[canada day]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/06/why-doesnt-youtube-canada-use-a-ca-domain</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[YouTube Canada is now available.  I think having a Canadian version is fantastic: for example having a Canadian-content site works really well for Google News.  It provides value to a specific audience instead delivery plain-vanilla to all audiences.
But why don&#8217;t they use an actual &#8220;.ca&#8221; domain.  When you go to youtube.ca you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncovering the Secret Antenna Connector on the Linksys WRT54GC Portable Wifi Router</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/05/uncovering-the-secret-antenna-connector-on-the-linksys-wrt54gc-portable-wifi-router</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/05/uncovering-the-secret-antenna-connector-on-the-linksys-wrt54gc-portable-wifi-router#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[HOWTO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Systems Administration]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[WRT54GC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/05/uncovering-the-secret-antenna-connector-on-the-linksys-wrt54gc-portable-wifi-router</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly a year ago I bough a portable wifi router to take with me when I go to conferences etc.  When I am in a hotel or at a friend&#8217;s house, it is very handy to use secure wifi instead of having to drag around a long ethernet cable to connect my laptop to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Download Available for New Rudy Rucker Novel</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/free-download-available-for-new-rudy-rucker-novel</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/free-download-available-for-new-rudy-rucker-novel#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creative commons]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free download]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[palm pilot]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[rudy rucker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/free-download-available-for-new-rudy-rucker-novel</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudy Rucker is famous for a few things, not the least of which is his Sci-Fi writing.  His newest novel, Postsingular, is now available for free download.  Rucker has released the novel using a Creative Commons License!
If that was not enough, he has also posted 300 pages of his working notes created as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a LOLCAT can give cognitive dissonance</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/how-a-lolcat-can-give-cognitive-dissonance</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/how-a-lolcat-can-give-cognitive-dissonance#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Science]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[cognitive dissonance]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Via CogSci Librarian: IM IN UR COMPUTER GIVIN U COGNTIVE DISXONANCE.

Attributed to &#8220;Brian&#8221; via the LOLCAT Builder
PS That was via CogSci Librarian.  A cognitive science library!  That&#8217;s new.  Cool, can I be the next one?!
]]></description>
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		<title>Public Domain Audiobooks from LibriVox</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/public-domain-audiobooks-from-librivox</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/public-domain-audiobooks-from-librivox#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[creative commons]]></category>

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

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

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		<category><![CDATA[public domain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/04/public-domain-audiobooks-from-librivox</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via Creative Commons: LibriVox has released their 1000th free audiobook.
LibriVox takes public domain books and creates freely downloadable audiobooks from them.  Unlike hard or impossible to use audiobooks from OCLC, these do not have any DRM technology to stop you from hearing them.  LibriVox makes their books available in MP3 format and Ogg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIPE55 Resolution, Song, and Video</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/03/ripe55-resolution-song-and-video</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/03/ripe55-resolution-song-and-video#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Systems Administration]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[ipv4]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[During the RIPE 55 meeting in Amsterdam last week, a community statement was issued on the future of IPv4.  Basically they say that we will run out of IP addresses in two to four years and we need IPv6.
To drive the point home, Gary Feldman performed a song titled &#8220;The Day the Routers Died&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meebo Platform for Instant Messaging Applications</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/02/meebo-platform-for-instant-messaging-applications</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/02/meebo-platform-for-instant-messaging-applications#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web2.0]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Exciting news from Meebo, the web-based Instant Messaging application.  They have announced the availability of their platform for meebo application development.  The platform provides access to the Meebo API and allows developers to create new applications that integrate with Meebo.
I think this has interesting possibilities for virtual reference services.  Meebo is already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Commons Uses Widget for Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/01/creative-commons-uses-widget-for-fundraising</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/11/01/creative-commons-uses-widget-for-fundraising#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[widget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love Creative Commons.  You&#8217;ll see that my recent Netspeed 2007 presentation titled Widgets, Gadgets, and Badges are released under a Creative Commons license
Creative Commons has released a widget of their own to help with fundraising.  The CC Widget is customizable so you can change the size and layout to fit your site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-Commerce Lecture Slides</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/10/30/e-commerce-lecture-slides</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/10/30/e-commerce-lecture-slides#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mis311]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The slides for my Ecommerce lecture for MIS 311 are now available for download.
Note that if you view the slides in Powerpoint, that there are detailed notes for most slides in the &#8220;notes&#8221; area.  These can be viewed in powerpoint, or you can print out the &#8220;notes&#8221; view of the slides to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Widget Use Report</title>
		<link>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/10/23/widget-use-report</link>
		<comments>http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2007/10/23/widget-use-report#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloned Milkmen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[netspeed2007]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Via iLibrarian: JupiterResearch has released a report showing significant use of widgets and gadgets on social networks.
If only I had known about this last week before my presentation on widgets, gadgets, and badges I could have included some really nice statistics about how much they are used.  While the stats are encouraging, they do [...]]]></description>
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