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	<title>The Substantially Similar Weblog</title>
	<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog</link>
	<description>Technology, law, and personal stories</description>
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		<title>Windows curly quotes, accented characters on Linux Samba Shares and Cygwin XTerm: How to get Windows-1252 (AKA CP1252) from Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I forget: I have a bunch of files I mirror between Windows/NTFS and Linux/ext4 filesystems that include not only accented characters but curly quotes in the filenames. (I know: the easiest solution would be to just get rid of the extended characters). The curly quotes were created in Windows, so don&#8217;t render properly in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2010/03/07/windows-curly-quotes-accented-characters-on-linux-samba-shares-and-cygwin-xterm</link>
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		<title>Free Tip: How to resize scanned PDFs with ghostscript for Adobe Acrobat OCR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m unaware of any free tool to perform OCR on a PDF and embed the resulting data in the PDF itself so it is text-searchable. If anyone knows of one, let me know. In the meantime, I use Acrobat Professional for this essential functionality.
High resolution PDFs produced by my scanner (HP Officejet Pro L7700) usually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2010/01/18/free-tip-how-to-resize-scanned-pdfs-with-ghostscript-for-adobe-acrobat-ocr</link>
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		<title>ISO Kids Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Lazyweb:
I&#8217;m looking for well-designed computer games that meet the following criteria:
(1) Appropriate for a bright four-year-old with low vision (but able to read large print)
(2) minimal/no advertising
(3) preferably Flash/web-based
(4) some educational value (math, reading, etc.)
A few Google searches haven&#8217;t turned up much promising. Any suggestions?
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		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/12/23/iso-kids-game</link>
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		<title>China Masks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among many of Jonah&#8217;s recent striking photographs from China and elsewhere in Asia, this series on Swine Flu masks is particularly eye-grabbing:
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		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/11/22/china-masks</link>
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		<title>Algorithmic Glitch</title>
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		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/11/19/algorithmic-glitch</link>
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		<title>Comcast Upgrade</title>
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		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/11/14/comcast-upgrade</link>
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		<title>Dismantle Storrow Drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most brilliant idea so far this year. In brief, Storrow Drive was never supposed to exist. Now it needs massive repairs, which will be both expensive and disruptive. Rather than fix it, some are calling to simply remove it, similar to when San Francisco decided to tear down its elevated highway after it was severely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/07/20/dismantle-sturrow-drive</link>
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		<title>Political Politicians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kudos to Martha Coakley for challenging the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. I wonder how Justice responds when they&#8217;re asked to defend a statute that the Administration has said should be repealed. Perhaps with a tepid defense.
What I don&#8217;t understand is those who criticize Coakley by claiming that her motivations are &#8220;purely political&#8221;. What&#8217;s up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/07/09/political-politicians</link>
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		<title>MBTA Blocking TPM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been happy to see WiFi appearing on nearly every MBTA commuter rail car recently. I was less happy to see this:
I guess I&#8217;ll have to wait until I get home to find out why this bothered Steve so much.
Oddly, the MBTA&#8217;s web filter also blocked access to my WordPress editor, but unlike the TPM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/07/01/mbta-blocking-tpm</link>
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		<title>Jonah&#8217;s New Photo Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got to give a shout out to my brother Jonah&#8217;s new photo blog, so you can finally keep up with his exploits via RSS. His recent work from Algeria is amazing:
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		<link>http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/06/27/jonahs-new-photo-blog</link>
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