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		<title>Everything Old is New Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems trite but it&#8217;s important to consider how technology enables things in ways that you can&#8217;t predict.  Back in my TSN days I had an idea for a game that would be played during a sporting event.  Since most of fantasy sports takes place before or after the event, it made sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for those Applying to Founder Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I'd write a little bit about what I've learned to help others get the most out of the experience.  Some of these are practical, some of these are just things to keep in mind as you progress through the semester.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2010/03/02/tips-for-those-applying-to-founders-institute/</link>
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		<title>On Digital Cameras and Wheels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wheels were important, and a lot of things can be done with a wheel, but history truly took a turn when someone strapped a motor to 4 of them and made a car. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2010/02/09/on-digital-cameras-and-wheels/</link>
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		<title>Founder&#8217;s Institute NYC Winter 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past month I've been involved in the Founder's Institute NYC Winter 2009 program]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2010/01/04/founders-institute-nyc-winter-2009/</link>
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		<title>Rackspace Email Hosting vs. Google Apps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I discovered that Rackspace has an email hosting solution competitor to Google Apps for your domain]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2009/12/29/rackspace-email-hosting-vs-google-apps/</link>
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		<title>Over-engineering is like Snoring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It would seem that there is an army of righteous developers fighting against the demons of over-engineering and maximum complexity.  And despite our valiant battles, despite all the books and blog posts and rallying calls from respected technology professionals, the demons are still churning out bloated, impossible to maintain code. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2009/11/24/over-engineering-is-like-snoring/</link>
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		<title>Adventures in SSL &#8211; Part II: Integration Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having and installing the certificate is a little different than using it.  This post will focus on how I integrated the certificate into the site and what additional nginx configuration I had to make to support that strategy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2009/11/11/adventures-in-ssl-part-ii-integration-strategy/</link>
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		<title>The Double-Decker Train Conductor Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about being a software developer is the fractal nature of our work.  When we design a system we are almost always taking some piece of the universe and attempting to turn it into a model that can run inside a computer.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2009/11/05/the-double-decker-train-conductor-problem/</link>
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		<title>Facebook Status Updates and Infinite Session Keys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All these claims that bajillions of people are creating Facebook apps and not a single one of them that are updating a user’s status offline can document it?  ARRRGGG!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2009/10/09/facebook-status-updates-and-infinite-session-keys/</link>
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		<title>NULL is NOT a valid state</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm amazed at the amount of code that I see that contains uninitialized variables.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2009/10/02/null-is-not-a-valid-state/</link>
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