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	<title>The ScatterBrain Chronicles &#187; General</title>
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		<title>Changes to the Laptop</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/12/changes-to-the-laptop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEI]]></category>
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So I started to layout the changes required for the new NEI Intranet this morning.  A couple of things came to mind and were quickly shot down.
During this planning and organizing session one thing came to the top:  The new site would need to be compatible with both Internet Explorer 8+ a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s off to work I go&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/12/its-off-to-work-i-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeneland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, it&#8217;s a Monday and I&#8217;m off for work.  Weekends are too short and I&#8217;m not taking advantage of them like I should.
I did make it out to Keeneland yesterday and scouted some spots to take photos from &#8211; assuming that these spots are OK with the track officials.  There&#8217;s two really nice spots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEI Intranet v3</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/09/nei-intranet-v3/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/09/nei-intranet-v3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://klcollins.org/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So now that I have my laptop setup for development, I&#8217;ve duplicated the NEI Intranet.  In looking at the existing code, the changes in PHP and the some of the APIs that I used back in 2005, and the requirements put in front of me for the new version, it has become apparent that a complete rewrite  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Happenings</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/09/recent-happenings/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/09/recent-happenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://klcollins.org/?p=957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past few days, I&#8217;ve been trying to get setup to do some serious coding again.  I&#8217;ve been setting up a virtual development server (thanks to VMware), trying things with NFS, implementing a Subversion version control system, setting this laptop up on Ubuntu and getting used to all of this  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Upload Plugin Needed</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/07/22/wordpress-upload-plugin-needed/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/07/22/wordpress-upload-plugin-needed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uploading and downloading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://klcollins.org/?p=950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to upload a file to my photography blog and have hit a bump.  WordPress, by default, will only allow media files to be uploaded with its default tools.  That&#8217;s great and all, but what about ZIP files or RAW Camera files or Word docs?
I&#8217;ve spent several hours looking for and trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Worst Part of Being an IT Manager</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/03/04/the-worst-part-of-being-an-it-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/03/04/the-worst-part-of-being-an-it-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Layoff]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://klcollins.org/?p=867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I really hate my job.  Today is one of those times.  Because of the economy, my company is being forced to lay off a significant number of employees.  With me being the IT manager, I found out about this yesterday.  The layoffs have started as I write this. (I&#8217;ve scheduled this post for  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes Chain E-Mails are a Good Thing</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/02/18/sometimes-chain-e-mails-are-a-good-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/02/18/sometimes-chain-e-mails-are-a-good-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soldier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://klcollins.org/?p=825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I recieved an e-mail with one sentance in it that brought tears to my eyes.
&#8220;The only thing harder than being a soldier, is loving one.&#8221;
Being the son a retired soldier this sentance is bittersweet for me.  On the one hand I can remember Army life.  The constant moving, the cookie-cutter bas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Impala</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/02/03/the-impala/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/02/03/the-impala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevrolet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevrolet Impala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Motors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://klcollins.org/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, my wife&#8217;s car was put in the shop this morning.  Once again, for a &#8220;banging&#8221; in the front end.
The result?  A broken sway bar.  Actually is not even a &#8220;bar&#8221; is more like a pipe.  Here is a picture of the damaged part:

As bad as it was, I guess it could have been worse.  I&#8217;ve real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Wish for Evernote</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/02/02/a-wish-for-evernote/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/02/02/a-wish-for-evernote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evernote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livescribe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://klcollins.org/?p=801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using Evernote for nearly a month now in conjunction with a Livescribe pen and notebook to help keep myself organized.  It&#8217;s been working!
But it does have it&#8217;s flaws, one of which I&#8217;d like to talk about in this post: The Author field for notes.
If you look at this screen capture you&#8217;l [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zemanta &#8211; Trying it as well</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/01/05/zemanta-trying-it-as-well/</link>
		<comments>http://klcollins.org/2011/01/05/zemanta-trying-it-as-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evernote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Ochs responded to my post on Evernote.  This prompted me to look at his Twitter page, where I came across a tweet where he asked if anyone was using Zemanta.  Well I wasn&#8217;t at the time, but I have installed the WordPress plugin to try it out.




Image via CrunchBase



One of the  [...]]]></description>
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