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	<title>Nicholas Chen</title>
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	<description>my interests in hardware, software technology, hci, and more</description>
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		<title>The Unbeatable iPad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Unbeatable iPad, Farhad Manjoo at Slate writes that the newest version of the iPad has created so much distance between itself and its closest competitors in terms of price, technology, etc. that the tablet marketplace is shaping up to be like the one for music players. That is, Apple dominating while a handful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clear for iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the apps for the iPhone that I&#8217;ve been anticipating for about a month is Realmac Software&#8217;s Clear. They&#8217;ve so far released a demo on video (their latest Twitter updates says it&#8217;s currently under review): I&#8217;m interested in it for several reasons. From a personal productivity standpoint, I&#8217;ve been looking for an elegant way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Around the Blackout: Using my Mom as a predictor of the effectiveness of SOPA/PIPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOPA/PIPA blackout day. There&#8217;s been a slew of news articles about Wikipedia and Craigslist going offline today. In my opinion, far more interesting are the &#8220;How to get around the Wikipedia blackout if you really need to&#8221; stories that are popping up. These articles perfectly illustrate the response we should expect when SOPA/PIPA kicks in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Technology Behind Siri</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I came across an article claiming that Siri was largely hype. In that article, the author cites his declining use of the voice control system in his car as evidence that Siri will likely suffer a drop off in use as its novelty wears off. First, using oneself as an experimental sample of one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Platform Updates and Fragmentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Google rolls out their ICS update, there is currently a lot of discussion about which devices will be able to run the new update. That many existing devices will not be able to run ICS makes me think that Android &#8220;updates&#8221; are a departure from traditional notions of software updates. With most software there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Healing Wires</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at UIUC have created self-healing wires for circuits that automatically fill cracks and gaps in the wire. Two thoughts: Probably shouldn&#8217;t use this on your prototype boards in case you need to cut traces. I knew Gushers(tm) would inspire a major advance in science. Your turn, Capri Sun.]]></description>
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		<title>On Direct Distribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the first time I saw Louis C.K. perform at a comedy club in San Francisco when I was in college, I&#8217;ve been following his incredibly hilarious work. Recently, Louis C.K. distributed the recordings of a recent show directly the his fans over the web, cutting out the traditional media distribution players. This has received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Conversion on OS X</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a platform that&#8217;s used for a lot of media production, I&#8217;ve found OS X to be quite lacking for converting between different video formats. Recently, I&#8217;ve had to convert some H.264 to H.263 (crazy video coding requirements). After trying out several tools here are a couple I&#8217;ve found. These get the job done in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upstart and mysql</title>
		<link>http://www.nchen.org/blog/about-upstart-and-mysql/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One confusing thing I discovered while setting up my site was that mysql would not restart by itself when the server rebooted. Turns out that Ubuntu 10.04&#8242;s Upstart scripts do not play nice with OpenVZ. More info about that here. One thing to double check is to make sure that there&#8217;s a space between the [...]]]></description>
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