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		<title>Website for Joining PDF Files</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I ran across a website called PDF Join.  It allows you to upload multiple PDF files, which it will join together and download back to your browser.
I tried it with a bunch of exam notes I had saved as PDF files and it seems to have worked well.  Painless and simple.
I&#8217;m not certain I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly Programming in Visual Studio 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the steps I went through to set up Visual Studio for assembly programming under Windows 7 64-bit.  Unfortunately, it only builds 32-bit executables.
1. Install Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition.
2. Download Irvine samples (&#8220;Example programs and link libraries (designed for Visual Studio 2008)&#8221;) and install in C:\Irvine.
3. Copy Irvine lib and include files to C:\Program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing Grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My mother-in-law, Ruth, passed away this week.  My brother&#8217;s wife, Carla, was generous enough to sing at Ruth&#8217;s funeral.  She was amazing.  I heard angels.
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		<title>Line Collision Detection Basics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great blog post that explains the basics of collision detection for two lines in 2D space.
http://www.johanvanmol.org/content/view/39/37/1/2/
Update: Used this information to add collision detection to my second assignment in COMP 6400 &#8211; Fundamentals of Computer Graphics.  Let&#8217;s hear it for extra credit!
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		<title>Gmail, Bills, and Labels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A while back I set up rules in Gmail to apply the label Bill to any email notifying me I have a bill due.  I try to do most everything paperless, so I don&#8217;t usually get a bill in the regular mail.  The Bill label helped reminder me not to archive it and forget to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OpenGL Development on Windows XP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Needed an OpenGL development environment for my Computer Graphics class. These are my notes on how to prepare a clean install of Windows XP for doing OpenGL development using Microsoft Visual Studio Express C++ Edition.
1. Installed Visual Studio Express 2008 C++ Edition.
2. Verified that video driver had installed opengl32.dll in %WinDir%\System.
3. Downloaded GLUT zip file (dll, lib [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Red Dot Calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I put together a free, web-based application called the Red Dot Calendar.  The idea behind the website is simple... send a reminder to girls or guys just prior to the start of a woman's period.  This helps remind women that they may need to go shopping and helps remind guys that they may need to go camping (just kidding... sort of).]]></description>
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		<title>Researcher Translation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I graduate in three years, I&#8217;ll let you know if this is accurate or not&#8230;

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		<title>A Critical Examination of Evidence-Based Scheduling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the class I&#8217;m taking on software process, I was required to write a short paper on a course-related topic.  The topic I chose was Joel Spolsky&#8217;s Evidence-Based Scheduling (EBS) technique.
I approached the topic with a critical eye toward its aspects, strengths, and weaknesses.  Hopefully, this could serve as an unbiased reference for someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usefullittlethings.com/a-critical-examination-of-evidence-based-scheduling.html</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 for my Media Center PC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though I gave up on Windows 7 for my laptop, I haven&#8217;t give up on it all together.  I just purchased and downloaded a fresh copy of Windows 7 from Digital River.  Thanks to my status as a student, it only cost $30.  I plan to install it tonight on the PC in my [...]]]></description>
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