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		<title>New Toy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it may be a new toy but it&#8217;s pretty darn efficient too.
Introducing: the DC17 &#8220;Animal&#8221;. Every cat lover should have one.
It comes with an impressive features list:
 	   	Low reach floor tool
	  	Mini turbine head
	  	Carpet care kit
	  	5 year warranty
	  	Quick-draw telescope reach
	  	Lifetime HEPA filtration [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img id="image97" src="http://chris.ravenscroft.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/dysondc17animal50p.jpg" alt="Dyson 17" align="left" />Well, it may be a new toy but it&#8217;s pretty darn efficient too.<br />
Introducing: the DC17 &#8220;Animal&#8221;. Every cat lover should have one.</p>
<p>It comes with an impressive features list:<br />
 	   	Low reach floor tool<br />
	  	Mini turbine head<br />
	  	Carpet care kit<br />
	  	5 year warranty<br />
	  	Quick-draw telescope reach<br />
	  	Lifetime HEPA filtration for cleaner expelled air<br />
	  	Motorized brushbar<br />
	  	Lifetime washable filter<br />
	  	Approved for allergy sufferers<br />
	  	Hygienic and quick to empty<br />
	  	Brush control<br />
	  	Auto-adjusting height<br />
	  	Ergonomic carry handle<br />
	  	Instant stair cleaning<br />
	  	On-board tool storage</p>
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<p>The famous purple cylinders are part of the &#8216;Level 3 Root Cyclone&#8217; suction system.<br />
<img id="image99" src="http://chris.ravenscroft.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/dc17_cyclones.jpg" alt="Dyson Schema" /><img id="image100" src="http://chris.ravenscroft.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/extended_hose.jpg" alt="Dyson Extended Hose" />
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<p>Of course, the first room we tried it in was our master bedroom, which has carpeting and, frankly, too many darn cats.<br />
Outcome: I did not remember that our floor was this color!<br />
And, as an added benefit, the cats got scared away when the turbine engaged.</p>
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		<title>Samsung SPP-2040 Photo Printer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be hard to beat this deal: Fry&#8217;s, for a limited time, offered this printer for $49 after mail-in rebate.
 It&#8217;s a dye-sublimation printer, which means that, when it comes to printing photographs, no inkjet comes even close: just like argentic photographs, no pixels are visible. That&#8217;s because, technically, there is no space between [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would be hard to beat this deal: Fry&#8217;s, for a limited time, offered this printer for $49 after mail-in rebate.</p>
<p><img align="left" alt="spp-2040" id="image57" title="spp-2040" src="http://chris.ravenscroft.info/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/spp-2040.jpg" /> It&#8217;s a dye-sublimation printer, which means that, when it comes to printing photographs, no inkjet comes even close: just like argentic photographs, no pixels are visible. That&#8217;s because, technically, there is no space between pixels.</p>
<p>Thus far, I am extremely pleased with the quality of the various prints I&#8217;ve made.</p>
<p>It is reasonably fast, about 1 minute/print, and the prints are dry as they come out of the printer. That&#8217;s one of these mundane things that it would be foolish to overlook.</p>
<p>Samsung promises that, because of the printing technique used, prints will not fade.</p>
<p>The printer comes with 10 sheets of photo paper and, of course, it doesn&#8217;t take more than an hour for the exalted wannabe photograph to go through all of them.</p>
<p>I was happy because I had bought 30 more sheets a few days earlier; I was busy patting myself in the back when I realized that dye sublimation really doesn&#8217;t work with inkjet photo paper. I have to buy special paper!</p>
<p>Oh, well, including the ribbon, each photograph costs around c40.</p>
<p><u><strong>Pros:</strong></u> lab-level quality, photos are immediately dry, good printing speed, the printer is portable, allowing you to organize your own print party wherever you go -as long as there&#8217;s an electrical socket available-, bright LCD screen and user-friendly menus, can print from a computer, memory cards, cell phones&#8230;<br />
<u><strong>Cons:</strong></u> prints are on the expensive side, printer is more transportable than portable,  2&#8243; LCD screen is a tad smallish</p>
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		<title>Ali G and the neo-nazis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel somewhat bad for writing that Ali G is a funny guy, but this one really made me howl with laughter.
According to ananova.com:
London &#8211; Ali G and his film crew have been forced to flee a mob of neo-Nazis while working in the US.
Sacha Baron Cohen was playing a camp Austrian fashion reporter called [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel somewhat bad for writing that Ali G is a funny guy, but this one really made me howl with laughter.</p>
<p>According to ananova.com:</p>
<p><img width="99" height="98" alt="Ali G" src="http://chris.ravenscroft.info/wp-content/20050912-alig.jpg" />London &#8211; Ali G and his film crew have been forced to flee a mob of neo-Nazis while working in the US.</p>
<p>Sacha Baron Cohen was playing a camp Austrian fashion reporter called Bruno when he angered white supremacists at a rally in Georgia.</p>
<p>A cameraman was attacked after the comic wound up one of the mob by admiring the racists&#8217; look &#8211; and asking if they used moisturiser.</p>
<p>Producer Dan Mazer told the New York Times: &#8220;I can&#8217;t remember what the trigger question was, but all of a sudden the guy we were interviewing exploded.</p>
<p>&#8220;He started physically attacking the cameraman and reaching for his gun. We legged it like no one&#8217;s ever legged it.</p>
<p>&#8220;In the meantime, two guys dressed as Arab sheiks got wind of it and started yelling at us. As we&#8217;re driving away, we see the main Nazi guy chasing us followed by his coterie of Arab sheik Nazis, all shaking their fists. It was like a scene at the end of Scooby-Doo.</p>
<p>&#8220;That was our last day in America. By that time we&#8217;d taken it to the brink, and I thought: &#8220;Enough. I&#8217;m going to write sitcoms now&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Fight traffic ticket with Google Maps!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves a good story about how someone else successfully fought a traffic ticket in court.
So, here it is. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everybody loves a good story about how someone else successfully fought a traffic ticket in court.<br/><br />
So, <a href="http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/google_maps_helps_fight_traffic_tickets_07160942/">here it is</a>. </p>
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