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	<title>Randy's random musings &#187; Rants &amp; Raves</title>
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		<title>Firefox 3 Beta 1 is excellent!</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/11/24/firefox-3-beta-1-is-excellent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I downloaded the new Firefox beta a few days ago, and I&#8217;ve been using it as my primary browser since then. I have to say, I&#8217;m impressed! I&#8217;m using it on Mac OS X, and it seems to &#8220;fit&#8221; a lot better than before. Speed seems to be the primary improvement here&#8211;not only do pages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OpenDNS to the rescue (again)!</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/09/25/opendns-to-the-rescue-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already been using OpenDNS for quite a while, after realizing that most of my Internet losses of connectivity were, in fact, failures of my ISP&#8217;s DNS servers. Recently, however, I was searching for a simple, free, effective porn blocker/web filter for a friend of mine with young children, and I was surprised to learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung hard drives&#8211;stay away!</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/09/24/samsung-hard-drives-stay-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past month, I&#8217;ve had the decidedly unpleasant task of returning three out of four 500 gig Samsung hard disk drives (HD501LJ models) for RMA replacement. One had just been purchased from Newegg, and the others were a few months older, meaning I&#8217;d have to return them to Samsung for replacement. Two of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newegg lives up to its reputation&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had occasion to contact Newegg&#8217;s customer service twice recently, and was impressed both times. The first time, I had purchased a Samsung hard drive that was dead on arrival. I didn&#8217;t even have to call Newegg. A few clicks on their website, and voila! A few minutes later I had my RMA number in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo! abuse department=pathetic</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/06/21/yahoo-abuse-departmentpathetic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife just told me about a &#8220;sneaky&#8221; phishing email she just received. I took a look at it, and it&#8217;s a phishing website that is collecting banking login names, passwords, as well as ATM card information. I took a minute to report it to the bank being spoofed, Heritage Bank. They already knew about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woot&#8217;s Evesham Nav-Cam 7700 GPS review</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/05/09/evesham-nav-cam-7700-gps-from-woot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 19:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I wooted a GPS Navigation system. Living in Texas means, unfortunately, that I have to pay taxes on my woots, since they&#8217;re based in Texas, too. But it has its advantages! It looks like I was among the first to receive my unit, and I started playing around with it this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vonage or Sunrocket?</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/04/15/vonage-or-sunrocket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For almost two years now, I&#8217;ve been using VOIP telephone technology for my home phone. At first, it was through the local cable company, Grande. We got a small discount, since it was part of a package for cable TV, internet, and telephone service. But then, I heard of Vonage, and loved the idea that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox love</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/02/28/firefox-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using Mozilla Firefox since the early beta days. I remember how exciting it was to have a trimmed-down, lightweight browser that worked well on the old, slow laptop I had at the time. Once I got used to tabs and plug-ins like AdBlock, there was no going back! Firefox has had its share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does your ISP&#8217;s DNS stink? Try OpenDNS</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/02/21/ispsdnsstink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/02/21/ispsdnsstink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the other day, I go to hit up my favorite search engine&#8217;s website, Google, and I&#8217;m greeting with the following ridiculous message: Gee, thanks, Earthlink! Now I can find all those Used Cars and Airline Tickets that I was looking for! Actually, this is really hard to believe&#8211;Not only are Earthlink&#8217;s Domain Name Servers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edit your photos with Picasa&#8230; Unless you own a Rebel XTi!</title>
		<link>http://www.oostdyk.com/randy/blog/2007/02/02/edit-your-photos-with-picasa-unless-you-own-a-rebel-xti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that I&#8217;ve always liked Google. A lot of folks claim that they only excel in web search, but there are dozens of other services they offer that I really appreciate: GMail, Calendar, Google Earth, and especially Picasa! It&#8217;s a simple, tidy photo manager that brings together all the images [...]]]></description>
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