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		<title>Fedora 13 (FC13) / Toshiba Laptop: Working headphone jack!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4477 I had previously posted about getting sound to work&#8230; the problem was that when you plugged headphones the laptop speakers would still be on and if you muted them the headphones muted&#8230; Today I dug around and found a simple solution that really works&#8230; add the follwing line [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2010/08/23/fedora-13-fc13-toshiba-laptop-working-headphone-jack/</link>
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		<title>MTGO!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I really don&#8217;t give a f**k if you think I&#8217;m a nerd or not I thought I&#8217;d drop a line to say I&#8217;ve been enjoying Magic: The Gathering Online. I played when I was a teenager up until about 7 years ago&#8230; It&#8217;s very fun and nostalgic to play again.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2010/03/02/mtgo/</link>
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		<title>Check out all of This DIY Wilderness Gear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled on to this today&#8230; very cool. It&#8217;s Backpacking Lightweight&#8217;s page of homemade outdoor gear tutorials. Everything from packs to tarp tents to compression sacks can be made at home.Â  If you dig the outdoors, wilderness, survivalism, bushcraft or whatever..Â  ..then you&#8217;ll love this. Here&#8217;s the link: Homemade Outdoor Gear]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/04/28/check-out-all-of-this-diy-wilderness-gear/</link>
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		<title>Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lectures on quantum theory by Hans Bethe. At age 93 he did a series of lectures for his neighbors at the retirement community. For once you can hear from physics expert without having to decode (as much) to layman terms. Here&#8217;s the link: Personal and Historical Perspectives of Hans Bethe.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/04/26/quantum-physics-made-relatively-simple/</link>
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		<title>Speed Cubing F2L Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t done &#8220;f2l only&#8221; averages but my cube times are dropping and it&#8217;s because my cross / f2l times are dropping. When I switched to cross on bottom / f2l on bottom of the Rubik&#8217;s cube it was like I had to translate every move as I solved. I used to do Cross on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/04/07/speed-cubing-f2l-practice/</link>
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		<title>New White 3x3x3 Speed Cube and Averages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, I&#8217;ve received a few cubes since the last time I posted. I have some black and some white &#8220;old&#8221; type 1 (A) cubes. They are great as I indicated in another post. I&#8217;ve also received a type 2 A cube (or is it type A 2?). It&#8217;s clicky and it locks up easily. Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/04/07/new-white-3x3x3-speed-cube-and-averages/</link>
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		<title>Memorizing PLL algs, F2L on Bottom, Cross on bottom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, so as soon as I got Â the 2 look permute last layer down I continued on to learning the rest of the PLL algorithms. I took about 2 weeks to really know them all and now I&#8217;m still getting faster at recognition and execution. Here and there I mess up and have to start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/03/21/pll-algorithms-cross-and-f2l-on-botom/</link>
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		<title>DIYCUBE type A 1 and Cubesmith Textured Tiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s been a while since my last cube update&#8230; a few weeks I suppose. I have a lot to talk about. My cube4you order finally came&#8230; it took over a month with air shipping. I made another order and used EMS so those cubes should be here in the next week or so. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/03/21/diycube-type-a-1-and-textured-tiles/</link>
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		<title>Fedora 10 / Toshiba Laptop: Working headphone jack!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The headphone jack on my laptop wasn&#8217;t working in fedora 10 so I did a little bit of reading today and found this solution: add the following to /etc/modprobe.conf options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-digout by the way, the soundcard is an intel HDA]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/03/10/fedora-10-toshiba-laptop-working-headphone-jack/</link>
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		<title>Rubik&#8217;s Cube Updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey speedcubers. I&#8217;m getting pretty fast at the 4 look LL algs that I&#8217;ve been learning this month. My completion times are beginning to drop below what I was averaging before I altered my method. Also, even though I haven&#8217;t taken any averages I can tell that my cross and f2l times are going lower&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/02/22/rubiks-cube-updates/</link>
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		<title>Cube Averages (2-19-2009)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After adjusting my 3&#215;3 Rubik&#8217;s Cube method I&#8217;m starting to get below 1 minute again. I&#8217;ve switched my last layer method to a 4 look LL that can be taken all the way to a 2 look Fridrich LL. I used to do it like this: orient edges, permute corners, orient corners, permute edges. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/02/19/cube-averages-2-19-2009/</link>
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		<title>Still Cubing&#8230; Averages and What I&#8217;m up to</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I picked my cube up again a few weeks ago&#8230; I have been completing it a couple of times a month since I started but I haven&#8217;t cubed to build skill in years&#8230; I think I stopped around 2003&#8230; You&#8217;ll have to dig through the old blog entries to find out for sure. I&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/02/12/still-cubing-averages-and-what-im-up-to/</link>
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		<title>3&#215;3 Rubik&#8217;s Cube Average Time 2-8-2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been cubing again&#8230; not as much as I used to&#8230; I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll ever get back down to the half minute area but I am having fun. Here are my results for today: Average: 01:08.44 Best: 00:56.08 Avg. 5: 01:07.63 3 of 5: 01:06.17 Avg. 10: 01:09.23 10 of 12: 01:08.16]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/02/08/3x3-rubiks-cube-average-time-2-8-2008/</link>
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		<title>Rubik&#8217;s Cube average time&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t practice the Rubik&#8217;s cube often these days but I thought I&#8217;d check my average just for fun. I used CubeTimer.com to log my results&#8230; here they are&#8230; Average:Â  Â Â Â  01:24.46 Best:Â  Â Â Â  00:59.75 Avg. 5: Â Â Â  01:33.85 3 of 5: Â Â Â  01:33.76 Avg. 10: Â Â Â  01:23.66 10 of 12: Â Â Â  01:24.23 &#8230;not bad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/02/05/rubiks-cube-average-time/</link>
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		<title>iPhone Jailbreak is a MUST DO!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, after a few months of phoning I decided to go ahead and jailbreak my iPhone. Wow&#8230; I should have done it as soon as I got the phone! I was a wuss&#8230; I was afraid that I might brick my iPhone. I used QuickPwn from the iPhone Dev Team and had no problem. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2009/01/15/iphone-jailbreak-is-a-must-do/</link>
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		<title>FREE MUSIC: THE OUTLAW RADIO SHOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a year of work we&#8217;ve finished our album and we&#8217;re giving it away 100% FREE TO BE SHARED!! Link: The Outlaw Radio Show]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/12/22/free-music-the-outlaw-radio-show/</link>
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		<title>DRIVE JAM at Papa G&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight jam at papa g&#8217;s is going awesome! Earliernibsaw one of the best musical performances I&#8217;ve ever seen&#8230; Alex on guitar, jay on sax, chad on bass and dan and phill on drums. No joke this was some seriously great shit. Here are the photos.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/10/22/drive-jam-at-papa-gs/</link>
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		<title>Outlaw Radio Show Music Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our music video is due out in a few weeks for the song drugs and ashes.. We haven&#8217;t seen any of the draft versions so it willnbe as surprising for us as it is for you. Here are a couple of stills that our director Joe Harris sent over.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/10/22/outlaw-radio-show-music-video/</link>
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		<title>PTA meetings are borring so do the play first!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, there is nothing on earth more boring than a PTA meeting. Don&#8217;t believe me? Check the photo.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/10/21/pta-meetings-suck-aka-do-the-play-first/</link>
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		<title>Chris Spurrier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is chris spurrier.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/10/20/chris-spurrier/</link>
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		<title>Drive jam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting this from the jam at papa g&#8217;s&#8230; We host this every Wednesday. Just an excuse to use my iphone. Lots of good musicians out tonight.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/10/15/drive-jam/</link>
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		<title>I got the iPhone 3G</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got an iPhone 3G today as an early holiday gift from my parents&#8230; Wow, wow, wow!!! Thanks to them I&#8217;m posting this with the wordpress app from our secret patio. I&#8217;ll post amy cool stuff that I learn. I also owe you all some Colorado photos from our wilderness vacation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/10/10/i-got-the-iphone-3g/</link>
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		<title>M-theory&#8230; does it explain dark matter/energy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, first, I&#8217;m not a scientist&#8230; you could call me a cosmology cheerleader or something like that&#8230; I watch anything about cosmology, physics and space/time that I can find. If it has Michio Kaku (mkaku.org) then I&#8217;ve seen it. Anyway&#8230; I caught a documentary last night on sci channel called Parallel Universe&#8230;. it was really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/05/05/m-theory-does-it-explain-dark-matterenergy/</link>
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		<title>65 Resources for Grid-Based Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great Articles and Resources, Check it out&#8230; 65 Resources for Grid-Based Design &#124; Vandelay Website Design]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/04/02/65-resources-for-grid-based-design/</link>
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		<title>New House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Been away,&#8230; really this is not why, but, we moved into a house&#8230; we used to be in a barn. I&#8217;ve been working on some new music&#8230; Bob Dylan won&#8217;t return our messages. Talk to ya later world&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/03/25/new-house/</link>
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		<title>IamAmanda.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[hey cool, IamAmanda is back&#8230; it was .com but now it&#8217;s .org]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/02/14/iamamandaorg/</link>
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		<title>Realities of Going Primitive: wilderness living and its difficulties.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fun read for a guy like me&#8230; Realities of Going Primitive: wilderness living and its difficulties.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2008/01/02/realities-of-going-primitive-wilderness-living-and-its-difficulties/</link>
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		<title>The Future of Music Sales: I bought Radiohead In Rainbows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in a very long time I purchased an album that wasn&#8217;t some rare Coltrane performance or a gift for someone else. Radiohead is totally cutting edge for releasing a &#8216;choose the worth&#8217; album like this. In Rainbows doesn&#8217;t dissapoint if you like these guys&#8230; it&#8217;s another Radiohead albumÂ  and it lives [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/10/14/the-future-of-music-sales-i-bought-radiohead-in-rainbows/</link>
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		<title>Linux Tutorials How to use Screen on Linux by rackAID</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read more: Linux Tutorials How to use Screen on Linux by rackAID]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/10/02/linux-tutorials-how-to-use-screen-on-linux-by-rackaid/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Boogey Perfboard Final Layout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the final layout&#8230; click to enlarge]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/09/23/dr-boogey-perfboard-final-layout/</link>
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		<title>Dual Rectifier in a Box (Dr Boogey) Build Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My latest guitar fx project is the Dr. Boogey. (photos at bottom) This design was originally created by electrictabs and it has been extensively reworked by gaussmarkov and the DIY community.. the updates were discussed in detail here at this thread. I based my layout on the gaussmarkov layout&#8230; this is supposed to be quieter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/09/23/dual-rectifier-in-a-box-dr-boogey-build-report/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Killer article! Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/08/26/top-10-custom-javascript-functions-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>Killer Chord Article: 3/7 Voicings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great comping article&#8230;. love it! Marc Sabatella&#8217;s Jazz Improvisation Primer: 3/7 Voicings]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/08/26/killer-chord-article-37-voicings/</link>
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		<title>At Tonight&#8217;s Birthday Jam Clint Strong Sat in!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight we played at My Martini in Arlington&#8230; very awesome jazz show. My good friend and guitar mentor Clint Strong came out and played the last set with us&#8230; very awesome. Clint Strong is a well know guy in the jazz scene and he has also played with some of the country greats. You should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/08/07/at-tonights-birthday-jam-clint-strong-sat-in/</link>
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		<title>New Site Design for my Bands in Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone. I spent about ten hours yesterday adding a new site for The Chris Brown Trio&#8230; I also added some new videos on my youtube channel. You can see it all at Bonedriven.com. It&#8217;s not completely finished and tweaked out but it&#8217;s getting close. I still have some hours of css styling/type work to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/30/new-site-design-for-my-bands-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>Hash Brown Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the gig tonight while we were on break we walked down to Spinner&#8217;s to check out Hash Brown. Very authentic blues. Great guitar and great musicians. I totally enjoyed them. Pretty pretty pretty good! &#60;- LD style If you are around the DFW area and you like real blues check out Hash Brown when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/27/hash-brown-blues/</link>
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		<title>Algae Powered Commercial Jet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check this out.Â  Very futuristic. World first: Flying high on pond scum (Stuff.co.nz) &#8211; environmentally friendly aviation fuel, made of wild algae]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/18/algae-powered-commercial-jet/</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;ll never find that font again, or will you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As designers we used to rely on colleagues or our brains to match a font. When we drew a blank we would end up tracing the client&#8217;s type with paths. No more. Now there are online resources for matching fonts. Narrowing it Down I know of a couple of sites that let you narrow down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/18/find-font/</link>
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		<title>Recording Industry Losers to pay $68000+</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recording Industry vs The People &#8211; It looks like the first attorneys fee award against the RIAA has finally happened&#8230; to the tune of $68,685.23&#8230; Hell Yes.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/17/recording-industry-losers-to-pay-68000/</link>
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		<title>New videos of my band Bonedriven on YouTube &#8211; Broadcasting Myself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night (this morning) I posted a couple of new videos of my band Bonedriven on my YouTube channel. The songs are Pride and Joy and Tell me Something Good. There is some really good playing on these clips&#8230; top quality musicianship. We have a saxophone player in these clips. His name is JB Saxx. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/17/youtube-broadcast-yourself/</link>
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		<title>Beryl is out of This World &#8211; Window Management Taken to the Next Level</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had no idea how cool an interface could be. I was going to install AfterStep but I kept seeing people talk about Beryl. So what do I do? TRY IT. Beryl has features such as hotkeys and and desktop switching that go much further than anything else I&#8217;ve used. On top of that, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/14/beryl-is-out-of-this-world-window-management-taken-to-the-next-level/</link>
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		<title>Videos of Me Playing Music and Other Fun Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just added a &#8220;Chris Brown&#8217;s Videos&#8221; page here that has videos of my bands playing live. Also some videos of friends and that type of stuff. In the future I plan to do some free guitar lesson clips, but I don&#8217;t have a time frame set for production yet. Please check out the videos [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/12/videos-of-me-playing-music-and-other-fun-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Video: The Chris Brown Trio &#8211; Autumn Leaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an older video that some of you may have seen. This live lazz @ Starbux was filmed about a year ago. Mike Brown on Bass, Chris Brown on Guitar, Chris Mashburn on Drums.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/12/video-the-chris-brown-trio-autumn-leaves/</link>
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		<title>Quanta Plus Web Development Environment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m testing out Quanta Plus which seems to be the best of the best web dev softwares for linux. So far it&#8217;s perfect. The preview window leaves much to be desired&#8230; I&#8217;d love to see invisible elements in it etc etc. Quanta seems to be like dreamweaver with a really nice code view but a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/11/quanta-plus-web-development-environment/</link>
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		<title>FireFTP Firefox Add-on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FireFTP is a totally usable ftp client that runs in a Firefox tab. Dreamy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/11/fireftp-firefox-add-on/</link>
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		<title>Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 5) &#8211; Intel 3945abg wireless card working</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was able to get my wireless card to work by installing the IntelÂ® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver for Linux Everything is running smoothly now.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/11/installing-fedora-7-on-a-toshiba-laptop-part-5-intel-3945abg-wireless-card-working/</link>
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		<title>Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 4) &#8211; Intel 82801G solution for working sound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A little bit of reading and some testing lead me to the fix for my Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller: modprobe snd-hda-intel model=3stack All good. Restart and it works.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/10/installing-fedora-7-on-a-toshiba-laptop-part-4-intel-82801g-solution-for-working-sound/</link>
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		<title>Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 3) &#8211; wifi issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All is going well. I&#8217;m writing this from firefox on linux on my laptop. The install went great. The setup is fine other than my wifi card not working out of the box. Its an Intel 3945ABG. I know exactly what needs to happen to make it work and I&#8217;m in the process of doing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/10/nstalling-fedora-7-on-a-toshiba-laptop-part-2-wifi-issues/</link>
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		<title>Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now the packages are installing on my laptop and I&#8217;m writing this from another machine. So far the install has had no trouble. Wireless mouse working, usb hdd recognized etc etc. No problems so far. I wish the installer had detected my wifi durring the pre-install network config phase but that&#8217;s my only complaint [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/10/installing-fedora-7-on-a-toshiba-laptop-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 1) &#8211; aka I miss linux so I&#8217;m Installing Fedora Today&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Somehow over the last couple of years my linux usage has become a server only thing. Linux used to be my main desktop os unless I was doing graphics stuff, but over time I got used to windows with the litestep shell. I love litestep&#8230; I&#8217;ve been slowly tweaking my minimal theme for years now&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/10/installing-fedora-7-on-a-toshiba-laptop-part-1-aka-i-miss-linux-so-im-installing-fedora-today/</link>
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		<title>Bono and the Brown Bros doing Red House Live at Spinner&#8217;s in Ft. Worth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday we played at Spinners on West Exchange in Ft. Worth&#8230; AWESOME VENUE!! We&#8217;ve been playing with a Saxophone player from LA named JB Saxx&#8230; or &#8230;. Jason Brown&#8230; yes, another Brown&#8230; Anyway&#8230; The lineup is Chris Brown (me) on guitar, Mike Brown on bass, JB Saxx on Saxophone and Bono Saunders on drums. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/08/bono-and-the-brown-bros-doing-red-house-live-at-spinners-in-ft-worth/</link>
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		<title>WordPress sIFR Plugin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Typesetting for the future&#8230; Find it here]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/08/wordpress-sifr-plugin/</link>
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		<title>Color Inspiration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A cool article over at the awesome www.colourlovers.com Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/05/color-inspiration/</link>
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		<title>Smashing sites&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fourth issue of this awesome article series&#8230; some truly smashing sites listed&#8230; The 35 Sexiest Designed Websites you&#8217;ve Forgotten, part 4 &#8211; PhilRenaud.com]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/05/smashing-sites/</link>
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		<title>Online Typography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really great looking text online&#8230; this type of thing is the future of online text&#8230;. The sIFR site says &#8216;sIFR is meant to replace short passages of plain browser text with text rendered in your typeface of choice, regardless of whether or not your users have that font installed on their systems.&#8217; sIFR 2.0: Rich [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/05/mike-davidson-sifr-20-rich-accessible-typography-for-the-masses/</link>
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		<title>Link: The Secret to Understanding Design on Baekdal.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this awesome article on design trends&#8230; the charts are great&#8230; The Secret to Understanding Design &#8211; Baekdal.com]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/05/link-the-secret-to-understanding-design-on-baekdalcom/</link>
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		<title>iPhone surfs forgetfoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just saw a photo of the iPhone with a web site on it&#8217;s screen&#8230; very good&#8230; it&#8217;s forgetfoo too&#8230; that means it has a semi decent browser I would think&#8230; check it out here]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/04/iphone-surfs-forgetfoo/</link>
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		<title>Photo op: Marshall Half Stack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New years eve&#8230;. I don&#8217;t normally play through a Marshall. So much high end and this theater had a horrible buzzzz Look&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/07/03/9/</link>
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		<title>Etching an aluminum enclosure for a guitar effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I did our first etched stompbox a few weeks ago&#8230; pictorial ahead&#8230; Wife shot photos while we etched but we didn&#8217;t get all the steps&#8230; After painting the sides before re-sanding the top&#8230; hanging dry: I forgot about taking photos during the ironing steps&#8230; sorry Painting the air bubble cutouts&#8230; Paint dry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/03/12/etching-an-aluminum-enclosure-for-a-guitar-effect/</link>
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		<title>Build Report:  Fuzz Face for Bass and Tychobrahe Octavia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[69 Boutique Fuzz Face for Bass I used the late 60s Boutique Fuzz Face Schematic from GeneralGuitarGadgets and adjusted the caps to let those bass frequencies through. On my previous boutique fuzz face build I used my own perf layout but on this one I used the Andrew Carrell layout that can be found in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/01/12/build-report-fuzz-face-for-bass-and-tychobrahe-octavia/</link>
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		<title>For the Stage: 3 note Blues or Jazz 7th Chord Voicings Worth Using</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I&#8217;m on stage with BoneDriven or at the jazz gig I like to play tight little chords that leave a little bit of extra space in the sound&#8230; Some of the time I achieve this sound by leaving out the root. I&#8217;ll use standard 7th chords and alterations that I play a lot when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2006/11/27/for-the-stage-3-note-blues-or-jazz-7th-chord-voicings-worth-using/</link>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s solutions &#8211; July22-28, 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Brown&#8217;s solution list &#8211; July 22nd through the 28th&#8230; Other people&#8217;s problems&#8230; SOLVED!! Do Yoga at The Smokers Lounge of Denver International Airport &#8211; SOLVED Find mobile satelite solution to trasfer video to NOC &#8211; SOLVED Remove glue from guitar finish &#8211; SOLVED Program articles in phpnuke without using the autonews table &#8211; SOLVED [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2006/08/01/this-weeks-solutions-july22-28-2006/</link>
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		<title>Old Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a nice list of links to stompbox sites.. Link: DeArmond Tremolo Read about this cool trem from the late 40s that worked by using a motor to shake a tiny brass canister of liquid which would short the instrument signal to ground over and over again&#8230; very cool&#8230;. the liquid is the same stuff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2006/07/03/old-links/</link>
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		<title>if you&#8217;re looking for the famous rapper chris brow&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[if you&#8217;re looking for the famous rapper chris brown&#8230; THE PAGE IS ON IT&#8217;s WAY! COME BACK VERY SOON! I am not the rapper but I CAN make KILLER web Page!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2006/01/03/if-youre-looking-for-the-famous-rapper-chris-brow/</link>
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		<title>Chris Brown is now in BoneDriven Come hear him pl&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Brown is now in BoneDriven Come hear him play hit songs and lot&#8217;s of cool jazz and blues stuff. Check the calendar at BoneDriven.com]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/09/17/chris-brown-is-now-in-bonedriven-come-hear-him-pl/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been getting into wine&#8230; someone get me this&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been getting into wine&#8230; someone get me this: Just like on sideways and I love pinot too.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/08/10/ive-been-getting-into-wine-someone-get-me-this/</link>
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		<title>quick update&#8230; The other day we swam as it thund&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[quick update&#8230; The other day we swam as it thundered&#8230; the storm passed us by and it was a nice swim with the water warmer than the outside air&#8230; This was Stinson&#8217;s birthday swim, yes&#8230; Tell him happy birthday next time you see him. Of course I&#8217;ve been internet marketing and making sites, etc etc&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/07/15/quick-update-the-other-day-we-swam-as-it-thund/</link>
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		<title>What has Chris been doing lately? Here are his ans&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What has Chris been doing lately? Here are his answers: &#8220;My brother in law gave me a dart board, and I&#8217;m pretty bad at darts. Christ the Reverend Chris Spurrier beat me repeatedly the first night we played, but my skill is increasing.&#8221; &#8220;I practice guitar for at least three hours each day. Practice can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/06/04/what-has-chris-been-doing-lately-here-are-his-ans/</link>
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		<title>Quick notice to all the local people that come her&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick notice to all the local people that come here and read&#8230; Tomorrow, Wednesday the 11th&#8230; Our jazz band &#8216;The Brown Brothers&#8217; will be performing on the patio of Cheddars, at I-20 and Carrier Pkwy. here in GP. See you there]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/05/10/quick-notice-to-all-the-local-people-that-come-her/</link>
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		<title>How is everyone?? Hello from CB! I&#8217;ve been so bus&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How is everyone?? Hello from CB! I&#8217;ve been so busy this last week or two&#8230; I&#8217;ve got new services launching, and some products in the later stages of development&#8230; I&#8217;m excited, but the only thing I&#8217;ve done besides work is my taxes&#8230; OH WAIT The other day I got in our swimming pool for about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/04/11/how-is-everyone-hello-from-cb-ive-been-so-bus/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s up everyone? Life has been nice. The last &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s up everyone? Life has been nice. The last couple of weeks have been beautiful for me. I finished the book Sleight of Mouth by Robert Dilts&#8230; Super awesome&#8230; one of the arts of changing minds&#8230; Check it out if your into NLP/persuasion/people helping. Although we haven&#8217;t gone out partying lately, we did in fact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/03/21/whats-up-everyone-life-has-been-nice-the-last/</link>
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		<title>OOOH YES! OK, we had a big gathering at Cave&#8217;s L&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OOOH YES! OK, we had a big gathering at Cave&#8217;s Lounge and it was AWESOME&#8230; then we went to Jay &#038; Sheridan&#8217;s house to continue the party. I snapped 106 pictures, and I&#8217;ll have nearly all of them online by tonight or tomorrow. Check back soon.. Really soon&#8230; Peace]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/03/06/oooh-yes-ok-we-had-a-big-gathering-at-caves-l/</link>
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		<title>How to convert tapes to digital files&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a forum that I regularly visit, someone asked how to convert tapes to digital files, and how to clean up the noise&#8230; I do various audio projects&#8230; here is a less than descriptive â€˜step by stepâ€™ for youâ€¦ If you already have a means by which you can hook your tape player up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/02/28/on-a-forum-that-i-regularly-visit-someone-asked-h/</link>
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		<title>They Will Work for Snacks by Chris Brown As I sta&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They Will Work for Snacks by Chris Brown As I stared out over the court I could feel the heat rising throughout the crowd. It was a kid&#8217;s basketball game, and the tensions were building. Apparently the team we will know as &#8216;grey&#8217; had the best chance of winning. They were destined for glory in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/02/28/they-will-work-for-snacks-by-chris-brown-as-i-sta/</link>
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		<title>Yo! If anyone (that knows me locally) wants to bu&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SOLDÂ  Yo! If anyone (that knows me locally) wants to buy a box of 50 lighters for $20 call me or get in touch with me via email. They aren&#8217;t zippo or even bic, but 19 out of 20 work perfectly. Talk soon&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/02/26/yo-if-anyone-that-knows-me-locally-wants-to-bu/</link>
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		<title>Last night we went to caves lounge, and it was rea&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night we went to caves lounge, and it was really fun. It was a great experience to see all the people&#8230; it had been a long time. It is a good thing that we took the camera, and it&#8217;s a great thing that we remembered to take photos while we were there. I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/02/14/last-night-we-went-to-caves-lounge-and-it-was-rea/</link>
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		<title>I am feeling much worse at this point. =(</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am feeling much worse at this point. =(]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/02/06/i-am-feeling-much-worse-at-this-point/</link>
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		<title>Gosh! I&#8217;ve an illness, like a mild flu&#8230; I took c&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gosh! I&#8217;ve an illness, like a mild flu&#8230; I took care of the fever and I&#8217;m on some OTCs now&#8230; feeling OK now, I will be well soon. For now&#8230; ick]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/02/06/gosh-ive-an-illness-like-a-mild-flu-i-took-c/</link>
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		<title>Well, Hello. I&#8217;ve been chillin&#8217; &#8211; enjoying life&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Hello. I&#8217;ve been chillin&#8217; &#8211; enjoying life. I&#8217;ve spent some time working more on the articles database at sitemy&#8230; I am almost finished with the submission process&#8230; people will be able to submit an article and I can go approve it at an admin page, etc etc&#8230; right now I&#8217;m adding each one manually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/02/02/well-hello-ive-been-chillin-enjoying-life/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been keeping the intention to post updates mo&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been keeping the intention to post updates more regularly&#8230; daily&#8230; maybe. This morning I&#8217;m listening to Billy Childish&#8230;. awesome&#8230; I love the brit/garage sound. I&#8217;ve been comparing my google adsense channels&#8230; It&#8217;s odd, the sites that I run which are online communities, mainly visitied by friends, family or people local to the specific community&#8230;. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/01/27/ive-been-keeping-the-intention-to-post-updates-mo/</link>
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		<title>Hello, It&#8217;s a nice morning. I&#8217;m having some coffee&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, It&#8217;s a nice morning. I&#8217;m having some coffee. Naturally Speaking is very cool. I&#8217;m not using it to write this, but I should be. I&#8217;ve been setting up some pretty cool nuke sites&#8230; CPGNuke instead of regular ol&#8217; phpnuke&#8230; Very good stuff. I&#8217;ve been songwriting, working on some acoustic songs, this is very enjoyable. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/01/26/hello-its-a-nice-morning-im-having-some-coffee/</link>
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		<title>Hey, how is everybody today? Our jazz band had &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, how is everybody today? Our jazz band had another practice today, and I&#8217;ve &#8216;gotta&#8217; say, we&#8217;re sounding really good&#8230; I hope you all come see us when we start performing. I know you will.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/01/17/hey-how-is-everybody-today-our-jazz-band-had/</link>
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		<title>This morning is Madison&#8217;s basketball game&#8230; and a&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning is Madison&#8217;s basketball game&#8230; and afterwards I&#8217;m going to go teach guitar for a few hours. I was looking at the pictures of Titan, Saturn&#8217;s moon&#8230; Really cool. Apparently they have an ocean of oil or methane or something like that. I hope the spacecraft is able to send back lots of photos. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2005/01/15/this-morning-is-madisons-basketball-game-and-a/</link>
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		<title>I study, and have studied in many genres of knowle&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I study, and have studied in many genres of knowledge, and, you know, I think that until sometime just a few minutes ago, that when I&#8217;ve written in the past about a specific topic, I believed that my purpose was to pass on the learnings as I came to know them. I seems that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2004/12/29/i-study-and-have-studied-in-many-genres-of-knowle/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve enjoyed the week, worked on many php ideas, p&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve enjoyed the week, worked on many php ideas, practiced guitar with Justin, got a new song for &#8216;the turnaround&#8217;, worked on some music stuff that I&#8217;ve been learning&#8230; Soloing over reharmonizing 3rds&#8230; I&#8217;ve got the feel but I still feel a bit slow. Our newest batches of incense are great! I&#8217;m on the 1st [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2004/11/21/ive-enjoyed-the-week-worked-on-many-php-ideas-p/</link>
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		<title>RIP ODB You live on, through music. You will no&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RIP ODB You live on, through music. You will not be forgotten.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2004/11/15/rip-odb-you-live-on-through-music-you-will-no/</link>
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		<title>Hello, I&#8217;m thinking that by now, you must have&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, I&#8217;m thinking that by now, you must have realized that something was going on&#8230; Lack of updates, odd posts, more advertising etc etc&#8230; It is true, I earn a living from the internet, and it&#8217;s also true that I&#8217;ve spent the last year studying marketing, or to be more specific, let&#8217;s say that I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2004/11/10/hello-im-thinking-that-by-now-you-must-have/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s been a while&#8230; Life is good. An old layout f&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while&#8230; Life is good. An old layout for new days ahead&#8230; I&#8217;ll post again when I finish the update&#8230;. Peace&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2004/11/08/its-been-a-while-life-is-good-an-old-layout-f/</link>
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		<title>Hey! Happy Holidays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey! Happy Holidays!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/11/28/hey-happy-holidays/</link>
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		<title>this might be the last post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this might be the last post]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/09/05/this-might-be-the-last-post/</link>
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		<title>Google Search: oppression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Search: oppression]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/09/05/google-search-oppression/</link>
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		<title>Added some samples of work I have done, some of my&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Added some samples of work I have done, some of my personal NLP notes, an old webcam picture that remains on my server, a link to stinson&#8217;s old resume, new music and some other stuff&#8230;things are good, amanda has been contacting old friends through classmates.junkmail.com lol no just classmates.com, but they do send a ton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/05/16/added-some-samples-of-work-i-have-done-some-of-my/</link>
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		<title>In the sky, there is no distinction of east and we&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true. -Buddha]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/04/29/in-the-sky-there-is-no-distinction-of-east-and-we/</link>
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		<title>This and that they say. Appearently the myriad ide&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This and that they say. Appearently the myriad ideas are nettlesome. - Birdsnake]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/03/25/this-and-that-they-say-appearently-the-myriad-ide/</link>
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		<title>The Crazy World&#8230;.very strange time to live in th&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Crazy World&#8230;.very strange time to live in this world, it is. As it all comes together we can watch a vague display of events that will form our views of time and life. While no one knows what may unfold, it is easily understood that the change will be vast. New light has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/03/20/the-crazy-worldvery-strange-time-to-live-in-th/</link>
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		<title>Or perhaps you wont find a new layout eh?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or perhaps you wont find a new layout eh?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/01/31/or-perhaps-you-wont-find-a-new-layout-eh/</link>
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		<title>Soon you may find a new layout for FidosRevenge.co&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Soon you may find a new layout for FidosRevenge.com&#8230;.wont you check back?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/01/31/soon-you-may-find-a-new-layout-for-fidosrevengeco/</link>
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		<title>As you read this&#8230;you will notice the rise and fa&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you read this&#8230;you will notice the rise and fall of your chest&#8230;and even the temperature of you right or left hand&#8230;and as these feelings grow stronger&#8230; you will start to notice how the black text on this screen&#8230;sticks out from the white background&#8230;and while these changes go on you will feel an increasing awarness&#8230;of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2003/01/27/as-you-read-thisyou-will-notice-the-rise-and-fa/</link>
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		<title>Whatsup?! JUst been chillin, started working less/&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatsup?! JUst been chillin, started working less/doing more from home again. I&#8217;ve been teaching guitar on the weekends&#8230;fun and good. Been listening to Chet Baker alot and of coarse Pat Martino and such other guitar jazz. Gotmo.net has been doing good&#8230;.27094 page views since September 2002&#8230;.not bad gotmo! anyway, just checking in! peace]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpmechris.com/2002/11/20/whatsup-just-been-chillin-started-working-less/</link>
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