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		<title>PG&amp;E is reading our blog!</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2010/03/26/pge-is-reading-our-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mutt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve recently noticed that my previous post, &#8220;Public Utility Chutzpah,&#8221; had a comment, a mysterious person named &#8220;meagancb@gmail.com.&#8221;  This comment said,

Prop 16 will actually help communities design alternative energy programs that are more likely to have strong community support and be successful. This initiative does one thing; it ensures taxpayers and ratepayers, who will foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free the Willies</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2010/02/25/free-the-willies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>necco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brains]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the most recent Killer Whale attack at Sea World I think that cetaceans should not be held in captivity and forced to perform.  The animals are clearly intelligent.  They should be given the option to perform&#8230; maybe an &#8220;open&#8221; aquarium where they can voluntarily open a door, swim into and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Utility Chutzpah</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2010/02/22/public-utility-chutzpah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mutt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[



PG&#38;E Building in San Francisco



Today, I noticed an ad for California Prop 16, with the catchline &#8220;Preserve Your Right To Vote.&#8221;  Thinking that this sounded like a lot of spin, I decided to look it up.
According to Ballotpedia, this is basically an initiative funded by PG&#38;E to make it more difficult for municipalities to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking the Digital Bucket</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2010/01/20/kicking-the-digital-bucket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr.hoo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I became one of the millions to join the Borg of the social network known as Facebook. I had been apprehensive about joining (why would I want to spend more time online?) I have come to enjoy the ability to stay abreast of what my friends are up to (or at least what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of Our Times</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2010/01/15/signs-of-our-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr.hoo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a collection of silly protest signs of 2009. My favorite:

And, yes, it&#8217;s been a slow day at work.
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		<title>And in the real life imitating art category&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2010/01/07/and-in-the-real-life-imitating-art-category/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cureforsanity</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In 2003, inspired by an episode of The Simpsons, he grafted together a tobacco root and a tomato stem to make ‘tomacco’.
In ‘E-I E-I D’oh’ (episode 231, first aired November 1999) Homer invents giant tomacco plants that taste disgusting but are completely addictive (‘That’s horrible!’ says Bart as he spits one onto the floor: ‘I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2009/12/23/happy-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lulutsg</dc:creator>
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Marilyn bucks Santa
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		<title>Imagine the Horror!</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2009/12/22/imagine-the-horror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
(h/t: Nate-o)
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		<title>for a good cron job</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2009/12/18/for-a-good-cron-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2009/12/18/for-a-good-cron-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;call me.
that&#8217;s right
just wanted to share that after all these years of hearing about &#8220;how awesome a cron job is&#8230; oh man, it&#8217;s the greatest thing&#8230; etc.&#8221; it finally made sense to take part in the act&#8230; 
and if you&#8217;re curious and want to watch, i&#8217;ll be performing it every hour, on the hour from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Left vs. Right &#8211; Which one am I again?</title>
		<link>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2009/11/03/left-vs-right-which-one-am-i-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.noiselabs.com/blog/2009/11/03/left-vs-right-which-one-am-i-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr.hoo</dc:creator>
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Thank god for complicated diagrams! Now I understand everything.
The background.
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