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		<title>Why I broke down and bought Adobe Lightroom 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an aspiring digital photographer, one of the most frustrating facts of the current software market is the lack of good choices for digital photo management and editing. Of course there is Adobe Photoshop, but it has always seemed rather clunky to me. Not to mention that the full-featured version will cost you more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convert multiple RAW files to JPEG using Sony Image Data Lightbox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s quite convenient to do bulk conversions of Sony&#8217;s RAW format images (.ARW) into .jpeg files using the Sony Image Data Lightbox software. It&#8217;s basically a four step process. Following are step-by-step instructions with screen shots to help out.


Select &#8220;Thumbnails Only&#8221; preview mode using the button on the upper right of the main toolbar.

Select multiple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated driver software and utilities for Sony Alpha series DSLR cameras</title>
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100 Mind Street is transitioning to a heavier multimedia shop, and one of the important components to creating original imagery is the investment in quality digital photos like the lovely snapshot at the right. We have gone against the mold to some extent and are committed to using Sony DSLR products. There are many reasons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Predictions for 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year and best wishes for peace and prosperity to everyone!
Here is my attempt to play the Amazing Criswell and offer up some predictions for this new year. Can your heart stand the shocking facts of the true story of 2009 Technology Predictions?
10. Web 3.0 will begin to be used as a standard marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An intranet for every organization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It might be so obvious that I should just keep quiet, but an intranet can and should be a vital part of any organization&#8217;s infrastructure. With the ever-increasing ease of deploying data-driven web applications, such as blogs, wikis, and content management systems (CMS), you can easily have a customized intranet portal implemented for your organization in less than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://100mindstreet.com/web-development/an-intranet-for-every-organizatio/</link>
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		<title>Free sources for numerical methods and math-intensive code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a scientific programmer, I am always on the lookout for open-source or free numerical method and math software libraries to leverage in my programs. There are some very useful packages out there that can make life a lot sweeter when you are writing physics, engineering, or other computationally complex code.

Boost Libraries
The Boost libraries are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some software development best practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Software development projects vary over such a wide range of magnitudes and complexity that it is not easy to generate a list of best practices that is applicable to every project. However, there are a few practices that are nearly universal in my experience. The ones I will cover in this post are: configuration management, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://100mindstreet.com/software-development/some-software-development-best-practice/</link>
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		<title>How I converted to a LLC in New Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose it isn&#8217;t rocket science, but converting a sole proprietorship to a LLC was a process I found to be more complicated than it should be. After having completed the transition successfully, I can now see that there was really more mystery than any true complexity to the situation. So, for the benefit of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://100mindstreet.com/business/how-i-converted-to-a-llc-in-new-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Agile software development practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a big believer in iterative software development. The Agile model for software development is the one I currently look to for guidance in steering my projects. At the heart of the Agile model is the set of principles expressed in the Agile Manifesto.

It&#8217;s been said over and over, but the traditional waterfall process [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://100mindstreet.com/software-development/agile-software-development-practices/</link>
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		<title>On the use of WordPress themes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent newsvine post suggests that many WordPress themes are overused to the point of making them annoying or even intellectually worthless. While I can see the point to a certain degree, a part of me wants to believe that content is still the measure of an excellent blog site. I have to admit, however, [...]]]></description>
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