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	<description>Random musings from Gordon</description>
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		<title>Nose gear point of view</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/03/06/nose-gear-point-of-view/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Seen on the 'net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airplane videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nose gear camera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Usually, flying videos are taken from cameras mounted in the cockpit with the pilots or mounted on the nose. Gadling featured a video taken with a camera that was mounted on the nose gear of a 747-200, which is definitely worth watching.



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		<title>Pop-up irony</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/03/02/pop-up-irony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Seen on the 'net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annoying pop-ups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop-up website surveys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague asked me about pop-up website surveys that some websites have. Every nth visitor is presented with a popup window when they visit a site that asks them questions related to their visit. She didn&#8217;t like my answer of &#8220;annoying&#8221; in response to her question of &#8220;what are they called?&#8221;, so I did some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Own The Podium a failure? I think not.</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/28/own-the-podium-a-failure-i-think-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14 gold medals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada rocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Own The Podium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team Canada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot of people disparaging our athletes, saying Canada&#8217;s Own The Podium program has been a failure. Some of the athletes have responded, saying that it works.
Fourteen gold medals &#8212; the highest count for a host country in the Winter games. Ever.
I think it works.
Congratulations Team Canada!!!
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		<title>CAPTCHAs</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/28/captchas/</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/28/captchas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akismet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captcha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPTCHAs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comment spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reCAPTCHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SI CAPTCHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gather 'round, boys and girls, for I am going to tell you the story of the CAPTCHAs. Once upon a time, the Internet was a wonderful place, full of intelligent people, and useful sources of information. People could have serious conversations in public forums and everything was good.

Then came things like AOL and the Freenets came along and suddenly this wonderful place started filling up with not-so-intelligent people. The useful sources of information became less useful as ads started to appearing in the middle of the conversation threads because some people thought it was acceptable to post their ads wherever they went. Some even went so far as to create programs that surfed the web and automatically posted their ads wherever they went.

The intelligent people who ran the sites didn’t like this, so they started coming up with ways to confirm that the messages being posted in conversations were being written by people and not ‘bots.

And thus the CAPTCHAs were born.

Visit my blog to read the rest of the story. :)]]></description>
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		<title>IOC to probe women at Olympic hockey game</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/26/ioc-to-probe-women-at-olympic-hockey-game/</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/26/ioc-to-probe-women-at-olympic-hockey-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada's women's hockey team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gilbert Felli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marie-Philip Poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking cigars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[underage drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Olympics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gordon.dewis.ca/?p=1672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, you probably know by now that Canada&#8217;s women&#8217;s hockey team kicked ass at the Olympics yesterday. Claiming a 2-0 victory over Team USA, Canada&#8217;s women&#8217;s team took their third gold medal in as many Olympics.
But it seems that half an hour after the fans had left the arena, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One can actually use too much salt</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/17/one-can-actually-use-too-much-salt/</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/17/one-can-actually-use-too-much-salt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calcium chloride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corrosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holland Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salt build up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sodium chloride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too much salt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Salt is a popular way to get rid of ice that&#8217;s formed on sidewalks and roads. The City of Ottawa applies tonnes of salt to Ottawa&#8217;s roads and sidewalks every winter. So much, in fact, that a few years ago they started using brine solutions and pre-wetting the rock salt because both are more effective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We apologize for the inconvenience&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/07/we-apologize-for-the-inconvenience/</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/07/we-apologize-for-the-inconvenience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARGH!!!!!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing servers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migrating servers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/02/07/we-apologize-for-the-inconvenience/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I moved my blog to a new server this weekend. Because the IP address changed I had to update the DNS records for gordon.dewis.ca. Whenever you do this sort of thing, it can take a while for the new information to propagate across the Internet. The records have been out there for a while now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reality television shows</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/01/29/reality-television-shows/</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/01/29/reality-television-shows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddy Valastro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffalo Airways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cake Boss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlo's Bakery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog Chapman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog the Bounty Hunter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duane Chapman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Simmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice Pilots NWT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Burch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Repo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parking Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pawn Stars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia Parking Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[televisions shows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reality television shows have been around for a few years. Usually (but not always) unscripted, they allow viewers to observe the lives of others as they go about their day to day routine. Some of them are completely artificial situations, such as Big Brother or Survivor, while others are based on a slightly more tangible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When your life resembles a chewing gum commercial it&#8217;s time to get a second opinion on things</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/01/16/when-your-life-resembles-a-chewing-gum-commercial-its-time-to-get-a-second-opinion-on-things/</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/01/16/when-your-life-resembles-a-chewing-gum-commercial-its-time-to-get-a-second-opinion-on-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Seen on the 'net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel gum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glasses tattoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idiots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maple leaf tattoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tattoo on face]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tattoos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTF?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ There’s an ad for Excel gum that been on tv here in Canada lately. Two guys are sitting on the couch, watching tv. One guy has a big red maple leaf outline on his face, which the other guy asks about. The first guy replies “what better way to show one’s support than by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa pirate radio station has its plug pulled</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/01/15/ottawa-pirate-radio-stations-has-its-plug-pulled/</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/01/15/ottawa-pirate-radio-stations-has-its-plug-pulled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amateur radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georges Saadé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greely]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal transmitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jayhaed Saadé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MIX 91.9 FM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pirate radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RCMP]]></category>

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The Ottawa Sun just posted a story that after two cease-and-desist orders the RCMP and Industry Canada showed up at the Saadé International Hotel at 11:45 this morning where Jayhaed Saadé has his illegal radio station set up.
Apparently, Saadé Junior is still acting like a spoiled brat and not cooperating with the authorities because he [...]]]></description>
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