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</description><title>Grokked</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @grokked)</generator><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>"When you run with the pack, what you generally see are other people’s backsides,” Arkadi Kuhlmann..."</title><description>““When you run with the pack, what you generally see are other people’s backsides,” Arkadi Kuhlmann says. “We know why we’re here, and it’s not to copy other people’s bad ideas.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1283-why-smart-people-do-dumb-things-personal-lessons-from-the-financial-meltdown" target="_blank"&gt;Why Smart People Do Dumb Things - Personal Lessons From The Financial Meltdown - (37signals)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/54317796</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/54317796</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:46:39 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>"The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money."</title><description>““The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tinybuddha" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter / tinybuddha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/54308436</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/54308436</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:23:39 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Google launches Mail Goggles to save you from yourself | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10059735-2.html"&gt;Google launches Mail Goggles to save you from yourself | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET&lt;/a&gt;: What I want to know is how I can enable this feature for other people who love to send me mail.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/53570164</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/53570164</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:13:37 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>"The best part of this experience, however, wasn’t increasing the prowess of the Durham Family..."</title><description>“The best part of this experience, however, wasn’t increasing the prowess of the Durham Family PC. It was watching my son, Andrew, build his first computer. He turned almost every screw and seated almost every device, and he did it with confidence as if he’s been doing it for longer than he’s actually been alive.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.extremetech.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D232575,00.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Build a PC with Your Kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/53549640</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/53549640</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:39:34 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>"a trio of psychology researchers from the University of New Mexico found that exotic dancers make up..."</title><description>“a trio of psychology researchers from the University of New Mexico found that exotic dancers make up to 60 percent more when they are at peak fertility.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081003-2008-ig-nobels-honor-best-weirdest-scientific-research.html" target="_blank"&gt;2008 Ig Nobels honor best, weirdest scientific research&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/53320305</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/53320305</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:21:54 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Tales of the Rampant Coyote: Jack Thompson: Unemployed!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.rampantgames.com/blog/2008/09/jack-thompson-unemployed.html"&gt;Tales of the Rampant Coyote: Jack Thompson: Unemployed!&lt;/a&gt;: Mess with the best…die like the rest…</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52413863</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52413863</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:51:04 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology | guardian.co.uk</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman/print"&gt;Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology | guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;: “It’s a trap!” — Adm. Ackbar</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52410415</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52410415</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:11:36 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Definition: Grok | GrokCode</title><description>&lt;a href="http://grok-code.com/95/definition-and-origin-of-grok/"&gt;Definition: Grok | GrokCode&lt;/a&gt;: =D</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52409263</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52409263</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:59:37 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Ballmer on mobile: Apple will lose and we'll win because 'we're separatists' | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10053315-16.html"&gt;Ballmer on mobile: Apple will lose and we'll win because 'we're separatists' | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News&lt;/a&gt;: I fully expect Ballmer to sport two pointy turfs of hair very very soon.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52399614</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52399614</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:19:19 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>jQuery: » jQuery, Microsoft, and Nokia</title><description>&lt;a href="http://jquery.com/blog/2008/09/28/jquery-microsoft-nokia/"&gt;jQuery: » jQuery, Microsoft, and Nokia&lt;/a&gt;: Long Live jQuery!</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52243047</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52243047</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:03:07 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Tales of the Rampant Coyote: Game Design: Do Not Want!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.rampantgames.com/blog/2008/09/game-design-do-not-want.html"&gt;Tales of the Rampant Coyote: Game Design: Do Not Want!&lt;/a&gt;: Good advice.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52205832</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/52205832</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:38:27 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Print : Google’s G1: First Impressions</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/?p=84&amp;ak_action=printable"&gt;Print : Google’s G1: First Impressions&lt;/a&gt;: Hmm, maybe I’ll get this instead of an iPhone…?</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/51652865</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/51652865</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:27:42 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>You can protect your family from the world, but you can’t protect your family from family.</title><description>You can protect your family from the world, but you can’t protect your family from family.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/51275023</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/51275023</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:42:57 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Turning aeroelastic flutter into third world power - (37signals)</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1238-turning-aeroelastic-flutter-into-third-world-power"&gt;Turning aeroelastic flutter into third world power - (37signals)&lt;/a&gt;: Reframing failure conditions into success, with amazing results.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/51100328</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/51100328</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:24:43 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>TATEetc. Ryan Gander on Fischli/Weiss</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/gjh13JEyle2aimjnUbGQKYsWo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue8/fischliweiss_workingitout.htm" target="_blank"&gt;TATEetc. Ryan Gander on Fischli/Weiss&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50838140</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50838140</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:45:49 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep, do something worthy | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10045321-2.html"&gt;O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep, do something worthy | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET&lt;/a&gt;: Yes, yes! To &lt;strike&gt;Obi-Wan&lt;/strike&gt; Tim O’Reilly you listen.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50824793</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50824793</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:07:41 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title> Would You Fire This Person? -  CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership</title><description>&lt;a href="http://cio.com/article/449096/Would_You_Fire_This_Person_?page=1"&gt; Would You Fire This Person? -  CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership&lt;/a&gt;: Someone finally wrote about e…..r….Eric.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50554830</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50554830</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:57:37 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore: Illegal parking Fail</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/09/illegal-parking.html"&gt;mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore: Illegal parking Fail&lt;/a&gt;: The driver spent all his money on an expensive car and ended up socially bankrupt I guess.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50189368</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/50189368</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:05:24 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Another day…another prozac.</title><description>Another day…another prozac.</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/49813705</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/49813705</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:36:26 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Why do you who follow me on twitter…follow me?</title><description>Why do you who follow me on twitter…follow me?</description><link>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/49622099</link><guid>http://grokked.tumblr.com/post/49622099</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:48:53 +0800</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
