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	<title>RANDOM SEED :: richard finn</title>
	<link>http://www.random-seed.com</link>
	<description>Random thoughts on programming, finance, and art.</description>
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		<title>The iPad as an E-reader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve owned my iPad for a few weeks now and I absolutely love this device. I eagerly wanted to see how the iPad fared as an e-reader, particularly when compared to my trusty Kindle. I&#8217;ll admit that when the iPad first came out last year I was sorely disappointed. I wanted a tablet Mac [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2011/05/12/the-ipad-as-an-e-reader/</link>
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		<title>iPad killing American jobs?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My iPad is hours away.  Here&#8217;s globalization at work.  Designed in America, with components manufactured in Japan, China, and/or Taiwan, plus a few more I&#8217;m unaware of (Apple sources many providers for the same components), and assembled in Shenzhen, China &#8211; full of content and software written in the United States and Europe &#8211; few things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2011/04/18/ipad-killing-american-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Citing a Kindle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love my Amazon Kindle.  I have one of the original ones bought it the day they came out.   A feature I continue to ask for on the Kindle is some indicator of some page number one could find on a physical copy of the book.  Lacking this feature I had to get creative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2009/09/08/citing-a-kindle/</link>
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		<title>Web Services in Flash and ActionScript 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some reason Adobe removed web services from ActionScript 3 in Flash.  Here are some solutions to get around this brain-dead problem.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2009/07/24/web-services-in-flash-and-actionscript-3/</link>
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		<title>ASP.Net User Control &#8216;does not exist in the current context&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I may be missing something, but a search around the Internet revealed several people having the same problem and not finding any good answers.  You have an ASP.Net user control with fields on it, but when you compile you get an error.  Intellisence knows the objects are there, but the compiler doesn&#8217;t.  What do you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2009/07/15/asp-net-user-control-field-does-not-exist-in-the-current-context/</link>
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		<title>Managing Virtual Teams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My undergraduate research paper on virtual teams. I discuss problems which may occur, development of shared mental models, mentoring, and collaboration software. I plan to expand on this paper with more research into how the so-called millennials affect the proliferation of virtual teams. Books cited in this paper:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2008/12/03/managing-virtual-teams/</link>
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		<title>Raw vs. JPEG</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Becca and I called our weekend warrior photography &#8220;Finn Productions&#8221;, I wrote an article for Digital Photography School on the different between shooting in Raw or JPEG.  I still find a lot of serious photographers who shoot in JPEG will very expensive cameras.  If you do, please read this post. http://digital-photography-school.com/raw-vs-jpeg]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2008/07/30/raw-vs-jpeg/</link>
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		<title>Da Vinci Code Hype, Gnostic Gospels, and The True Holy Grail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot has been written recently on The Da Vinci Code book and now movie. Many experts have deftly examined the claims and inferences from the novel, valditating some and debunking most. A whole cottage industry has sprung up around The Da Vinci Code, almost claiming entire shelves at your local bookstore. Just do a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2006/05/16/da-vinci-code-hype-gnostic-gospels-and-the-true-holy-grail/</link>
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		<title>Arthurian Influence in the Lord of the Rings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not all code, numbers, photographer, and all around computer geek.  I love a good deep story, and there is none better than the Lord of the Rings.  This paper was presented at the 2003 International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI.  It was eventaully published as “Arthur and Aragorn: Arthurian Influences in The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.random-seed.com/2005/07/01/arthurian-influence-in-the-lord-of-the-rings/</link>
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