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	<description>Research, Discoveries, and Musings</description>
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		<title>Converting from M2TS to AVI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m using ffmpeg to good effect to convert from M2TS from an HD Canon Camcorder to AVI:
ffmpeg -i 20100408133825.m2ts -vcodec libxvid -b 2000k -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 128k -deinterlace -s 720&#215;540 1.avi
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		<title>AdWords Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People look at an AdWords ad in this order:
1. headline
2. Second description line
3. URL line
4. First headline
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		<title>Better Living Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend asked what things they could do to live healthier. My wife put this together for them.
Avoid combining heat, plastics, and food (especially BPA!). Use glass, ceramic or steel containers for reheating food and for food storage.
Choose organic produce when possible to avoid agricultural chemicals that are closely linked to some cancers. Some produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homegrown Evolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cool blog about clean living and healthy food.
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		<link>http://www.brainopener.com/2009/06/27/homegrown-evolution/</link>
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		<title>Dark leafy green vegetables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For dinner, I&#8217;ve been eating a lot of what might best be described as jambalaya.  I&#8217;ve been putting in baby spinach tossed in sesame oil in a skillet over high heat. This is a good article on different leafy green vegetables and their tastes.
I think I might try mustard greens &#8212; I&#8217;ve been looking to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMTP Mail Server Testing Utility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Awesome SMTP server testing utility: http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html
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		<link>http://www.brainopener.com/2009/06/23/smtp-mail-server-testing-utility/</link>
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		<title>Prescription Database</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prescription database from NIH.
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		<link>http://www.brainopener.com/2009/05/30/prescription-database/</link>
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		<title>Health Information Link Dump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s take on HIPAA is &#8220;we&#8217;re not a covered entitiy, go away&#8221;
Microsoft has a personal health tracker.
Here&#8217;s another one.
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		<link>http://www.brainopener.com/2009/05/30/health-information-link-dump/</link>
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		<title>eBay Market Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been involved with eBay auctions heavily on and off for about 10 years. There are some opportunities at using theirmarket data to look for gaps between supply and demand.
Some handy links for that:

eBay&#8217;s API
ResearchAdvanced free APIs for eBay
Official providers of eBay data.

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		<link>http://www.brainopener.com/2009/05/30/ebay-market-data/</link>
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		<title>Aromatherapy Bath Balls</title>
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