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	<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog</link>
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		<title>The So-Called &#8220;Rampant Inflation&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of people on Facebook are copy and pasting a report that says the proposed pay increase for active duty military personnel for 2011 is 1.4%.
&#8220;President Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973! Nice to know that during a time of rampant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2010/03/04/the-so-called-rampant-inflation/</link>
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		<title>Pidgin-Encrypt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had my interest in encrypting (some of) my instant messages piqued the other day, so I reinstalled pidgin-encrypt 3.0 on my computer (work and home). Turns out there is a bug that prevents key exchange(?) when talking over XMPP (Google Talk or Jabber). It does not seem to have any issues working over AIM right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2009/11/13/pidgin-encrypt/</link>
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		<title>A semi-return</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More frequent updates and less at once: that&#8217;s the plan here now. Using it more like Twitter/Facebook with the occasional longer post.
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2009/11/13/a-semi-return/</link>
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		<title>Quick Quote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
- David T. Wolf [1]
Especially funny since I have a co-worker that thinks very much along those lines. To top it all off, his name is eerily similar.
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/quick-quote/</link>
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		<title>It has been a long time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been far too long since my last &#8216;real&#8217; update. For that, I apologize in advance. It has been a crazy few months since the last post. Let me see if I can work my way through some of the more memorable events. I will probably break this post up into several, or you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2008/04/02/it-has-been-a-long-time/</link>
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		<title>xfce 4.4.2 and Windows/Super shortcuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For anyone looking to use the &#8220;Windows Key&#8221; for shortcuts in Xfce 4.4.2, be sure that you do something like this before you try to use the shortcut editor:
xmodmap -e "add mod3 = Super_L"
Once that&#8217;s done, the shortcut editor will actually recognize the key. This is as much for my future reference as anyone, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2008/02/13/xfce-442-and-windowssuper-shortcuts/</link>
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		<title>New Apartment Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you waded through my last entry you will know that things haven&#8217;t been terribly smooth during my move. Thankfully the previous events were not an indication of future events. Tuesday came and by the evening, my first chance to check, I had DSL fully functioning. I also got a call Tuesday morning from Home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/10/25/new-apartment-update/</link>
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		<title>The woes of moving and stupid people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s been ages since I wrote anything here, and some of that is having been busy. The rest? Yeah, you know it &#8230; I&#8217;m lazy :-)
So, I&#8217;ve been trying to get moved into a larger apartment since early August. I asked my current complex if they had anything available and when they said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/10/22/the-woes-of-moving-and-stupid-people/</link>
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		<title>TJOC update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For TJOC 2008 (and beyond) information, please go check the TJOC Development Blog.
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/09/16/tjoc-update/</link>
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		<title>TJOC 2007 &amp; 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, like I said about this time last year, camp is over for the year. I also said last year that I had all sorts of exciting things to share, and then I never followed through. Well, I&#8217;m saying the same thing this year, but I can promise you that you will see more TJOC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/06/06/tjoc-2007-2008/</link>
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		<title>Fedora 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I got Fedora 7 installed on my laptop today. That&#8217;s actually what I&#8217;m using right now. I must say, it&#8217;s pretty slick overall. I&#8217;ve been very impressed with some of the new features that are available by default. If you are currently running an older version of Fedora [Core], give 7 a try.
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/06/06/fedora-7/</link>
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		<title>The night before TJOC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the night before TJOC and all through the apartment, not a soul was sleeping, not even me &#8230;
It&#8217;s been a long rampup to camp for me already, and camp doesn&#8217;t officially start until tomorrow (well, later today). We did the Diagnostic O written test online this year, and since I&#8217;m the one that suggested [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/05/26/the-night-before-tjoc/</link>
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		<title>Sound Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I found a way to make it work, but I&#8217;m not sure why it broke to begin with. In /etc/asound.conf I simply changed the variable &#8220;defaults.pcm.device&#8221; from a value of 4, to one of 0. I chose zero only because the output of aplay -l indicated that device zero was my main device &#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/03/30/sound-update/</link>
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		<title>ALSA on Fedora Core 6 Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve finally run into my first real issue with Fedora Core 6. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, it has done me well for quite some time now, but it finally cried &#8216;Gotcha!&#8217; the other day. In the course of a standard &#8216;yum update&#8217;, which, since it&#8217;s so simple, I tend to do pretty often, my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/03/28/alsa-on-fedora-core-6-issues/</link>
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		<title>I am alive. Really!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a very long while since I&#8217;ve taken the time to write anything here as you are probably well aware. I have a little time to kill before a meeting this afternoon, so here goes nothing.
Since the last &#8216;personal&#8217; entry I have is really back in the summer there&#8217;s a lot to fill in. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2007/01/31/i-am-alive-really/</link>
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		<title>LVM Extention Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/remotestorage/linuxupdates-2 bs=1k count=1048576
losetup /dev/loop2 /mnt/remotestorage/linuxupdates-2
pvcreate /dev/loop2
vgextend updates_store /dev/loop2
lvextend -L+1G /dev/updates_store/store
umount /mnt/vg
e2fsck -f /dev/updates_store/store
resize2fs /dev/updates_store/store
mount /dev/updates_store/store /mnt/vg
Where the filename (linuxupdates-2) increments, the &#8216;count&#8217; in the dd command is a multiple of the one listed (1GB), and the loopback devices (loop2 here) increments.
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/12/13/lvm-extention-process/</link>
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		<title>New Radio Install (Not a New Radio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have something more substantial coming down the pipe as far as entries are concerned, but I thought I&#8217;d share this while I was thinking about it. During Thanksgiving my father and I redid the way that my FT-8800R (thanks dad!) is mounted in the car, along with cable routing. I took some pictures throughout [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/12/01/new-radio-install-not-a-new-radio/</link>
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		<title>Ubuntu Mirror Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone listening? Hello?
If you are, and you know a nice way to create a local Ubuntu mirror via rsync, drop me a note here or via email. I&#8217;m trying to set one up here at LeTourneau and just haven&#8217;t found anything useful (the mirror server is running Fedora Core 5 right now). Also, advice on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/12/01/ubuntu-mirror-question/</link>
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		<title>Linux Updates &#8230; Updated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Linux Updates mirror (on campus only) now has full support for Fedora Core 6 (Core, Updates, and Extras). It updates twice a day, just like Fedora Core 5 and Gentoo, so check out the configuration page to see the scheduled times, configuration instructions (they are the same as Fedora Core 5), alternative installation methods, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/11/20/linux-updates-updated/</link>
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		<title>Trickle Theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2006/09/25/trickle_theory.html
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/09/29/trickle-theory/</link>
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		<title>Linux Updates Mirror on Campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a Linux user at LeTourneau University, and happen to use Fedora Core 5 or Gentoo Linux, you need to check out our new shiny local mirror. Once I get my hands on some more disk space, I&#8217;ll be able to support Debian and Ubuntu so do not despair if your favorite distro [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/09/01/linux-updates-mirror-on-campus/</link>
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		<title>Back from camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from TJOC 2006 and I&#8217;m armed with a whole set of cool ideas and plans for TJOC 2007 and other nifty things. I&#8217;ll post some details and thoughts after I get some sleep. Good night!
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/06/03/back-from-camp/</link>
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		<title>TJOC 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m leaving first thing tomorrow morning for the Texas Junior Orienteering Camp. I can&#8217;t ever seem to remember how many years we&#8217;ve been doing this (and I&#8217;ve been to every one), but I think it is somewhere in the range of 7 or 8 years. These days I just provide technical support, and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/05/26/tjoc-2006/</link>
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		<title>Ecommerce SLA Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest numbers. You can see that things are improving a little on average as our transaction count goes up. We are still significantly short of the 5 seconds goal, but it will require me moving the posting process out of the linear flow.
Total Transactions: 71
Min: 3
Max: 34
Average: 7.55


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Target
Actual
Diff
Real %


50%
36
17
19
23.94%


90%
64
63
1
88.73%


98%
70
70
0
98.59%


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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/05/22/ecommerce-sla-update/</link>
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		<title>Phone update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new phone has arrived! It&#8217;s currently charging, but you can check out some photos I took while unpacking the phone (tagged razr) over on my Flickr! page.
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		<link>http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2006/05/19/phone-update/</link>
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