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		<title>HOWTO: Build node.js on a CentOS machine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the &#8220;pleasure&#8221; to build node.js on a relatively vanilla CentOS machine. I was a little surprised at the number of dependencies which were missing. So, I wanted to take a little time to document the experience. I &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/howto-build-node-js-on-a-centos-machine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=135&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Destructive Spies in Jasmine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months I&#8217;ve been building out our UI test framework tools at AppNexus. This gave me the opportunity to research and play with the latest automated testing tools currently available for JavaScript. I&#8217;ve been extremely impressed with &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/non-destructive-spies-in-jasmine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=127&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Productive, Staying Productive with AutoFocus 4 and The Pomodoro Technique</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m continually evaluating ways to stay productive in both my professional life as well as my personal life. Over the past two years I&#8217;ve come to rely on Mark Forster&#8217;s AutoFocus system (v4) in conjunction with the Pomodoro Technique to &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/getting-productive-staying-productive-with-autofocus-4-and-the-pomodoro-technique/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=121&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Things in Sync with Syncer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In almost every company I&#8217;ve ever worked as a developer I&#8217;ve had both a personal work computer as well as a development machine. The development computer may be a virtual machine sitting in a datacenter somewhere or it may be &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/keeping-things-in-sync-with-syncer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=107&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>View Files Beginning with a &#8216;.&#8217; in Eclipse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently rebuilt my eclipse installation on Eclipse Helios and had set up a new workspace. In the process, I lost one of my long-time PHP Development Tools (PDT) settings where I can view files that begin with a . &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/view-files-beginning-with-a-in-eclipse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=100&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates and the Public Schools Pay Structure</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week Bill Gates and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan argued for merit-based rewards for public school teachers, and criticized a system which gives automatic pay increases to teachers who have earned master&#8217;s degrees in education, regardless of how it &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/bill-gates-and-the-public-schools-pay-structure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=97&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google invests in off-shore wind-farming. What&#8217;s the risk to wildlife?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Google, the Atlantic coast is particularly suited to this project because the grid is overstretched see the sweeping 2003 Northeast blackout and it doesnt yet have access to &#8220;high-quality&#8221; wind power. It also offers relatively shallow water that &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/google-invests-in-off-shore-wind-farming-whats-the-risk-to-wildlife/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=95&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AppNexus is Growing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t any secret to those of us inside the company: AppNexus rocks! We got some public recognition today with the announcement of a new round of investing totaling $50 million. If you&#8217;d like to become part of a growing, &#8230; <a href="http://sparecycles.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/appnexus-is-growing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=93&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change and Ocean Acidification</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great TED talk by Rob Dunbar on the impacts of human-caused CO2 emissions on ocean acidification and the impact that may have on marine systems.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sparecycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2632731&amp;post=89&amp;subd=sparecycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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