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	<description>A medieval, agrarian, libertarian, green-living, alpha-geek&#039;s view on the world.</description>
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		<title>Kentucky Derby &amp; Oaks Preview</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/05/03/kentucky-derby-oaks-preview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 22:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, where as the year gone already? First we have almost no winter and then we follow that up with weather the last week or so that seems more like late June or even early July... And some time in the last four months I have obviously blinked and Derby weekend is upon on us. Granted, I have not done my usual following of intensely watching all the horses in contention since the racing season really started back up for the horses on track to the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby this year, but I still have a few good picks and suggestions for two days if you are into wagering or even if you just want a horse to shout for as they are coming down the stretch.]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu Beta Questionable, Mint Soon</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/04/20/ubuntu-beta-questionable-mint-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mephistos.com/?p=4674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Linux has a couple of major releases coming out in the not so far off future and of course, being Ubuntu and Mint it has me a bit excited. The unfortunate thing of the matter is that the Ubuntu 12.04 release is supposed to launch on the 24th which also just happens to be my anniversary. I am thinking the idea of me going off by myself for the evening is not going to be kosher with the other half, so I had a plan late last eve.]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Plans</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/04/19/writing-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2012/04/19/writing-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a new plan is in order, especially since of late I have had a little bit of lack of motivation in regards to blogging. To be fair though, work has had some killer days on a few occasions and there have been some horse and family times/issues as well. And of course there is the simple fact that I have twice composed a blog and had it in the final editing stages when, for whatever unknown reasons, I have lost all or most of the entry. That of course makes for a flat line on the creativity and especially motivation graph.]]></description>
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		<title>Pinterest, Digg Digg, ShareThis, &amp; More&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/03/30/pinterest-digg-digg-sharethis-more/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2012/03/30/pinterest-digg-digg-sharethis-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffer app]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being it is what I like to call Tech Friday, thought I would share some of what has been going on around here of late behind the scenes with the like of Digg Digg, Pinterest, and some experiments with ShareThis and Wibaya.]]></description>
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		<title>Fine Wine, Cheap Vino, &amp; Taste Perception</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/03/06/fine-wine-cheap-vino-taste-perception/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2012/03/06/fine-wine-cheap-vino-taste-perception/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science has finally answered a question for me that I have had for years.  As I am sure is know, I occasionally like a decent tasting wine, especially that is not at the extreme in dry, but just the same I am not overly fond of one that is really sweet either.  What I have not been able to figure out though is the seemingly overpriced wines that I often run into.  At one time, I had the mistaken thought the more expense clearly the better the wine, especially as the wine ratings tended to always go with the more expensive varieties.  Today, science confirms, that for most people a cheaper vintage will do just fine.]]></description>
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		<title>Disqus, Livefyre, &amp; Facebook</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/03/01/disqus-livefyre-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2012/03/01/disqus-livefyre-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has been around here the last few months may have noticed, as I discussed back sometime last year I may go ahead with an install of Disqus and I did. I have been running that comment system for about the last five months. The biggest reason I wanted to go to it has never been re-implemented so I switched today. The comment system I have switched to is called Livefyre. So far, I am still on the fence about the change and I think I may need to just go back to the regular comment system included with Wordpress and pursue my on API interface to incorporate Facebook comments back to the blog.]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Ky Telco Credit Union</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/02/14/open-letter-to-ky-telco-credit-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Frustrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing to you to express my extreme dismay and utter disappointment in your organization that come about as of the recent letter I received from you.  Your letter indicates that effective March 1st my account that I have with you will begin to be charged a $5.00 monthly service fee.  The letter goes on to indicate that this is because of the cost of my account and specifically in regards to having maintained an average daily balance of less than $200.00.  My first reaction was you have got to be kidding me and my reaction since that time has went to m a much more negative place.]]></description>
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		<title>Insight &#8211; to McAfee?</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/02/11/insight-to-mcafee/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2012/02/11/insight-to-mcafee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mephistos.com/?p=4586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who know and read know that it is an inside joke with some folks I know from McAfee that you just do not offer poor customer service to someone from the little spot in the road I did most of my growing up called McAfee or they will just take their business elsewhere.  I am left in a icky place after my dealings with Insight, over the last week but especially yesterday.  But to really get the full picture I have to make up to Friday a week ago, on the 3rd of February...]]></description>
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		<title>The Move</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/02/04/the-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lexington]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like it was just yesterday when we moved into the townhouse there by the large pond in the park that is named a lake... But time has moved by rather rapidly and after being there almost two years with much consideration the wife and I decided a move was in order for us.  With more consideration, we settled on the idea of moving to Lexington.  For me that almost seems like a full circle has been completed.]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Warnings for Questionable Sites</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2012/02/02/search-engine-warnings-for-questionable-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2012/02/02/search-engine-warnings-for-questionable-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mephistos.com/?p=4575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is almost believable to be that some one is actually suggesting this kind of thinly veiled move toward censorship, but that is exactly what Evgeny Morozov is proposing. Morozov is a writer of a book and researcher that focuses on how the use of technology tends to affect the social aspects of society at large, so his opinion piece recently suggesting such a move of labeling websites that may be based more on pseudo science as such has gotten a lot of attention. Now to be sure, after reading his opinion and listening to parts of his recent interview Q, his actual idea is to label the sites actually based on science or even move them up in the page rankings.]]></description>
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