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		<title>Thoughts on Alaska plane crash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s interesting to me how slowly details about the plane crash in Alaska are trickling out. The crash happened yesterday (Monday) around 7pm local time. A rescue team, including a doctor with a satellite phone, arrived sometime last night and stabilized the survivors. About 10am CDT this morning CNN started reporting that former NASA Administrator [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/08/thoughts-on-alaska-plane-crash/</link>
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		<title>Free Socket 939 MB, Processor, and Memory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have an ASUS Socket 939 motherboard, AMD Athlon64 X2 dual-core processor, and two DIMMs of 1GB PC3200 RAM free for the taking. The catch is that one of them is bad. Based on past experience, I&#8217;d say the motherboard is toast and the processor and memory are just fine. That&#8217;s just a guess though. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/08/free-socket-939-mb-processor-and-memory/</link>
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		<title>The development and use of the first nuclear weapons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I read virtually everything Wikipedia has on the development of the nuclear weapons used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I hadn&#8217;t planned on writing a blog post on this topic, but something interesting came up yesterday that I did want to post about and this seemed like a good introduction. It wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/08/nuclear-history/</link>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted anything in a while, so I thought it was time to post a quick update. I&#8217;ll be taking two classes again this fall in the continuing pursuit of my PhD in Computer Science at Ole Miss. I&#8217;ll also be teaching CSci259/390 (C++) on Monday and Wednesday nights. Sometime in late September or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/08/update/</link>
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		<title>Make: Electronics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For about two months now, I&#8217;ve been spending most of my spare time reading and doing experiments out of Make: Electronics. My spare time has dwindled now that I&#8217;m back to teaching and taking classes. It&#8217;ll dwindle even more as I get into semester projects. I&#8217;m now up to Experiment #16 in Make: Electronics; about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/02/make-electronics/</link>
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		<title>Backpacking at Big Hill Pond State Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in late October, I went backpacking at Big Hill Pond State Park near Pocahontas, Tennessee, about two hours or so from Oxford. Yes, I&#8217;m a little late getting around to posting this. James Church, a fellow Computer Science geek and Eagle scout went with me. Here&#8217;s a map of the park (large PDF). You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/02/backpacking-at-big-hill-pond-state-park/</link>
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		<title>PanaVise Junior</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I forgot to mention a very important part of my soldering gear: the PanaVise Junior. It&#8217;s a miniature vise. Its jaws have grooves that make it perfect for holding small circuit boards. The best part is that it&#8217;s only $16, with free shipping from Amazon. I wouldn&#8217;t solder without it. PanaVise makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/02/panavise-junior/</link>
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		<title>Soldering gear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I started playing around with electronics about a year ago. You can make do with a breadboard for a while, but if you stick with electronics long enough you&#8217;ll eventually get around to soldering. I actually started soldering kits right off the bat, but I agonized over what gear to buy. I agonize over any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/01/soldering-gear/</link>
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		<title>NorCal Dummy Load</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I started building electronic kits about this time last year. (My grandmother got me a soldering iron for Christmas.) At this point I&#8217;ve built several kits, but I&#8217;ve only gotten around to posting about a couple of them. This kit, the NorCal Dummy Load was my third project, the first being the MintyBoost, and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2010/01/norcal-dummy-load/</link>
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		<title>Short review of Getting Started in Electronics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As most of you know, I&#8217;ve been tinkering with electronics as of late. My interest was piqued due to my exposure to them in Ham radio. There is also a computer science angle with microcontrollers. I&#8217;ve built several kits, and have a few in the queue to build, but I also want to work my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/12/short-review-of-getting-started-in-electronics/</link>
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		<title>ATS-3B and project update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago the ATS-3B I posted about a while back became available again, and for the last time. Mine arrived in the mail today. I&#8217;m very excited about it. It really is the coolest little kit going right now. I count 19 toroids to wind. Yikes. One on the main board and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/11/ats-3b-and-project-update/</link>
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		<title>Backpacking preparations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of my free time this week has been spent getting ready for our backpacking trip this weekend. It can be quite involved if you haven&#8217;t done it in awhile and you&#8217;re anal-retentive like me. I have a large order of goodies coming from REI tomorrow. Luke and I went for a hike in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/10/backpacking-preparations/</link>
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		<title>St. Peter&#8217;s Pumpkin Patch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the Oxford traditions we enjoy is going to St. Peter&#8217;s Episcopal Church to pick out some pumpkins for Halloween. Click on the link or the picture for more pictures. We had tried to go last Wednesday, but Luke fell asleep on the way. On Thursday we tried again, even though Liam was sick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/10/st-peters-pumpkin-patch/</link>
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		<title>Backpacking trip is on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The backpacking trip to Big Hill Pond State Park is on. James has agreed to go with me. We&#8217;ve decided to go October 23rd, 24th, and 25th. If you&#8217;re interested in going with us, let me know.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/10/backpacking-trip-is-on/</link>
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		<title>Planning a backpacking trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love backpacking, but somehow, between school, family, and work, I&#8217;ve managed to go nine years or so since my last trip. Back in high school I went on a few multi-day trips on the Appalachian Trail and a couple of two week trips to Philmont Scout Ranch in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/10/planning-a-backpacking-trip/</link>
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		<title>WWVB-controlled clocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though it seems like I&#8217;m always running late, I&#8217;m anal about keeping my watch accurate to the second. Thus, I&#8217;m a big fan of NTP and radio-controlled clocks. In fact, I&#8217;m considering getting one of those &#8220;atomic&#8221; Casio watches. Last month NIST updated WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks: Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers (PDF), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/09/wwvb-controlled-clocks/</link>
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		<title>The ATS-3B</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got too many electronics projects going, but I&#8217;ve already got my next one picked out. It&#8217;s KD1JV&#8217;s ATS-3B, billed as &#8220;the world&#8217;s smallest, lightest, six band HF CW rig.&#8221; Steve Weber, KD1JV, is a serial designer of QRP radios and accessories. The whole thing fits in an Altoids tin and puts out four watts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/09/the-ats-3b/</link>
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		<title>Too busy for real football post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ole Miss didn&#8217;t play this weekend, but I had planned a &#8220;what happened in college football this weekend&#8221; post anyway. Alas, I have a class to prepare for tomorrow night and numerous other things to do, so you&#8217;re going to have to fend for yourselves. Top 25 scores. SEC scores. James, considered yourself spared.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/09/too-busy-for-real-football-post/</link>
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		<title>Ole Miss over Memphis 45-14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ole Miss fans were hoping for a blowout, and we got one, but not the one we wanted. We looked pretty rough the first three quarters. It was only 17-7 going into the fourth quarter. Snead threw two interceptions and our defense looked a little porous at times against a relatively weak Memphis offense. On [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/09/ole-miss-over-memphis-45-14/</link>
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		<title>The new playset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a picture of Luke and Liam&#8217;s &#8220;new&#8221; playset. My dad and I actually built it back in late May, I just haven&#8217;t gotten around to posting about it. I&#8217;m pretty impressed with it. It&#8217;s a very nice playset for a reasonable price. It&#8217;s made by Rainbow, and we got ours at Wal-Mart. Luke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.movl.net/blog/2009/09/the-new-playset/</link>
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