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		<title>Rolling Forecasts &amp; Sarcasm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an analyst I&#8217;m not sure if I should take this one personally.  I love it either way:]]></description>
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		<title>A Residents Opinion on Concord&#8217;s Bottle Ban</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2010/06/a-residents-opinion-on-concords-bottle-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I oppose it, and here's why...]]></description>
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		<title>Tour de France &amp; Armstrong Ads</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/07/tour-de-france-armstrong-ads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cycling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Tour de France time and I need to admit that I havn&#8217;t watched the Tour nearly as much as I&#8217;d like to this year.  I&#8217;ll blame 2 week old Phoebe since she can&#8217;t do anything about it.  I&#8217;m adding the TdF to my Tivo&#8217;s &#8220;To Do List&#8221; but in the meantime, here are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Phoebe</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/06/welcome-phoebe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of 6/24/09, I&#8217;m officially a new dad. Phoebe Ann Solar was born at 2:59pm &#38; everyone is healthy and happy.  Sleep (and my online activity) has been light, as expected.  More to follow.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Latitide to Status/Blog</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/05/google-latitide-to-statusblog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 11:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A close friend (“cc” aka Chris Crosby) sent this to me yesterday but I’m just getting around to checking it out this morning; http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-ways-to-share-your-google-latitude.html Two items: “Google Talk location status (beta) automatically updates your Google Talk or Gmail chat status message with your Latitude location.” “The Google Public Location Badge lets you publish your Latitude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Twitter Value Debate</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/03/the-twitter-value-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick background to this post; this morning several friends and I had a conversation spawn about the value of Twitter to the masses. The discussion started between myself (@mattsolar) and my close friend, Pete (@petekuhn). Since we’re both bearish on Twitter’s value I decided to rope in another good friend, and content/Twitter guru, Jim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Google&#8217;s Culture?</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/03/the-end-of-googles-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning a highly publicized post from a top Designer at Google (http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html) illustrated some details about the culture of Google and their analytical dependence on data. I was curious to see if the issue was as significant as John Battelle mentioned on his blog. A quick review of employee postings on GlassDoor.com certainly ended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schmidt by day.  McKinney by night.</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/03/schmidt-by-day-mckinney-by-night/</link>
		<comments>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/03/schmidt-by-day-mckinney-by-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I&#8217;ve privately wondered what the relationship is between Google CEO Eric Schmidt and &#8220;The Kids in the Hall&#8221; genius Mark McKinney.  Watching the Charlie Rose interview gave me the motivation to take my speculations public. They look identical and, given the small population of McKinney&#8217;s &#8220;home&#8221; nation of Canada, the odds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Latitide Privacy: +1 for Google</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/03/google-latitide-privacy-1-for-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a very important note on Google&#8217;s belief of privacy: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/exclusive-google-takes-stand-location-privacy-alon The key point; &#8220;Google has confirmed that its policy will be to require a wiretap order before tracking a Latitude user’s location for law enforcement.&#8221; It&#8217;s good to see that they still follow their, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Be Evil&#8221; motto. I&#8217;m sure this will prove to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My 2009 Philanthropy Rides</title>
		<link>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/02/my-2009-philanthropy-rides/</link>
		<comments>http://matthewsolar.com/blog/2009/02/my-2009-philanthropy-rides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pan-Mass Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prouty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are my excuses for not riding in the 2009 PMC and Prouty: 1. There is 3 feet of snow on the ground, followed by 1&#8243; of ice, followed by another 6&#8243; of snow. 2. The economy is a nightmare, nobody has money for their own needs let alone random donations, and my 401k is [...]]]></description>
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