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	<description>The scrapbook of a technologically fixated soul, intent on making a difference.</description>
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		<title>Protected: The Address</title>
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		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/10/23/464</link>
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		<title>TED Talk Video: William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family&#8217;s home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life. [1]

William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/09/24/ted-talk-video-william-kamkwamba-how-i-harnessed-the-wind</link>
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		<title>Solutions from the Ground Up</title>
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Simple, low cost actions can have a big impact, so its best to start with energy conservation and efficiency. Then make maximum use of alternative forms of energy e.g., passive lighting, biomass, and gas. Only then does it make sense to investigate renewable energy options like micro-hydro or solar PV (photovoltaic) panels.

The ground step on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/09/09/solutions-from-the-ground-up</link>
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		<title>Set temporary and permanent download directories for Firefox on OSX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read this first https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311292#c55
So I used Camino to set the global download directory to the /private/tmp folder (by dragging and dropping it into the Camino prompt). Then I set Firefox to Download permanent files wherever I wanted. The result now is PDFs open in adobe on a single click and get removed automatically. If I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/04/23/set-temporary-and-permanent-download-directories-for-firefox-on-osx</link>
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		<title>The Great Race: Bavarian Alps, Germany</title>
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It’s been a refreshing few days over Easter…. I found myself today. It is true I did. I was sitting in a valley at the base of Bavarian Alps. The snow was fresh and untrodden. The mountains towered above, rising 2km on each side. As I sat silent, taking in the still surroundings a small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/04/15/the-great-race-bavarian-alps-germany</link>
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		<title>From the Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ half way riding and canping around yakarhima island. highlights:onsens, sleeping at light house, sun rise and meditation at light house, 10km riding up hill through dense forest on one way windy road, siting with placid monkeys, water fall and good weather. . .
 

 

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		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/03/30/from-the-road</link>
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		<title>Favorite Quote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This quote really resonates with me after much experience with activism.
&#8220;I made up my mind&#8230; that I would never try to reform man — that’s much too difficult.
What I would do was to try to modify the environment in such a way as to get man moving in preferred directions.&#8221;
R. Buckminster Fuller, 1966 
Furthermore, this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/02/12/favorite-quote</link>
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		<title>Firefox Addons That Make You Dead Sexy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok I&#8217;ve had a few friends asking how I score all the beautiful women. So after much deliberation I&#8217;ve decided to share my long kept secrets&#8230; ok, ok, just my secrets for making you awesome online&#8230; I present you my list of Firefox add-ons that are sure to make you more awesome. Weather it be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/02/05/firefox-addons-that-make-you-dead-sexy</link>
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		<title>Updated Travel Page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Readers,
I&#8217;ve updated the travel page to include:

an index of posts from Japan
information about where I&#8217;ll be studying in Germany
and added a interview I did recently with JJJ (removed due to confidentiality agreements)

(At the bottom of this post is the updated info)
Recently I had the good fortune to be interviewed for JJJ&#8217;s Hack show. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/02/01/updated-travel-page</link>
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		<title>Hackers Are People Too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is a hacker? Despite what you may initially have been led to believe &#8216;hacker&#8217; is a broad term, with diverse meanings. I consider myself a hacker, why, because I hack stuff&#8230; what do I hack, well if I have a problem I hack together a solution myself. I&#8217;m willing to learn about the problem, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2009/01/26/hackers-are-people-too</link>
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