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	<title>Marty Blog &#187; Hardware</title>
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	<description>The musings of Martin "FredFredrickson" Crownover</description>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2011/07/29/windows-phone-7/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=windows-phone-7</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been a couple of weeks since I picked up my HTC Trophy, a Windows Phone 7 handset, and I'm back to report how things have been. The verdict so far?  So far, so good. Only a few bumps in the road. Read on for more detail on what I like, what I don't, and how things have been! <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2011/07/29/windows-phone-7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Phone On The Way</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2011/07/08/new-phone-on-the-way/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-phone-on-the-way</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I'm finally getting a new phone, and taking the plunge and getting a smart phone, no less.  I'm replacing my old LG Chocolate with an HTC Trophy, which as I am typing this, is currently riding shotgun with some anonymous FedEx driver, getting ready for glorious times ahead with Marty. <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2011/07/08/new-phone-on-the-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Polished Windows &#8211; My Windows 7 Experience</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/10/29/polished-windows-my-windows-7-experience/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=polished-windows-my-windows-7-experience</link>
		<comments>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/10/29/polished-windows-my-windows-7-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though I would normally shun he (or she) who would buy an operating system on launch day, a week ago I bought, downloaded, and installed the newest version of Microsoft's OS, Windows 7.  It's nice to have a modern OS on my recently assembled machine, and though the transition from XP was a bit jarring in some respects, any unexpected problems have been minimal so far.  Overall, I'm glad I made the switch.

Here's a quick run-down of how the (mostly painless) upgrade process went for me, from my old rig turning into a massive paper weight to the re-birth of Windows on my new machine. <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/10/29/polished-windows-my-windows-7-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Alive!</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/09/19/its-alive/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=its-alive</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got my new computer parts earlier this week, and after a an hour or two of assembly, it gracefully sprang to life.  And on the first try, no less.  I'm proud of myself, because it's been a while since I've built a computer entirely from scratch.

Here's how the final build turned out... <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/09/19/its-alive/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scatterbrain</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/09/01/scatterbrain/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=scatterbrain</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven't been able to update the blog as much as I'd like over the last few weeks, but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about things to write about.  Instead of letting all of my random thoughts go to waste, I thought I'd present them here as a collection.  If you're just looking for a few moments of entertainment, you like reading the musings of the slightly insane, or you're looking for something to spark your pent-up rage, the following list is probably for you! <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/09/01/scatterbrain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The July Hiatus</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/04/the-july-hiatus/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-july-hiatus</link>
		<comments>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/04/the-july-hiatus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess I've been a bit busy.  Not enough to completely excuse me from my absence here, but pretty busy.  Since I feel like I owe an explanation to anyone who's been visiting the site and wondering what happened to me, I'll briefly run through everything I've been up to. <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/04/the-july-hiatus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Father&#8217;s Day Blitz</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/06/16/the-fathers-day-blitz/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-fathers-day-blitz</link>
		<comments>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/06/16/the-fathers-day-blitz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With less than a week to go until Father's Day, the ridiculous parade of allegedly dad-focused marketing is already well upon us.  On the way to work this morning, I heard a countless number of commercials trying to convince me to buy my dad a new cell phone.  On TV, I've survived a constant barrage of pleas to pick up new flat-screen sets, stereo equipment, and various implementations of carpentry hardware.  Online, it's been cameras, camcorders, USB memory sticks, hard drives, and all sorts of other computer gadgetry.

Each holiday it gets worse. <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/06/16/the-fathers-day-blitz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Suckurity</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/06/14/suckurity/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=suckurity</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found myself in the local Target today, perusing the games section of the electronics department.  Game releases have all but dried up over the last few months, but I always like to check in now and then, just to see if anything new came out that slipped under my radar, or to see if anything I'd been marginally interested in had been marked down.

Surprisingly enough, I found a single copy of Dead Space, which I'd wanted to try, marked down to $30 for clearance, so I decided to give it a go. <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/06/14/suckurity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Notch Below the Rest</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/04/09/a-notch-below-the-rest/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-notch-below-the-rest</link>
		<comments>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/04/09/a-notch-below-the-rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day at work, I wanted to move around some of the items we have sitting on a table at the back of the room I work in.  This included a monitor, a small printer, and a large flatbed scanner.  The monitor and the printer were easy to move, but the scanner had run out of USB cord length, so I couldn't move it any farther away from the computer it was attached to.  Thinking I had remembered seeing a USB extension cord floating around the office somewhere, I got out our box of random computer parts and started digging through it in hopes of finding something useful. <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/04/09/a-notch-below-the-rest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Rhythm Too Far</title>
		<link>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2008/08/26/a-rhythm-too-far/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-rhythm-too-far</link>
		<comments>http://blog.martincrownover.com/2008/08/26/a-rhythm-too-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a gamer, I&#8217;m not normally the type to look down upon the gaming habits of others.  Sure, I&#8217;ll make the odd quip about &#8220;freestyle&#8221; DDR players now and then, but generally I don&#8217;t give my fellow gamers too much &#8230; <a href="http://blog.martincrownover.com/2008/08/26/a-rhythm-too-far/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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