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	<description>Making art and science in Vancouver, BC</description>
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		<title>Quilt 7</title>
		<link>http://christhompson.ca/2011/09/quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quilt 7 (2010-2011): 162 x 244 cm (64″ x 96″). Cotton fabric hand-dyed with Procion MX fibre-reactive dyes, cotton thread, polyester thread, polyester batting, backed with cotton-poly navy sheeting. Machine-pieced and -quilted on a Singer 201-3 (made in Clydebank, Scotland &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2011/09/quilt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nostalgia for programming in the 80s</title>
		<link>http://christhompson.ca/2011/07/nostalgia-for-programming-in-the-80s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I first learned to program a computer in 1982. We learned BASIC on Commodore PETs. I loved it. Here&#8217;s a gem that was being upvoted on reddit.com/r/programming. It&#8217;s an episode of Computer Chronicles circa 1984. They discuss &#8220;current popular programming &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2011/07/nostalgia-for-programming-in-the-80s/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So you want a PhD in the Humanities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found this the other day.  It makes me laugh, but there&#8217;s a sharp edge to the humour in this movie.  This is for Dr. Jason Sager and all my other friends with PhDs who have found themselves thrust into &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2011/04/phd_humanities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Artifact Pr-1: Cluedo Assistant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prolog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assistant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cluedo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Description A program that helps you play the crime fiction board game Clue (Cluedo in Europe). The user is prompted with initialization questions (how many players are playing, how many cards each player has, which cards the user has in &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2011/04/artifact-pr-1-cluedo-assistant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Installing LeJOS NXJ on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)</title>
		<link>http://christhompson.ca/2011/03/installing-lejos-nxt-on-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Java]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[10.6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LeJOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The intensity of the term has lulled, marginally, so last night I completed my migration from PC to Mac.  I installed LeJOS NXJ, a Java programming environment for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT. It lets us program LEGO robots in Java. &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2011/03/installing-lejos-nxt-on-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Java (Tomcat 6) on Mac</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Java]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Java environment variable Mac Tomcat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using a Mac for less than a year and I don&#8217;t find the OS as intuitive to manage as Windows. And for good reason&#8211;I have some 15 years of bad habits to unlearn! Environment variables, for example. Where &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2011/01/java-tomcat-6-on-mac/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Running Start to 2011</title>
		<link>http://christhompson.ca/2011/01/a-running-start-to-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Haskell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japan Haskell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy new year! Another term has come and gone and with it went my best intentions for updating this blog with anything that resembled regularity. I hereby resolve to add an entry at least once per week in 2011. I &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2011/01/a-running-start-to-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On the via ferrata</title>
		<link>http://christhompson.ca/2010/09/on-the-via-ferrata/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Art Gallery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since today is the equinox it seemed appropriate to finally update the interweb with the latest happenings in my corner of the world. I am back at school, studying computer science at UBC and computer technology at BCIT.  I travel &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2010/09/on-the-via-ferrata/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conceptual Craft and Quilting Beaver Creek Farm</title>
		<link>http://christhompson.ca/2010/08/conceptual-craft-and-quilting-beaver-creek-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://christhompson.ca/2010/08/conceptual-craft-and-quilting-beaver-creek-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaver Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[William Kurelek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is raining in Vancouver for the first time in many weeks. Most people don&#8217;t realize that the rainy Pacific Northwest goes through a two-month dry spell each summer. Bone dry. Great swaths of British Columbia are burning right now &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2010/08/conceptual-craft-and-quilting-beaver-creek-farm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From Lost Lagoon to Lake Louise</title>
		<link>http://christhompson.ca/2010/07/from-lost-lagoon-to-lake-louise/</link>
		<comments>http://christhompson.ca/2010/07/from-lost-lagoon-to-lake-louise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hellman's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locavore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayonnaise video]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s mid-July and so Scott and I are preparing for our next road trip.  Several times a year we load the BBQ, coolers, picnic basket and backpacks into the car and drive into the mountains.  I really enjoy living beside &#8230; <a href="http://christhompson.ca/2010/07/from-lost-lagoon-to-lake-louise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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