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><channel><title>CmdrTaco.net</title> <atom:link href="http://ec2-50-19-51-207.compute-1.amazonaws.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://ec2-50-19-51-207.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wordpress</link> <description>Pants are Optional.</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:11:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Rolling Up My Sleeves</title><link>http://ec2-50-19-51-207.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wordpress/2012/03/rolling-up-my-sleeves/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rolling-up-my-sleeves</link> <comments>http://ec2-50-19-51-207.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wordpress/2012/03/rolling-up-my-sleeves/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>CmdrTaco</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[CmdrTaco]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=582</guid> <description><![CDATA[6 months ago I walked away from what might be the greatest job ever. I had meaningful work at a place i truly called home. It was a scary decision, but the right one: 14 years had managed to grind &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=573</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cre Fuller is a talented local (to me) artist who works with found bits of scrap metal to create whimsical robots.  Many of his pieces are based on coffee pots and other objects found in the kitchen, but the source &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=569</guid> <description><![CDATA[10 years ago I used the front page of a little website I built called Slashdot to ask Kathleen Fent to be my wife. Truthfully, I was pretty sure she would say yes.  We&#8217;d been dating for a couple years &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=560</guid> <description><![CDATA[In 2009, Slashdot ran a story about Star Wars Uncut, a crowd sourced fan creation where individuals sign up for 15 second clips from what is now known as Episode IV: A New Hope. At the time I was just &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=550</guid> <description><![CDATA[For my final chapter in my Ford/NAIAS adventure I want to write about Ford&#8217;s marketing efforts directed specifically at this so called &#8220;Community Influencer&#8221; group.   Besides focusing on the traditional auto industry press, they flew out something like 150 &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=545</guid> <description><![CDATA[Day 2 for the Ford Community Influencers was entitled the &#8216;Design Fantasy Camp&#8217;.  We were promised a peak inside the design process for a modern automobile.  The itinerary included a blend of the old (clay modeling) and the new (virtual &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=539</guid> <description><![CDATA[I recently got an email asking me if I would like to come see the epic Detroit Auto Show known as NAIAS on Ford&#8217;s dime.   This is the big deal show win the area: the local news covers it like &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=530</guid> <description><![CDATA[A few of you might be aware that I am actively looking for a new job. To that end, this week has featured a steady stream of interviews.   Although most won&#8217;t lead anywhere, a few prospects are exciting.  And &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=524</guid> <description><![CDATA[Everything2.com was created by Blockstackers not all that long after Slashdot, starting life as everything.slashdot.org. In the years that followed it took on a life of its own, getting its own domain name and growing into a successful community with &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://cmdrtaco.net/?p=517</guid> <description><![CDATA[No Starch Press recently released The Cult of LEGO, a giant picture book discussing perhaps the most cherished of childhood toys.  The book itself is a pretty epic tome: it&#8217;s nearly 300 pages, featuring countless  large pictures of lego concoctions &#8230; <a
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