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		<title>Pimping God to sell your book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that Stephen Hawking has a new book out. He has been poking the beehive by declaring that science does not need to make reference to God to explain the Universe. I have no problem with this. It&#8217;s a simple fact. The more we discover about the Universe the less there is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=939</link>
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		<title>Like the new Amazon Kindle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a play with Ian Moran&#8217;s new Amazon Kindle this morning. Very nice indeed. It has the same screen as my Sony PRS-505 eInk reader. The new Kindle is much better to look at than the previous model. If I was buying an eInk device in the UK I&#8217;d get the new Kindle. The Sony [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=928</link>
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		<title>Not doing a Math degree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have decided not to do a mathematics degree via the OU as I mulled about in a previous post. I&#8217;m going to do self study for a few years using the books in the picture. Click on the picture for a larger view. I already have these books. So in addition it&#8217;s free entertainment and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=923</link>
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		<title>Thinking of doing an OU physics &amp; maths degree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Debating the idea of taking 6 years to do a part time physics and maths degree via The Open University. Just to give me a framework to teach myself maths. I really have a bee in my bonnet about learning maths. It&#8217;s like my own Mount Everest. The modules leading to the degree would be: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=919</link>
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		<title>Always been an atheist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to the blog post by Dad Who Writes, about his journey from Catholicism to atheism I thought I would post here what I said in the comments to his blog post. I don&#8217;t have a similar journey to share. I&#8217;ve always been an atheist. My parents were not religious. They did force me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=918</link>
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		<title>iPad as a blogging tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Testing the WordPress app on my iPad. When I get my new Vodafone MiFi I&#8217;ll be using the iPad when out and about a lot more than my MacBook Pro. I also want to do a lot more blogging on a diverse range of subjects. Mainly from airports I expect Well if you can see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=914</link>
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		<title>First Light&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the fabled Guyton guitar arrived this week. I will do a post soon with detailed pictures and comments on the build quality (it&#8217;s stunning!). Here is a short noodle entitled First Light so you can hear the tone. This is just a noodle of some scales and chords (including a missed D Chord near [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=909</link>
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		<title>My Guitar is ready&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My new guitar is finally ready. Here&#8217;s an new picture of it. Should have it soon.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=906</link>
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		<title>Another orbit of Sol completed&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well that&#8217;s another orbit of Sol completed. I&#8217;ve now done this 46 times. I&#8217;m hoping for another 54. At least!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=898</link>
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		<title>Mac alternatives to the Adobe CS Apps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently installed Adobe Creative Suite 4 on my Macintosh. I wanted to use Photoshop for some graphical work, and InDesign for technical document creation. I unselected all the other components that I didn&#8217;t want to install. After the installer was finished I had a several, 8 or 9 if I recall correctly, new folders [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=894</link>
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		<title>The Continuing Adventures of Lapat and Lavu: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before going any further you have to read this short Frank Herbert story Frogs and Scientists. Okay. A continuation set in the same Universe. The Continuing Adventures of Lapat and Lavu: Part 1 Lavu sat in a ventilation shaft and looked down onto the central concourse of Green Section. A breeze whispered through the mesh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=891</link>
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		<title>Political change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a supporter, and occasional member, of the Conservative Party since 1979. I started supporting them when I was about 15 during the Winter of Discontent. Labour were then, and are now, a political and actual disaster for the UK. The election of Margaret Thatcher&#8217;s conservative administration was the best thing that happened to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=888</link>
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		<title>Album of the year contenders for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And off we go again. I kept a list of album of the year contenders last year and picked my favourite in December. I will be doing the same this year. As I buy new albums this year I&#8217;ll update this list and pick my favourite after Christmas. Last year was a bumper year for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=885</link>
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		<title>What are my #goodiphoneapps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the iPhone apps that I use the most. This list doesn&#8217;t include any of the built in apps like iPod, Safari, Mail, Voice Recorder, Clock etc. that get used all the time. Everyone has those. The #goodiphoneapps comes from Twitter. It is a hastag that is used to flag tweets about iPhone apps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=867</link>
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		<title>My album of the year for 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I listed my shortlist of 11 albums for my choice of album of the year in a previous Soapbox post. All of these albums are brilliant and are worth multiple listens. But I said I would pick 1 of them as the best of the year. My pick of the year is Blue Roses from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=849</link>
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