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	<title>Thomas Ross Hallock</title>
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		<title>My experiences at Burning Man 2011: Rites of Passage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This write-up was extracted from an e-mail I wrote to my grandmother shortly after I returned from the event.) Burning Man was a crazy and amazing event; words aren&#8217;t the best way to relate the experience, but I&#8217;ll do my best here.  Also, I was separated from my phone almost as soon as I got there, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2011/09/thomas_goes_to_burning_man_2011/</link>
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		<title>Octi For Kids Haskellbot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[North: 12 prongs +---+---+---+---+---+---+ &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; +---+---+---+---+---+---+ &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; O &#124; O &#124; O &#124; O &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; &#124; +---+---+---+---+---+---+ &#124; &#124; &#124; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2011/04/octi-for-kids-haskellbot/</link>
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		<title>My implementation of Tonobeb &#8211; a board game played with dice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in 1983, my uncle Bruce came up with a fun board game played with dice. My dad made a nice wooden board for it and Bruce got a write-up of the the game published in Gameplay Magazine. Fast forward to 2006 and I made a <a target="_blank" href = 'http://tonobeb.com/'>playable web version of the game</a>; it was the first web application that I finished, and even now, I'm a bit impressed in using it.</p>]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2011/04/my-implementation-of-web-tonobeb/</link>
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		<title>Fractile: browser-based distributed computation of Mandelbrot set tiles. Now on Google Code!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I open sourced my Yahoo Open Hack NYC 2009 entry into a google code project called fractile. It&#8217;s currently only one php file with embedded Javascript at the moment. Feel free to let me know if you would be interested in joining the project to turn this into something useful; the idea has tons of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2010/09/fractile-browser-based-distributed-computation-of-mandelbrot-set-tiles-now-on-google-code/</link>
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		<title>Scrabblechess anyone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was the best I could come up given the limited amount of letters that come in the scrabble set. (Yup, it looks like I got white-on-the-right orientation backwards and also need to swap the bishops and nights&#8230; oh well&#8230; I&#8217;m sure you get the idea :)]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2010/05/scrabblechess-anyone/</link>
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		<title>New portfolio page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I decided to concentrate the things that I have made that are worth sharing into a special portfolio page.]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2010/01/new-portfolio-page/</link>
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		<title>A proof of concept HTML + JS-based distributed computing platform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[update] Just fixed a bug that was preventing this from working in most browsers. Go ahead and give it a try now. I made this browser-based Mandelbrot set zoomer for Yahoo&#8217;s Open Hack Day NYC 2009. It is built in HTML + JS and will use the browser of anyone that has the page loaded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/10/a-proof-of-concept-html-js-based-distributed-computing-platform/</link>
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		<title>San Francisco timeline / skyline wallpaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After looking at traffic coming to thesellery.com, I noticed that many of the requests were for a desktop picture that I made a couple of years ago. It&#8217;s a picture of the San Francisco skyline that fades from the olden days to 1971. Here it is in 1440 x 900: The original 1971 version is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/09/san-francisco-time-skyline-wallpaper/</link>
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		<title>Opting out of Bank of America&#8217;s overdraft fee matrix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No one can be told what the matrix is, but you have to request it by name if you want to opt out of it. I just opted out of Bank of America&#8217;s &#8220;courtesy&#8221; overdraft protection &#8220;service&#8221;. Every time I open an account, I always ask if I can do this, but they never let [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/09/opting-out-of-bank-of-americas-overdraft-fee-matrix/</link>
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		<title>Life after 40; W3C compliance, IPv6, cloud policy, and open APIs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My hipper-than-thou grandmother asked for comments on this article provoked by the 40th anniversary of the internet and the issues regarding the erosion of the openness that the internet was founded on. So, here are four things that I&#8217;m looking forward to, or concerned about that are in the internet&#8217;s immediate future: full standards compliance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/09/life-after-40-w3c-compliance-ipv6-cloud-policy-and-open-apis/</link>
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		<title>turning the premailer interface invisible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[update: looks like premailer changed their interface a little, which broke my domain-level meta-interface for it. I'll fix it sometime, just not now :(] Premailer is a nifty ruby script that turns most of the css from external stylesheets and style blocks into inline css on each element. This is useful if you want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/08/hiding-the-premailer-interface/</link>
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		<title>I need to take a vacation to Vermont and Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK Cupid took it upon themselves to compile my dating profile into some nice maps of where my most compatible matches are. I&#8217;m surprised at the results. Also, the state that I currently live in, New York, came in a close third in the domestic line-up, which strengthens my original argument for moving here.]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/08/i-need-to-take-a-vacation-to-vermont-and-spain/</link>
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		<title>Plans for my 15.4&#8243; 1200p LCD DIY projector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I designed and partially built a projector about a year ago. I found these plans in my files and thought I&#8217;d post them. Download the full plans in Google Sketchup format here.]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/06/plans-for-my-154-1200p-lcd-projector/</link>
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		<title>Moving to New York City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m moving on June 8th. My new address will be: Thomas Hallock 471 Malcolm X Blvd Apartment 2N New York, NY 10037 link to Google Map I&#8217;l depart Austin at 1:05PM CT on 8-June and arrive at JFK Airport at 5:57PM ET – JetBlue flight 1062 Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m not disappearing from Austin completely; I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/06/my-new-address-in-new-york/</link>
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		<title>Extreme downsizing: up for grabs: my plant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a really nice little plant. Just give it about 2 cups of water every other day and it&#8217;s happy. I&#8217;ll probably give it to my mom, but you want it, let me know and you can pick it up today. Update: This plant is now happily living at The Sellery]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/05/extreme-downsizing-up-for-grabs-my-plant/</link>
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		<title>extreme downsizing : it&#8217;s a new breadmaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an unused bread maker that&#8217;s been hanging out in my closet. It&#8217;s free for the taking, so let me know if you want it. update: The Veev has already taken this]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/05/extreme-downsizing-its-a-new-breadmaker/</link>
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		<title>extreme downsizing: raving and caving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are my unused glowsticks and accessories, and some old pads I used to use for caving. All are still fully functional, clean, and in pretty good condition. The glowsticks are super-bright and last for about 15 minutes. Great for putting on a good lightshow. I never honed my glowsticking skills to the point where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/05/extreme-downsizing-rave-kit-caving-kit/</link>
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		<title>Extreme downsizing: couch and bed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the big ones: my couch and bed are up on craigslist, ready to be haggled over. Update: these have both been sold to patrons of Craisglist.]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/05/extreme-downsizing-couch-and-bed/</link>
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		<title>extreme downsizing : cool shoes are up for grabs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me know if you want these for free&#8230;. &#8217;cause I don&#8217;t need them anymore. All will fit size 12US + / 0.5. The trippy ones on the left have been know to garner comments such as &#8220;wow,&#8221; and &#8220;you win&#8221; from close friends.]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/05/extreme-downsizing-cool-shoes-are-up-for-grabs/</link>
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		<title>moving and extreme downsizing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My lease is up on 8-June. By this time, I plan to have whittled down my immediate possessions to only include what is on the list at the bottom of this post. In preparation for the move-out date, I will be getting rid of one significant thing per day. Today, I cleaned out my kitchen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thomashallock.com/blog/2009/05/moving-and-extreme-downsizing/</link>
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