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	<title>Kirkville</title>
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	<description>Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn</description>
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		<title>Movie Review: Much Ado About Nothing, by Joss Whedon</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/17/movie-review-much-ado-about-nothing-by-joss-whedon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A director of box-office smashes like The Avengers, and sci-fi TV series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns out to be a closet Shakespeare fan. Not only is he a fan, but he decided to &#8220;take a vacation&#8221; and shoot Much Ado About Nothing. While the film doesn&#8217;t seem to be showing in a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Google Satellite Photo of Russell Square, London</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/09/great-google-satellite-photo-of-russell-square-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for things to do during a trip to London next weekend, I spotted this wonderful photo of Russell Square: It&#8217;s hard to tell how high the plane is, but I&#8217;m sure someone could work it out, calculating its length compared to the length of a given city block. But it doesn&#8217;t look very high.]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Huge 404 Logs with Sociable WordPress Plug-In</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/05/beware-of-huge-404-logs-with-sociable-wordpress-plug-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, I had problems with this blog, and found, after much searching, that my mySQL database had exceeded its quota; apparently, my hosting company just locked it, rather than sending me some kind of warning. On this blog, I use a number of plug-ins to add features not available in WordPress, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook&#8217;s Carefully Targeted Ads; or, Do Breasts Really Sell Anything?</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/facebooks-carefully-targeted-ads-or-do-breasts-really-sell-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/facebooks-carefully-targeted-ads-or-do-breasts-really-sell-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple & Mac OS X]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I use Facebook to keep in touch with far-off friends and colleagues. I check it now and then, post things, and comment on friends&#8217; posts. I&#8217;ve always seen the column of ads on the right of the page, but I manage to ignore the ads most of the time. Today, however, my evolutionary wiring led [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s New 16 GB iPod Touch: Who&#8217;s It For?</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/apples-new-16-gb-ipod-touch-whos-it-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/apples-new-16-gb-ipod-touch-whos-it-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has introduced a stripped-down version of the 5th generation iPod touch (that&#8217;s the latest model) for $229. This new iPod only has one storage option &#8211; 16 GB &#8211; and has no back-facing camera. With limited storage and limited photo/video options, who is this new iPod for? It&#8217;s an odd hybrid: it runs apps, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playlist Assist Replicates Old iTunes Playlist Window</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/playlist-assist-replicates-old-itunes-playlist-window-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/playlist-assist-replicates-old-itunes-playlist-window-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that irked many users when iTunes 11 was released was the inability to open more than one window. Some users kept an iTunes Store window open all the time; others liked to open playlists in their own windows, to make it easier to drag tracks to them and edit their contents. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Can&#8217;t Trust EE or T-Mobile in the UK (and Other Telecom Companies)</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/why-you-cant-trust-ee-or-t-mobile-in-the-uk-and-other-telecom-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/06/04/why-you-cant-trust-ee-or-t-mobile-in-the-uk-and-other-telecom-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[telephone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since my move to England, I&#8217;ve had far too many problems with my mobile phone service. It started when I switch to EE (Everything Everywhere) and found that my iPhone was bleeding data. This resolved eventually, though EE didn&#8217;t help me very much. The day I bought my mobile phone contract, I asked about temporary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Apple Should Pay Income Tax on Overseas Earnings: Because Other Americans Do</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/27/why-apple-should-pay-income-tax-on-overseas-earnings-because-other-americans-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/27/why-apple-should-pay-income-tax-on-overseas-earnings-because-other-americans-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 09:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mcelhearn.com/?p=4161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent hullabaloo over Apple not paying income tax is almost surreal. The company has so much money overseas &#8211; currently some $100 billion in cash &#8211; that it has issued bonds to proceed with a share buy-back plan. The interest on the bonds is much less than the amount of tax the company would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iTunes Update Restores Album Art to Songs View (or, Why Did They Remove It in the First Place?)</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/21/itunes-update-restores-album-art-to-songs-view-or-why-did-they-remove-it-in-the-first-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/21/itunes-update-restores-album-art-to-songs-view-or-why-did-they-remove-it-in-the-first-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently posted about the iTunes update that fixed the MiniPlayer. This 11.0.3 update &#8211; a minor update &#8211; includes tweaks to the MiniPlayer, but also restores album art to Songs view. Back in the not-so-far-off days of iTunes 10, you could view your music in Album Art view, which showed music in a list, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest iTunes Update Gets MiniPlayer Right</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/20/latest-itunes-update-gets-miniplayer-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/20/latest-itunes-update-gets-miniplayer-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple released a minor update to iTunes last week (11.0.3), with, uncommonly, tweaks to a couple of features that are very welcome. The first I want to point out is the MiniPlayer: I like the new MiniPlayer, but was critical of the lack of a progress bar in my review of iTunes 11 for Macworld. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Changed Cellphone Carrier, and My iPhone is Bleeding Data</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/08/i-changed-cellphone-carrier-and-my-iphone-is-bleeding-data/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/05/08/i-changed-cellphone-carrier-and-my-iphone-is-bleeding-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a regular reader, you&#8217;ll know that I recently moved from France to England. About a year ago, I wrote an article for TidBITS about how a company called Free had shaken up the cellphone industry in France. I had an iPhone contract with unlimited calls, texts and data (truly unlimited; no &#8220;fair use&#8221;), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Review: November, by Dennis Johnson</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/04/04/music-review-november-by-dennis-johnson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/04/04/music-review-november-by-dennis-johnson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[essential music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Buy from Irritable Hedgehog The musical avant-garde has created a number of very long pieces of music. Morton Feldman&#8217;s String Quartet No. 2, for example, runs for around six hours; other works by the same composer last from one to four hours. La Monte Young&#8217;s Well-Tuned Piano runs around five to six hours. John Cage&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Books About England</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/03/28/a-few-books-about-england/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/03/28/a-few-books-about-england/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently mentioned that I will soon be moving to England, York to be exact. My move will take place in about ten days. For the past few months, as I&#8217;ve been preparing my move, I&#8217;ve read a number of books about England and the English, some that I&#8217;ve uncovered, and others that friends have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kirkville Has Been So Quiet Lately</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/03/27/why-kirkville-has-been-so-quiet-lately/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/03/27/why-kirkville-has-been-so-quiet-lately/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you follow this blog, you&#8217;ll have noticed that I haven&#8217;t posted anything in a while. I&#8217;ve been busy with work at Macworld, and other work, but the main reason for my silence is that I&#8217;m preparing a big move. In about ten days, I&#8217;ll be moving from my current home in the French Alps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DVD Review: A Late Quartet</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/02/23/dvd-review-a-late-quartet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/02/23/dvd-review-a-late-quartet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Films & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVDs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Buy from: Amazon.com &#124; Amazon UK &#124; Amazon FR &#124; Amazon DE A string quartet, considered by some to be the optimal ensemble in classical music, is a delicate balancing act. Four people work together, closely, for years, rehearsing, traveling and performing. Some of the best string quartets last for decades, but undoubtedly at the [...]]]></description>
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