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	<title>The Lair &#187; general</title>
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		<title>globally distributed</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/08/globally-distributed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[srilanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[la famille drac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been approximately 12 years and a bit since we were all in the same continent (never mind the country or city). Lots of things have changed, obviously &#8211; like the nieces &#8211; but it&#8217;s nice to see that some things haven&#8217;t.
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		<title>checkpoint statistics</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/08/checkpoint-statistics/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/08/checkpoint-statistics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small anecdotal, possibly unscientific experiment to record the checkpoint experience, as it were.
Experimental environment: reasonably modern (unfortunately coloured) car, four occupants. One occupant (namely, moi) can speak the native lingo. Everyone can speak English, albeit some with a strong accent. For reference, a couple of the occupants look unmistakably expat/foreign.
Duration: 1.5 days (essentially, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>online activism</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/06/online-activism/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/06/online-activism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lair.fierydragon.org/?p=496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like a made-for-a-VC-presentation fairytale &#8211; an oppressed people rise up, converge online and overthrow the comedic villain that everyone loves to hate. It could even be the next &#8220;You Got Mail&#8221; (You Can Haz Tweets?). On the face of it, I should be all over this &#8211; power to the people, information should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>coffin corner</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/06/coffin-corner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lair.fierydragon.org/?p=477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The coffin corner is one of those concepts that I remember reading ages ago but forgot until a recent memory joggle. In this case, the jab to the memory came from a slightly sensationalist analysis of how Air France flight 447 may have been downed.

So while you are napping, eating or watching a movie on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>what&#8217;s in your wallet?</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/05/whats-in-your-wallet/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/05/whats-in-your-wallet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 04:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lair.fierydragon.org/?p=473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For pretty much as far back as I can remember; whenever something wasn&#8217;t going too well with the country &#8211; someone would always pipe up and say &#8220;but look, there is a war on. We can&#8217;t be expected to fight an insurgency and do things that make economic sense at the same time&#8221;. And this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did I miss anything?</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/02/did-i-miss-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/02/did-i-miss-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lair.fierydragon.org/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems not. I go into the local Aldi when I land and even the shelf configuration is almost exactly as I recall from last year. Never mind that I shopped in a supermarket nearly 300 miles away &#8211; within a few minutes, I was on shopping autopilot &#8211; throwing things into the cart without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>and your superhero power is &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/01/and-your-superhero-power-is/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/01/and-your-superhero-power-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blather]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Possessing fingertips which are impervious to all fingerprint scanners.
Since fingerprints and other personal information is gathered when you need to ask to travel to some countries; I submitted myself to the indignity of being treated a tad like a convicted felon. Only, try as he might &#8211; the operator simply could not get my fingerprints [...]]]></description>
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		<title>things you wouldn&#8217;t normally admit to</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/01/things-you-wouldnt-normally-admit-to/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/01/things-you-wouldnt-normally-admit-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[uk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lair.fierydragon.org/?p=428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone has convinced me that my life would complete if I purchased one of those newfangled iPod things. You know, touchscreen. Exactly like my trusty PalmOS device had for the last &#8230; uh &#8230; decade, but cooler? Yeah, one of those. It apparently allows someone to listen to music too, but I wouldn&#8217;t know about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>in interesting times</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2008/12/in-interesting-times/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2008/12/in-interesting-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lair.fierydragon.org/?p=423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jumped into a server today after what seems like ages. The memories and remnants of a bygone era. It seems like yesterday when the biggest worry I had in my mind was how I was going to cope with the amounts of traffic a website was attracting.
A few minutes before I upgraded a few things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>simple really</title>
		<link>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2008/03/simple-really/</link>
		<comments>http://lair.fierydragon.org/2008/03/simple-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[srilanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In no particular order &#8211; the events of the past week and a half or so &#8211; 

Number of near death events: 4
I forgot that some roads are now one-way (a lifetime of habit on familiar streets) and ended up looking in the wrong direction for oncoming traffic.
Number of new bloggerati met: 2
Although one guy [...]]]></description>
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