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	<title>The Surgery &#187; Blogging</title>
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		<title>An Optus Internet Support Call (or, a Lesson in Abject Incompetence)</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/12/21/an-optus-internet-support-call-or-a-lesson-in-abject-incompetence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a 50-minute phone call to Optus technical support yesterday, my enquiry was answered in 140 characters or less by the Optus Social Media team.
This is the sad tale of an Optus support call. I&#8217;m kicking myself I didn&#8217;t record it, because you just can&#8217;t invent this stuff. It&#8217;s so absolutely absurd that no-one, except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kogan Agora tablet: serious piece of kit, or a fool&#8217;s folly?</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/12/15/the-kogan-agora-tablet-serious-piece-of-kit-or-a-fools-folly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/12/15/the-kogan-agora-tablet-serious-piece-of-kit-or-a-fools-folly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest version of Kogan&#8217;s &#8220;Agora&#8221; tablet range has been released just in time for Christmas shoppers, and unhindered by patent disputes and other commercial obstacles.
Marketed as &#8220;the best value tablet PC in the world&#8221;, the Agora tablets run Google&#8217;s Android operating system. But how does the Agora compare to Apple&#8217;s iPad, or other tablets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Neglected Surgery: the Doctor is (hanging) In (there)</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/12/08/the-neglected-surgery-the-doctor-is-hanging-in-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/12/08/the-neglected-surgery-the-doctor-is-hanging-in-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elaine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Neglected Surgery,
Hi.  Remember me?  It&#8217;s been a while.
The last few months have been somewhat challenging; which is to say, without any exaggeration, they&#8217;ve been the worst months of my life.
On the 28th of August, my beautiful, darling, gorgeous, fun-loving wife Elaine passed away after a very sudden illness. Elaine had a number of chronic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three things I hate about Google+ (everything else is awesome)</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/07/03/three-things-i-hate-about-google-everything-else-is-awesome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/07/03/three-things-i-hate-about-google-everything-else-is-awesome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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This is a cursory, &#8220;first impressions&#8221; post about the latest social networking craze, Google+.
Facebook should be very concerned.  So should LinkedIn.  Google&#8217;s latest foray into social networking has all the hallmarks of a Facebook-esque social network but with safety and security at the forefront of the user experience.  Maybe they&#8217;ve learned from the failed Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media Centre PCs &#8211; alive and well, with High Level WAF</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/06/22/media-centre-pcs-alive-and-well-with-high-level-waf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/06/22/media-centre-pcs-alive-and-well-with-high-level-waf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read Adam Turner&#8217;s blog last week with interest: Is the Media Centre PC dead?
Adam filed another article on the popular Hydrapinion blog, too: Media Centre PC &#8211; R.I.P.?
My initial reaction was, &#8220;NOOooooo, Adam, why would you say such I thing?!&#8221; I&#8217;ve had a Media Centre PC in the living room for some years, running various versions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So it begins</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/05/28/so-it-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 04:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well.
Where do I start?
I&#8217;ve been joking recently about having three full-time jobs.  I&#8217;ve been employed by the Victorian Government in my current role for nearly seven years. This has been hugely rewarding and I have enjoyed the job immensely.  It&#8217;s a job which involves shift work, overtime, on-call duties, and accounts for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Ron&#8217;s 10 Favourite YouTube Clips of All Time</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/02/15/dr-rons-10-favourite-youtube-clips-of-all-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/02/15/dr-rons-10-favourite-youtube-clips-of-all-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many of you in cyberspace, I&#8217;ve spent hours&#8230; days&#8230; weeks&#8230; even months of my life, wilfing on YouTube.
There&#8217;s the occasional smirk-worthy video, there&#8217;s the all-too-common blatant copyright ripoff, and there&#8217;s a heap of garbage which you BACK or NEXT after the first few seconds. I&#8217;m certain that I&#8217;m guilty of posting each of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Village Cold-Glass</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/02/08/village-cold-glass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/02/08/village-cold-glass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was forced to get cranky last week, when a trip to Village Gold Class at Doncaster proved to be a disappointing and nauseating experience.
It was nauseating quite literally, as someone appeared to have propped-up the projector with an old washing machine stuck permanently on its unbalanced spin cycle.  From the moment we were shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Talk&#8217;s Summer Series: 8 down, 1 to go!</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/02/03/tech-talks-summer-series-8-down-1-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/02/03/tech-talks-summer-series-8-down-1-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the Christmas / New Year break, Tech Talk panelists are taking time away from the studio.
During this time, we&#8217;re running a &#8220;best of&#8221; series which showcases highlights from the last few years.
So far, we&#8217;ve heard from:
Georgia Simmons, representing the Telstra Foundation;
Graham Henley from GetData;
Michael Crimean, a professional audio engineer;
Adam Turner attending the launch of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Media Center comes of age</title>
		<link>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/01/17/windows-7-media-center-comes-of-age/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drron.com.au/2011/01/17/windows-7-media-center-comes-of-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still searching for an all-inclusive family media centre? Maybe it&#8217;s time to look at the latest offering from Microsoft.
I&#8217;ve never had a PVR in the lounge room. Everyone has their own personal preference, and for me, it makes sense to have a PC as a fundamental lounge room component, alongside the television, the DVD player, [...]]]></description>
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