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Save those pennies kids!

<p> </p> <p> With the addition of some of my tax return, that change is now a shiny new Westinghouse 42w2 42 inch 1080p LCD HDTV monitor. That&#8217;s right, pickabar headquarters is now an HDTV household&#8230;and I&#8217;m suddenly enthralled by watching cows grazing in a field at sunrise. I&#8217;m also spending a crazy amount of time on the <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/">AVS Forums</a> getting tips on tricks, especially the <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=297592">Time Warner NYC</a> and <a href="http://www.…

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I've got bad news...

<h3> <a href="http://www.pickabar.com/music/pickabar%20-%20youre%20dying.mp3">&#8220;You&#8217;re Dying&#8221;</a><br /> </h3> <p> </center> </p> <p> Lyrics if you keep reading&#8230; </p> <p> <a name="a000507more"></a><br /> <a id="more"></a> </p> <p> <u>You&#8217;re Dying</u> </p> <p> A war against a concept in the name of self defense<br /> It&#8217;ll cost a trillion dollars but it doesn&#8217;t make a bit of sense<br /> They tell us to be wary of crimes terrorists may commit<br /> And they offer us a cure-all loyalty to the president </p> <blockquote> <p> But we&#8217;re all dying<br /> Anyone who says anything else is lying </p> </blockquote> <p> A war against substances in the name of public health<br /> But peak behind the curtains and you&#8217;ll see it&#8217;s all about wealth<br /> There&#8217;s money in new prisons and profit in new drugs<br /> A pill for every problem ten million alcoholics shrug </p> <blockquote> <p> Chorus </p> </blockquote> <p> A war against maturity fought with Botox and creams<br /> We&#8217;ve lost all sense of dignity we&#8217;ve forgotten what it means<br /> To grow old gracefully with head held up in pride <br /> At the wisdom and contentment that fills our hearts with time </p> <blockquote> <p> Chorus </p> </blockquote> <p> A war against reality superstition is our king<br /> Our eyes squeezed shut to avoid the truth that&#8217;s plain for all to see<br /> Well our time on this planet is over in a blink<br /> There&#8217;s no time for fantasies the end is closer than you think </p></p></div>…

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I think I&#039;m an XMLReader poo pooer&#8230;

<p> //Foo[1]/Bar[@val = &#8216;gerrard&#8217;] </p> <p> rather than ten or 15 lines of procedural code. </p> <p> Perf is great, but in most of my apps simple maintanability and easy ramp up are way more important that getting every single drop of speed&#8230; </p></blockquote> <p> Today <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/XmlAndTheNametable.aspx">Scott posted a follow-up</a>, including the following: </p> <blockquote> <p> I also received a number of poo-poo emails that said &#8220;use XPath&#8221; or &#8220;don&#8217;t bother&#8221; and &#8220;the performance is good enough.…

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