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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:30:26 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Kelly Faircloth</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_55572" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 304px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/neil_armstrong.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-55572  " title="Neil_Armstrong" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/neil_armstrong.jpeg?w=294" alt="" width="294" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Armstrong. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)</p></div></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">You might want to cast a more skeptical eye on online reviews, because it turns out a lot of them are fake. [<em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all">New York Times</a></em>]</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Flipkart, an Indian ecommerce company, just raised a $150 million round. Now <em>that</em>'s a series awesome. [<a href="http://thenextweb.com/in/2012/08/27/flipkart-150-million-funding/">The Next Web</a>]</p>
<p>Big data could completely revamp the social sciences, thereby leaving the basement stacks free for trysts. [<a href="http://edge.org/conversation/a-21st-century-change-to-social-science">Edge</a>]</p>
<p>Computers without digital processors? If anyone can do it, DARPA can. [<em>Wired</em>]</p>
<p>Strangely, this hacker calendar looks absolutely nothing like the geek chic calendar from <em>The IT Crowd. </em>[<a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/2600s-hacker-calendar-for-20.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29">Boing Boing</a>]</p>
<p>We miss Neil Armstrong already. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444914904577613510318836918.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1"><em>Wall Street Journal</em></a>]</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">You might want to cast a more skeptical eye on online reviews, because it turns out a lot of them are fake. [<em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all">New York Times</a></em>]</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Flipkart, an Indian ecommerce company, just raised a $150 million round. Now <em>that</em>'s a series awesome. [<a href="http://thenextweb.com/in/2012/08/27/flipkart-150-million-funding/">The Next Web</a>]</p>
<p>Big data could completely revamp the social sciences, thereby leaving the basement stacks free for trysts. [<a href="http://edge.org/conversation/a-21st-century-change-to-social-science">Edge</a>]</p>
<p>Computers without digital processors? If anyone can do it, DARPA can. [<em>Wired</em>]</p>
<p>Strangely, this hacker calendar looks absolutely nothing like the geek chic calendar from <em>The IT Crowd. </em>[<a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/2600s-hacker-calendar-for-20.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29">Boing Boing</a>]</p>
<p>We miss Neil Armstrong already. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444914904577613510318836918.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1"><em>Wall Street Journal</em></a>]</p>
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