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		<title>Verizon Wireless: overly complicated pricing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always had the opinion that simplicity is the key to a successful product or service.  Verizon Wireless apparently does not have the same opinion.  I visited a Verizon Wireless store yesterday to exchange a newly purchased phone with a different model.  The &#8220;old&#8221; 2-week old phone had a poorly designed speakerphone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2009/11/09/verizon-wireless-complicated-pricing/</link>
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		<title>EMC World 2009: Orlando</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spending this week at EMC World in Orlando.  Learned a lot of great stuff about the V-Max, PowerPath, and SMC so far.  Right now, I&#8217;m hanging out in the Blogger&#8217;s Lounge.  What a nice place to hang out.  Lots of well-known storage bloggers from EMC and elsewhere here.  They have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2009/05/19/emc-world-2009-orlando/</link>
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		<title>Free tax filing links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s tax season.  File your Federal or Ohio state taxes for free!

H&#38;R Block Federal (don&#8217;t file your state return through H&#38;R Block&#8230;.they will charge you!)  Instead, use the free Ohio I-File link below.
Ohio I-File

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		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2009/04/13/free-tax-filing-links/</link>
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		<title>Google Voice &#8211; finally&#8230;a GrandCentral upgrade!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read that Google is finally going to release a much-needed update to GrandCentral, which they will call Google Voice.  Here are a couple official Google blog entries about it:
Official Google Blog
NEW &#8211; Google Voice Blog
I&#8217;ve been using GrandCentral for a while, and I love it.  I have a virtual phone number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2009/03/12/google-voice-grandcentral/</link>
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		<title>Vote for my dream photo assignment!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone &#8211; Lenovo and Microsoft are running a great new contest.  They want people to submit unique photo shoot ideas, and the winner will get $50,000 and a Lenovo W700 laptop to make their dream a reality.  I have a great idea that I submitted: &#8220;Cathedrals of Europe: A Panoramic Experience of Age and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2009/03/05/vote-for-jon-dream-photo-assignment-lenovo-microsoft/</link>
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		<title>Google Health &#8211; HIPAA exempt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a patient of the Cleveland Clinic, I have the option of linking my Cleveland Clinic health records with Google&#8217;s (relatively) new Google Health service.  Sounds pretty interesting to me.  Unfortunately, I won&#8217;t be trying it out anytime in the near future.  You see, since Google is not a health care provider, they are exempt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2009/01/12/google-health-hipaa-exempt/</link>
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		<title>Steve Jobs &#8211; Celiac disease?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Steve Jobs (Apple, Inc. CEO) posted a letter on apple.com about his recent weight loss.  In his letter, Steve stated that there is &#8220;a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy.&#8221;  He went on to say that &#8220;sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.&#8221;
Here are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2009/01/06/steve-jobs-celiac-disease/</link>
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		<title>Human Space Invaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is great &#8211; it never ceases to amaze me how much time some people have on their hands!

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		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2008/10/21/human-space-invaders/</link>
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		<title>Esquire e-Ink 75th anniversary magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I just picked up one of the Esquire 75th anniversary magazines that has an e-Ink display embedded in the cover.  Here are some parts that make up this display:

&#8220;qes_x5&#8243; circuit board (I&#8217;m guessing this is just the name they chose when designing the board)
(6) CR2016 3V batteries (which appear to be lightly soldered in)
QESA080713 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2008/09/16/esquire/</link>
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		<title>New Crocker Park Apple Store opening Saturday, 9/13/08</title>
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For those of you in the Cleveland area, the Apple Store at Crocker Park in Westlake will be having its grand opening on Saturday, 9/13 beginning at 10 AM:
http://www.apple.com/retail/crockerpark/
Here is the address/phone number:
267 Crocker Park Blvd.
Westlake, OH 44145
(440) 788-2800
They&#8217;ll be giving out free t-shirts to the first 1,000 people.  I&#8217;ll try to go and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jontabar.com/2008/09/12/new-crocker-park-apple-store-opening-saturday-91308/</link>
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