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<title>Rakeman</title>
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<modified>2006-10-16T16:52:52Z</modified>
<tagline>Rakeman&apos;s Digital Living: it&apos;s a matter of perspective</tagline>
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<entry>
<title>Killer App: ThumbTube</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003413.html" />
<modified>2006-10-16T16:52:52Z</modified>
<issued>2006-10-16T16:53:31Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3413</id>
<created>2006-10-16T16:53:31Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
On my wishlist: a thumbnail-sized flash video to integrate in the side bar. YouTube <em>et al.</em>: hear that? I'd love to <em>also</em> offer my videocasts in the sidebar. Thanks!
</p>
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<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Observations</dc:subject>
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On my wishlist: a thumbnail-sized flash video to integrate in the side bar. YouTube <em>et al.</em>: hear that? I'd love to <em>also</em> offer my videocasts in the sidebar. Thanks!
</p>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>PowerBook upgrade</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003406.html" />
<modified>2006-10-07T18:09:37Z</modified>
<issued>2006-10-07T18:08:34Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3406</id>
<created>2006-10-07T18:08:34Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
Turns out my spare battery for the PowerBook belongs to the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-to-recall-1-8-million-sony-made-batteries/">autodestructive batch</a> manfufactured by Sony, so I'm eligible for a free replacement. Great! I go up to four hours' worth of operating time again. The old battery wouldn't give me more than two, beind two years old.
</p>]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Tech</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>
Turns out my spare battery for the PowerBook belongs to the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-to-recall-1-8-million-sony-made-batteries/">autodestructive batch</a> manfufactured by Sony, so I'm eligible for a free replacement. Great! I go up to four hours' worth of operating time again. The old battery wouldn't give me more than two, beind two years old.
</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>nørrebro bryghus</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003393.html" />
<modified>2006-10-05T11:28:16Z</modified>
<issued>2006-10-05T11:27:57Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3393</id>
<created>2006-10-05T11:27:57Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
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<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>BLAST EM</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003385.html" />
<modified>2006-10-04T19:56:28Z</modified>
<issued>2006-10-04T09:57:52Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3385</id>
<created>2006-10-04T09:57:52Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
You'd think that on a ferry crossing between countries, mobile providers' signals would change right in the middle of the trip. They don't. In this case, I'm travelling from Denmark to Germany. We're about to dock in Puttgarden (port of arrival), and my mobile is hopping between weak Danish signals. No sign of my "home" signal in Germany.
</p><p>
Does this mean that my provider is weak, as it were, or that the Danish are engaged in some sort of subtle propaganda activities?
</p>]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Mobile</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>
You'd think that on a ferry crossing between countries, mobile providers' signals would change right in the middle of the trip. They don't. In this case, I'm travelling from Denmark to Germany. We're about to dock in Puttgarden (port of arrival), and my mobile is hopping between weak Danish signals. No sign of my "home" signal in Germany.
</p><p>
Does this mean that my provider is weak, as it were, or that the Danish are engaged in some sort of subtle propaganda activities?
</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Perfecting Movlogging</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003382.html" />
<modified>2006-10-03T21:03:23Z</modified>
<issued>2006-10-03T21:04:55Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3382</id>
<created>2006-10-03T21:04:55Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
I was lucky at today's conference to sit next to a chap who is working in innovation for a large handset manufacturer.
</p>
<p>
<img src="http://static.flickr.com/98/259999998_a45f9ad1fb.jpg?v=0"></p>
</p><p>
So I had the chance to slip in a feature that I've always wanted, as a movlogging enhancement. Movlogging itself is quite simple: you shoot a video, upload it to a site like YouTube and that site posts it to your blog. Neat. Now, wouldn't it be fantastic if you had the option, before upoading, to add an intro and outro graphic? Ie import a graphic to your mobile, like your logo, or blog URL, and that graphic would be automatically added to your video before getting uploaded. Neat.
</p>]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Mobile</dc:subject>
<content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/">
<![CDATA[<p>
I was lucky at today's conference to sit next to a chap who is working in innovation for a large handset manufacturer.
</p>
<p>
<img src="http://static.flickr.com/98/259999998_a45f9ad1fb.jpg?v=0"></p>
</p><p>
So I had the chance to slip in a feature that I've always wanted, as a movlogging enhancement. Movlogging itself is quite simple: you shoot a video, upload it to a site like YouTube and that site posts it to your blog. Neat. Now, wouldn't it be fantastic if you had the option, before upoading, to add an intro and outro graphic? Ie import a graphic to your mobile, like your logo, or blog URL, and that graphic would be automatically added to your video before getting uploaded. Neat.
</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Spooky</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003379.html" />
<modified>2006-10-03T20:17:03Z</modified>
<issued>2006-10-03T20:04:45Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3379</id>
<created>2006-10-03T20:04:45Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
You're talking with a business partner about one of their clients - different country - and that client has heard of you before. you, as in a person, not as in a company or as an employee of that company. Spooky. 
</p>]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Observations</dc:subject>
<content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/">
<![CDATA[<p>
You're talking with a business partner about one of their clients - different country - and that client has heard of you before. you, as in a person, not as in a company or as an employee of that company. Spooky. 
</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>puttgarden</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003369.html" />
<modified>2006-09-30T20:38:14Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-30T20:37:55Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3369</id>
<created>2006-09-30T20:37:55Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
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  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34558953@N00/256592360/">puttgarden</a>
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  Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/34558953@N00/">Rakeman</a>.
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<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>

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  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34558953@N00/256592360/">puttgarden</a>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>No more inspiration</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003361.html" />
<modified>2006-09-29T10:03:53Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-29T10:05:34Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3361</id>
<created>2006-09-29T10:05:34Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
BenQ have announced that they will discontinue their German venture in mobile phones, which they purchased from Siemens roughly a year ago.
</p><p>
Perhaps the odd <a href="http://www.syzygy.net/" target="_blank">Syzygy</a>ite will remember the days in 1999 when we were handling the Siemens "Be Inspired" account, building and managing sites such as the one for the C25 model.
</p><p>
In those days, <em>Be Inspired</em> was a truly inspired slogan, and the C25 definitely rocked. It was one of the first phones driving the transition from a communication medium to lifestyle accessory. It really felt like everything was possible then for Siemens: Nokia was more sober than today, Ericsson certainly was. 
</p><p>
Somehow Siemens managed to fail, a thing that seemed difficult then. For some reason, they stopped using "Be Inspired", then started using it again a bit later, but not  quite as much as before.
</p><p>
The models certainly weren't inspired. I've had a S55 and a M65, and they were plain bad in comparison with other makes, particularly Nokia and Ericsson.
</p><p>
I do wonder at which specific moment in time they took the wrong turn. Too bad, really.
</p>
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<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Mobile</dc:subject>
<content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/">
<![CDATA[<p>
BenQ have announced that they will discontinue their German venture in mobile phones, which they purchased from Siemens roughly a year ago.
</p><p>
Perhaps the odd <a href="http://www.syzygy.net/" target="_blank">Syzygy</a>ite will remember the days in 1999 when we were handling the Siemens "Be Inspired" account, building and managing sites such as the one for the C25 model.
</p><p>
In those days, <em>Be Inspired</em> was a truly inspired slogan, and the C25 definitely rocked. It was one of the first phones driving the transition from a communication medium to lifestyle accessory. It really felt like everything was possible then for Siemens: Nokia was more sober than today, Ericsson certainly was. 
</p><p>
Somehow Siemens managed to fail, a thing that seemed difficult then. For some reason, they stopped using "Be Inspired", then started using it again a bit later, but not  quite as much as before.
</p><p>
The models certainly weren't inspired. I've had a S55 and a M65, and they were plain bad in comparison with other makes, particularly Nokia and Ericsson.
</p><p>
I do wonder at which specific moment in time they took the wrong turn. Too bad, really.
</p>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>morning</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003320.html" />
<modified>2006-09-23T06:36:32Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-23T06:36:20Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3320</id>
<created>2006-09-23T06:36:20Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
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<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Today...</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003319.html" />
<modified>2006-09-23T05:46:34Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-23T05:48:03Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3319</id>
<created>2006-09-23T05:48:03Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
...I woke up and approved a trackback. Modern times.
</p>]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Living and Consuming</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>
...I woke up and approved a trackback. Modern times.
</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Big day or not?</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003315.html" />
<modified>2006-09-22T17:27:02Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-22T17:26:52Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3315</id>
<created>2006-09-22T17:26:52Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
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  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34558953@N00/249832249/">Big day or not?</a>
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</div>
Tomorrow I'm holding a presentation for a few hundred people. The<br /><br />
topic is "fire services and the internet". It's one of these days<br /><br />
that can either decide the entire future or have no meaning at all,<br /><br />
regardless of the quality of the presentation. Oh well, let's see :)<br /><br />
<br /><br />
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<author>
<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
</author>

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  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34558953@N00/249832249/">Big day or not?</a>
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 </span>
</div>
Tomorrow I'm holding a presentation for a few hundred people. The<br /><br />
topic is "fire services and the internet". It's one of these days<br /><br />
that can either decide the entire future or have no meaning at all,<br /><br />
regardless of the quality of the presentation. Oh well, let's see :)<br /><br />
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Slunj and Plitvice</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rakeman.net/blog/archives/003301.html" />
<modified>2006-09-20T22:10:49Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-20T22:10:35Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3301</id>
<created>2006-09-20T22:10:35Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[<p>
Spending too much time on your computer? Then Slunj and Plitvice in Croatia might be a good alternative to get some freah air into those little overworked grey cells of yours.
</p><p>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slunj">Slunj</a> is a little town in the middle of nowhere, situated between Karkovac and Plitvice Lakes. It is very special in that it has around fifty thousand little waterfalls (random numer used by me). Water is simply coming out of everywhere, is collected in little lakes, powers some little water mills before cascading into the Slunjica river.
</p>
<p>
<img src="http://static.flickr.com/84/247467502_817301db15.jpg?v=0">
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<p>
<img src="http://static.flickr.com/91/247472088_b46331a3c1.jpg?v=0">
</p>
<p>The water mills are quite old, but still operational. I got myself a kilo of freshly ground <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta">polenta</a>.</p>
<p>Next stop were the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plitvice_Lakes">Plitvice Lakes</a> which are rightfully a UNESCO heritage area. This was probably the most wet experience in my life. There's water everywhere.<p>
<p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/88/247534969_f297e41f3f.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>This image was taken from far above. The lakes are dug deeply into the ground. Basically, you walk down - along with hundreds of other tourists - ant below there are pathways either dug into the mountainside or as a wooden walkwas above the water.</p>
<p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/98/247526303_3362af1b63.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>It is simply stunning. There is no other word for it. Water everywhere, also from above (it was raining), rocks, caves, waterfalls, and loads of fishies hoping for a nibble of bread or two.</p>
<p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/50/247494324_791f4749a3.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>These 4-5 hours left me quite humbled an utterly impressed. It's easy to start thinking of the unimportance of working on a computer and the greatness of spending quality outdoor time.</p>
<p>For anyone interested, i've put a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34558953@N00/sets/72157594291110247/">series of piccies up on Flickr</a>.</p>
<p>So <em>thank you Tina and Sinisa</em> for being such great hosts!</p> 
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<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
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<dc:subject>Observations</dc:subject>
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Spending too much time on your computer? Then Slunj and Plitvice in Croatia might be a good alternative to get some freah air into those little overworked grey cells of yours.
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slunj">Slunj</a> is a little town in the middle of nowhere, situated between Karkovac and Plitvice Lakes. It is very special in that it has around fifty thousand little waterfalls (random numer used by me). Water is simply coming out of everywhere, is collected in little lakes, powers some little water mills before cascading into the Slunjica river.
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<p>The water mills are quite old, but still operational. I got myself a kilo of freshly ground <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta">polenta</a>.</p>
<p>Next stop were the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plitvice_Lakes">Plitvice Lakes</a> which are rightfully a UNESCO heritage area. This was probably the most wet experience in my life. There's water everywhere.<p>
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<p>This image was taken from far above. The lakes are dug deeply into the ground. Basically, you walk down - along with hundreds of other tourists - ant below there are pathways either dug into the mountainside or as a wooden walkwas above the water.</p>
<p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/98/247526303_3362af1b63.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>It is simply stunning. There is no other word for it. Water everywhere, also from above (it was raining), rocks, caves, waterfalls, and loads of fishies hoping for a nibble of bread or two.</p>
<p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/50/247494324_791f4749a3.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>These 4-5 hours left me quite humbled an utterly impressed. It's easy to start thinking of the unimportance of working on a computer and the greatness of spending quality outdoor time.</p>
<p>For anyone interested, i've put a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34558953@N00/sets/72157594291110247/">series of piccies up on Flickr</a>.</p>
<p>So <em>thank you Tina and Sinisa</em> for being such great hosts!</p> 
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<title>good life</title>
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<modified>2006-09-20T17:42:04Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-20T17:41:40Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3300</id>
<created>2006-09-20T17:41:40Z</created>
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Enjoying the last summer days
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<title>Zagreb Textures</title>
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<modified>2006-09-19T12:47:34Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-19T12:47:53Z</issued>
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I spent part of the weekend in Zagreb, Croatia. The old part of town is being redone, some of the colors are really quite interesting. So here are a few textures and other urban details:
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More pictures on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34558953@N00/sets/72157594289457380/">Flickr</a></p>]]></summary>
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<name>Irakli</name>
<url>http://www.rakeman.net/blog</url>
<email>irakli@rakeman.net</email>
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<dc:subject>Observations</dc:subject>
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I spent part of the weekend in Zagreb, Croatia. The old part of town is being redone, some of the colors are really quite interesting. So here are a few textures and other urban details:
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<img src="http://static.flickr.com/85/246521807_292679c698.jpg?v=0">
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<entry>
<title>back in munich</title>
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<modified>2006-09-17T13:54:16Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-17T13:54:02Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.rakeman.net,2006:/blog/2.3285</id>
<created>2006-09-17T13:54:02Z</created>
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<name>Irakli</name>
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