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	<title>Mile Wide... Inch Deep... &#187; Tools</title>
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		<title>Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings [Kieran Healy&#039;s Weblog]</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/31/text-editors-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-kieran-healys-weblog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relating text editors to The Lord of the Rings&#8230; Clever&#8230; Kieran Healy&#8217;s Weblog – Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings. The list makes clever use of reality and fiction. I wonder what JEdit would be? Which text editor do you use? HT R-bloggers]]></description>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #5</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/08/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-5/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/08/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Completed Added layers (Quotations, Allusions, and Possible Allusions are all on separate layers, independently controllable (see below), as are the book arcs); Added panning (click-and-drag to move); Added keyboard event handler (to toggle visibility of layers (&#8220;q&#8221;/&#8221;a&#8221;/&#8221;p&#8221; for 3 link layers, &#8220;b&#8221; for book arcs, &#8220;c&#8221; to recenter view*, and &#8220;r&#8221; to reset view to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OTNT Graphic Development slideshow</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/06/otnt-graphic-development-slideshow/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/06/otnt-graphic-development-slideshow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #4</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/06/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/06/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Completed Added book names/labels (reversed orientation and set justification=&#8221;right&#8221; when angle &#60; 90 or &#62; 270) Added chapter ticks (first chapter + every 10th chapter) Added think black border around book arc Reduced thickness of link lines (from 2pt to 1pt) Added buffer between link line ends and book arcs (&#8220;var innerBuffer = 5&#8243;) Added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #3</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/04/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/04/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Completed Added all the direct quotation links Fixed the link lines (now they point to the correct location (based on the chapter of the reference) on the arc, not the first point) Added some color (a little different than in my first post, but same groupings) to the links; Shrank the arc depth; Expanded the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox custom search engine: Pinboard</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/04/firefox-custom-search-engine-pinboard/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/04/firefox-custom-search-engine-pinboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[pinboard.in is a great service, a cleaner, simpler alternative to delicious. After switching, I&#8217;ve added a lot of new bookmarks, so many that it&#8217;s getting harder to find ones I need. While I don&#8217;t spend a lot of time on the pinboard website itself, I found myself wondering what other bookmarks I&#8217;d already added. Solution: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Testament/New Testament reference graphic</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/06/27/old-testamentnew-testament-reference-graphic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/06/27/old-testamentnew-testament-reference-graphic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve struggled with a way to visually depict how often (and how) the New Testament writers used the Old Testament, whether explicitly (quotations) or implicitly (allusions). While trying to come up with something useful and visually appealing, I found two separate, yet very useful tools: New Testament References to Old Testament Scriptures (http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/ntot.htm) &#8212; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOOD.is &#124; Political Climate &#8211; An Interactive Timeline Scaling</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/11/02/good-is-political-climate-an-interactive-timeline-scaling/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/11/02/good-is-political-climate-an-interactive-timeline-scaling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been wondering how Americans&#8217; concerns have changed over time and/or by party, look no further than GOOD.is &#124; Political Climate &#8211; An Interactive Timeline Scaling. An interactive Flash-based infographic, the Political Climate chart shows how Americans feel about everything from the economy to healthcare to crime, morals, and immigration. You can select a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compact Calendar 2010 by David Seah</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/24/compact-calendar-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/24/compact-calendar-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Seah has updated his Compact Calendar for 2010 and posted it for download (both XLS and PDF versions) on his website: Compact Calendar 2010. At that link you&#8217;ll also find numerous international versions and last year&#8217;s version, too. [Note: If you feel compelled to spend $50 on a more typographically pleasing calendar, visit aisleone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create and Use Barcodes to Simplify Your Book List</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/09/upcean-barcode-generator-barcodesinc/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/09/upcean-barcode-generator-barcodesinc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In keeping track of my books, I have been looking for a simple way to generate barcodes as individual graphics that I could embed in my book list. I think I&#8217;ve found it: Dan Bornstein&#8217;s Barcode Server, which I found at the BarcodesInc&#8216;s UPC/EAN Barcode Generator.While the online version is nice, I wanted something a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Feature: Typekit support</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/05/new-feature-typekit-support/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/05/new-feature-typekit-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just updated the site with 2 new fonts from Typekit: Chunk for the headers and Droid Serif for the body copy. You can also see which faces I&#8217;m using. Although it&#8217;s an experiment for now, the potential looks tremendous. After I read that the Harvard Business Publishing is using Typekit on their HBR website, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Eclipse Navigation Shortcuts Every Java Programmer Should Know « The Curious Schemer</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/08/09/10-eclipse-navigation-shortcuts-every-java-programmer-should-know-%c2%ab-the-curious-schemer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/08/09/10-eclipse-navigation-shortcuts-every-java-programmer-should-know-%c2%ab-the-curious-schemer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A very handy guide to Eclipse keyboard shortcuts: 10 Eclipse Navigation Shortcuts Every Java Programmer Should Know « The Curious Schemer. It always amazes me how dependent everyone is on the mouse, even old school Un*x programmers. For better or worse, I love the keyboard and keyboard shortcuts &#8212; it is easier to do something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Data Scienist &gt; Data Geek &gt; Designer « Visualizing Economics</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/26/data-scienist-data-geek-designer-%c2%ab-visualizing-economics/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/26/data-scienist-data-geek-designer-%c2%ab-visualizing-economics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catherine Mulbrandon took Ben Fry&#8217;s 7 steps of data the  Data Scientest steps (from his PhD dissertation (page 30 etc), dated 1997 and reiterated in his Visualizing Data book, as he describes on his website) and graphed her own ability levels in each area. Clever use of the original ideas, along with some additional &#8220;Testing&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the NYT API Tool &#8211; Open Blog &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/26/announcing-the-nyt-api-tool-open-blog-nytimes-com/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/26/announcing-the-nyt-api-tool-open-blog-nytimes-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times just announced the NYT API Tool on their website. Geared toward making use of their API easier, the web interface shows the options, allows for setting custom parameters, and facilitates pulling data from their site as easy as possible. For real use, you&#8217;ll need a key, but once you have it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Statistics Into Knowledge: Seminar Review and Notes</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/24/turning-statistics-into-knowledge-seminar-review-and-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/24/turning-statistics-into-knowledge-seminar-review-and-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure of attending the Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge, hosted by the US Census Bureau, the World Bank, and the OECD. While Robert Kosara, from UNC Charlotte, has a fairly thorough review (but not focusing on the technical aspects) of the seminar, and I would agree with most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOESS in Excel: Big deal?</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/06/30/loess-in-excel-big-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/06/30/loess-in-excel-big-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m no statistician, I&#8217;ve enjoyed dabbling in R and appreciate its simplicity and power. Take the LOESS function, for example. It&#8217;s built in to R. Excel needs a plug-in. Wow. Gotta love R. Used to love Excel, then I grew up (just a little]]></description>
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		<title>New R script: Plot Nike+ runs</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/06/05/new-r-script-plot-nike-runs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/06/05/new-r-script-plot-nike-runs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been playing around with R and Nike+ and thought I&#8217;d put the two together, so I wrote a little R script that pulls your public data from the Nike+ website and plot out the graphs. It&#8217;s a little rough around the edges (see below for a list of enhancements/fixes), but it generates plots. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>User Interface Patterns</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/26/user-interface-patterns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since first reading the Gang-of-four&#8217;s book, I have thought patterns were a great idea. Now that I&#8217;m getting into design and data visualization more, I&#8217;m intrigued by the possibility of merging interface design with software patterns. Makes sense, don&#8217;t you think? So, when I found UI-patterns.com, I thought &#8220;yes! here&#8217;s the merging of the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poly9 Globe: JavaScript-driven 3D globe app</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/26/poly9-globe-javascript-driven-3d-globe-app/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found a JavaScript-driven Flash-based globe application for simple GIS apps, called Poly9 Globe: the lightest, most compatible 3D globe on the web. They have full API documentation, too. Pretty slick, if your requirements are simple.]]></description>
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		<title>Data.gov open for business (and OECD seminar plug)</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/23/datagov-open-for-business-and-oecd-seminar-plug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 15:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Data.gov is finally open and serving up links to data. I haven&#8217;t had a chance to dig in, yet, but since 3 of my favorite blogs (FlowingData, ProgrammableWeb, and DataVisualization) covered it, I thought I should at least mention it here. P.S. Although not explicitly tied to data.gov, keep in mind the upcoming OECD [...]]]></description>
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