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		<title>AT&amp;T Versus 15,000 Data-Crazed Velociraptors</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/att-versus-15000-data-crazed-velociraptors/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/att-versus-15000-data-crazed-velociraptors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sxsw10]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: The Real War At SXSW: AT&#38;T Versus 15,000 Data-Crazed Velociraptors &#124; TechCrunch
AT&#38;T’s struggles to stay up last year are well-documented. CNN recently ran a piece about how AT&#38;T hopes to avoid a similar fate this year. But actually, &#8220;struggles&#8221; is way too kind of a word.
I must be psychic or something. TechCrunch ran this article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buzzwords for SXSWi 2010: Geolocation, Check In</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/buzzwords-for-sxswi-2010-geolocation-check-in/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/buzzwords-for-sxswi-2010-geolocation-check-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geolocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sxsw10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wont be at SXSW this year, but I&#8217;ll be able to find my tweeple there. Two companies, Foursquare and Gowalla, plan to push geolocation at this year&#8217;s SXSW Interactive Festival.
Eighteen months ago, neither Gowalla nor Foursquare existed. But their similar &#8220;geolocation&#8221; mobile apps, which let users &#8220;check in&#8221; from their smartphones, share their location with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do you tweet?</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/why-do-you-tweet/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/why-do-you-tweet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw a tweet from @Robin2go which had a hashtag, #psutlt. I looked up the hashtag, trying to find what she was talking about, and I found another tweet by @jeffswain talking about &#8220;Why do you tweet?&#8221; with the same hashtag. Jeff also has a blog, five-4-six,where he posted the same video. Here is my response.

Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viral Video or Google Ad</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/viral-video-or-google-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/viral-video-or-google-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK Go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[viral]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think this video was really an ad for Google &#8211; maybe one of the long, lost tapes.

It struck me last night as I was getting ready for bed that the colors in the video match Google almost perfectly. If &#8220;red&#8221; and &#8220;green&#8221; were switched the colors would match.
Source: YouTube &#8211; OK Go &#8211; This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earthquakes shorten our days</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/earthquakes-shorten-our-days/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/03/earthquakes-shorten-our-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. I never realized that this happened.
The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day &#8230; by about 1.26 microseconds. Source: NASA &#8211; Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days.
What does this mean? Is the earth is spinning faster? Some answers are around on the web, but not many.
A shortened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Rights Act and Radio Freedom Act</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/performance-rights-act-and-radio-freedom-act/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/performance-rights-act-and-radio-freedom-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard about this today. From the http://www.noperformancetax.org/ website:
There are currently two bills pending in Congress that would levy a performance tax on local radio – H.R.848, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers (MI-14) and S.379, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT). Your members of Congress need to hear that you strongly oppose these bills.
Additionally, anti-performance tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First nuclear plant in 30 years</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/first-nuclear-plant-in-30-years/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/first-nuclear-plant-in-30-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is great news. I&#8217;m glad we finally got a power plant. I&#8217;ve been out of the nuclear game for 12 years, but I have always wanted more nuclear power in the United States.
The Obama administration yesterday (Feb 16, 2010) pledged a conditional $8.3 billion loan guarantee to support the construction of two nuclear reactors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Bursting Bubbles</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/social-media-bursting-bubbles/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/social-media-bursting-bubbles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Business Insider, an online news site, an article titled &#8220;This Guy Represents The Biggest Bubble Yet&#8221; talks about how Keith McCullough, CEO of Hedgeye, thinks politics is the next bubble.
The story is really shallow, but it made me think of the bigger picture. If there is a bubble it&#8217;s actually part of a transparency bubble that exists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Election Information for Central Texas</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/2010-election-information-for-central-texas/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/2010-election-information-for-central-texas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since today, February 15, is the start of early voting in the Texas Primary, I thought I would list the candidates so I know who is running and who to vote for. The following is the most current information I could find as of January 30, 2010.
Texas Secretary of State website lists Important Dates for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow In Texas 2010</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/snow-in-texas-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/snow-in-texas-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Originally uploaded by teamsiems
It snowed in Texas tonight, February 11, 2010.
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		<title>teamsiems.com tagline</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/teamsiems-com-tagline/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/teamsiems-com-tagline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t write about myself or this site too often, but I had a small epiphany about the tagline of teamsiems.com. Like every other story I can remember this story starts off with, &#8220;I was surfing around the web and&#8230;.&#8221; I happened upon the Google&#8217;s Webmaster Tools website. This site lists, among other things, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memphis Ribs in Winter?</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/memphis-ribs-in-winter/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/memphis-ribs-in-winter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bbq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ribs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my defense I offer two arguments: 1) it has been about 8 months since I made brisket, 2) tomorrow is the Super Bowl and (2.5) we had good weather today. I wanted some ribs so I found a recipe from Marlboro of all places and decided what the heck.
There is something you need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High School Reunions Via Social Media</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/high-school-reunions-via-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/high-school-reunions-via-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clearwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If it wasn&#8217;t for the Internet and the explosion of social media I probably would not know about my high school reunion. We started finding each other through email before the last reunion in 2000, but facebook, myspace and twitter make finding and communicating a lot easier and cheaper than some places (ClassMates.com). Although the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama a lame duck in less than a year</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/obama-a-lame-duck-in-less-than-a-year/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/obama-a-lame-duck-in-less-than-a-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, January 21, is Obama&#8217;s first anniversary as president. Last night Massachusetts elected a Republican senator to replace Democrat Ted Kennedy after he left office in August for health reasons. This gives Republicans the necessary 41 votes to kill any legislation in the Senate. In one quick and decisive move the GOP has rendered Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget cuts for Texas&#8217; universities</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/budget-cut-texas-universities/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/budget-cut-texas-universities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 I said the recession isn&#8217;t over. I guess it needs to be said again &#8211; for future reference: history repeats itself!  This is the third time I&#8217;ve gone through a recession or slow-down or bubble-burst in the 15 years that I&#8217;ve lived in Texas. In the public sector, especially higher education, I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shorty Awards</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/the-shorty-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/the-shorty-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is what the social media is for: an award show for people that are online writing about being online.
The second annual Shorty Awards nomination process has begun! In January 2010, the community is invited to nominate Twitter users for excellence over the past year. The awards recognize each content creators entire body of work, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida football is changing forever</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/florida-football-is-changing-forever/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2010/01/florida-football-is-changing-forever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gators]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many are asking &#8220;Is Friday the last night of the Florida dynasty?&#8221; Source: ESPN. Friday, January 1, 2010, Florida plays Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl, but it may be the last time (for a long time) they play in a bowl. Urban Meyer, the coach that led the Gators to 2 National Championships, suffered chest pains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, 2010, The Year We Make Contact</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2009/12/finally-2010-the-year-we-make-contact/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2009/12/finally-2010-the-year-we-make-contact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1007</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this the year we make contact? With whom, you might ask. Well, if you ask that then you don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m talking about. The year 2010&#8230;the movie 2010&#8230;this is the year! Will we make contact with aliens? Who knows.
What I do know is what I remember thinking about what will happen in 2010. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 A year in the life of Twitter</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2009/12/2009-a-year-in-the-life-of-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2009/12/2009-a-year-in-the-life-of-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://teamsiems.com/?p=1026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think 2009 will go down as the year Twitter became a household name. I know I&#8217;ve used Twitter a lot this year, and I&#8217;ve written several blog posts about Twitter and the influence of social media. It will be connected with significant events and insignificant Internet chatter. People will say, &#8220;I remember reading a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Sauerbraten &#8211; Patience Is Key To Perfection</title>
		<link>http://teamsiems.com/2009/12/german-sauerbraten-patience-is-key-to-perfection/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsiems.com/2009/12/german-sauerbraten-patience-is-key-to-perfection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sauerbraten or &#8220;sour roast meat&#8221; is a dish that is marinated in a vinegar and herb solution for several days to break down the toughness of the meat. After marination, the meat is cooked for several hours like a traditional roast. Traditionally, sauerbraten is served with potato dumplings (Kartoffelklöße) and red cabbage (rotkraut or rotkohl).
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