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	<title>Darren Osborne</title>
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		<title>Some illuminating stats regarding solar panels</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/02/07/some-illuminating-stats-regarding-solar-panels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2010, after much deliberating and number crunching, we installed solar panels on our roof. I&#8217;m glad we didn&#8217;t wait any longer. A few days later the then NSW Premier Kristina Keneally reduced the gross feed in tariff from &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2012/02/07/some-illuminating-stats-regarding-solar-panels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=628&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Geomate Jr? Don&#8217;t panic.</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/27/have-a-geomate-jr-dont-panic/</link>
		<comments>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/27/have-a-geomate-jr-dont-panic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geocaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geomate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago I purchased a Geomate Jr GPS receiver for my son. It&#8217;s a great simple to use unit designed for kids. The interface is simple, but that was to ensure it was cheap and easy to use. &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/27/have-a-geomate-jr-dont-panic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=617&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking science in 2012</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/26/talking-science-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ABC Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know we&#8217;re back into the swing of things when you start doing your regular science chats around the country. As per last year I&#8217;ll be chatting to ABC Mid North Coast (Port Macquarie) each Wednesday at 10:10 am (new &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/26/talking-science-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=605&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neongeo geocaching app review</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/17/neongeo-geocaching-app-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geocaching]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using Neongeo by Can-o-Worms for the past four months and it&#8217;s quickly become my tool of choice for geocaching in the suburbs. It was the first Android app to take advantage of the Geocaching Live API, released by &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/17/neongeo-geocaching-app-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=585&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compare the pair</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/15/compare-the-pair/</link>
		<comments>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/15/compare-the-pair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had friends around for dinner tonight and one of them commented about some other friends of theirs who have set up a blog (or something similar) in which they dress up son number 2 and place him in the &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/15/compare-the-pair/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=577&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/01/2011-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/01/2011-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2012/01/01/2011-in-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=571&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pulping Xmas cards into biofuel</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/12/28/pulping-xmas-cards-into-biofuel/</link>
		<comments>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/12/28/pulping-xmas-cards-into-biofuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was preparing yesterday for my spot on Radio National Summer Breakfast with Waleed Aly and I came across this wonderful bit of research from Imperial College, London &#8211; Go to work on a Christmas card. The study claimed that &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2011/12/28/pulping-xmas-cards-into-biofuel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=566&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lunar eclipse almost eclipsed by cloud</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/12/11/lunar-eclipse-almost-eclipsed-by-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/12/11/lunar-eclipse-almost-eclipsed-by-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather was against me, the batteries on my preferred camera were dead (with the charger 900 km away) and I&#8217;d had little sleep the night before. That wasn&#8217;t going to stop me. I&#8217;m glad I persevered as the shots &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2011/12/11/lunar-eclipse-almost-eclipsed-by-cloud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=553&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Total lunar eclipse &#8211; 11 Dec 2011</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/11/27/total-lunar-eclipse-11-dec-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/11/27/total-lunar-eclipse-11-dec-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love eclipses. Solar are the best and most dramatic, but there is still something quite magical about a total lunar eclipse. The Full Moon fades in brightness and eventually turns a deep red colour. The second total lunar eclipse &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2011/11/27/total-lunar-eclipse-11-dec-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=551&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The legacy of Steve Jobs</title>
		<link>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/10/05/the-legacy-of-steve-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://darrenosborne.com/2011/10/05/the-legacy-of-steve-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spindocbob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most of the world knew Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers, was ill, we were all shocked when the news came through that he died. Normally this sort of story is part of my beat at the ABC, but &#8230; <a href="http://darrenosborne.com/2011/10/05/the-legacy-of-steve-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darrenosborne.com&amp;blog=9196786&amp;post=543&amp;subd=spindocbob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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