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	<description>Selena Deckelmann&#039;s blog about postgres, open source and the web.</description>
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	<itunes:summary>a gathering place for all the stray thoughts</itunes:summary>
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		<title>What I mean when I say I would like more women in the software industry</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/05/11/what-i-mean-when-i-say-i-would-like-more-women-in-the-software-industry/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-i-mean-when-i-say-i-would-like-more-women-in-the-software-industry</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 01:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[womenintech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I'm asked about women's equal representation in the software industry. And someone might also ask me -- what <em>other than ethics</em> justifies spending precious resources on making a company or a community include more women.

Here's what I think. <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/05/11/what-i-mean-when-i-say-i-would-like-more-women-in-the-software-industry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Desire paths, habits and the power of observation</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/20/desire-paths-habits-and-the-power-of-observation/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=desire-paths-habits-and-the-power-of-observation</link>
		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/20/desire-paths-habits-and-the-power-of-observation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[programmable self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quantified self]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chesnok.com/daily/?p=4127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetI can&#8217;t remember where I first heard about desire paths. Landscapers are apparently the people who know the most about this phenomenon in modern life. But we all see it &#8211; the worn footpath next to the sidewalk bit that &#8230; <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/20/desire-paths-habits-and-the-power-of-observation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Portland, April 21, 11-3pm, P-I-E</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/16/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-portland-april-21-11-3pm-p-i-e/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-portland-april-21-11-3pm-p-i-e</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editathon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWe&#8217;re hosting an Edit-a-thon in Portland this Saturday. Join us! Selena and Pete invite you to a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! Join us and the Portland wiki community as we dive into editing the biggest, most fascinating, and most collaborative encyclopedia in &#8230; <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/16/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-portland-april-21-11-3pm-p-i-e/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who do you trust for business advice?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/11/who-do-you-trust-for-business-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetI asked twitter last night and this morning &#8220;What blogs / aggregators do you follow for business advice? Looking for lifehacker for business and management&#8220;. Here were the answers: Ben Horowitz x2 and new to me Critical Path by @asymco &#8230; <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/11/who-do-you-trust-for-business-advice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook acquires Instagram (and a Postgres cluster) for $1billion</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/09/facebook-acquires-instagram-and-a-postgres-cluster-for-1billion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=facebook-acquires-instagram-and-a-postgres-cluster-for-1billion</link>
		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/09/facebook-acquires-instagram-and-a-postgres-cluster-for-1billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[postgresql]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instagram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postgres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today's big story is that <a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/04/09/instagram-acquired-by-facebook-service-will-stay-up-and-running-as-is-for-now/">Facebook just acquired Instagram for $1 billion</a>.  <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/04/09/facebook-acquires-instagram-and-a-postgres-cluster-for-1billion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GSoC Acceptance, Hstore in Heroku, Inheritance &amp; Sharding, Wikimedia Women&#8217;s History Month Editathon</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/16/gsoc-acceptance-hstore-in-heroku-inheritance-sharding-wikimedia-womens-history-month/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gsoc-acceptance-hstore-in-heroku-inheritance-sharding-wikimedia-womens-history-month</link>
		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/16/gsoc-acceptance-hstore-in-heroku-inheritance-sharding-wikimedia-womens-history-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[postgres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postgresql]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gsoc_postgres_in.png"><img src="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gsoc_postgres_in-300x200.png" alt="" title="gsoc_postgres_in" width="300" height="200" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3780" /></a>
My weekly review of news relevant to Postgres, open source community and me: GSoC Acceptance, Hstore in Heroku, Inheritance &#038; Sharding, Wikimedia Women's History Month Editathon

<a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2012">PostgreSQL was accepted into the 2012 Google Summer of Code</a> program! 180 organizations were accepted, and as they fill out their contact information, they are becoming visible on the GSoC website.

<a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/GSoC_2012">Students, please apply</a>! Mentors, please let us know you want to mentor! Josh Berkus and Thom Brown are our admins this year, and I'm helping out with communication.  <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/16/gsoc-acceptance-hstore-in-heroku-inheritance-sharding-wikimedia-womens-history-month/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inheritance and sharding with Postgres</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/14/inheritance-and-sharding-with-postgres/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=inheritance-and-sharding-with-postgres</link>
		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/14/inheritance-and-sharding-with-postgres/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[postgres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postgresql]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inheritance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How are people using inheritance with sharding? <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/14/inheritance-and-sharding-with-postgres/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Postgres Open 2012, SQL Server Guys discover Postgres, Tom Lane&#8217;s quote of the week &amp; GSoC</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/09/postgres-open-2012-sql-server-guys-discover-postgres-tom-lanes-quote-of-the-week-gsoc/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=postgres-open-2012-sql-server-guys-discover-postgres-tom-lanes-quote-of-the-week-gsoc</link>
		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/09/postgres-open-2012-sql-server-guys-discover-postgres-tom-lanes-quote-of-the-week-gsoc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[postgres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postgresql]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gsoc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetHappy Friday! Postgres Open&#8216;s website is back up! Next week, we&#8217;ll be announcing sponsorship opportunities for 2012 and opening our Call for Speakers shortly after. Some IT guys discovered Postgres and made a series of videos about what they&#8217;re learning. &#8230; <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/03/09/postgres-open-2012-sql-server-guys-discover-postgres-tom-lanes-quote-of-the-week-gsoc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Security and maintenance release for PostgreSQL: versions 9.1.3, 9.0.7, 8.4.11 and 8.3.18</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/02/27/security-and-maintenance-release-for-postgresql-versions-9-1-3-9-0-7-8-4-11-and-8-3-18/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=security-and-maintenance-release-for-postgresql-versions-9-1-3-9-0-7-8-4-11-and-8-3-18</link>
		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/02/27/security-and-maintenance-release-for-postgresql-versions-9-1-3-9-0-7-8-4-11-and-8-3-18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[postgres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postgresql]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8.3.18]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[9.0.7]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetToday, PostgreSQL Global Development Group released new versions of all active branches. This includes three security bugfixes, two of which are pretty obscure and one that fixes a possible security issue with restoring un-sanitized output from pg_dump. Details about the &#8230; <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/02/27/security-and-maintenance-release-for-postgresql-versions-9-1-3-9-0-7-8-4-11-and-8-3-18/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loan Sharks: Mohela is shady (but the CSR I talked to was really nice)</title>
		<link>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/02/23/mohela-is-shady/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mohela-is-shady</link>
		<comments>http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/02/23/mohela-is-shady/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>selena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[complaints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet UPDATED AGAIN: See bottom for contact information from a reporter. Read this: Mohela took over my loan from the Department of Education and claimed it could change the terms? This happened to me. Mohela bought my student loan, sent &#8230; <a href="http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2012/02/23/mohela-is-shady/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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