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		<title>The Internet and Your Brain – Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time I talked about how the Internet may be changing our brains and affecting our ability to focus on a single thought process.  The constant pace of email, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and the ubiquitous link beckon us to keep moving along.  Bored with what you are reading or doing for even just a second? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can the Internet change your brain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading the new book by Nicholas Carr called &#8220;The Shallows&#8220;. The premise of the book is that technology used to carry information has important implications for how our brains evolve over time.  Watching television news coverage utilizes different parts of our brain than reading a newspaper, and although the information may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving back into the kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We started moving stuff back into the kitchen yesterday &#8211; hooray!  There is still much to do (finish the drawers, more painting, install cabinet doors and hinges, install beadboard) but we can now use the kitchen on a daily basis. The new cabinet above the cut-out holding wine and martini glasses The microwave in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen is cleaned up for a few days</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alright, so we are taking a break of a few days here while Karen&#8217;s mom is in New Hampshire. We took the opportunity to do some cleanup and put the kitchen back in working condition. The sink and new faucet are back in action and we even did a little bit of painting and priming. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen Renovation &#8211; Days 5 to 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 02:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some more pictures of all the work that has happened recently, including installed cabinets, lots of painting and priming, the sink being removed, the old countertop laminate being taken out, and more finishing work.]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen renovation day 4 &#8211; getting the new range in place</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today the new range was delivered and the old stuff was hauled away!  Linda fixed the floor under the new range to match the rest of the kitchen and I connected the new range to the cable so we could inaugurate it with a frozen pizza for dinner.  Linda also did some more priming and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen renovation day 3 &#8211; more demolition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Karen was out all day today in Montreal, so Linda and I took care of Ben while the electrician installed an outlet for the new range this morning. Linda removed most of the cabinet next to where the refrigerator is going, jacked up the countertop to its proper height (it was sagging in the middle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen renovation day 2 &#8211; Demolition!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 01:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew &#8211; today was busy.  First we disconnected and then took out the cooktop, and dismantled the cabinet that supported it, which involved a whole lot of whacking, pulling, and unscrewing.  We also disconnected the oven and tried to remove it from the wall cabinet, but decided it was too heavy and we would leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen Renovation &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<link>http://peter.mangiafico.org/kitchen-renovation-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 23:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Renovations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our kitchen renovation starts today, thanks to Karen&#8217;s mom!  Today we went shopping at Home Depot, and picked up the lumber and other supplies, piling them into my car and the rental car (which is brand new, meaning its first real trunk load was stacks of plywood). Ben in the bouncer The kitchen before renovations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientific Literacy and Why It Is Critical</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mangiafico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bertrand Russel, British philosopher, once said &#8220;The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.&#8221;  This quote neatly summarizes a cognitive bias known as the &#8220;Dunning-Kruger effect&#8220;.  The effect, as described by Justin Kruger and David Dunning in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in [...]]]></description>
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