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	<title>Peter's Soapbox &#187; Uncategorized</title>
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	<description>Aikido, comics, eating well, information security, open source, mountain biking, and caffeine - this blog has everything!</description>
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		<title>Commentary on FailPoint</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/04/commentary-on-failpoint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This little gem is from my colleague. It clearly illustrates the present status of telecommunications in Vermont, and probably the rest of northern New England.

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		<title>Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/11/20/book-review-the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/11/20/book-review-the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, at the suggestion of a friend, I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I didn&#8217;t know what to make of it until I saw a preview for the movie, due soon in theaters. 
The Road is about a man and his young son who try to make their way through a post-apocalyptic United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My New Bujin Bokken</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/08/19/my-new-bujin-bokken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new bokken from Bujin Design just arrived. I opted for the hickory jigenryu style, and chose the smallest one I could get because I really like having a lighter, nimbler sword.


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		<title>Shobu Aikido Vermont Summer Gasshukku with William Gleason Sensei</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/08/17/shobu-aikido-vermont-summer-gasshukku-with-william-gleason-sensei/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/08/17/shobu-aikido-vermont-summer-gasshukku-with-william-gleason-sensei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I had the pleasure of training with William (Bill) Gleason Sensei, who taught several classes at our dojo in Woodstock, Vermont. Gleason Sensei has been incorporating more techniques to develop internal control and power into his teachings, which is still new to me, and  very interesting. I am looking forward to more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT Spending in an Economic Slowdown</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/03/it-spending-in-an-economic-slowdown/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/03/it-spending-in-an-economic-slowdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I heard a fellow podcaster state that in this economy, it&#8217;s a good idea to try to get vendors of IT equipment and services to give their best price because they&#8217;re willing to make deals. While I agree with the sentiment, on one level, I am a bit disturbed. Why? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40th Anniversary of Osensei Morihei Ueshiba&#8217;s Passing</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/04/26/40th-anniversary-of-osensei-morihei-ueshibas-passing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/04/26/40th-anniversary-of-osensei-morihei-ueshibas-passing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 26, 1969, Morihei Ueshiba, best known as the Founder of Aikido and referred to by aikidoka as  Ōsensei (&#8220;Great Teacher&#8221;) and , died at the age of 85. Ōsensei&#8217;s legacy lives on today, as Aikido is practiced around the world, with his students and their students continuing to hand down his teachings.
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		<title>Scam of the Day: Stimulus Payment, Python, Pants, and Bombing.</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/01/06/stimulus-payment-python-pants-and-bombing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one just came in via my mom. I consider myself fortunate enough to have a mom who can recognize a good scam when she sees one.
And, on that note, is anyone else reeling from astounding spike in spam over the last couple of weeks? I mean everywhere, from email to IM to Skype, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medifast: Success Story. From 208# to 165# in Four Months</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/10/11/medifast-success-story-from-208-to-165-in-four-months/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/10/11/medifast-success-story-from-208-to-165-in-four-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just weighed in at 165.8. Take out the 8oz. coffee and 8oz. soup I ingested prior to weighing myself, and I am now officially under my target weight of 165#.
I win.
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		<title>Medifast Progress, Below 170, Less Than 5# Away!</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/09/19/medifast-progress-below-170-less-than-5-away/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/09/19/medifast-progress-below-170-less-than-5-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weighed myself a couple of days ago, and I was 170#. Now I&#8217;m wearing size 32 pants for the first time in over a decade, if not two. Yowza!
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		<title>Question for InfoSec Types: Is DHCP a Security Risk?</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/08/25/question-for-infosec-types-is-dhcp-a-security-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/08/25/question-for-infosec-types-is-dhcp-a-security-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently had an IT audit at one of my clients&#8217; locations. One of the issues raised by the auditor was that our DHCP server was a security risk because it would allow anyone to plug in to the LAN, get an IP address, and start browsing or scanning the network for vulnerabilities. 
One alternative would [...]]]></description>
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