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		<title>The CFP List: www.cfplist.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a professional in literature, you are constantly on the prowl to present at conferences. So, as you can imagine, grad students are strongly encouraged to attend and submit papers to conferences whenever possible. &#8220;Real&#8221; conferences, to me, are super &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2011/11/09/the-cfp-list-www-cfplist-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2011/11/09/the-cfp-list-www-cfplist-com/</link>
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		<title>IIS7 and non-www prefix on domain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Be warned, this is a somewhat technical post. It took me a while today to figure why my webserver running IIS7 was not loading up my website whenever the &#8220;www&#8221; prefix was not included. So for instance, &#8220;ariyam.com&#8221; was sending &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2011/10/18/iis7-and-non-www-prefix-on-domain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2011/10/18/iis7-and-non-www-prefix-on-domain/</link>
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		<title>(Un)Comfortable Reading Positions or &#8220;Norton Neck-Cramps&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a common problem plaguing english grad students — in fact, it may have spread to all students generally. It is a problem oft dismissed as irrelevant; never talked about; never addressed, and students suffer alone when confronting it. I &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2011/09/19/uncomfortable-reading-positions-or-norton-neck-cramps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2011/09/19/uncomfortable-reading-positions-or-norton-neck-cramps/</link>
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		<title>Statement of Purpose Writing Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statement of Purpose essays are incredibly difficult to write. This past April, I began the application process anew for my PhD. Of course among the items required was a statement of purpose. Worse, I read it&#8217;s often considered the most &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2011/09/10/statement-of-purpose-writing-tips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2011/09/10/statement-of-purpose-writing-tips/</link>
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		<title>Melodie Professional Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, churches used overhead projectors to display song lyrics on screen for people to follow. This was not bad for its time, but it did require a lot of work on the operator. It was tedious (and &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2011/09/01/melodie-professional-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2011/09/01/melodie-professional-edition/</link>
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		<title>Mission Window Seat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting colder out, so I&#8217;ve hustled to finish my final woodworking project for the year. I put the last coat of poly last night. It&#8217;s called: The Mission Window Seat. It&#8217;s made entirely of Red Oak (my first time &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2010/12/14/closed-for-the-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2010/12/14/closed-for-the-season/</link>
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		<title>Twenty Months Later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty months. Imagine that. It&#8217;s been that long since I wrote anything on this site. It&#8217;s amazing to think I started this blog a little over 6 years ago, and almost two of those years was left without writing a &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2010/12/09/twenty-months-later/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2010/12/09/twenty-months-later/</link>
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		<title>.NET Color to Hex Code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times (many) that a .NET developer needs to use the web-iversal Hex code for a color as opposed to the pretty-named Microsoft palette. I can&#8217;t begin to count the times I&#8217;ve needed a simple Hex code for LightSteelBlue, &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2009/03/10/net-color-to-hex-code/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2009/03/10/net-color-to-hex-code/</link>
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		<title>Shakespeare Reader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to introduce my latest software creation: The Free Shakespeare Reader. What is it exactly? Does it read Shakespeare plays for you? No. I suppose if you take the title literally, it&#8217;s a total misnomer. But, it&#8217;s too late &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2009/02/24/free-shakespeare-reader/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2009/02/24/free-shakespeare-reader/</link>
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		<title>Obama, History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This doesn&#8217;t feel real. An African American president? I&#8217;m at home, sick with a cold, alone in bed with my laptop, and the road outside my window is all quiet. There are no cars going by. There are no children &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/11/05/obama-history/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/11/05/obama-history/</link>
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		<title>Paper can be folded to make things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One might assume that after, what, 7 years of college and with a majority of those classes involving a bit of writing, that one would finally grasp the idea that waiting to the last minute to write a paper is &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/08/04/paper-can-be-folded-to-make-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/08/04/paper-can-be-folded-to-make-things/</link>
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		<title>Pistachio Binge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright, that was stupid. I just came back from a long day of work and class; it was 9pm; and there was no food in the house except for a plastic bucket-like thing filled with pistachios. I think it&#8217;s easy &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/30/pistachio-binge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/30/pistachio-binge/</link>
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		<title>Cuil, and its Lukewarm Debut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone had forwarded me a link today to a new search engine called cuil.com. This new search engine was developed by three ex-Google senior engineers and claims to offer a new more updated approach for scouring the web. Apart from &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/29/cuil-kul-its-lukewarm-debut/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/29/cuil-kul-its-lukewarm-debut/</link>
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		<title>Snake Oil Salesman of the Modern Era</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reminded this evening of a particular day at work in a job I once had. It was myself and two of my colleagues (all programmers) on the phone with two other guys, two other &#8220;programmers&#8221; (only this time &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/28/snake-oil-salesman-of-the-modern-era/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/28/snake-oil-salesman-of-the-modern-era/</link>
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		<title>How to Cut a Mango</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have thought I was talking metaphorically. However, I am not. Cutting a mango is a serious art, that involves some very deft skill. There are even mango martial art dojos out there that explore this ancient technique, in &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/27/how-to-cut-a-mango/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/27/how-to-cut-a-mango/</link>
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		<title>Review: “We The Living,” by Ayn Rand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review: “We The Living,” Ayn Rand (Book 34 of 100) WE THE LIVING is a great and interesting novel—though to be frank, I wouldn’t necessarily place it on the all-time top 100 book list. My suspicion is that it landed &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/26/review-%e2%80%9cwe-the-living%e2%80%9d-by-ayn-rand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/26/review-%e2%80%9cwe-the-living%e2%80%9d-by-ayn-rand/</link>
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		<title>iPod Touch. tap&#8230;tap&#8230;tap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright, I caved. I bought a new iPod touch. Now I&#8217;m sitting next to my laptop (but I&#8217;m not on my laptop), tethered by a stylish white USB cable, and tapping away at a 2 inch keyboard with my right &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/25/ipod-touch-taptaptap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/25/ipod-touch-taptaptap/</link>
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		<title>Update: 100 Book New Year’s Resolution (goal)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re almost two-thirds of the way through the year 2008, and it’s about that time to look back at how well we’ve kept up with our New Year’s resolutions. I only made one this year: to read the top 100 &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/24/update-100-book-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolution-goal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/07/24/update-100-book-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolution-goal/</link>
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		<title>A Misogynist Woman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Anja (I&#8217;m just going to use her name and hope she doesn&#8217;t mind) said something that kind of threw me off-balance the other day. She began by relating how &#8220;surprised she is that there isn&#8217;t more general misogyny &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/06/27/a-misogynist-woman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/06/27/a-misogynist-woman/</link>
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		<title>Candy Aspirin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh man, if this is what my back feels like at 25, I can’t imagine what it will feel like at 75! Yesterday morning, I woke up in agony grasping my back and making geezer-like guttural squawks of pain—to no &#8230; <a href="http://www.ariyam.com/2008/05/03/the-enigmatic-body/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ariyam.com/2008/05/03/the-enigmatic-body/</link>
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