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	<title>NeilBittner.com</title>
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	<description>A site about Neil Bittner, movies, and computers.</description>
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		<title>Kitchen server rack</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2007/11/13/omg-a-server-rack-in-my-kitchen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my pride and joy.  My sweet half-rack that I currently have in my kitchen:

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my pride and joy.  My sweet half-rack that I currently have in my kitchen:</p>
<div align="center"><img title="The server rack that I have in my kitchen" alt="The server rack that I have in my kitchen" src="http://www.neilbittner.com/images/kitchen_server_rack.jpg" /></div>
<p> <a href="http://www.neilbittner.com/2007/11/13/omg-a-server-rack-in-my-kitchen/#more-22" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Smarties</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2007/07/01/smarties-a-poem-about-candy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A poem about candy
Sweet chalkful bliss fills my mouth
And teeth grind each one to powder.
Momentarily dry, but quickly fills
With wet, craving even more.
Take another, light blue like faded paint
Trying to disguise itself
As something different.  Burst!
Same disintegrating demise, the taste
Is different, but only lingers shortly
Until it is consumed into oblivion.
A yellow one with a chipped [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A poem about candy</em></p>
<p>Sweet chalkful bliss fills my mouth<br />
And teeth grind each one to powder.<br />
Momentarily dry, but quickly fills<br />
With wet, craving even more.<br />
Take another, light blue like faded paint<br />
Trying to disguise itself<br />
As something different.  Burst!<br />
Same disintegrating demise, the taste<br />
Is different, but only lingers shortly<br />
Until it is consumed into oblivion.<br />
A yellow one with a chipped corner<br />
Begging to be let go,<br />
Suffering enough from imperfection.<br />
Ending the pain, quickly<br />
Like the first two.  Sickly red<br />
Taken from the dwindling row<br />
And ended with a dissimilar taste.<br />
Another blue, followed by a white,<br />
Taken together to form a cloudy sky<br />
Of sweet paradise’s sun-light.<br />
One by one they fell into darkness,<br />
Voices, I can still hear every time<br />
I stroll past their friends, lined up,<br />
Tight in plastic, where life is just fine.</p>
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		<title>Christmas is here, so are the movies</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/12/25/christmas-is-here-so-are-the-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again and watching those Christmas  themed TV shows and movies is inevitable.  But here are some suggestions to make your holiday a little more  enjoyable.
I suggest:

 	  A Christmas Story - This movie has so many funny  scenes.  I particularly like scene where  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again and watching those Christmas  themed TV shows and movies is inevitable.  But here are some suggestions to make your holiday a little more  enjoyable.</p>
<p>I suggest:</p>
<ol>
<li><em> 	  A Christmas Story</em> - This movie has so many funny  scenes.  I particularly like scene where  Ralph&#8217;s father gets the leg lamp(I want one of those!).  The narration by the &#8220;Adult&#8221; Ralph  is also very hilarious.<br />
<blockquote><p><strong>Mother:</strong> All  right. Now, are you ready to tell me where you heard that word?<br />
<strong>Adult Ralph narrating:</strong> Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old  man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay.  It was his true medium; a master. But, I chickened out and said the first name  that came to mind.<br />
<strong>Ralph:</strong> Schwartz!</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><em>National Lampoon&#8217;s Christmas Vacation</em> - One of my favorite  Chevey Chase movies.  One of the funniest  scenes in the movie is where Clark Griswald goes into a rant after not receiving  an expected bonus from his boss.  Here is  that wonderful rant:<br />
<blockquote><p>Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me. I have one.  I&#8217;d like 		  Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight.</p>
<p>I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber  		  over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want  		  him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want  		  to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a</p>
<p>cheap, lying,<br />
no-good, rotten,<br />
four-flushing, low-life,<br />
snake-licking, dirt-eating,<br />
inbred, overstuffed,<br />
ignorant, blood-sucking,<br />
dog-kissing, brainless,<br />
dickless, hopeless,<br />
heartless, fat-ass,<br />
bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped,<br />
worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is!</p>
<p>Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><em> 	  Nightmare Before Christmas</em> - A very fun animated movie by  Tim Burton. I really  	  enjoyed the style of animation and the original and  interesting story.  The  	  movie is about  the mayor of Halloween, Jack, taking over Christmas from Santa.<br />
<blockquote><p><strong>Jack Skellington:</strong> Sally! I need your help most of all.<br />
<strong>Sally:</strong> You certainly do, Jack. I&#8217;ve had the most horrible  vision!<br />
<strong>Jack Skellington:</strong> That&#8217;s wonderful!</p></blockquote>
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</ol>
<p>Yeah, I know it is only a list of 3 movies, but I need to get some sleep.</p>
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		<title>Better than IPv6?</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/12/11/better-than-ipv6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who needs IPv6 for more IP addresses when you can just arbitrarily increase the ranges.  When we enter the wonderful world of syndicated television anything is possible.  I was watching an episode of Smallville from season 3 titled &#8220;Delete&#8221;, and in this episode the characters are being hypnotized to kill Chloe by mysterious [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who needs IPv6 for more IP addresses when you can just arbitrarily increase the ranges.  When we enter the wonderful world of syndicated television anything is possible.  I was watching an episode of Smallville from season 3 titled &#8220;Delete&#8221;, and in this episode the characters are being hypnotized to kill Chloe by mysterious email messages.  During one of the scenes they try to find out where the emails are coming from by tracing the IP.  When the computer screen is shown you can see the IP address and netmask, and both are invalid.  The IP address is 134.541.168.170 and the netmask is 266.266.266.0.  I think it is interesting that they choose that particular subnet mask because the pattern is similar to the common 255.255.255.0 netmask.  At first glance most people wouldn&#8217;t notice this, but the geekiness in me made me rewind and pause.  So now that I am done rambling and after providing not a single ounce of useful information, I present the screen captures:</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img id="image17" alt="Computer Screen" src="http://www.neilbittner.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/ipaddress_1.jpg" /><br />
A graphical front-end for whois</div>
<p align="center"><img id="image18" alt="Bogus IP Addresses" src="http://www.neilbittner.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/ipaddress_2.jpg" /><br />
IP address and subnet-mask</p>
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		<title>The Creek Escape</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/12/08/the-creek-escape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Grey swamp
Covering everything.
Canopy enclosed me
Into a world where the
Creatures talked and ruled
Massive tyrannical civilizations.
Running, smelling of sweat &#038; blood,
Trail of thick gravy that’s sour with rot.
A mere human born onto a place where they
Are unwelcome.  Bound and tortured, a daily routine.
Running to my salvation, enough noise to wake more demons.
Legs giving in to the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grey swamp<br />
Covering everything.<br />
Canopy enclosed me<br />
Into a world where the<br />
Creatures talked and ruled<br />
Massive tyrannical civilizations.<br />
Running, smelling of sweat &#038; blood,<br />
Trail of thick gravy that’s sour with rot.<br />
A mere human born onto a place where they<br />
Are unwelcome.  Bound and tortured, a daily routine.<br />
Running to my salvation, enough noise to wake more demons.<br />
Legs giving in to the whisper of cracked acorns. Flowing over pebbles,<br />
Water sounding much closer, many feet crunching and breaking from behind.<br />
Two exhausted arms digging at sickly-silver ferns and mosses.  Crunchity,   Crunchity,<br />
Too close.  Head first into the creek.  World distorted with the broken surface.<br />
Deep, and getting deeper.  Pain is gone.  Light piercing the canopy<br />
Trees part while the fallen rise to their place in eternity.<br />
Water replaces air as the last bubbles surface<br />
Wetness overcomes every inch of flesh,<br />
Gone.  All delicates of the body<br />
Dissolve.  Gills, scales, fins,<br />
All there.  I swim home.</p>
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		<title>On the Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/11/08/on-the-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another interesting poem from the Neil Bittner vault.
On the wall
Up above, raising my head to see her
Beauty.  Golden sun shining with intensity
Only a brilliant-blonde head of hair can sustain.
Hearts pounding and spreading, filling emptiness with
Emotions that will never be formed.  To know those
Jeweled lips, so intimately, so distant from my own.
Two grand unblinking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another interesting poem from the Neil Bittner vault.</p>
<p><strong>On the wall</strong><br />
Up above, raising my head to see her<br />
Beauty.  Golden sun shining with intensity<br />
Only a brilliant-blonde head of hair can sustain.</p>
<p>Hearts pounding and spreading, filling emptiness with<br />
Emotions that will never be formed.  To know those<br />
Jeweled lips, so intimately, so distant from my own.</p>
<p>Two grand unblinking eyes, looking through my exterior<br />
Into dimensions of the human soul.  Lives too different<br />
To be melded into the perfect symbiosis.</p>
<p>Breasts piercing the blackness of her blouse, low-cut<br />
And void but for the shimmering around her neck.  Skin,<br />
far too complex, but not overseen by the sun.</p>
<p>I saw her every day, and words never flowed from her.<br />
Syllables of my thoughts knew her to be more<br />
Than a person without her spoken words would know.</p>
<p>She never knew I knew she smiled at my back, or blew out<br />
Little kisses when I was trapped in a dream.  I knew<br />
She always Inspected,       Stared,        Examined<br />
From her picture on the wall.</p>
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		<title>Inspired by a Weird Al Song</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/10/08/inspired-by-a-weird-al-song/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/10/08/inspired-by-a-weird-al-song/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Albuquerque
Flat and dusty, piercing the desert
With a silhouette against the falling sun.
Thriving and thrashing, vegetation grew
Despite the deficit of moisture.
The Holiday Inn where pillows are all so
Fluffy.  With mints of grandeur
Laying atop the place of sleep.
Melts smoothly in your mouth.
Weasels sold in dozens, at traps
To the unsuspecting family tourists.
Tributes to their alien encounters,
Blinding, believing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Albuquerque</strong></p>
<p>Flat and dusty, piercing the desert<br />
With a silhouette against the falling sun.</p>
<p>Thriving and thrashing, vegetation grew<br />
Despite the deficit of moisture.</p>
<p>The Holiday Inn where pillows are all so<br />
Fluffy.  With mints of grandeur</p>
<p>Laying atop the place of sleep.<br />
Melts smoothly in your mouth.</p>
<p>Weasels sold in dozens, at traps<br />
To the unsuspecting family tourists.</p>
<p>Tributes to their alien encounters,<br />
Blinding, believing to the naïve.</p>
<p>Radiation where the sun lingers on earth<br />
Where the atom was exploited.</p>
<p>Endless air like warm root-beer fills you<br />
After a fresh shave, ready to depart.</p>
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		<title>A poem about writing a poem</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/10/06/growing-a-poem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/10/06/growing-a-poem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I decided I&#8217;m going to start posting some stuff I&#8217;ve written.  The first one is called Growing a Poem and it is a poem about writing a poem.
Growing a Poem
Small, pending life in the palm of your hand.
Dark warm earth is parted and consumes
Everything into darkness where one must wait.
Moist love imbues growth and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I decided I&#8217;m going to start posting some stuff I&#8217;ve written.  The first one is called <em>Growing a Poem</em> and it is a poem about writing a poem.</p>
<p><strong>Growing a Poem</strong></p>
<p>Small, pending life in the palm of your hand.<br />
Dark warm earth is parted and consumes<br />
Everything into darkness where one must wait.</p>
<p>Moist love imbues growth and formation<br />
Into life.  Soon the flat surface of the world<br />
Is broken and the elevating sun is seen.</p>
<p>Time gives way to expansion:  Roots<br />
Dig deeper and deeper into the unknown,<br />
And Flora becoming open with the sun.</p>
<p>Picking tiny black beetles, their hunger<br />
Destroying confidence.  Enriching the<br />
Raw consciousness to ensue more</p>
<p>Life.  Continual pruning and reshaping assure<br />
Death will be asleep.  Your creation from birth<br />
Inspiring others to grow one of their own.</p>
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		<title>Yeah for new server!</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/10/06/new-server/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/10/06/new-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I set up a new server, and neilbittner.com is the first site to be hosted on it.
The server is a Compaq Prolient dual PIII with 1gb of memory.
I will be hosting a few other sites as well. When they get set up I will post them here
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I set up a new server, and neilbittner.com is the first site to be hosted on it.</p>
<p>The server is a Compaq Prolient dual PIII with 1gb of memory.<br />
I will be hosting a few other sites as well. When they get set up I will post them here</p>
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		<title>Holy Bees Nest Batman</title>
		<link>http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/08/28/holy-bees-nest-batman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While cleaning out his attic my brother found an enormous bees nest.  It's about 12 times bigger than a normal basketball sized nest!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While cleaning out his attic my brother found an enormous bees nest.  It&#8217;s about 12 times bigger than a normal basketball sized nest!</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img title="Enormous Bee Hive" alt="Enormous Bee Hive" src="http://www.neilbittner.com/images/Bee3.jpg" /></div>
<p> <a href="http://www.neilbittner.com/2006/08/28/holy-bees-nest-batman/#more-10" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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