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	<title>Desert of My Real Life &#187; Media</title>
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		<title>Differences in Media</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2009/11/02/differences-in-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking lately about the differences between media types.  This thinking was inspired by the new movie Disgrace based on J. M. Coetzee&#8217;s novel of the same name.  I will definitely see this movie (if it is ever released throughout the US) but I&#8217;m worried about the choices that the filmmakers have made.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Kindle Developments</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2009/07/18/new-kindle-developments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to my dad tonight about the Kindle.  He&#8217;s a fan and wants one, but feels as though he doesn&#8217;t read enough to justify the expense.  I&#8217;ve written about the Kindle before and have said that I have a problem with Amazon&#8217;s high pricing of electronic books.  Now Amazon has screwed up in another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NeMLA 2010</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2009/05/22/nemla2010/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2009/05/22/nemla2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 13:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been quite a few stories that have captured my attention in the nearly six month break that I&#8217;ve taken from writing entries in this blog.  I will be sharing several of those stories in the next few days.  In the meantime, I recently had a panel proposal accepted for the Northeast Modern Language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failed Predictions</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/12/31/failedpredictions/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/12/31/failedpredictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Meaning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predicting the future is a notoriously difficult endeavor and yet there is never a shortage of people willing to play the game, especially at the end of a year. 
Many of the predictions for 2009 seem to involve world politics.  For example, over at Psychic World, Craig and Jane Hamilton-Parker predict that an assassination attempt on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing in Action</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/11/10/missing-in-action/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/11/10/missing-in-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clearly, I have been missing in action.  The only thing I have to say about that is that my real life (as opposed to this, online, unreal life) has been crazy.  I have thought about several posts but have not had time to actually write any of them.  I&#8217;m hoping that things will settle down in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Rights Management</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/09/13/digital-rights-management/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/09/13/digital-rights-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dangers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the late 1980&#8217;s, I worked as a volunteer on a running race. Because I had a background in computer science, one of my tasks was to set up a database of all the race entrants and then to enter their finishing positions after the race so that we could publish the results in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fringe</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/09/09/fringe/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/09/09/fringe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am watching a new show on Fox tonight.  It is called Fringe and it&#8217;s from JJ Abrams, the guy who developed Lost which is one of my favorite shows of all time.  It&#8217;s a cross between X-Files, Lost and Heroes, all of which I have really enjoyed.  But here&#8217;s the thing.  One of the major plot developments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We ARE Telling Stories</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/09/07/we-are-telling-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/09/07/we-are-telling-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FaceBook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Meaning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I suggested in a previous post I don&#8217;t understand why FaceBook calls each status update a story.  I said that if we were to consider each update a plot point in a longer story, then I could understand the use of the word story.  Clive Thompson, in a New York Times article, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-FaceBook Friends, Beware</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/21/non-facebook-friends-beware/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/21/non-facebook-friends-beware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FaceBook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pat sent me this article from the New York Times. So if you&#8217;re a non-FaceBook friend of mine and I don&#8217;t return your phone call, I hope you&#8217;ll understand why.
Hey, Friend, Do I Know You?
By DAVID CARR
Published: July 21, 2008
Not that long ago, I needed some advice on the book business and thought to ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity Management</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/20/identity-management/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/20/identity-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We joined millions of other Americans yesterday and went to see The Dark Knight.  An interesting side note regarding my previous comments about immediacy&#8211;the movie opened Friday and the current Wikipedia web page on the movie today says: &#8220;Based on 195 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, The Dark Knight has an average overall approval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Time or Why I&#8217;m Freaked Out by FaceBook</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/16/adventures-in-time-or-why-im-freaked-out-by-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/16/adventures-in-time-or-why-im-freaked-out-by-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FaceBook]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/?p=35</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Because so many of my friends are completely addicted to FaceBook (and threatening not to be friends with me anymore), I decided to join two days ago (less than 36 hours ago). In keeping with the entire Web 2.0 movement, I feel that I should share my impressions of FaceBook immediately, before I&#8217;ve had too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading 2.0</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/08/reading-20/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/07/08/reading-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/?p=33</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On our trip to Barcelona, I brought several novels as well as a couple of non-fiction books related to my work life with me.  I can&#8217;t stand being on a plane without something to read but I also wanted to minimize the weight in my carry-on luggage.  So I put all but two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unplugged Vacation</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/06/16/unplugged-vacation/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/06/16/unplugged-vacation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re leaving for Spain tomorrow.  For the first time since 2000, we are not bringing a computer on vacation with us and so we will be completely unplugged.  I&#8217;m looking forward to it although I dread the fact that I will have to deal with all that email at once when we get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real No Longer Exists</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/06/14/the-real-no-longer-exists/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/06/14/the-real-no-longer-exists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went to Alpine Adventures in Lincoln, NH yesterday with a group of friends to ride the ziplines that they have set up in the woods on Barron Mountain.  We had a great time.  Traveling through the woods at speeds of about 25-30mph suspended by a harness from a steel cable is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>King of Kong</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/04/30/king-of-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/04/30/king-of-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Ann, Greg, Evelyn and I went to the Red River Theater in Concord and saw King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.  I was prepared to see a movie that did for competitive video gaming what Spellbound did for spelling bees, what Scrabylon did for competitive Scrabble and what Wordplay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Viewing</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/03/23/online-viewing/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/03/23/online-viewing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Living in central New Hampshire means that access to independent cinema can be problematic.  I&#8217;ve been a NetFlix subscriber for about 4 years&#8211;I&#8217;ve appreciated the range of their offerings and have seen some films that I probably wouldn&#8217;t have paid to see in a theater.  Increasingly, however, I&#8217;ve been troubled by the quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPods and the &#8220;Real World&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/03/21/ipods-and-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://cleblanc.blogs.plymouth.edu/2008/03/21/ipods-and-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of stories in the past few weeks linking a rise in violent crime rates to increased popularity of small electronic devices like the iPod.  The stories are based on a study by the Urban Institute, a non-partisan Washington think tank.  The study found that violent crime rose in [...]]]></description>
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