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> <channel><title>Community Guy</title> <atom:link href="http://communityguy.ca/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://communityguy.ca</link> <description>Technology product and service reviews, news, rants &#38; opinion from a community guy in Toronto</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:24:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>Is it any wonder why kids hate school?</title><link>http://communityguy.ca/news-and-opinion/is-it-any-wonder-why-kids-hate-school/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-it-any-wonder-why-kids-hate-school</link> <comments>http://communityguy.ca/news-and-opinion/is-it-any-wonder-why-kids-hate-school/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Lucier</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News and Opinion]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.communityguy.ca/?p=2208</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember your favourite teacher? What do you think it would be like to work for him? Remember a favourite boss? What would it have been like to be taught by her? I realized something about my elementary and high school days that I hadn&#8217;t considered before: students are treated like employees of a company, paired with [...]<div
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.communityguy.ca/?p=2197</guid> <description><![CDATA[Have you heard of SOPA? It&#8217;s a US bill now before the House Judiciary Committee and has the real potential to kill the Internet, not just in the US, but around the globe. From Wikipedia: &#8220;[SOPA] would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling [...]<div
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.communityguy.ca/?p=2164</guid> <description><![CDATA[A review of the fabulous looking Breville 4-slice die-cast aluminum toaster. It's $200 and worth every penny. Probably the last toaster you'll ever buy.<div
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.communityguy.ca/?p=2116</guid> <description><![CDATA[In his biography, Steve Jobs talks about his experiences taking LSD and the role it played in helping him expand his mind and creativity. There's no mention of regret, which got me to thinking: "If somebody wanted to be like Steve Jobs, would dropping acid help?"<div
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