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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:53:40 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>The Lounge View</title><subtitle>The Lounge View</subtitle><id>http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-04-20T02:55:37Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Different Hearts and Minds</title><category>society</category><category>ethics</category><id>http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/20/different-hearts-and-minds.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/20/different-hearts-and-minds.html"/><author><name>adlaius</name></author><published>2008-04-20T02:42:49Z</published><updated>2008-04-20T02:42:49Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>The Economist is a great magazine&#8212;well written, intelligent, and informative. Each issue has more substantive content than most American business/news magazines publish in a year. That is, however, a bit of a double-edged sword.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Get Out While You Still Can</title><category>life</category><id>http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/19/get-out-while-you-still-can.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/19/get-out-while-you-still-can.html"/><author><name>adlaius</name></author><published>2008-04-19T03:10:08Z</published><updated>2008-04-19T03:10:08Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>The gist is that if you&#8217;re doing something with little or no room for improvement or growth, you need to stop, and go focus your time and energy somewhere you can make a difference. We all know that on some level, but of course it&#8217;s easier said than done. So I&#8217;ll show a simple
but hopefully enlightening example here.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Remember the Paracas on Tax Day</title><category>history</category><id>http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/15/remember-the-paracas-on-tax-day.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/15/remember-the-paracas-on-tax-day.html"/><author><name>adlaius</name></author><published>2008-04-15T09:21:32Z</published><updated>2008-04-15T09:21:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Surely you know of the Paracas.</p>

<p>No?</p>

<p>Everyone loves a good mystery, and this one&#8217;s just about as good as they get.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Why Apple Sucks</title><category>digital rights</category><id>http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/11/why-apple-sucks.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.aesthete-lounge.net/blog/2008/4/11/why-apple-sucks.html"/><author><name>adlaius</name></author><published>2008-04-11T20:42:22Z</published><updated>2008-04-11T20:42:22Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Apple fanboys are paying more for their computers and gadgets; having their usage rights as consumers restricted by Apple; having their usage rights as producers restricted by Apple, and so on&#8230;and defending Apple to the death.</p>
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