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	<title>Brendan's Blog</title>
	<link>http://www.bmhome.com</link>
	<description>What I think I know</description>
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		<title>How secure is full disk encryption?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know an attacker can get your encryption keys from your system RAM even after your computer is turned off? According to this proof-of-concept the process isn&#8217;t very difficult.
Most people don&#8217;t even encrypt their drives, but those who do should understand this potential attack vector.
Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys
http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/
Abstract
Contrary to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2009/12/how-secure-is-full-disk-encryption/</link>
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		<title>LastPass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time I frequently reused passwords. So if you knew my dogs name, or what kind of car I drove, you could easily have pretended to be me with just a little extra work. This is obviously a very bad idea, but I’m sure many people struggle with managing passwords for web sites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2009/11/lastpass/</link>
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		<title>RingCentral</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a mobile worker.  During a typical workday I am either working from home, visiting customers, or a combination of both.  As a result, I am a heavy telephone user and rack up lots of usage for both my home office line landline and my cell phone.  My combined cell phone and home office [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2009/11/ringcentral/</link>
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		<title>How to Backup your PC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us know that backups are an important part of using a computer.  A backup is a complete copy of data you want to protect.  The purpose of a backup is to restore data in the event your primary copy is lost. Those who have lost data in the past are typically most diciplined [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2009/05/how-to-backup-your-pc/</link>
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		<title>Windows Cleanup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One downside to using Windows regularly is how performance seems to degrade over weeks and months of normal system usage.  In my experience, the root cause is typically sloppy and/or malicious software. 
Bad software frequently leaves a mess of temporary files, extra registry entries, and sometimes extra software components you are not aware of.  This problem is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2009/05/windows-cleanup/</link>
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		<title>Personal Email</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a number of Internet email addresses over the years.  My first personal email addresses were associated with the dial-up ISP I used.  However, I quickly decided that I didn&#8217;t want my email address to change depending on who provided my Internet conncetion.  In the late nineties, I began using a company which offered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2009/01/personal-email/</link>
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		<title>My HDTV Adventure &#8211; Continued</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has different television viewing habits and preferences. Some don&#8217;t have a TV at all and there are times that seems appealing. My viewing habits can be summarized as follows:

I don&#8217;t watch TV every day.
I only watch TV using a DVR.
I only watch pre-recorded shows (except occasional sports.)
I usually skip commercials and sometimes even boring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2008/11/my-hdtv-adventure-continued/</link>
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		<title>Email &#8211; Finder or Filer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read a great blog post here that speaks to a transition I recently made myself.
I have been an Exchange/Outlook user since 1996, before Outlook was even a product.  During those years I developed systems of email folder heirarchies that I used to &#8220;file&#8221; my email.  These heirarchies changed year-to-year as I changed projects or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2008/10/email-finder-or-filer/</link>
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		<title>Digital Federal Credit Union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I first joined Digital Federal Credit Union as an employee of Digital Equipment Corp in 1999.  In the years since I have found DCU to be focused on providing new an innovative services, excellent customer service, and a very convenient place to conduct my day-to-day banking.

Digital Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2008/10/digital-federal-credit-union/</link>
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		<title>High Speed Personal Scanner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I prefer to store documents digitally, rather than with paper in drawers.  I have long sought a way to quickly convert paper documents into digital form for archival and search/retrieval purposes.  I recently found a great product which sits on my desk, and does exactly that.
Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner
Increase productivity in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2008/10/high-speed-personal-scanner/</link>
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		<title>KeePass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time I frequently reused passwords. So if you knew my dogs name, or what kind of car I drove, you could easily have pretended to be me with just a little extra work. This is obviously a very bad idea, but I’m sure many people struggle with managing passwords for web sites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2008/10/keepass/</link>
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		<title>Using LinkedIn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LinkedIn is a powerful tool for enhancing and maintaining your professional people network.  An article about the service was recently published in USA Today.
I was first introduced to LinkedIn several years ago when I received an &#8220;invite&#8221; from someone I worked with on a project.  My initial reaction was to ignore the invitation. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/09/using-linkedin/</link>
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		<title>Encrypting a USB Drive with TrueCrypt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The small physical size and low cost of USB based flash disk drives, or USB Drives, often exposes confidential information due to theft and loss. The growing memory capacity on these drives increases the problem as more data is stored for longer periods of time.
I use my USB Drives frequently, as do many mobile professionals. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/encrypting-a-usb-drive/</link>
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		<title>My HDTV Adventure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has different television viewing habits and preferences.  Some don&#8217;t have a TV at all and there are times that seems appealing.  My viewing habits can be summarized as follows:

I don&#8217;t watch TV every day.
I only watch TV using a DVR
I only watch pre-recorded shows (except occasional sports.)
I usually skip commercials and sometimes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/my-hdtv-adventure/</link>
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		<title>GMAC Bank &#8211; Cash Savings with Interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most financial experts recommend keeping some quantity of cash savings available for emergencies.  Up until a few months ago I kept my cash savings in standard Certificates of Deposit with my credit union.  CDs provide a modest interest return, but make quick access to the funds painful with early withdrawal fees.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/gmac-bank-cash-savings-with-interest/</link>
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		<title>Bargain Shopping on the Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that both my wife and I do on the Internet is shop.  I tend to buy consumer electronics, she tends to buy clothes for our daughters.  We both have found techniques that work for us.  I can only speak for me, so if you&#8217;re looking for how/where to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/bargain-shopping-on-the-internet/</link>
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		<title>Wireless Networking for the Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many options and technologies to consider when planning a wireless network at your home. Products available today are much easier to use, and even less expensive, than in the past. I&#8217;ll describe a few factors that I consider to be the most important, and what I happen to use along with them. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/wireless-networking-for-the-home/</link>
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		<title>Telephone Tips for a Home Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have worked from my home office for around four years.  As a result I spend many hours on the telephone.  This post captures a few tips that I have learned from experience.  Some are obvious, some may not be.

Don&#8217;t use VOIP.  Home Internet connections are never 100% reliable.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/telephone-tips-for-a-home-office/</link>
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		<title>Backing Up DVD Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My kids have lots of movies, and I quickly found that DVD movies are not kid-proof.  Scratched and lost discs cost us a number of titles before I took action to protect our investment.  
The process involves making copies of DVD based movies that I have purchased.  I am not a lawyer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/backing-up-dvd-movies/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft OneNote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to avoid paper whenever I can.  Why?  Because it is heavy to carry around, it is time consuming to make backups, and most importantly I am always misplacing it.  Certainly paper has its place (bills, financial records, mileage logs, etc) but Microsoft OneNote lets me put notes into electronic form.
Microsoft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bmhome.com/2007/08/microsoft-onenote/</link>
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