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		<title>Parts Per Billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 07:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bulmash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the "Molecules of Caffeine" post, I calculated the number of caffeine molecules in a can of Mountain Dew.  This lead reader Scott to e-mail me about the concept of parts per billion.  For example, the Environmental Protection Agency has set their "action level" for lead in drinking water (the level at which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Tenths of a Cent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bulmash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gas stations in the USA have been selling gas at prices ending in 9/10ths of a cent for decades.  Depending on who you ask, the practice dates back to the Great Depression or farther, and there are varying reasons given for it.  The most often agreed-upon reason for it is that prices ending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Molecules of Caffeine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bulmash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Quick Announcement: Last Friday's "Your Weight In..." calculator has been updated to calculate the value of your weight in Spam, foie gras, and Snausages.  This is in addition to your weight in gold, crude oil, lard, pretzels, pennies, and Hummers. 
And Now Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming... 
I thought about writing today's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Thousand Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bulmash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graffiti in Sevilla, Spain. Neva Micheva, 2004.Source: Wikimedia Commons
We've all heard the old adage: "a picture is worth a thousand words."  I thought I'd use that as a jumping off point for today's post.  If a picture is worth a thousand words, what's a thousand words worth... and where is that going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Pool Full Of Pudding...</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bulmash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I pulled out my trusty kitchen scale, a half-cup measure, placed the measure on the scale, zeroed it out, and began spooning in Jello Brand Chocolate Pudding from pudding cups I got in the refrigerated aisle.  I wanted to determine the pudding's weight by volume, because I'd been thinking about swimming pools.
You [...]]]></description>
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