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		<title>Garage Makeover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are a little late posting these photos, but we couldn&#8217;t be happier. Back in rainy January we decided to do a little cleanup in the garage until it was dry enough to work on the yard. For good or bad, the rainy weather didn&#8217;t last long and the garage project lingered.
Our plan was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/08/08/garage-makeover</link>
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		<title>Ham Radio: A dying art or reliable alternative?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[L.A. had a 5.4 (moderate) earthquake around Noon today. To folks who aren&#8217;t familiar with earthquakes, you can certainly feel one of those but modern-built structures typically are unaffected. The Richter scale is logarithmic, so a 4.0 is 1/10th the energy of a 5.0, for example. The USGS says that the Bay Area is overdue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/07/29/ham-radio-a-dying-art-or-reliable-alternative</link>
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		<title>LiveSTRONG 2008: San Jose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The San Jose R.A.C.E.S. team asked for volunteers, as part of the Santa Clara County Mutual Aid Communicators (MAC) program, to assist the Lance Armstrong LiveSTRONG 2008 bike race this past week.
Our job was to ride along with the SAG vans to communicate their status, important events, and overall &#8220;eyes and ears&#8221; to race [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/07/13/livestrong-2008-san-jose</link>
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		<title>But it&#8217;s a &#8220;dry heat&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ When it&#8217;s 115˚ in the sun, it doesn&#8217;t matter where you are: THAT&#8217;S HOT!
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		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/07/10/but-its-a-dry-heat</link>
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		<title>DIY Water Fountain (updated 7/20/08)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We wanted a water fountain for our backyard but we couldn&#8217;t find anything we liked in the stores or online. So we decided to build one ourselves. It took a while to find out how to make one properly: refills itself automatically, features of a good fountain pump, requires little-to-no maintenance, the proper materials [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/06/15/diy-water-fountain</link>
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		<title>A face lift for our House: The tranquil backyard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Welcome to our new backyard!
We expect to throw lots of BBQ parties, relax after a hard day&#8217;s work, and just general &#8220;spending quiet time&#8221;. We&#8217;ll give you the virtual tour to help explain what you&#8217;re seeing.
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		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/06/04/a-face-lift-for-our-house-the-tranquil-backyard</link>
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		<title>A face lift for our House: A private garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our private garden! That cobalt blue planter you saw from the front porch provides the guest of &#8220;hints&#8221; of what they can expect to see  in the rest of the garden as you walk through&#8230;
It&#8217;s a nice, quiet place: the fence panels block the view from the street but because there&#8217;s access from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/06/03/a-face-lift-for-our-house-a-private-garden</link>
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		<title>A face lift for our House: The new front yard</title>
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Our goal was to be done by Memorial Day and to throw a celebration BBQ. Secretly we also set that deadline as motivation to make sure we finished and did all the little &#8220;clean up&#8221; tasks that always seem to linger and never get 100% done.
We&#8217;re proud to say that we hit our goal and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/06/01/a-face-lift-for-our-house-the-new-front-yard</link>
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		<title>Almost there!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We turned the 90+˚ heat wave into pure productivity. We started the day off with 6 cubic yards of bark nuggets (but really, who doesn&#8217;t?) then proceeded to lay out the plants in their positions:
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		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/05/17/almost-there</link>
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		<title>Our new private garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This weekend we completed the landscaping project&#8217;s last major construction phase: enclosing the &#8220;garden&#8221; area next the house, just off the dining room. It looks great! And it feels like we&#8217;ve added a new living space to our house.  We used to call this our &#8220;rose garden&#8221; because there were so many roses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burnsfamily.net/blog/2008/05/04/our-new-private-garden</link>
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