<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410585549466883681</id><updated>2012-02-16T09:43:17.140-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Technician</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5410585549466883681/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mike Kirby</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14231714871035869801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2324203361_df76cce6bc_m.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410585549466883681.post-2404162441636015290</id><published>2011-09-15T15:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T15:37:30.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5410585549466883681-2404162441636015290?l=mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com/feeds/2404162441636015290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_1326.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5410585549466883681/posts/default/2404162441636015290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5410585549466883681/posts/default/2404162441636015290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_1326.html' title=''/><author><name>Mike Kirby</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14231714871035869801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2324203361_df76cce6bc_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410585549466883681.post-7361747590360753152</id><published>2011-09-15T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T15:10:23.437-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sZNicWEg5L4/TnC7BcZocUI/AAAAAAAAAW8/swmz3iAoQDo/s1600/technician%252C%2Bpict..png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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      Dean Babst&lt;br /&gt;       Research Scientist&lt;br /&gt;       Co-Author: Accidental Nuclear War&lt;br /&gt;       The Growing Probability&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Mike Kirby has a bumptious nervy sense of humor and an immense gift for storytelling…Pete Doyle is the archetypical American picaresque hero, in this version converted to a philosopher mechanic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MacDonald Harris&lt;br /&gt;Novelist (Hermia, The Balloonist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Anything which demystifies technology is a valuable contribution to our culture, and Mike Kirby's book helps demystify a particularly sacrosanct technology."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allan Cross&lt;br /&gt;Professor of Physics and Sciene&lt;br /&gt;Hampshire College&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5410585549466883681-162221678687849993?l=mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5410585549466883681/posts/default/162221678687849993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5410585549466883681/posts/default/162221678687849993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikekirbybooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/readers-say.html' title='Readers Say:'/><author><name>Mike Kirby</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14231714871035869801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2324203361_df76cce6bc_m.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
