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		<title>South Lake Tahoe</title>
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		<title>O’Reilly Book &#8220;High Performance JavaScript&#8221; Now Available For Preorder</title>
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Last year, I was honored to be asked by Yahoo! engineer Nicholas Zakas whether I would be interested in contributing a chapter to an upcoming book about JavaScript performance. Well, after many months of hard labor by an impressive line up of talented engineers, this book, appropriately titled &#8220;High Performance JavaScript&#8221;, is now available for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2010/02/404/</link>
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		<title>OR: Henry Coe State Park, 1/13/2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I decided to take advantage of a break in the weather and headed to Henry Coe state park. There, I found Jeff Weiss and Paul Duncan. Rogelio joined us a short while later, followed by Mark Johnston and his family. Even though it had rained the day before, the overflow parking lot was not as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2010/01/400/</link>
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		<title>OR: D.A.R.C. Observatory, 11/21/2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After much consideration, I decided to head to the DARC observatory on Saturday night. It was a little bit of a gamble since the clear sky clock had forecast below average to average transparency, which usually means that wispy clouds would pass overhead, possibly ruining my chances of detecting the most subtle details on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2009/11/395/</link>
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		<title>From Dream To Reality</title>
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I have always been a pragmatic person. While designing my telescope using computer assisted design software was a very rewarding experience, I have felt a much greater sense of accomplishment making it happen. This is why I am very proud to show off the mirror box of my future telescope. This is the result of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2009/11/386/</link>
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		<title>OR: Dinosaur Point, 11/14/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a short (55 minutes) and pleasant drive, I arrived at Dinosaur Point early (around 4pm) because of the new access rules, and to have plenty of time to setup my equipment. Albert Highe, George Feliz and Peter Natscher arrived shortly after and setup right next to me. Dave Cooper, Jamie Dillon, Bob Jardine and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2009/11/379/</link>
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		<title>Entering the World of Amateur Telescope Making</title>
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For the past few weeks, I&#8217;ve been designing my next telescope, an Albert Highe inspired 16&#8243; dobsonian. The decision to build my own telescope stemmed from the fact that I knew exactly what I wanted, and I could not get it from any of the well known US telescope manufacturers. In addition, I wanted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2009/11/365/</link>
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		<title>OR: Deep Sky Ranch, 10/16/09: Tarentulas and Galaxy Clusters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had originally planned to go to the DARC observatory on Saturday night. However, due to a dismal weather forecast, I was forced to rethink my plans. The forecast for Friday night was actually looking pretty good, and an opportunity came up to go to Willow Springs. I had never been up there before, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2009/10/332/</link>
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		<title>OR: Henry Coe State Park, 10/10/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Johnston, Peter Krottje and I met at the overflow parking lot at Henry Coe state park last night. I brought my Meade Lightbridge 12&#8243; (after flocking the inside of the UTA with black velvet ordered from Edmund Optics), while Mark brought both his 18&#8243; Starmaster dobsonian as well as a newly acquired equatorially mounted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2009/10/328/</link>
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		<title>CalStar 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was only able to attend the first two nights of CalStar, an annual Star Party that takes place at Lake San Antonio in California. The first night (Thu, Sep 17), the transparency was mediocre (when I called it a night, around 2am, Jupiter was surrounded by a bright halo&#8230;). Therefore, I used that first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2009/09/323/</link>
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