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		<title>Book Recommendation: A Theory of Fun</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2009/02/03/book-recommendation-a-theory-of-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to becoming a game designer, I had actually not read any books on game design. I&#8217;ve been an avid gamer since the age of 5 and a web/graphic designer since highschool so it wasn&#8217;t much of a stretch, but I hadn&#8217;t had any actual formal education in the field prior to getting into the [...]


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		<title>How do you get into MIT for free?</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/11/24/how-do-you-get-into-mit-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to take a course to learn something that may enhance your ability to get a really really good jobs? But you didn&#8217;t have the time or the money to go to school. Ever dream of going to an ivy league school&#8230;hmm I don&#8217;t know like MIT but didn&#8217;t have the marks, money or [...]


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		<title>Book(s) review: Eric Flint’s 1632</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/11/11/books-review-eric-flint%e2%80%99s-1632/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Francois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share with you this series of books I’ve been devouring for the last year or so. It’ll seem like I&#8217;ll be revealing some spoilers here but that’s not the case. 1632 by author Eric Flint is the first book in an expending series known as the Ring of Fire. It’s a feast [...]


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		<title>How to achieve your dreams &#8211; Randy Pausch</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/08/19/how-to-achieve-your-dreams-randy-pausch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadi</dc:creator>
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		<title>Success is a journey not a destination: what is that supposed to mean?</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/08/18/success-is-a-journey-not-a-destination-what-is-that-supposed-to-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/08/18/success-is-a-journey-not-a-destination-what-is-that-supposed-to-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s day and age we are all looking to be successful somehow. Some of us play the lottery hoping to win millions of dollars. Others study toward becoming one of the trifecta of educational success: doctor, engineer or lawyer. And some of us break the law and try to cheat the system making a [...]


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		<title>Age of Conan: long story short.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<title>Characters that should have been in Soul Calibur 4!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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		<title>Book Recommendation: Echoes of the Great Song</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/03/19/book-recommendation-echoes-of-the-great-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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		<title>Media Ownership: A Thing of the Past?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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