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		<title>Engrish in love</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The elusive Valentine’s Tree, on sale half price March 14.  A total deal!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Engrish:  unlicensed toys are unlicensed</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/12/03/engrish-unlicensed-toys-are-unlicensed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A friend spotted a small gift for me — and so we wound up exploring the engrish unlicensed toys store! And here’s my gift:  a tiny Interceptruck.  The packaging said Hot Wheels, no idea. It’s pretty cool and on brand.  Cheers!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recovering lost blog posts via Wayback Machine</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/11/08/recovering-lost-blog-posts-via-way-back-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 06:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All blog posts and images were lost when the servers hosting this blog had a catastrophic failure related to bugs in the Bolt blogging/CRM software.  That led to a successful WordPress deployment that allows for more robust workflows and backups.  I thought the writeups and data associated with the original website were lost, but thanks [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interceptruck</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/11/06/interceptruck/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciurana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moving to Thailand demanded a lot of changes.  One of them is transportation. Using Bolt all the time (an Uber-like ride sharing service) gets expensive when traveling all over the Chon Buri province and Bangkok for skydiving, school meetings, orthodontist appointments, and grocery shopping.  I needed a daily driver that had the right balance of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>speedskydiving.app at the 2025 World Cup of Speed Skydiving woes</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/08/26/speedskydiving-app-at-the-2025-world-cup-of-speed-skydiving-woes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SSScore at speedskydiving.app has some issues working at the Hohenems drop zone hosting the event because mobile and WiFi connectivity is erratic at times.  Here are some pro tips to ensure that you can analyze your speed track files without issues. Problem:  speedskydiving.app seems &#8220;frozen&#8221; or reports a connectivity error SSScore (the application) requires constant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The road to the 2025 World Cup of Speed Skydiving:  things to do on bad weather days</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First day at Hohenems was great.  Successful sunset load speed run with great first-time-here numbers and astounding views.  Met awesome people.  But we&#8217;re grounded for the next few days due to weather.  What&#8217;s a speed skydiver to do in Hohenems/Dornbirn/Lustenau while it rains? Starting the day right Stretching 15 minutes of meditation to calm your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fixing frequent FlySight files corruption</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/07/19/fixing-frequent-corrupted-flysight-files/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciurana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 02:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disconnecting the FlySight USB cable without dismounting the device first, while it&#8217;s being dismounted, or while it&#8217;s being recognized, will lead to data corruption at some point.  FlySight users who often get &#8220;unreadable&#8221; track files (SSScore marks them as invalid, they show weird curves in FlySightViewer, or other issues) often experience this because of no [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Optimizing your FlySight routine for a productive skydiving day</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/06/28/optimizing-your-flysight-for-a-productive-skydiving-day/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciurana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[skydiving]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of misinformation about how to prepare and set up your FlySight 1 or FlySight 2 for having a great day.  This post debunks the warm up and activation misconceptions lots of jumpers have, based on recommendations from Michael Cooper of Bionic Avionics, and from national and international competition judges.  In general, don&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why is my skydive score higher than my max speed?</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/06/16/why-is-my-skydive-score-higher-than-my-max-speed/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciurana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while a speed skydiving score will show a higher speed than the raw max speed.  This post explains why that&#8217;s correct &#8212; even if it doesn&#8217;t look quite right. Speed skydiving scoring method Section 5.5 of the FAI ISC Speed Skydiving Competition Manual defines:  The score for a Speed Skydiving jump [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trámite LDM en Ciudad de México</title>
		<link>https://ciurana.eu/blog/2025/06/04/tramite-ldm-en-ciudad-de-mexico/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciurana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hoy completé el trámite de solicitud de ciudadanía española por opción, con base en los parámetros de la Ley de Memoria Democrática.  Aquí presento mi experiencia, el trámite, y como simplificarlo lo más posible. Antecedentes Hay varias agencias en México que ofrecen guiar a los solicitantes sobre como completar el trámite.  Estas agencias por lo [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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