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		<title>UK mag: How it Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On my return trip from the GamesCom game convention in Cologne, I picked up some chocolate treats and magazines for the Derringdos. In Germany I found the new Kinder Joy egg. It has a white chocolate cream filling that you scoop out with a plastic tab (picture here). During my brief layover at Heathrow, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Cologne for GamesCom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I traveled to Cologne, Germany for GamesCom, the world&#8217;s biggest video game convention. Business meetings kept me from exploring much of the city, but I did manage to visit the massive 13th century cathedral and meet up with my old friend R2. Famous for its beer, Cologne is also home to Europe&#8217;s largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Books vs. Travel Apps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday&#8217;s Financial Times had a feature on the downturn in the guidebook publishing and the rise of travel applications. The FT likes &#8220;augmented reality&#8221; tools that let you scan the horizon with your phone&#8217;s camera and see hotels pointed out over the screen or take a snapshot of a museum&#8217;s painting to get its history. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theodosia Throckmorton Tour of London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we were in London, I was finishing the third book in my new favorite series written by R.L. LaFevers about Theodosia Throckmorton, an eleven-year-old girl living in turn-of-the-century London. She has the special ability to detect vile curses on the Ancient Egyptian artifacts brought to the museum her parents run (The Museum of Legends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lego Games Summer Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lego has a new line of boardgames that they&#8217;ve taken on the road for a Summer demo tour. We caught up with them in St. Louis during our hometown visit. Visitors can try out large scale versions of the games. All of the games have some appeal, especially Creationary, a Pictionary clone where you use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London&#8217;s hidden Egyptology museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few blocks away from the British Museum&#8217;s famous mummies lies a wonderful little archaeology museum on the University College, London campus. When Indian Jones says &#8220;that belongs in a museum&#8221; to Beloq, the Petrie is the museum you imagine he is referring to. With its mishmash collection of Egyptian jewelry, pottery and artifacts in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mudlarking on the Thames</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Victorian London, a Mudlark was a child who dug in the muddy Thames shore for valuables. With raw sewage being dumped into the river, it was a nasty occupation. Today, the Thames is one of the cleanest metropolitan rivers in Europe. On our trip to London, Nettie and I walked the bank at low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falconry Exhibit at the British Museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While in London, we visited the British Museum three days in a row. On one such trip, we discovered that the museum was having a &#8220;Renaissance Night&#8221; with sword fighting, beer tasting, and a falconry show out front. We sat down to watch, and the head falconer showed the audience how he sent off the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A week in London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re back from our adventure in London! It was a week of walking tours, mudlarking, Roman ruins, Egyptian artifacts, owl training, sword fights, sandwiches and Legos (the photo above is from Legoland Windsor). We&#8217;ll be posting some highlights from our trip over the next few days.]]></description>
		<link>http://thederringdos.com/?p=577</link>
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		<title>Ice hands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peabody&#8217;s first summer project: ice hands! He filled surgical gloves with water, tied them off and left them in the freezer. Once frozen, he tore off the gloves. They&#8217;ll make a funky centerpiece to a family cocktail party. Next up, Jello hands!]]></description>
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