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		<title>Please Vote on February&#8217;s CotM Entries!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's time to vote on the CotM again!  We've got more entries this month, so choose carefully...As always, we are looking for:


Visual composition
Conky innovation
Adherence to theme, "St. Valentine's Day/Massacre"


Our entries this month are:

mrpeachy, with four different configs (!):

Entry #1:
Details here: [link]

Entry #2:
Details here: [link]

Entry #3:
Details here: [link]

Entry #4:
Details here: [link]



LG, with the following config:
Details [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2010/03/01/please-vote-on-februarys-cotm-entries/</link>
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		<title>Fancy Living on the Edge? Try Conky in Pre-Release!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a Conky junkie?  Has it been too long since the last major release?  (I know, it's only been a few months...)  Why not consider trying the pre-release, development version of Conky?  You can get the source code of the latest release candidates at Conky's SourceForge page.  And best [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2010/02/24/fancy-living-on-the-edge-try-conky-in-pre-release/</link>
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		<title>February&#8217;s CotM Competition: St. Valentine&#8217;s Day/Massacre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If anyone can believe it, it's February already!  You know, the month that brings us Groundhog Day (what does that silly groundhog know, anyway?), Valentine's Day and well, okay, that's about it. Oh, and it brings snow, in most places in the Northern Hemisphere.
But huzzah! February also brings with it the February Conky of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2010/02/03/februarys-cotm-competition-st-valentines-daymassacre/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations, wlourf, Winner of January&#8217;s CotM Competition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month marked the first time we made the CotM (Conky of the Month) competition open to public vote, and I'm glad we did!  Conkyist wlourf won this month's contest by a resounding 21 votes to 5, with his "wheel calendar" config:

wlourf posts more information about his script here and more screenshots here, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2010/02/03/congratulations-wlourf-winner-of-januarys-cotm-competition/</link>
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		<title>Please VOTE on the Winner of January&#8217;s CotM Competition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to mobilediesel and wlourf for entering January's Conky of the Month (CotM)!
This month we have a new feature: a public poll, so everyone can vote on who they think deserves to win.  Remember, we are looking for three things:

Visual composition
Conky innovation
Adherence to theme

...or maybe just which one you think is the coolest.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2010/01/17/please-vote-on-the-winner-of-januarys-cotm-competition/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations, dmillerct, Winner of December&#8217;s CotM Competition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year, all!
I can finally announce that the winner of December 2009's Conky of the Month competition is...
(Drum roll, please!)
...dmillerct!

dmillerct won points for his simple and effective configuration, for using the Conky Rings to create colourful pie charts, and for excellent adherence to the "Winter Holidays" theme! Honourable mention goes to arzali, who only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2009/12/31/congratulations-dmillerct-winner-of-decembers-cotm-competition/</link>
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		<title>The Lines are Now Closed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, that's it!  The closing date has passed for the very first Conky of the Month competition!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and the winner will be announced shortly.
In the meantime, I am pleased to announce the theme for next month's competition: CALENDARS!  As it's a new year, I'd like to see everyone's take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2009/12/16/the-lines-are-now-closed/</link>
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		<title>CotM Update: $50 Amazon Gift Card up for Grabs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you were in any doubt as to whether you should enter our festive Conky of the Month competition, your decision has now been made for you!
I am pleased to announce that in addition to the fame and glory that comes with being featured on the Conky Blog, we will also be offering a $50 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2009/11/28/cotm-update-50-amazon-gift-card-up-for-grabs/</link>
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		<title>TuxRadar&#8217;s Fortnightly Podcast Features Conky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cover story on this month's Linux Format Magazine is "Make Linux look awesome!" So naturally I had to check it out! The feature explains some of the most common eye candy for Linux, including Compiz/Emerald, Cairo-Dock and some of the more customisable aspects of KDE and Gnome. I thought it was worth pointing out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2009/11/25/tuxradars-fortnightly-podcast-features-conky/</link>
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		<title>Conky of the Month Competition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Christmas, I'm proud to announce the first official Conky of the Month  (CotM) competition!
Starting today, each month the Conky Blog will hold a CotM competition, with submissions based on a theme.  An overall winner will be selected based on the following three criteria:

Visual Composition: This could be quite broad; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.conky.be/2009/11/23/conky-of-the-month-competition/</link>
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