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		<title>Just a little news……</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to let you guys and girls know I&#8217;m nearing the end of a hiatus on the blog&#8230;..starting back at college and moving into a new house is busy work! Expect to see new stuff in a week or two.
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		<title>WordPress Theme Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/wordpress-themes/wordpress-theme-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Themes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! I&#8217;ve been trying to put together a more official site for my web design services, but I don&#8217;t have a whole lot of sites I can show off right now. I am officially doing work part time for the time being, so it&#8217;s hard to me to do as much marketing as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Still Hate ATI, or How To Enable Composite Rendering in Gnome</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/i-still-hate-ati-or-how-to-enable-composite-rendering-in-gnome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/i-still-hate-ati-or-how-to-enable-composite-rendering-in-gnome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ATI, god I hate you people with a passion. ATI is notoriously bad at not only sucking wind when it comes out to helping the Linux community, but probably making our lives harder. The desktop I have Ubuntu running on has a geriatric X300 graphics card, so you&#8217;d figure they would have the drivers nailed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Feel Fantastic and I’m Still Alive</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/site-news/i-feel-fantastic-and-im-still-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Site News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just letting you guys know it&#8217;s been super busy here in my world; things are going great for me right now, just super busy. Within the next week, expect things to ramp back up here. Thanks for reading!
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		<title>This is why I love Plurk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Finally some good new music</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/finally-some-good-new-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let it be said that I sacrifice to the Metal Gods. Pantera, Lamb of God, Avenged Sevenfold&#8230;..that&#8217;s my steady diet. Most music these days really suck pretty bad. So it&#8217;s always a present surprise when I actually hear something really good, especially outside the Metal Realm.
I&#8217;m sure the rest of the planet is already into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Change of Heading</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/site-news/a-change-of-heading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Site News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to let you guys know that over the next week or so I will quickly be  changing the direction of this blog. There are so many tech blogs out there, I&#8217;d rather not be an also-ran. If there is anything technical I must comment on, you will still find it here it just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do your blog posts stink? - Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/blogging/do-your-blog-posts-stink-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/blogging/do-your-blog-posts-stink-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[terrific content]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of places to look on the Web to find amazing resources on how to write amazing posts to draw people to your blog and keep them coming back. However, here are some tips and some observations about why your blog posts might stink. This the first post in this series.
Balance
I spend a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The man we have to blame for smileys</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/the-man-we-have-to-blame-for-smileys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny to think of all these things we do everyday as being younger than I am!read more &#124; digg story
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		<title>Must Visit: CSS Tricks</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/design/must-visit-css-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/design/must-visit-css-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes there are sites that are just a constant source of invaluable information. Chris Coyier&#8217;s CSS Tricks is an absolute positive goldmine of not just CSS but designing websites and also really cool programming tricks. There are some big names to always watch and Chris should definitely be a household name for all designers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The LHC didn’t go boom, but…….</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/the-lhc-didnt-go-boom-but/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/the-lhc-didnt-go-boom-but/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/the-lhc-didnt-go-boom-but/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of course, the real problem with the Large Hadron Collider is network security. read more &#124; digg story
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		<title>Creating a PHP Framework</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/programming/php/creating-a-php-framework/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I have been getting more and more interested in developing PHP while using a framework to help ease some of the things that are constantly done, such as interacting with the database and generating forms. Frameworks such as CodeIgniter and CakePHP can be incredibly useful in quickly ramping up a usable application.
As easy as some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World Won’t Explode Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/tech/the-world-wont-explode-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LHC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as a public service to everyone, the world won&#8217;t blow up tomorrow.


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		<title>Poll: What is your favorite PHP IDE?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/programming/php/poll-what-is-your-favorite-php-ide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/programming/php/poll-what-is-your-favorite-php-ide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know a lot of people use just a text editor for programming with PHP but I seem to be spending more time using a full fledged IDE. So what do you guys use? Please discuss and argue in the comments! Thanks!
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		<title>Comcast introduces 250GB data cap</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/tech/comcast-introduces-250gb-data-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/tech/comcast-introduces-250gb-data-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Comcast]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Comcast is already considered one of the worst ISP&#8217;s in the country, if not the world, and yet another move moves them to the bottom of the barrel for me.
Starting at the beginning of October, the will limit their users to consuming 250GB of data a month. If a user goes over that cap, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Web Development Books</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/programming/best-web-development-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/programming/best-web-development-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at NETTUTS they have a fantastic roundup from a poll they had about their reader&#8217;s choice of their favorite web development books. There are plenty of great books on the list.
The Best Web Development Books as Voted By You
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		<title>Almost There….</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/site-news/almost-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/site-news/almost-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Site News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry about the lack of updates the past week. I have been trying to get my new portfolio site done over at PRSweeney Web Design. I will be providing small projects for other bloggers and local customers in my area. Stay tuned!
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		<title>Update</title>
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		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/random/update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick little update&#8230;&#8230;..been having a lot of Real Life to deal with this week. I should be able to sit down and actually get some content up tonight and tomorrow. Gotta love it&#8230;..
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		<title>The TSA Drops the Ball AGAIN</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/security/the-tsa-drops-the-ball-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/security/the-tsa-drops-the-ball-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackleafmedia.com/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s always nice to know the government is so secure about using our personal information. Like how an outside contractor that runs one of the &#8220;trusted traveler&#8221; fast-passes at airports has lost the laptop containing 33,000 users of the Clear system.
It is just absolutely disgusting about how you would THINK you could trust a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Biggest Threat to Website Security - XSS</title>
		<link>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/security/the-biggest-threat-to-website-security-xss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackleafmedia.com/security/the-biggest-threat-to-website-security-xss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the amazing things about the Internet is the proliferation of free software available, from programming languages to desktop software. On the flip side, one of the many dangers of having so much software available is that a lot of it is just not up to snuff, for many reasons. One of the most [...]]]></description>
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