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		<title>Tips on Finding a Job</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great post by Dave here on his experience and suggestions / ideas on finding a job.  Upbeat, positive and encouraging.  Congratulations and good post Dave! Written from Starbucks in Laval:]]></description>
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		<title>Cheers to 2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I did this last year, I thought I’d try this again for 2008. Here’s the lowdown for my 2008: Geospatial Catalogues: the saga continues.  I have dug deeper into this area this year as part of my day-job, and find that interoperability is difficult to achieve in the OGC Catalogue space.  Clearly there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Nearest Book</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Paul.  Here&#8217;s my sentence: &#8220;This comes down to how SOA is defined&#8221;. Thomas Erl, Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design. 2005 This phrase is part of a section which discusses what SOA is (and isn&#8217;t). Rules of this meme: Grab the nearest book. Open it to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rocking the Loser Phone</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was compelled to write this after reading about Paul&#8217;s experiences. A couple of months ago, my Motorola E810 came to a screeching halt: the display died. As well, the battery recharge became spotty at best. So I was in need of a new phone. I called my wireless provider, who give me a story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheers to 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I did this last year, I thought I&#8217;d try this again for 2007. Here&#8217;s a lowdown for my 2007: REST is really here: and as popular as ever. For me, I finally realized that REST was a style, not a syntax, API or schema for that matter. Sean&#8217;s recent post sums it up quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disaster Steak</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(preamble: if you know me well enough, you&#8217;ll know that I use the term &#8220;disaster&#8221; in multiple modes / contexts. In this case, &#8220;disaster steak&#8221; is a good thing). This was a steak night. I had some friends over this weekend and sparked up the BBQ. I picked up some (big) sirloin steaks from Costco, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nice Stop Smoking Timeline</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this graphic I found (thanks digg), which shows the effects of smoking cessation. I also saw this recently in the doctor&#8217;s office, and found it really helpful and encouraging. I&#8217;m glad to say I&#8217;ve been 100% smoke free (via Zyban for a month) for almost six months now (the only New Years Resolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring in Ottawa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Headed to Ottawa for the OGC meetings. After waking up at an unsightly hour to catch the plane, we found out that Ottawa International Airport is shut down because of the weather there. Martin (Daly), who travelled from the UK (and 25C conditions), sent me a photo from the scene. Some days I miss living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean tagged me, so here are five things that you probably didn&#8217;t know about me: I have dual citizenship. I was born and raised in Canada, and got my Greek citizenship in 2005 After undergrad, a few of my buddies and I decided to forget about looking for work, and packed our backpacks for Europe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheers to 2006</title>
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