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		<title>Attack! Check your domain and IP against email blacklists</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/11/attack-check-your-domain-and-ip-against-email-blacklists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips and tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had a problem with one of my special project websites getting attacked, notably the &#8220;send to a friend&#8221; tool.  argh&#8230;  Likely attempted spammers.  I wish spammers a long and slow death.
We noticed some pages getting a lot of traffic that shouldn&#8217;t be getting a lot of traffic, which raised an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons get&#8217;s an overdue face lift</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/08/lessons-gets-an-overdue-face-lift/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2008/08/lessons-gets-an-overdue-face-lift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long road for LessonsUnlimited.com, and now after nearly 3 years, it&#8217;s received a new face. Actually a complete renovation.  Originally we did a quick and dirty launch using some website software we bought for classified ad systems, to get the site running.  
It picked up in users and traffic but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life dictated by the lowest bidder</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/08/life-dictated-by-the-lowest-bidder/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2008/08/life-dictated-by-the-lowest-bidder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor and jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nasa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some recently sent me the following joke.  I think it would be a lot more funny if it wasn&#8217;t so true.  enjoy:
An astronaut in space in 1970 was asked by a reporter, &#8220;How do you feel?&#8221;
&#8220;How would you feel,&#8221; the astronaut replied, &#8220;if you were stuck here, on top of 20,000 parts each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cats and Engineers</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/06/cats-and-engineers/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2008/06/cats-and-engineers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor and jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I always knew there was a link between them, but nobody would listen.  If you like engineers and cats, this is a definite &#8220;must watch&#8221;.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4[/youtube]
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		<title>Test drive with StumbleUpon Exchange</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/05/test-drive-with-stumbleupon-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2008/05/test-drive-with-stumbleupon-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 23:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips and tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stumbleupon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davidslade.net/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend recently pointed out an interesting site, StumbleUpon Exchange, for the sake of being short we&#8217;ll say &#8220;SUex&#8221;. Thanks Jake. I added two of my sites, aguywalkedintoabar.com and barmano.com to test it out with. My objective is long term, to build awareness/brand recognition for my sites. So after about 12 sites stumbled via the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing your adsense relevancy, and CTR</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/01/increasing-your-adsense-relevancy-and-ctr/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2008/01/increasing-your-adsense-relevancy-and-ctr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO and SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adsense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A quick post on improving your Adsense relevancy, and thus CTR, via improved meta description.  Which adds to my belief that SEO should focus on good content as the ultimate-suprimo-uber-priority.
So a little background:
I have several websites (private lessons, home repair, cocktails and bar guide, etc.), and a never-ending to-do list for any given site. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tricks for stain removal, cleaning and fixing around the house</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/01/tricks-for-stain-removal-cleaning-and-fixing-around-the-house/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2008/01/tricks-for-stain-removal-cleaning-and-fixing-around-the-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[tips and tricks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davidslade.net/2008/01/29/tricks-for-stain-removal-cleaning-and-fixing-around-the-house/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, how many of these do you know about?   I&#8217;m posting this for myself, as much as others.  I&#8217;ve heard of several of these helpful tips, but I never seem to remember them when the situation arises.  Most I&#8217;ve probably heard from my mom or grandma at some point, if I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New project, FindMrFixit off the ground and running</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2008/01/new-project-findmrfixit-off-the-ground-and-running/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2008/01/new-project-findmrfixit-off-the-ground-and-running/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[launches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start-up]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davidslade.net/2008/01/20/new-project-findmrfixit-off-the-ground-and-running/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another one of my old ideas, has finally started to materialize. As of January, findmrfixit.com has officially launched. The idea to having a site has been quick, just a couple months of market research and development. So I expect the learning curve to be quite steep.  The site&#8217;s objective is helping people find local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europcar, Thanks for the Ruined Weekend</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2007/12/europcar-thanks-for-the-ruined-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2007/12/europcar-thanks-for-the-ruined-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europcar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost reservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filing this under rants on poor customer service.
Exec Summary: Europcar lost our reservation, we couldn&#8217;t continue with the rest of our weekend trip, and had buy an extra train ticket to return home, thus ruining our weekend.  (la lettre a la DG d&#8217;Europcar en francais ci-dessous)
We had made a reservation for a car for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Internet Bubble?</title>
		<link>http://davidslade.net/2007/12/another-internet-bubble/</link>
		<comments>http://davidslade.net/2007/12/another-internet-bubble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dslade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor and jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage bubble]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davidslade.net/2007/12/07/another-internet-bubble/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do I really need to ask? I don&#8217;t think the housing market as a monopoly on bubbles at the moment. I hope you all aren&#8217;t mortgaged out, and have some cash reserves.  Next couple years look to be rough.
Patricia sent me this video. I love it.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=fi4fzvQ6I-o[/youtube]
&#8220;blue shirts and khaki pants, looking like a line [...]]]></description>
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