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		<title>On Some Introspective Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning! I hope it will continue to be good well into the afternoon. So this week is actually my last week in Calgary before I head back to Ottawa, and as such, I've got lots of things on my mind-- school, moving back into my place, errands which have to be run before I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/30/on-some-introspective-questions/</link>
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		<title>Apostrophe Patrol- Black&#8217;s Photography Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So remember that post I did a little while back on the proper usage of apostrophes? I have since seen so many examples of otherwise professional companies misuing the apostrophe+s combination, that I've decided to set up an apostrophe patrol. Every time I catch an apostrophe misuse, I'll post it on here (with pictures), and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/26/apostrophe-patrol-blacks-photography-edition/</link>
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		<title>On Basic Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh Canada, how far removed you have become from the rest of the world in your little floating bubble. I can't even say that the U.S. is worse for this, since their economy problems have created non-first-world-like conditions in some parts of the country (like Detroit- here), and they're fighting to keep afloat right now. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/20/on-basic-rights/</link>
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		<title>Advice to Second-Year B. IT &#8211; IMD Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to my previous post on Advice to First-Year B. IT - IMD Students, it is worth noting that the points in that article are equally applicable to second, third, and fourth-year students as well as the first-years. That being said, though, there were some additional points which seemed to apply more to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/19/advice-to-second-year-b-it-imd-students/</link>
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		<title>On Scotiabank Annoyances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's worth mentioning first that before this summer, I was a Scotiabank customer for two years, and generally fairly happy with them. I had both a chequing and savings account. This summer, however, I realized I wasn't using the accounts enough to be able to justify the fees I was being charged (and why was I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/10/on-scotiabank-annoyances/</link>
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		<title>On Convention: The Brief Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's say, for a minute, that 'X' is some non-harmful action or method or behaviour or idea. Person 1: "I want to do X" Person 2: "But, but! You can't!" 1: "Why not?" 2: "Because!" 1: "Give me a better reason." 2: "Because that's not the way it's done!" 1: "Who says? Maybe 'the way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/05/on-convention-the-brief-edition/</link>
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		<title>On Apostrophe Usage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Alternate title: The Spam I Receive Has Better Grammar Than My Corporate Workplace) This really frustrates me. How many times do I visit an otherwise professional website, only to find that whoever wrote the copy for it had no concept of when to use (and not to use) apostrophes? Specifically, the 'apostrophe 's'' combination. People [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/05/on-apostrophe-usage/</link>
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		<title>On the DIG London Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received a link to this interactive gaming conference this morning, and while it actually looks quite interesting (and I may consider going), they've got one of the worst website designs I've seen in a while. Take a look at this (visit the website for the full-size version): I realize that the audience for this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/08/04/on-the-dig-london-website/</link>
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		<title>On Google Chrome and This Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is a momentous occasion! Google Chrome has officially tied Internet Explorer as the most popular browser of choice among people who visit this blog.   That's actually pretty impressive. Firefox has a pretty strong showing too, despite the fact that people are beginning to blast it for being "behind the times" (read: not more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/07/29/on-google-chrome-and-this-blog/</link>
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		<title>On Online Consumer Surveys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I do online surveys. Still haven't figured out why, yet, but I do them. This particular survey was somewhat all over the place on my shopping habits, but it tended to focus on clothes. More than that, it tended to focus on brands. Yay, my favourite topic... It asked me: what store do you usually buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://silverstreaked.net/blog/2010/07/28/on-online-consumer-surveys/</link>
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