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		<title>Pretty Sunset and Moon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry the blog&#8217;s been ignored lately.  Look at these pretty sunset shots I did a week ago and feel better!   

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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2010/02/05/pretty-sunset/</link>
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		<title>This ain&#8217;t right&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It all started innocently enough&#8230;  After stumbling out of In-n-out in a DoubleDouble induced coma, we decided to check out the low rent gift store that seemed to be squatting in the corpse of what used to be a Mervyns.  What was the harm in a little shopping?  Friends, there are some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/11/15/this-aint-right/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11</title>
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Woo hoo! Back in data coverage that isn&#39;t $15/M! Hello Chicago. For about 45 mins   #
I&#39;m home.  http://twitpic.com/kbigf #
Ok, back on Twitter after a week. What&#39;d I miss? #
Full moon right in the eyes for a wake up call. Good thing I&#39;m still on Atlantic time.  http://twitpic.com/kd3ld #
i&#39;m ready for lunch. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/10/11/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-11/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04</title>
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It&#39;s gonna be a long day of travel. #
I feel so dirty, skulking around ohare, looking for an AC fix. #
four flights, packed airplanes, coughing passengers, but at least now i&#39;m in the land of the nice. #
i&#39;m about to go all Ugly American on a Canadian Best Western that thinks it&#39;s ok to start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27</title>
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@marycanady i&#39;m just hungover&#8230;   in reply to marycanady #
@marycanady had an amazing time!  Pix are uploading to flickr now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdpix/ in reply to marycanady #
thanks to all the great folks who came out for my and @zenchaos&#39;s birthdays! Pix are up! http://bit.ly/98QAa #
RT @churchills:  Lost abbey serpents stout aged in jack [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/09/27/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-27-2/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27</title>
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@marycanady i&#39;m just hungover&#8230;   in reply to marycanady #
@marycanady had an amazing time!  Pix are uploading to flickr now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdpix/ in reply to marycanady #
thanks to all the great folks who came out for my and @zenchaos&#39;s birthdays! Pix are up! http://bit.ly/98QAa #
RT @churchills:  Lost abbey serpents stout aged in jack [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/09/27/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-27/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20</title>
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@Altair77 congrats! in reply to Altair77 #
yardwork sux #
i&#39;m all scratched up and my hands are dirty&#8230; i thought i was a geek&#8230; #
My weekend http://twitpic.com/hna5j #
rss is kicking my booty&#8230; some times it&#39;s &#60; sometimes it&#39;s &#38;lt sometimes there&#39;s ![CDATA[ and sometimes it all just poofs.  suck it, web. #
can&#39;t write another word&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/09/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-20/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13</title>
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This won&#39;t scale  http://twitpic.com/gqmjg #
The end of a wonderful ride  http://twitpic.com/gr2bf #
@churchills i felt so guilty that you know that i see other women&#8230; um, bars&#8230;   in reply to churchills #
@churchills uh, oh @nicmcc in reply to churchills #
@churchills you don&#39;t bring me flowers&#8230; you used to sing me love songs&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/09/13/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-13/</link>
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		<title>Experimenting with adding picture tweets to declan.net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t mind the mess&#8230; I&#8217;m experimenting with a new syndication plugin, FeedWordPress, and TwitPic to get my tweeted pictures to show up on the blog.  It looks like TwitPic has added rss support, so this just might work!   
Twitter has killed my blog updating&#8230; Trying to find a nice lazy way to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/09/12/experimenting-with-adding-picture-tweets-to-declan-net/</link>
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		<title>Want to help me in a photo contest?</title>
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I&#8217;m late to the contest, but I thought I&#8217;d give it a shot.
Click here to vote for it.
Thanks!
Here&#8217;s what the image looks like on SoCal Photo Contest&#8217;s page:

Doesn&#8217;t look as good rendered as a tiny thumbnail!   
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/08/29/want-to-help-me-in-a-photo-contest/</link>
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		<title>Our baby is 14!</title>
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/08/28/our-baby-is-14/</link>
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		<title>Where I Write</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I LOVE this site:
http://www.whereiwrite.org/
very inspiring&#8230;  I&#8217;ve been thinking of crafting a decent workspace at home.
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/08/09/where-i-write/</link>
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		<title>Amazing Wedding Entrance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I teared up a little.
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/07/23/amazing-wedding-entrance/</link>
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		<title>San Diego Comic Con TweetUp #cctweetup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, Gabe and I went downtown to the Voyeur club and shot pictures of the #cctweetup crowd:

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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/07/23/san-diego-comic-con-tweetup-cctweetup/</link>
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		<title>Erin&#8217;s Award and Promotion Ceremony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erin&#8217;s officially a high schooler!  On Wednesday, she got an award for her work in the Drama Club:

Here are the happy parents!


Nice work Erin!

(with Mr. Sykes, the drama coach)
Then on Thursday, Erin walked for her promotion ceremony:


There was pretty music:

which caused a lot of hugging:


and smiles:

and posing:



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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/06/13/erins-award-and-promotion-ceremony/</link>
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		<title>Maker Faire 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday I attended the 2009 Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA.

I&#8217;ve always wanted to go and Elaine and I were up in SF for the weekend, so I made it!  I walked into the building above and assumed that was the whole thing.  It was an enormous place with tons of exhibits.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/06/03/maker-faire-2009/</link>
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		<title>Ugly Web Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using this interface for the last few weeks, and it&#8217;s making me physically ill:

It boggles the mind&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/05/15/ugly-web-site/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Road Trip &#8211; Lake Havasu City, AZ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We got up, had some good Mexican food, then hit the road to AZ.  We stopped at too many &#8220;trading posts&#8221; where Erin was overwhelmed with the selection:

In the whole trip, the only place we ran into a little weather was outside of Flagstaff where we picked up a light dusting of snow:

which broke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/05/10/2009-spring-break-road-trip-lake-havasu-city-az/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Road Trip &#8211; Albuquerque, NM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Yep, pretty much sums the place up.
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/05/10/2009-spring-break-road-trip-albuquerque-nm/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Road Trip &#8211; Denver, CO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Man, it&#8217;s taking me forever to finish writing up this trip&#8230; I gotta stop taking so many pictures&#8230;
My sister Diardra and her hubby Doug live in Arvada, CO right next to Denver:

Diardra gave us directions to the 16th Street Mall

 which is right by the capitol:

Erin Yelped and found us some awesome Gyros at Shish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/05/10/2009-spring-break-road-trip-denver-co/</link>
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		<title>Megan and Bryan Visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I only have one picture of her with a closed mouth.  This isn&#8217;t it&#8230;

Bryan&#8217;s learning how to count:

We saw Wolverine and didn&#8217;t go out for sushi.   
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/05/10/megan-and-bryan-visit/</link>
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		<title>Erin Being Dramatic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erin&#8217;s school play opened last night and I got some nice shots:


Erin and her short Mom:


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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/05/09/erin-being-dramatic/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Road Trip &#8211; Edwards, CO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My brother Aidan and his wife Renia live in Edwards, CO:

But let&#8217;s be real, the real reason for the trip is JACK!

Jack is our new nephew and I hadn&#8217;t met him before this.  He&#8217;s a wonderful little dude with a great disposition.  Looks like he&#8217;ll have our sense of humor too:

He&#8217;s very curious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/05/03/2009-spring-break-road-trip-edwards-co/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Road Trip &#8211; Bryce Canyon, UT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d booked us into the motel just outside of Bryce.  It turns out that it&#8217;s a huge complex of buildings, but easy to navigate and quite close to the park.  We woke the next morning to a mysterious substance coating the car:

I haven&#8217;t owned an ice scraper since Illinois, but thanks to my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/04/26/2009-spring-break-road-trip-bryce-canyon-ut/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Road Trip &#8211; Zion, UT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We got up the next morning, found some breakfast, then headed north on I-15 to Zion.  On previous trips in this part of the country, I&#8217;d stuck to the interstate.  The views were always awesome, but I wondered what getting off of the beaten path would yield.  I was not disappointed!
Zion is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/04/26/2009-spring-break-road-trip-zion-ut/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Road Trip &#8211; Las Vegas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erin and I took off early on Saturday morning:

 to get to our first stop, Las Vegas!  This was Erin&#8217;s first time so I wanted to make sure she saw the most important part, Barry Manilow!

Ok, not really &#8211; our goal was the Blue Man Group but first we needed to get a good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/04/19/2009-spring-break-road-trip-las-vegas/</link>
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		<title>2009 Spring Break Map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erin and I took a road trip from San Diego to Denver and back.  I&#8217;ll post more as I get the pictures edited, but here&#8217;s the initial map:
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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/04/13/2009-spring-break-map/</link>
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		<title>April Fool&#8217;s Day &#8211; Ladder in the Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I should know better than asking my Ops guys if they have a spare ladder on April Fool&#8217;s Day   my office:


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		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/04/01/april-fools-day-ladder-in-the-office/</link>
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		<title>Playing with Instamapper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I turned on Instamapper as I was about to bike the Silver Strand:

GPS tracking powered by InstaMapper.com


I need to play with it more&#8230;  I KNOW I went over 11 mph    Not sure why there are so few data points.  The phone was in my saddle bag, under the metal seat, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/03/15/playing-with-instamapper/</link>
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		<title>code4lib 2009 in Providence, RI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just got back from one of my favorite conferences of the year, code4lib 2009, this year in Providence, RI.  It was great seeing a lot of my liberry geek buddies, and it was a nice reminder of why I live in San Diego and not the God forsaken hinterlands of the East.  Cold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.declan.net/2009/03/01/code4lib-2009-in-providence-ri/</link>
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