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		<title>Claustrophobia is out!</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2008/12/29/claustrophobia-is-out</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest iTunes App Store offering has finally been released!  And here is a video of me playing it&#8230; horribly.

Visit the site here.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My latest iTunes App Store offering has finally been released!  And here is a video of me playing it&#8230; horribly.</p>
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<p>Visit the site <a href="http://www.davidleblond.com/claustrophobia/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Netflix</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2008/06/30/netflix</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago Netflix announced they were axing a nice feature of theirs that allowed customers to set up separate queues for each family member.
Today I got an email saying that they are going back on that decision because their customers told them that they would miss the feature.
I just thought I&#8217;d post this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few weeks ago Netflix announced they were axing a nice feature of theirs that allowed customers to set up separate queues for each family member.</p>
<p>Today I got an email saying that they are going back on that decision because their customers told them that they would miss the feature.</p>
<p>I just thought I&#8217;d post this somewhere public: Netflix, you kick ass.</p>
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		<title>Driving Directions</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2007/06/29/driving-directions</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in love with Google&#8217;s latest &#8220;Customize Your Driving Directions&#8221; feature.  It makes so much sense to me.  For example, to get from work to home it always suggests turning left onto Jones Franklin Road which is impossible.  Just click and drag on the map now, and it will tell me how to go [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am in love with Google&#8217;s latest <a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/directions/index.html#utm_campaign=en&#038;utm_source=en-mapshpp-na-us-google&#038;utm_medium=mapshpp">&#8220;Customize Your Driving Directions&#8221;</a> feature.  It makes so much sense to me.  For example, to get from work to home it always suggests turning left onto Jones Franklin Road which is impossible.  Just click and drag on the map now, and it will tell me how to go home if I wanted to turn right.  Awesome.</p>
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		<title>No Touching!</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2007/06/19/no-touching</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just saw this article on CNN.  Apparently a middle school in Virginia has banned&#8230; wait for it&#8230;&#8230;. touching!  Not touching in a sexual manner, but just touching.  Hug someone?  Detention!  Give someone a high five?  Detention!  Pick a bug off someone&#8217;s head?  Detention!
Why ban touching?  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just saw <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/06/18/no.touching.rule.ap/index.html?33">this article</a> on CNN.  Apparently a middle school in Virginia has banned&#8230; wait for it&#8230;&#8230;. touching!  Not touching in a sexual manner, but just touching.  Hug someone?  Detention!  Give someone a high five?  Detention!  Pick a bug off someone&#8217;s head?  Detention!</p>
<p>Why ban touching?  Well apparently the principal is worried that someone will see someone giving someone else a high five and think &#8220;well if HE is giving a high five, why can&#8217;t I punch someone in the face?&#8221;  No, really&#8230; the guy is that stupid.  Here&#8217;s a quote:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;You get into shades of gray,&#8221; Kilmer Principal Deborah Hernandez said. &#8220;The kids say, &#8216;If he can high-five, then I can do this.&#8217; &#8220;</p></blockquote>
<p>Shades of gray?  How does this idiot run a SCHOOL?  I can&#8217;t wait for Ava to goto school&#8230; she might get expelled for sneezing (also known as distributing a possibly deadly virus into the air.)</p>
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		<title>Someone get me a Costco membership!</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2007/05/04/someone-get-me-a-costco-membership</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 20:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like Costco is selling real (as in made with cane sugar) Coke!
Just in time for Cinco De Mayo, cases of authentic Mexican Coca Cola have been spotted at Costco. They&#8217;re able to sell it since they&#8217;ve conformed to the US and California&#8217;s regulations, such as labeling the CRV (the recycling deposit) and nutrition [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks like Costco is <a href="http://yumsugar.com/239889">selling real (as in made with cane sugar) Coke!</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Just in time for <a href="http://yumsugar.com/tags/cinco+de+mayo">Cinco De Mayo</a>, cases of authentic Mexican Coca Cola have been <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/www.sfist.com/archives/2007/05/02/sfist_photo_mexican_coke_at_the_costco.php');" href="http://www.sfist.com/archives/2007/05/02/sfist_photo_mexican_coke_at_the_costco.php">spotted at Costco</a>. They&#8217;re able to sell it since they&#8217;ve conformed to the US and California&#8217;s regulations, such as labeling the CRV (the recycling deposit) and nutrition facts.</p></blockquote>
<p>Coke, however, is not amused.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;[The non-Coca-Cola distributors are] trespassing on the territory rights of many U.S. bottlers,&#8221; said Coke spokesman Martin. &#8220;Bringing it into the country is not illegal. But what it does do from the Coca-Cola standpoint is it violates contractual rights that we have with our bottlers. And it has potential trademark right infringements as well.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ve got an idea&#8230; how about making ALL Coke using sugar&#8230; since that is apparently what the customer wants! Of course, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke">Coke has a history of not doing what the customer wants.</a></p>
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		<title>Video Games and Shootings</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2007/04/19/video-games-and-shootings</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, a tragedy has struck our country in the form of someone killing 32 people at Virginia Tech.  And, as is custom in this country, it was met with&#8230; a media extravaganza!
As with most shootings, Jack Thompson and friends (this time in the form of Dr. Phil) stepped forward and said basically that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again, a tragedy has struck our country in the form of someone killing 32 people at Virginia Tech.  And, as is custom in this country, it was met with&#8230; a media extravaganza!</p>
<p>As with most shootings, Jack Thompson and friends (this time in the form of Dr. Phil) stepped forward and said basically that the kid was driven to do this because he played violent video games.  Of course.</p>
<p>So who&#8217;s getting sued this time?  Well lets peruse the <a href="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/04/17/warrant.pdf">search warrant</a> to see which games he was playing to prepare for his little blood bath.  Lets see&#8230; digital camera, books, Dremel tool&#8230;. where are the video games?  Well hell, he didn&#8217;t have any!</p>
<p>Thats right, he didn&#8217;t have any video games in his possession.  So there you have it, one of the most horrific shootings in history, NO link to video games.</p>
<p>I think we need to focus on what is causing all this violence in our country, and stop looking for people to sue. </p>
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		<title>The Creme Egg Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2007/04/08/the-creme-egg-conspiracy</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Cadbury FAQ:

Why has the size of the egg changed?
It hasn&#8217;t &#8211; you&#8217;ve just grown up!

O RLY?

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the <a href="http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/Brands/About/Confectionery/factsheet_cremeegg.htm">Cadbury FAQ</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>
<b>Why has the size of the egg changed?</b><br />
It hasn&#8217;t &#8211; you&#8217;ve just grown up!
</p></blockquote>
<p>O RLY?</p>
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		<title>Now THATS a friggin kite flying festival</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2007/02/26/now-thats-a-friggin-kite-flying-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Pakistan, they held an annual kite flying festival where 11 people were killed, and 100 people injured.  HOW do you get killed at a kite flying festival??

The deaths and injuries were caused by stray bullets, sharpened kite-strings, electrocution and people falling off rooftops yesterday at the conclusion of the two-day Basant festival, said [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Pakistan, they held an annual kite flying festival where <a href="http://www.breakingnews.ie/World/?jp=CWSNSNGBGBSN&#038;rss=rss2">11 people were killed, and 100 people injured.</a>  HOW do you get killed at a kite flying festival??</p>
<blockquote><p>
The deaths and injuries were caused by stray bullets, sharpened kite-strings, electrocution and people falling off rooftops yesterday at the conclusion of the two-day Basant festival, said Ruqia Bano, spokeswoman for emergency service in the city of Lahore.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Wait wait, sharpened kite-strings??</p>
<blockquote><p>
Kite flyers often use strings made of wire or coated with ground glass to try to cross and cut a rival’s string or damage the other kite, often after betting on the outcome.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh that makes sense.  Here I thought Charlie Brown was starting to freak.  &#8220;Stupid kite-eating tree!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Festivus for the rest of us!</title>
		<link>http://www.davidleblond.com/index.php/2006/12/22/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Merry Decemberween!  Now a company in Milwaukee is selling Festivus Poles!  Maybe with our baby coming in the next year we should start a new tradition of celebrating Festivus!
Time for the Airing of Grievances!!!!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Merry Decemberween!  Now a company in Milwaukee is selling <a href="http://www.festivuspoles.com/pages/Festivuspoles.htm">Festivus Poles!</a>  Maybe with our baby coming in the next year we should start a new tradition of celebrating Festivus!</p>
<p>Time for the Airing of Grievances!!!!</p>
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		<title>Arr!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arrrrrr!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a xhref="http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/">Arrrrrr!</a></p>
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