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	<title>Joel Rendall &#187; Thinking On Blog Paper</title>
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		<title>Just Another Day Travelling Through Time &#8211; Thanks Facebook!</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/2009/03/15/just-another-day-travelling-through-time-thanks-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first, when I saw the latest Facebook updates, the larger fonts made me feel more like I was part of a Fisher Price social network. But that was just on the surface, and we all know we should never judge a&#8230; website by its fonts.
I was sending a Facebook reply to someone at 2:09 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At first, when I saw the latest Facebook updates, the larger fonts made me feel more like I was part of a Fisher Price social network. But that was just on the surface, and we all know we should never judge a&#8230; website by its fonts.</p>
<p>I was sending a Facebook reply to someone at 2:09 in the morning (don&#8217;t judge my sleep habits &#8211; I just woke up a few hours ago), and the below screenshot is what I saw.</p>
<p>The logic behind this hurts my brain&#8230; maybe I need to go watch Back To The Future again and take notes.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-73" title="facebooktimetravel1" src="http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/facebooktimetravel1.jpg" alt="facebooktimetravel1" width="414" height="154" /></p>
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		<title>We Need to Confirm Your Identity&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/2009/03/04/we-need-to-confirm-your-identity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look at this image. This string has allegedly been formed using numbers and letters from our standard alphabet. RNK9? PWK9? FNK9? I&#8217;ve got the K9 part down pat, but the first half will require a few more brain cells&#8230;
How many times have you filled out a huge online form, and then get stuck at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pknAnMBnaAE/Sa4voeUro_I/AAAAAAAAADg/vxSYJmIwYdk/s1600-h/Picture+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 91px; height: 49px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pknAnMBnaAE/Sa4voeUro_I/AAAAAAAAADg/vxSYJmIwYdk/s400/Picture+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309233383097476082" border="0" /></a><br />Look at this image. This string has allegedly been formed using numbers and letters from our standard alphabet. RNK9? PWK9? FNK9? I&#8217;ve got the K9 part down pat, but the first half will require a few more brain cells&#8230;</p>
<p>How many times have you filled out a huge online form, and then get stuck at the end at the final step? Apparently, to prove I&#8217;m not a robot, I need to see an image of letters and numbers, and enter them in.</p>
<p>That would be fine and dandy, if what they presented me with was actually legible to a human. Perhaps I am less talented than the rest, because I NEVER get these things on the first try. It usually takes me about 5 or 6 before I&#8217;m presented with one that doesn&#8217;t look like a random spoonful of mangled alphabet soup.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t we have our retina scanned or something? Anything that requires as little thinking as possible will be suitable for someone with the brain capacity equal to mine, or less.</p>
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		<title>It Had to Happen Eventually&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/2009/02/24/it-had-to-happen-eventually/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find much joy in the impressive, tomato-cutting mastery of my Forever Sharp knife&#8230; But today I didn&#8217;t appreciate its power quite as much, when I found it on an epic journey to the deepest core of my thumb.
Since going raw vegan almost 2 months ago, I have been eating about what seems like 20 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pknAnMBnaAE/SaS-HuG6VFI/AAAAAAAAACY/FWOtT-kVZj8/s1600-h/saltwater.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pknAnMBnaAE/SaS-HuG6VFI/AAAAAAAAACY/FWOtT-kVZj8/s320/saltwater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306575300794668114" border="0" /></a>I find much joy in the impressive, tomato-cutting mastery of my Forever Sharp knife&#8230; But today I didn&#8217;t appreciate its power quite as much, when I found it on an epic journey to the deepest core of my thumb.</p>
<p>Since going raw vegan almost 2 months ago, I have been eating about what seems like 20 times the amount of fruit and vegies of a normal human. Many a fruit slice, I&#8217;d been wondering when my hand-eye coordination would finally fail me. That day was today.</p>
<p>I consulted my on-staff doctor, (Google.com), and found a solution. I mixed together water sea salt (the only salt I had at hand&#8230; pun intended), and dabbed. Within a couple minutes, the gushing stopped.</p>
<p>So there&#8217;s my tip of the day &#8211; if you find yourself with an accidental cut, and don&#8217;t want to bleed (nothing against the emo teen population, of course), now you know the best way to make it stop.</p>
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		<title>My Duvet and Snooze Button are Ganging Up on Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Did you know it is actually a biological fact that until we are 25, our sleep cycle naturally prefers late nights and late mornings? I have always envied those who wake up early. Hell, for a day or two of my life, I fooled myself into thinking I could be one of those people.


No matter [...]]]></description>
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<p>Did you know it is actually a biological fact that until we are 25, our sleep cycle naturally prefers late nights and late mornings? I have always envied those who wake up early. Hell, for a day or two of my life, I fooled myself into thinking I could be one of those people.
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<div>No matter what I do, I can&#8217;t resist starting something new at midnight or beyond. </div>
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<div>And in the morning, I just can&#8217;t resist 10 more extra minutes of duvet goodness. I have established that the duvet is the enemy. The was a period when I cleverly rolled the duvet up into a ball and stuffed it into my closet at night so that I wouldn&#8217;t be comfortable enough in the morning to be tempted into sleeping in. Somehow, my half-intelligible morning self is still able to fetch it and indulge in its comfort, without the perfect, self-disciplined Joel noticing.</div>
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<div>If it wasn&#8217;t engraved, the text on the snooze button would have been worn off long ago. I estimated that one morning this month, I hit snooze 12 times, each 10 minutes more satisfying than the last.</div>
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<div>I&#8217;ll likely attempt to become an early riser a few more times in the near future, and will face inevitable failure. From now until my 25th birthday, I can look forward to the day when I am no longer fighting biology. Perhaps I will be graced with more than 3 minutes to shower, dress, eat, and get out the door.</div>
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		<title>A True Test of Self Discipline</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/2008/04/17/a-true-test-of-self-discipline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 7 years, I will not be on the payroll for the summer. I am going to do freelance web design, and other computer work full time. 

I know I will be able to find enough work, since I have been busy with web design gigs just with word of mouth advertising. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the first time in 7 years, I will not be on the payroll for the summer. I am going to do freelance web design, and other computer work full time. 
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<div>I know I will be able to find enough work, since I have been busy with web design gigs just with word of mouth advertising. Imagine what could happen if I actually market myself&#8230;</div>
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<div>But there is still an element of worry in not having the safety net of a steady paycheque to rely on. I have to make a certain amount of cash in order to return to school in September for my second year in Humber&#8217;s music program! This will be the ultimate test of my self-motivation.</div>
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<div>Will I be able to get up before noon when I&#8217;m setting my own hours?</div>
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<div>Will I have the potential to make more money without having someone set an hourly cap on the amount of money I&#8217;m worth?</div>
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<div>And most importantly &#8211; Does anyone know where I can find a cheap car with lots of drumkit space in the back? <img src='http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </div>
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		<title>I am lame.</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/2008/03/27/i-am-lame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmm, apparently I have nothing interesting to say after all this time.

No one reads this blog. Well, &#8220;No one&#8221;, stayed tuned because I might post something here, someday, maybe.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm, apparently I have nothing interesting to say after all this time.
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<div>No one reads this blog. Well, &#8220;No one&#8221;, stayed tuned because I might post something here, someday, maybe.</div>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Blogging Time!</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrendall.com/blog/2006/10/05/its-blogging-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello visitor.There may or may not be visitors to this blog. I am a web designer who has broken down and started a blog to record things that I find interesting. I am also a professional drummer. There has been the occasional when I have wanted to blog, so here goes. - Joel
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello visitor.<br />There may or may not be visitors to this blog. I am a web designer who <br />has broken down and started a blog to record things that I find interesting. <br />I am also a professional drummer. There has been the occasional when I have wanted to blog, so here goes.<br /> - Joel</p>
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