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<title><![CDATA[Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part VIII]]></title>
<link>http://reyadel.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/have-travian-gold-will-attack-part-viii/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reyadel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reyadel.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/have-travian-gold-will-attack-part-viii/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For the past whole week, I have tried to describe herein my Travian experience, which in its entiret]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Inactive.]]></title>
<link>http://brianmwells.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/inactive/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
<guid>http://brianmwells.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/inactive/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I guess I&#8217;ve been pretty inactive the last few days. I took the 35mm out for like, three shots]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I guess I&#8217;ve been pretty inactive the last few days. I took the 35mm out for like, three shots a few nights ago.</p>
<p>Friday night I had two events to shoot. First was a women&#8217;s volleyball game on campus. There was notihng super spectacular about it. The second was an open mic night on campus. The music was decent, but I didn&#8217;t stay long. The lighting was poor, so the shots didn&#8217;t come out amazingly.</p>
<p>Since I have nothing new to post, here&#8217;s a random cityscape from last March.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianmwells/4027096907/sizes/l/in/set-72157622639605618/"><img title="1" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/4027096907_3d832f36fc.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cincinnati, OH. 2009</p></div>
<p>If I come up with something good, I&#8217;ll post it later. I just wanted to put this up to make sure everyone knows I&#8217;m not dead.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part IV]]></title>
<link>http://reyadel.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/have-travian-gold-will-attack-part-iv/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reyadel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reyadel.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/have-travian-gold-will-attack-part-iv/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On the second day playing the test server of the Travian game version 3.6, the leveling up of my Vil]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A New Way To Hide Disabled WPF TreeView Items]]></title>
<link>http://christopherpope.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/a-new-way-to-hide-disabled-wpf-treeview-items/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Christopher</dc:creator>
<guid>http://christopherpope.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/a-new-way-to-hide-disabled-wpf-treeview-items/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I had a project with a strange requirement which dealt with hiding disabled items on a WPF tree view]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I had a project with a strange requirement which dealt with hiding disabled items on a WPF tree view. The easiest way to for me to explain this requirement is to show it to you visually rather than try to explain it in words. First, take a look at the the image below, it is of a tree view with both enabled and disabled items:</p>
<div id="attachment_73" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 280px"><img class="size-full wp-image-73 " style="border:black 2px solid;" title="Before" src="http://christopherpope.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/before.png" alt="Before" width="270" height="267" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Tree View Showing Enabled and Disabled Items</p></div>
<p>The strange requirement which I was having difficulty with was to hide those inactive items but still leave their active descendants visible. Notice that item 1 is disabled but it&#8217;s direct descendant item 1.1 is not.  So to corectly implement this requirement, I would need to hide the parent item 1 but leave its child item 1.1 still visible. And not only leave it&#8217;s child still visible but leave its child&#8217;s vertical positioning intact as well.</p>
<p>Below is an image of this requirement in action. All inactive items are hidden but their active children are not. If an active item was vertically aligned X number of device units to the right when its inactive parent was visible, then it needed to stay vertically alligned X number of device units to the right when its inactive parent was hidden.</p>
<div id="attachment_76" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 238px"><img class="size-full wp-image-76 " style="border:black 2px solid;" title="After" src="http://christopherpope.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/after.png" alt="After" width="228" height="173" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Tree View Showing Only Active Items</p></div>
<p>I was writing this project using the <a href="http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/two-model-view-viewmodel-screencasts/">MVVM pattern </a>and so in my first attempt at this requirement, I simply used some data triggers in my XAML to hide items which were marked inactive in my view model. Walla! I was done and could move onto more pressing issues in the project. But I soon realized that was not going to happen because although I was able to easily hide inactive tree view items, their children were hidden also.  The default TreeView action when hiding an item was to hide that item&#8217;s children also regardless of if the children are active or not.</p>
<p>In order to solve this problem and implement my requriement correctly, I knew I&#8217;d have to probably look at the TreeView&#8217;s control template and modify it. Which I was dreading. I am not a XAML expert and wanted no part with doing something like this. As a matter of fact, I was quite confused by all of those &#8216;templates&#8217; in WPF I kept hearing about and trying to read about. There is a control template, a data template, an items panel template, and others. I was thinking to myself, just how many templates are there any way? Do we actually need them? Come on Microsoft, make something easy for me for once.</p>
<p>So after I got over my rant, which took weeks, I took the time to sit down and tell myself &#8220;I am going to do this. It will be my project for the day and I can do this.&#8221; I felt the &#8216;force&#8217; close by (well actually <a href="http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/">Josh Smith&#8217;s blog </a>but close enough) and so I felt confident.</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t it strange that after you do something which had been challenging you and forcing you to struggle to surmount it, that it really doesn&#8217;t seem so difficult after you do it? I hate that feeling, it makes me feel like I didn&#8217;t do anything. Nevertheless, I am going to present the very few and simple steps that I did to accomplish this daring and heroic feat :</p>
<p>1 &#8211; I pulled the TreeView control template with the <a href="http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/#ShowMeTheTemplate">Show Me The Template tool</a> and copied it into my build directory to a new file named TreeViewForStrangeRequirement.xaml.</p>
<p>2 &#8211; I then placed a TreeView in my window&#8217;s XAML and referenced this new template:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-110" style="border:black 2px solid;" title="XAML1" src="http://christopherpope.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/xaml11.png" alt="XAML1" width="600" height="68" /></p>
<p>3- I had a checkbox on my window which the user could check to show only the active tree view items or the user could uncheck it to show all active and inactive tree view items.</p>
<p>4- I modified the control template at line 139 and added a MultiDataTrigger which triggered on this checkbox and on my view model&#8217;s IsActive property for each data item. The image below shows this section of the TreeView&#8217;s control template which I modified:<span style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></p>
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<div id="attachment_97" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-97" style="border:black 2px solid;" title="Template" src="http://christopherpope.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/template3.png" alt="Template" width="600" height="328" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Section of the TreeView Control Template which I modified</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[If You Turn From the Church]]></title>
<link>http://ldspoetrybykellymiller.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/if-you-turn-from-the-church/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lillypad73</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ldspoetrybykellymiller.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/if-you-turn-from-the-church/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you turn from the churchWhere might you go?To feel the spiritThat you might grow Thus, endure, ha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>If you turn from the church<br />Where might you go?<br />To feel the spirit<br />That you might grow</p>
<p>Thus, endure, have faith<br />And let the Lord heal you<br />For great blessings await<br />Those who seek to know and do</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Inactive.]]></title>
<link>http://science3family.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/inactive/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>4science3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://science3family.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/inactive/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ella writes.. Study study. Exams next week. Revise revise. Be back in November, people. Over and out]]></description>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Study study. Exams next week. Revise revise. Be back in November, people.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Over and out;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Norella MS.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The joys of Internet.]]></title>
<link>http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/the-joys-of-internet/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paula Bianca Batalla</dc:creator>
<guid>http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/the-joys-of-internet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oh come on! I know you can relate! This was an image that I reblogged some time this week. I just ma]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_184" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-184" title="tumblr_kribtga8Mw1qa7fvbo1_500" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/tumblr_kribtga8mw1qa7fvbo1_500.png?w=300" alt="Oh come on! I know you can relate!" width="300" height="203" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Oh come on! I know you can relate!</p></div>
<p>This was an image that I reblogged some time this week. I just made a Tumblr account last week and as much as I hate spammers, I think  I have become one myself.</p>
<p>I have a total of ten different online accounts&#8211;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/paulabianca22">Facebook</a>,  <a href="http://twitter.com/blanche1222">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://www.plurk.com/paulabianca">Plurk</a>, <a href="http://blanche1222.blogspot.com/">Blogger</a>,  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/paulabiancabatalla">YouTube</a>,  <a href="http://profiles.friendster.com/paulabianca22">Friendster</a>, two Multiply (<a href="http://paulabianca22.multiply.com/">personal</a> and that of <a href="http://lmsphotos.multiply.com/">LMS</a>) accounts, <a href="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/">WordPress</a> (of course!), and the latest addition yet already &#8220;overly used&#8221; account **drum rolls** <a href="http://blanche1222.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t ask me about my email address because I have four&#8211;two in Gmail, and another two in Ymail. For instant messaging, I also do Skype, Chikka, and Yahoo Messenger, of course.</p>
<p>All these basically have the same features&#8211;profile customization, security or privacy settings, networking, photo and video uploading, and the search box. Some are simply better than the rest.</p>
<p>1. Facebook</p>
<div id="attachment_185" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-185" title="Picture1" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture1.png?w=300" alt="Facebook" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Facebook</p></div>
<p>Unlike Friendster, Facebook implements a better privacy feature. Also, it is easier to decide whether to confirm or ignore a contact invite because you can readily see if you have any mutual friend/s. In Friendster, it&#8217;s necessary to open first the profile of that person trying to add you as contact.</p>
<p>Others may not like this restricting feature of Facebook but actually, it&#8217;s what I like most about this SNS. I think the purpose behind this is that what Facebook wants is that people share an online experience with people that they already knew&#8211;whether it&#8217;s a close friend or a friend of a friend.</p>
<p>The applications such as the quizzes, trivia, quote finders, and games are equally interesting and fun. Currently, aside from trying to maintain a spot in the Topblogs top 20, I&#8217;ve also been trying to increase my rank in Cafe World.</p>
<p>For someone who wants everything colorful, I think what&#8217;s lacking in Facebook is that you can&#8217;t customize your profile. Not that it&#8217;s a bad thing for Facebook because with the variety of applications that they offer, having a uniform layout and setup is an advantage for them.</p>
<p>2. Friendster</p>
<div id="attachment_186" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-186" title="friendster" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/friendster1.png?w=300" alt="friendster" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Friendster</p></div>
<p>My Friendster account is 5 years old (and I wouldn&#8217;t have known this fact if I hadn&#8217;t checked my Friendster profile saying I was a member since July 2004.) This was my first SNS account.</p>
<p>I used to like Friendster because it was where everyone was. We just changed residence then and I lost my SIM card so this was the only means for me to be in touch with my elementary friends.  It&#8217;s funny thinking about those times when I would ask people to make me a &#8220;testi&#8221; and in return, I&#8217;ll make one for them too. HAHAHA</p>
<p>Now, all I do with Friendster is to check the upcoming birthdays. For this reason, Friendster is most reliable because everyone I know has a Friendster account, be it active or inactive.</p>
<p>Despite the evident change in people&#8217;s taste or interest (which I think is the reason behind the shift or transfer of the audience to other SNS), I don&#8217;t think Friendster is dying. I know a lot of pre-teens who are still signing onto their Friendster accounts, actively answering surveys in the Bulletin, leaving testimonials of course, and changing their shoutouts and layouts every now and then. However, Friendster is not thriving either because the new and improved Friendster is actually a make-up of bits of ideas from other SNS like Facebook and Twitter.</p>
<p>3. Plurk</p>
<div id="attachment_187" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-187" title="Picture2" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture2.png?w=300" alt="Plurk" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Plurk</p></div>
<p>Of all my SNS accounts, Plurk was something I joined to due to the bandwagon.  The higher your karma points is, the more flexible and interesting Plurk becomes because new features becomes available for your use. Unfortunately, I didn&#8217;t know that trying to achieve Plurk Nirvana was that tedious. What makes Plurk unique is that it makes you curious &#8220;what&#8217;s new?&#8221; everytime you advance to a higher level of karma points. As time progresses, &#8220;what&#8217;s new?&#8221; becomes &#8220;what now?&#8221;. Once a plurker achieved the highest possible karma points, what can Plurk still offer?</p>
<p>Three things I love most about Plurk are: (a) the emoticons, especially the dancing bananas; (b) the verb change feature (is, likes, thinks, wishes, etc.); and (c) the &#8220;mark all as read&#8221; option because sometimes, you just can&#8217;t read all those plurks and comment on each. What I usually do is I choose the interesting ones and mark all the others as read. HAHA</p>
<p>However, when it&#8217;s the same thing over and over again, you can&#8217;t help but lose interest. The appeal through aesthetics doesn&#8217;t really last, at least for someone like me. Unlike Facebook which always has something new to offer, Plurk before and now is as ease.</p>
<p>While trying to search which came first between Plurk and Twitter, I saw this article that explains the origin of &#8220;Plurk&#8221; as a term.</p>
<ul style="list-style-type:disc;list-style-position:outside;list-style-image:initial;background-repeat:repeat-y;text-align:left;margin:0 0 7px 7px;padding:0;">
<li style="text-align:left;margin:0 0 7px 7px;padding:0;"><strong>P</strong>eople + <strong>Lurk</strong> = Plurk</li>
<li style="text-align:left;margin:0 0 7px 7px;padding:0;"><strong>Play</strong> + <strong>Work</strong>: Play-Work.</li>
<li style="text-align:left;margin:0 0 7px 7px;padding:0;"><strong>P</strong>eace, <strong>L</strong>ove, <strong>U</strong>nity, <strong>R</strong>espect, <strong>K</strong>arma</li>
<li style="text-align:left;margin:0 0 7px 7px;padding:0;">Verb potential: &#8220;Oh I googled this -&#62; Oh I plurked it&#8221;</li>
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<p>Source:<a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/plurk_unique_or_just_another_t.php">http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/plurk_unique_or_just_another_t.php</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/plurk_unique_or_just_another_t.php"></a> 4. Multiply</p>
<div id="attachment_188" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-188" title="Picture3" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture3.png?w=300" alt="LMS Multiply" width="300" height="224" /><p class="wp-caption-text">LMS Multiply</p></div>
<div id="attachment_190" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-190" title="Picture4" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture41.png?w=300" alt="Multiply (personal)" width="300" height="224" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Multiply (personal)</p></div>
<p>I had my Multiply account back in Freshman years. So yes, that was the only time I started blogging. Aside from its blog feature, I also like it that I can label my contacts based on my relationship with them because it makes choosing or selecting the readers and viewers of my blogs, photos, and videos easier.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t upload much photos then because unlike Friendster where I can select all the photos at once before I click the Upload button, Multiply requires you to click those pictures one at a time.  Now, Multiply (just like Friendster) redesigned their system, but then again, it wasn&#8217;t all that unique. Still I must say that Multiply TODAY is better. They now have a chat feature. Also, the current set-up is easier to operate. The Multiply Autouploader really uploads automatically. HAHA. It made photo and video uploading effortless.</p>
<p>5. Blogger</p>
<div id="attachment_191" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-191" title="Picture5" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture5.png?w=300" alt="Blogger" width="300" height="224" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Blogger</p></div>
<p>Unlike other children who hesitates to tell stories to their parents, I was always like reporting what happened to me from the time I left the house until the time I got home. I was just too talkative. My dad told me to maintain a journal when I was in grade school. He didn&#8217;t say the reason but probably because he got tired of listening to me. Anyway,  I think that was the time when I lessened the storytelling habit. I will just leave my diary besides my bed and if they&#8217;re curious what happened to my day, they&#8217;re free to read it.</p>
<p>Of course, things changed when I grew up and matured. My journal is now locked in a very secret place not even a rodent can find. HAHA. I just made a Blogger account last last month, and my blog posts are already thrice the number of my commblogs I posted. This Blogger account serves as my online diary.</p>
<p>Blogger&#8217;s features are light; it is easy to use and it&#8217;s very simple. My Blogger account used to be open for public to view but when we talked about online reputation, I realized that not all my posts may be self-redeeming in the eyes of other people; and of course, I wouldn&#8217;t want my future employers to see that. HAHA</p>
<p>6. Twitter</p>
<div id="attachment_193" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-193" title="Picture7" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture7.png?w=300" alt="Twitter" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Twitter</p></div>
<p>I was first a Plurker before a Twitterer. The way I describe Twitter before was &#8220;parang Plurk lang.&#8221;  However, judging by the number of plurk counts and tweets I&#8217;ve made, I&#8217;m enjoying Twitter more.</p>
<p>Despite Plurk&#8217;s etymology, I must say that people lurking is more of a Twitter feature. Also, Twitter is proven to be more useful as it is being used as a platform for news updates, advertising, marketing and promotion by other companies and sometimes, people such as celebrities and bloggers.</p>
<p>Re-tweet (RT) and hashtags are  Twitter&#8217;s unique features. I&#8217;ve observed this during the height of Typhoon Ondoy&#8217;s attack. With re-tweet, it&#8217;s much easier to spread the news without owning it. For hashtags, all I have to do is to type <em>#Ondoy</em> on the search box above trending topics and all tweets regarding Ondoy fill the screen.</p>
<div id="attachment_200" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 470px"><img class="size-full wp-image-200" title="Picture8" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture81.png" alt="#Ondoy search results" width="460" height="346" /><p class="wp-caption-text">#Ondoy search results</p></div>
<p>Another thing that I like about Twitter is that same as Facebook, I can update my status using the first-person point-of-view. In Plurk, most of the time, it&#8217;s the third person because of the use of some qualifiers.</p>
<p>There are also a lot of Twitter applications that allows me to tweet even when I&#8217;m not on the Twitter Web page. I&#8217;ve used Tweetdeck before. Now, I&#8217;m using Twhirl, which is basically like Tweetdeck, only made more organized and not space consuming. The only difference is that it&#8217;s specific to Twitter, unlike Tweetdeck which allows you to update even your Facebook status.</p>
<p>There are only two problems I see on Twitter: (a) you only get to build relationship with those whom you follow and follows you in return. For celebrities whom you follow, or for strangers who follow you, it&#8217;s a one-way, linear communication; and (b) it;s hard to maintain or follow the conversation because comments are to be made as separate tweets. Retweeting the &#8216;tweet&#8217; that you would like to comment on is not really an option since there is a 140-characters limit (just like Plurk), unless of course your comments are basically &#8220;HAHA&#8221; or &#8220;LOL&#8221; or &#8220;Agree!.&#8221;</p>
<p>7. Tumblr</p>
<div id="attachment_192" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-192" title="Picture6" src="http://littlemissstraightbangs.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture6.png?w=300" alt="Picture6" width="300" height="224" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Tumblr</p></div>
<p>Tumblr is the recent addition to my online accounts. If Plurk has &#8220;karma points&#8221;, Tumblr has &#8220;tumblarity.&#8221; If Twitter has &#8220;retweet,&#8221; Tumblr has &#8220;reblog.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reblog allows you to easily copy content from other Tumblr users, but of course, credit is given to the original user who uploaded or found the content. Unlike all the other online accounts I have, Tumblr does not allow photo or blog comments so a comment or interpretation of a photoblog may be done through reblogging.</p>
<p>Tumblr basically has the same features as a blog. You can make a blog post, upload photos and videos, and place links. Following Tumblr postings is as easy as following a blog in Blogger. Liking a post is just the same as liking an update in Facebook, only with different icons.</p>
<p>What sets Tumblr apart from the others is that it&#8217;s somehow concentrated on the artistic side of people. What&#8217;s even nicer is that the more I encounter creative Tumblr posts&#8211;whether it&#8217;s a picture of a cookie or a Photoshopped image&#8211;the more inspired  I strive to become creative myself.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">&#8212;</p>
<p>If you think I haven&#8217;t been updating all these accounts, you&#8217;re wrong. #7 in my 2009 New Year&#8217;s Resolution says that I have to &#8220;regularly update all online accounts.&#8221; Actually, even if this is not in my resolution,  nothing would have changed. I didn&#8217;t even know I had that in my NYR until last week when I sorted out some files in my desktop.</p>
<p>Also, updating each of those online accounts is not very stressful and confusing at all due to some applications that allow you to post status updates in only one account, and it will be automatically posted in some of your other accounts. For this, I&#8217;m using Plurk. If I simply want to greet everyone &#8220;good morning,&#8221; I will just have to post that to my Plurk page and it will be copied to my Facebook and Twitter page. This helps build consistency over ones thoughts online. But of course, Plurk allows its users to toggle this option. I just have to include <em>!TW</em> at the end of my plurk if I don&#8217;t want it to appear in my Twitter page; <em>!FB</em> is the code for Facebook.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">&#8212;</p>
<p>Bottom-line:</p>
<p>So what really is the joy of having 10 online accounts (not that I&#8217;m encouraging anyone to be online as much as I do)??? Maybe it&#8217;s the limitless possibilities for human interaction.</p>
<p>With all those accounts, I get to reestablish relationships in a whole new environment, and the fact that whatever it is that&#8217;s happening online continues offline doesn&#8217;t make these relationships virtual (i.e. of course if we will not count the relationship I have with the celebrities I follow in Twitter.) at all.</p>
<p>The ability to publish content, whether it&#8217;s a must-know information or just ranting, without restriction is actually just a plus factor for me. The other bonus features of course will be the various applications that make the online experience easier and more fun.</p>
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<link>http://myblog.belodged.com/2009/10/12/removed-inactive-members/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>McBerg (CH)</dc:creator>
<guid>http://myblog.belodged.com/2009/10/12/removed-inactive-members/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The worldwide free accommodations on belodged.com are based on the activity of all members. So we re]]></description>
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<p>For all others: It&#8217;s fun seeing the community growing up. Hope to see you soon somewhere in this world ;o).</p>
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<link>http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/09/10/steelers-lb-timmons-inactive-vs-titans/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NFL.com Staff</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/09/10/steelers-lb-timmons-inactive-vs-titans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Steelers placed Lawrence Timmons on the inactive list for tonight&#8217;s season opener against ]]></description>
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<link>http://ederu.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/inactivity/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PaperShot</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ederu.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/inactivity/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sorry guys! I will be quite inactive until end of October. My national examination is coming ^^; I w]]></description>
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<p>I will still try to post up some short posts containing a few pictures!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows: Marking an Active Partition as Inactive]]></title>
<link>http://4ting.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/windows-marking-an-active-partition-as-inactive/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4ting.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/windows-marking-an-active-partition-as-inactive/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Accidentally marked my Mac-formatted external partition as &#8220;Active&#8221; in Computer Manageme]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Accidentally marked my Mac-formatted external partition as &#8220;Active&#8221; in Computer Management today, so I scoured the net for a solution.</p>
<blockquote><p>Open up a command prompt and type DISKPART.</p>
<p>Type LIST DISK<br />
Type SELECT DISK n (where n is the number of the old Win98 drive)<br />
Type LIST PARTITION<br />
Type SELECT PARTITION n (where n is the number of the active partition you wish to make inactive)<br />
Type INACTIVE<br />
Type EXIT to exit DISKPART<br />
Type EXIT again to exit the command prompt<br />
Reboot</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[will post soon. (:]]></title>
<link>http://kidsgomoo.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/will-post-soon/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kidsgomoo.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/will-post-soon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[hey everyone, sorry for being so inactive lately. promise i&#8217;ll post soon.]]></description>
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<link>http://pockymouse.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/runs-in-wildly/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pockymouse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pockymouse.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/runs-in-wildly/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[*runs in wildly* *looks around and puts arms up in triumph* I&#8217;m ALIVEEEE! Hey internet. I just]]></description>
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<p>*looks around and puts arms up in triumph*</p>
<p>I&#8217;m ALIVEEEE!</p>
<p>Hey internet. I just got back (well &#8220;just&#8221; a.k.a a day ago) from a very long airplane flight, hence the reason I hadn&#8217;t posted anything on Youtube or here in awhile. Time for some life and Pockymouse updates!</p>
<p>LIFE:</p>
<p>Paul and I are dating now. ;D I&#8217;m excited about the whole thing, as I think this is going to be great. ^^</p>
<p>POCKYMOUSE:</p>
<p>About the contest, I&#8217;ve extended the deadline, because I feel bad about being so inactive from you all during the summer.</p>
<p>SO THE NEW DEADLINE IS:  September 1st, 2009</p>
<p>It&#8217;s awhile, so make sure you get your entries in soon!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog Staff Updates!]]></title>
<link>http://bendyhero01.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/blog-staff-updates/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bendyhero01</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bendyhero01.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/blog-staff-updates/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It been a while since we had changes to the blog&#8217;s staff. So Poptropicalthinder is now Editor.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;">It been a while since we had changes to the blog&#8217;s staff.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">So Poptropicalthinder is now Editor.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Invisible Drummer and seriousfox are fired.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">They were fired because of no posting.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I am now looking for new staff, 2 authors and a contibutor.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Apply now at <a href="http://bendyhero01.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/drumroll-please/">this</a> post.</p>
<pre style="text-align:center;">-bendyhero01 out</pre>
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<title><![CDATA[Sedentary Kids May Take Longer to Fall Asleep]]></title>
<link>http://akamine2525.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/sedentary-kids-may-take-longer-to-fall-asleep/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>akamine2525</dc:creator>
<guid>http://akamine2525.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/sedentary-kids-may-take-longer-to-fall-asleep/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Science now confirms what parents have long sensed: Children who are inactive during the day have mo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Science now confirms what  parents have long sensed: Children who are inactive during the day have  more trouble falling asleep at night.</p>
<p>In fact, every hour of inactivity adds three minutes to the time it  takes a child to fall asleep, a new study from <span>New Zealand researchers</span> has  found. But children who are active during the day fall asleep faster and  sleep longer, the researchers added.</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe that, in an environment that can offer technological  toxicity to our children in the form of increased inactivity, this study  reminds parents and clinicians alike of the importance of childhood  exercise,&#8221; said Dr. Robert Vorona, an assistant professor of sleep  medicine at <span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0 0;cursor:pointer;">Eastern Virginia Medical School</span>.</p>
<p>More and more data associates insufficient sleep not only with  neuro-cognitive consequences but also with such conditions as  <span>hypertension</span>, <span>diabetes</span> and obesity, Vorona said.</p>
<p>&#8220;This article demonstrates an association between increased levels of  activity and a shorter time to sleep onset as well as the converse,&#8221; he  said. &#8220;The information is potentially important, and I do not find the  association between activity and sleep latency surprising.&#8221;</p>
<p>The report is published online July 23 in <em>Archives of Disease in  Childhood</em>.</p>
<p>For the study, Edwin Mitchell, a professor of <span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0 0;cursor:pointer;">child health research</span> at  the <span style="border-bottom:1px dashed #0066cc;cursor:pointer;">University of Auckland</span>, and his colleagues collected data on the sleep  patterns and daytime activity of  591 children, all 7 years old.</p>
<p>On average, it took the children an average of 26 minutes to fall  asleep, but the time ranged from 13 minutes to 42 minutes.</p>
<p>For the one in 10 children who found it difficult to fall asleep  quickly, it took about 15.5 minutes longer to fall asleep, the researchers  found.</p>
<p>Children who were active during the day took less time going to sleep  than inactive children. And the more vigorous the activity, the faster  they fell asleep, the study found.</p>
<p>But for sedentary children, every hour of inactivity increased the time  it took to fall asleep by three minutes, Mitchell&#8217;s group found.</p>
<p>About 16 percent of parents of school-age children say their child has  difficulty falling asleep, according to the researchers, who noted that  poor sleep patterns have been linked to poorer school performance and an  increased risk of a child becoming overweight or obese.</p>
<p>&#8220;This study emphasizes the importance of physical activity for  children, not only for fitness, cardiovascular health and weight control,  but also for sleep,&#8221; the researchers concluded.</p>
<p>Taking longer to fall asleep, though, is not really a problem, said Dr.  David Rapoport, director of the <span>New York University Sleep Disorders</span> Center.</p>
<p>&#8220;The finding goes with our biases,&#8221; Rapoport said. &#8220;The more you run  around as a child, the better you will sleep at night. But it suggests  that if you don&#8217;t do anything all day, you may need less sleep.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It is not clear that if you don&#8217;t do the exercise and don&#8217;t get to  sleep, or get less sleep, [that] is itself a bad thing,&#8221; Rapoport  said.</p>
<p>Is less sleep, then, something to worry about?</p>
<p>&#8220;Far from it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I see this as something which we were designed  by nature to do. The purpose of sleep is to recover from activity, and  what this is showing is that that link is quite tight in the child. If the  child exercises, they need more sleep and they get it more easily.&#8221;</p>
<p>For sedentary children, Rapoport said, the study indicates that they  may be going to bed too early, when they are not ready to sleep.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if there is a problem, but there is a simple cure,&#8221; he  said. &#8220;See to it that the kid gets enough exercise during the day because  then they will fall asleep more rapidly.&#8221;</p>
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<link>http://christoband.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/gig-hey-heres-a-gig/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>christoband</dc:creator>
<guid>http://christoband.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/gig-hey-heres-a-gig/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Concert Band Festival, Scotch College! Be there at 10AM or something like that. This is just a test ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mad inactive yo.]]></title>
<link>http://khemem.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/mad-inactive-yo/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>khemem</dc:creator>
<guid>http://khemem.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/mad-inactive-yo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Senjougahara Hitagi, mai waifu. Well after like a bagillion years, I&#8217;ve come back to bloggan c]]></description>
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<p>Well after like a bagillion years, I&#8217;ve come back to bloggan cause I have nothing better to do than talk about random stuff.</p>
<p>Well I guess I&#8217;ll continue with the anime deal, cause seriously, what else is there to blog about&#8230;</p>
<p>Animes I&#8217;m watching this Summer are as follows, Bakemonogatari, Sora no Manimani, and CANAAN.</p>
<p>They are all like on their 3 eps, but yeah, I might as well make light comments about them so far.</p>
<p>The truth is, when I looked at all the animes for this summer, I had no hope in ANY of them, cause they just didn&#8217;t &#8220;appeal&#8221; to me at first, but my opinion soon changed after viewing only the first episodes of these animes; well 2/3.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to start with Bakemonogatari, this one was actually not at the fore front of this scarce list-of-anime-with-hope list, but it surprised me when I saw the first episode. I&#8217;m glad that a friend of mine told me to watch it actually. The animation is pretty good and the art and design of the characters match my tastes. But one draw back is, I DON&#8217;T KNOW WTF THE STORY IS, seriously, dude is a former vampire, meets chick(hot) who weighs 5kg and helps her with that problem (lol a chick who wants to gain weight) and right after some assistance, they are out and about talking about some random stuff and helping some snail girl. Oh wait, SHAFT you say? Oh okay; like Maria+Holic? Well it did show some nakedness&#8230; All in all, it is not as bad as I make it to sound, the animation is great, the art is great, the characters are stereotypical/great; oh yeah by the way, Senjougahara is awesome. I really don&#8217;t care if there is no story as long as Senjougahara is getting screen time its all good.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m going to talk about Sora no Manimani, this one I scoped out on my own, and what can I say, I&#8217;m a sucker for Slice of Life animes that take place in school. This one has its stereotypical characters also, but they are tolerable characters due to the fact that they are from the formula that makes a good/alright slice of life anime. You got your regular main character dude who is introverted and stuff and loves books and wants to fly under the radar in school. Then you got his childhood friend/terroris-er who is a year older and is (of course) a girl and this other girl (actually pretty and is herald as the girl with FUWAFUWA <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">TIME</span> hair) who has a SEKRIT crush on the main character. Oh yeah there are filler characters, but who cares; wait prez ROMA, man he is so cool, and anemic. Okay enough about the characters, now it is time to talk about the story, dude lives in small town, just before he leaves, him and the childhood friend go out to &#8220;catch <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">EM ALL</span> some stars&#8221; and to spend some time together before he moves. She climbs a tree, then falls down, he tries and save her and breaks his arm. Seven years later, he comes back, sees her and then they have the ultimate reunion and yeah, that&#8217;s the story in a nutshell, and now we just follow the hilarity that ensues.</p>
<p>Last <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but not least</span>, CANAAN, this anime I&#8217;m just watching it for the lulz really; I need more anime to watch so this is my anime-cannon-fodder. I don&#8217;t know, maybe I&#8217;m just being an arse, but it doesn&#8217;t really appeal to me, it&#8217;s like a thriller/mystery type of anime, which I&#8217;m not really into, unless it includes some romance like Chaos;Head or Higashi no Eden, but I digress. The anime so far is okay, lots of killing, lots of awesome fight scenes, and yeah that&#8217;s basically all it has been these first 3 eps, but I&#8217;m hoping that it&#8217;ll get better. Plus they are trying to hint at a story that will of course unravel in the final 2 episodes and then leave us (the viewers) all like &#8220;wtf? too fast; lern2pace plz.&#8221; Okay now I&#8217;m getting ahead of myself, the anime isn&#8217;t that bad, it&#8217;s just not what I&#8217;m used to. I&#8217;ll continue to watch this, cause it looks like it&#8217;s going to get interesting &#8211; I hope.</p>
<p>Verdict (aka TL;DR ver):</p>
<p>Bakemonogatari: Watch priority on this anime is high, good animation and such all round, no story, great female lead(Read: Tags), awesome themes (meg rock/Chiwa Saito &#8211; Staple Stable = NEED + the ED theme is good too; by supercell but minus Miku) Protip: Lots of high profile seiyus in this anime.</p>
<p>Sora no Manimani: High priority, animation and art also fits my tastes (more cute-sy as opposed to SHAFT&#8217;s srs biz art), story is pretty good (oh god I don&#8217;t know which female to chose they both are good. ;-;), and the themes are pretty good too (lol don&#8217;t know the artists, but they are alright).</p>
<p>CANAAN: Medium priority, my &#8220;anime-fodder&#8221;, good animation and good art, lots of action and pew pews, hoping for a story to emerge properly, and good OP and ED (I&#8217;m listening to the OP as I type so yeah).</p>
<p>This is just a taste of what is to come, and that is hard to believe, cause I already wrote a lot.</p>
<p>NOTE: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF- I HAD TO READ ABOUT BAKEMONOGATARI ONLINE; I SPOILED ME SELF.</p>
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<link>http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/move-it-monday/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>woollywotnots</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Woollywotnots&#39; Move-It Monday   Over half the population of the UK is overweight and a staggerin]]></description>
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<p>Over half the population of the UK is overweight and a staggering one in five of us is classed as obese&#8230;</p>
<p>The figures for children are even more alarming. Their obesity levels more than tripled between 1994 and 2002. If this trend continues experts predict that by 2020 50% of children will be obese.</p>
<p>18 million sick days a year are attributed to obesity. The increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke reduces life expectancy by nine years. In the UK obesity causes more than 30,000 premature deaths per year!</p>
<p>The rapid rise in obesity is lifestyle related. As a nation we now eat a lot of processed, high fat, food. At the same time we’re an inactive bunch. On average we now spend 26 hours per week watching TV and fewer than a third of us take part in regular exercise.</p>
<p>This makes pretty depressing reading but there is some good news. There are many simple, effective things you can do to help yourself. It’s less daunting than it seems.</p>
<p>Forget the faddy diets. Health professionals simply advise increasing fruit and veg intake, choosing leaner cuts of meat and cutting down on the processed foods crammed with fat and sugar. The aim is to lose 5-10% of your body weight over a three to six month period. That’s about 1-2lb per week.</p>
<p>While it’s possible to lose weight on your own it’s easier with support. There are many reputable weight loss organisations where members offer each other support and encouragement. </p>
<p>Health professionals agree that increasing your level of activity and changing your diet is important in achieving weight loss.</p>
<p>Changing your lifestyle isn’t easy but the person who will benefit is you&#8230;and you’re worth it.</p>
<p>10% is a magic number!</p>
<p>The benefits of even modest weight loss are enormous</p>
<ul>
<li>Reduced risk of developing heart disease, stroke and certain cancers</li>
<li>Reduced risk of developing diabetes / helping to manage diabetes</li>
<li>Improvements in blood pressure</li>
<li>Improvements in mobility, back pain and joint pain</li>
<li>Less breathlessness and sleep /snoring problems</li>
<li>Increased self esteem and control over eating</li>
<li>Feel fitter and have more energy</li>
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<p>Week 2 has been another good week, although I haven&#8217;t managed to fit in as much exercise as I&#8217;d have liked nor did I do a 24 hour fast and I haven&#8217;t drank a gallon of water every day. I ran two lots of 2 kilometres this week and did 100 skips in another session, plus some walking &#8211; but that&#8217;s been it!  This week, I thought I&#8217;d try something new and bought myself a <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/skip-hop-Adult-Workout-Skipping-Rope/dp/B001THEENW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&#38;s=sports&#38;qid=1246233897&#38;sr=1-4" target="_blank">skipping rope</a>. It is exhausting! I didn&#8217;t realise that you can <a href="http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/logout/sport/skipping.htm" target="_blank">skip to be fit</a>. I can&#8217;t remember the last time I skipped. It must have been when I was about six or seven at primary school! It is such a workout and as <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?14-Benefits-of-Rope-Skipping!&#38;id=1489655" target="_blank">skipping is beneficial</a> I&#8217;m going to skip some more this week. It was great to be out in the garden and skipping in the sunshine. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<div id="attachment_1468" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1468" title="DSCF3705" src="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/dscf3705.jpg?w=300" alt="Skipping Ropes" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Skipping Ropes</p></div>
<p>My attitude is really changing. The foods I used to eat no longer appeal and I&#8217;m really conscious of how much I eat and how I feel. My portion sizes have reduced and I start to miss exercising if it doesn&#8217;t happen one day. I question if I&#8217;m hungry before eating.  The foods I used to eat don&#8217;t appeal anymore and with drinking so much water I don&#8217;t drink much tea or coffee anymore. They taste really different now. The real difference is that I have more time now that <a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/masters-degree-in-education/" target="_blank">my degree </a>has finished and can make time for exercise. Making time to plan your meals is important and stops you grabbing something fast and unhealthy because it is quick and easy when you haven&#8217;t planned meals.Anyway, here&#8217;s how I&#8217;m tracking.. Week 1 lost 5 pounds. Week 2 lost 3 pounds.<br />
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<img src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wrqqoip/weight.png" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>For lots more ideas see previous Move It Mondays below:</p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/woollywotnots-move-it-monday/" target="_blank">Move More</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/woollywotnots-move-it-monday-get-the-most-from-your-workout/" target="_blank">Your workout</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/move-it-monday/" target="_blank">Obsesity</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/move-it-monday-get-a-bikini-body/" target="_blank">Bikini Body</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/woollywotnots-move-it-monday-move-your-booty/" target="_blank">Move your booty</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/top-10-holiday-ideas-for-you-kids-and-friends-to-have-fun-keep-fit/" target="_blank">Have Fun</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/move-it-monday-six-is-the-magic-number/" target="_blank">Magic Number</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/move-it-monday-charts/" target="_blank">Charts</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/move-it-monday-exotic-fruit/" target="_blank">Exotic Fruit</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/move-it-mondaycomplementary-medicine/" target="_blank">Complementary Medicine</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/move-it-monday10-tips/" target="_blank">10 Tips</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/move-it-monday-lifestyle/" target="_blank">Lifestyle</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/move-it-monday-5k/" target="_blank">5k </a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/move-it-monday-visit-your-local-park/" target="_blank">Visit Your Park</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/move-it-monday-yoga/" target="_blank">Yoga</a></p>
<p><a href="http://woollywotnots.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/move-it-mondayeat-your-way-to-health/" target="_blank">Eat your way to health</a></p>
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<link>http://theholyturtleblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/inactivity/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[WHY are people inactive on blogs: Cos they have nothing to write about Cos they&#8217;re braindead C]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>WHY are people inactive on blogs:</p>
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<li>Cos they have nothing to write about</li>
<li>Cos they&#8217;re braindead</li>
<li>Cos they don&#8217;t want to be active</li>
<li>Cos they&#8217;re to lazy</li>
<li>Cos they really want to stop writing in their blog but they don&#8217;t want to tell anyone cos they&#8217;re shy (WTF?)</li>
<li>Cos they think the other bloggers are better than them and they secretly hate them</li>
<li>Cos they think it&#8217;s cool</li>
<li>Cos they&#8217;re on vacation</li>
<li>Cos they have exams</li>
<li>Cos they like cookiemonster</li>
<li>Cos they are cookiemonster</li>
<li>Cos they hate cookiemonster</li>
<li>Cos papedeboopy, pipedeboopebapi!</li>
<li>Cos they are having LOL</li>
<li>Cos they&#8217;re speechless</li>
<li>Cos they PRAY TO ME</li>
<li>Cos they like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious</li>
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<p>Now you know why <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Have fun with thinkering about this!</p>
<p>Or don&#8217;t</p>
<p>Really, don&#8217;t</p>
<p>No, really, you shouldn&#8217;t</p>
<p>I really just wanted to write this post to NOT be inactive</p>
<p>Really, I&#8217;m dead serious</p>
<p>I mean it</p>
<p>Get out of here</p>
<p>LEAVE</p>
<p>Stupid turtle&#8230;<br />
<em>TotempaaltJ</em></p>
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