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		<title>Apple Pie</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2010/02/23/apple-pie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's been a busy few months. A lot has happened. Also, I decided to make apple pie.

<img src="http://uwmike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG_9663.jpg" alt="apples" />]]></description>
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		<title>Safety Shaving</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/10/27/safety-shaving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I [talked previously](http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/09/04/classic-shaving/) about my thought process in moving from cartridges to an adjustable "safety" razor. But having said all that, and discussed the not-insignificant financial incentive, what's it like to actually use the thing on a day-to-day basis?]]></description>
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		<title>Classic Shaving</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/09/04/classic-shaving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geekery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I picked up a 1960s-era Gillette Slim "safety" razor off eBay. It was only about $30, and I thought it would be fun to give it a shot.]]></description>
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		<title>T9 Words</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/06/06/t9-words/</link>
		<comments>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/06/06/t9-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geekery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere, a Telus rep is congratulating himself.
Four months ago, I was completely ready to ditch Telus and switch my phone service to an [MVNO](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_virtual_network_operator). Indeed, if Zehrs hadn&#8217;t been repeatedly sold out of the handset I wanted, I&#8217;d probably be on the President&#8217;s Choice pay-as-you-go service. For light usage such as mine, it really is—by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash of Genius</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/02/25/flash-of-genius/</link>
		<comments>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/02/25/flash-of-genius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I had an opportunity recently to do some design work for a now-just-released app for iPhone.
Although visual design is not something I have ever studied in a formal setting, it&#8217;s an area of interest to me, and something I believe is as much a matter of inherent taste as it is of formally stated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing Feet</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/01/05/dancing-feet/</link>
		<comments>http://uwmike.com/articles/2009/01/05/dancing-feet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As with many things in my life, I view clothing and footwear as practical matters of necessity more than as vehicles for much personal expression. I wear the occasional funny t-shirt, and I'll dress up for a dance now and then, but those are the exception. As items wear out, they are tossed with little thought; a dwindling wardrobe is replenished as necessary.

But this pair of shoes is different. They will be retained as backup for some time, I expect, but here and now at the end of their useful life, they deserve a modest eulogy. In their two years of service, they've seen a lot of floors in a lot of cities—it's time for a few shout-outs.

Traveling has become a way of life for me now. I enjoy seeing different places and people; the variety and adventure is thrilling. But this is not something of my upbringing—indeed, perhaps it was the stability of having lived in the same house my entire childhood and youth that mentally prepared me for moving about later on. That *later*, though, has a very specific starting point, and the shoes have been with me since exactly that date. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/12/01/seattle/</link>
		<comments>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/12/01/seattle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in beautiful Seattle nearly three months—in just a few short weeks, it will be time to head back home again! It&#8217;s been good to be away; it&#8217;ll be good to be home.

In the [spirit](http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/11/03/sydney-adventures/) of [tradition](http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/02/27/nyc-cheatsheet/), here are a few notes on life and times in the Northwest. 
**Coffee.** I&#8217;ve never been a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Piemaker</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/10/13/the-piemaker/</link>
		<comments>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/10/13/the-piemaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was Thanksgiving for my Canadian friends and family. I thought I'd challenge myself a little and spent Sunday afternoon attempting to bake a pumpkin pie. How were the results? I was pleased, especially for a first attempt.

<img src="http://uwmike.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/img_6666.jpg" alt="Pie Pumpkin" />

The [recipes I followed for both filling and crust](http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/pumpkinpie.php) are easy to read and pretty straightforward. I still ran into a few gotchas, though; I'll be noting those as I can.

<a href="http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/10/13/the-piemaker/">Read the whole article here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dragonfly</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/07/26/dragonfly/</link>
		<comments>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/07/26/dragonfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just saw this guy in the grass this morning, on my way to campus.
Who says you can&#8217;t get shallow depth of field out of a pocket camera?]]></description>
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		<title>WP-Cats for WP 2.5.1</title>
		<link>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/07/12/wp-cats-for-wp-251/</link>
		<comments>http://uwmike.com/articles/2008/07/12/wp-cats-for-wp-251/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Purvis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://uwmike.com/?p=425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who are interested, WP-Cats now [works with Wordpress 2.5.1](http://uwmike.com/wordpress/wp-cats/).
Update: Wordpress 2.6 is now out; WP-Cats works fine with it as well.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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