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		<title>Happy day &#8211; New blogs</title>
		<link>http://chris.merrillblogs.com/2008/12/29/happy-day-new-blogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Merrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Annie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a fun little project for me. I setup my wife and daughter on wordpress. I am really happy with the results:
 
 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">It has been a fun little project for me. I setup my wife and daughter on wordpress. I am really happy with the results:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://merrillblogs.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-218" title="merrillblogs" src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/merrillblogs-150x150.png" alt="merrillblogs" width="150" height="150" /></a> <a href="http://chris.merrillblogs.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-219" title="topherblog" src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/topherblog-150x150.png" alt="topherblog" width="150" height="150" /></a><br />
<a href="http://melisa.merrillblogs.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-220" title="melisablog" src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/melisablog-150x150.png" alt="melisablog" width="150" height="150" /></a> <a href="http://annie.merrillblogs.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-221" title="annie-spot" src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/annie-spot-150x150.png" alt="annie-spot" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
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		<title>Whats new with me? Everything!</title>
		<link>http://chris.merrillblogs.com/2008/08/26/whats-new-with-me-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[plunker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Friends-- It has been a very long time since I wrote anything in the blog. I think it is time to provide my friends and family a little update.
First and foremost I have a new job. It allows me to work from home and travel. I get to spend a lot of time with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/topher-head.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-199" title="topher-head" src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/topher-head.png" alt="" width="183" height="245" /></a>Hello Friends-- It has been a very long time since I wrote anything in the blog. I think it is time to provide my friends and family a little update.</p>
<p>First and foremost I have a new job. It allows me to work from home and travel. I get to spend a lot of time with my wife and children. It is wonderful. I am now a full time salesforce.com consultant. I work for a company based in chicago. I am working with one of their clients that is a VERY HUGE software company based in Palo Alto. It is a great job and I love it!</p>
<p>This also means that I left LANDesk. I truly loved that job. I had many great friends and that job will be missed.</p>
<p>It was also time for a BLOG update. I changed the layout so that I could have some pics of the kids up there. They are such a huge part of my life and I wanted to share some of there awesome new pictures with you all.</p>
<p>That is all for now--Toph.</p>
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		<title>My wife &#8211; Blogger Theme Designer</title>
		<link>http://chris.merrillblogs.com/2007/11/06/my-wife-blogger-theme-designer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melisa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn't be prouder of my wife, Melisa
 
She used to get her styling for her blog  from some website. Well that website got shut down for using patterns they shouldn't. Then one day all of the themes went away. Discouraged, Melisa decided to make her own.  With very little coaching from me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5 align="center"><strong>I couldn't be prouder of my wife, Melisa</strong></h5>
<p align="center"> <a href="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/melisa.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)" title="melisa.jpg"><img src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/melisa-150x150.jpg" alt="melisa.jpg" /></a></p>
<p align="center">She used to get her styling for <a href="http://chrisandmelisa.blogspot.com" target="_blank">her blog </a> from some website. Well that website got shut down for using patterns they shouldn't. Then one day all of the themes went away. Discouraged, Melisa decided to make her own.  With very little coaching from me (mostly direction to some tools), she is now making her own themes</p>
<p align="center"><a href="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/melisa-blog.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)" title="Melisa’s Blog"><img src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/melisa-blog-150x150.jpg" alt="Melisa’s Blog" /></a> <a href="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/annie-blog.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)" title="Annie’s Blog"><img src="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/annie-blog-150x150.jpg" alt="Annie’s Blog" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Using a combination of some patterns she found, <a href="http://www.picnik.com" target="_blank">Picnik.com</a> (for image editing) and <a href="http://www.box.net" target="_blank">box.net</a> (for file storage), she got this all working.</p>
<p align="center">who knows, maybe some bribery will get you your own theme made.</p>
<h5 align="center">Nice work Melisa! You are making you Nerd Husband very proud</h5>
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		<title>My Personality Type</title>
		<link>http://chris.merrillblogs.com/2007/09/20/my-personality-type/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melisa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Melisa found a website and gave me a personality test. Here are the results:


You Are An ISFP



The Artist
You are a gifted artist or musician (though your talents may be dormant right now).
You enjoy spending your free time in nature, and you are good with animals and children.
Simply put, you enjoy beauty in all its forms [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melisa found a website and gave me a personality test. Here are the results:</p>
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The Artist</p>
<p>You are a gifted artist or musician (though your talents may be dormant right now).<br />
You enjoy spending your free time in nature, and you are good with animals and children.<br />
Simply put, you enjoy beauty in all its forms and live for the simple pleasures in life.<br />
Gentle, sensitive, and compassionate - you are good at recognizing people's unspoken needs.</p>
<p>In love, you are quiet and sweet yet very passionate. You love easily.<br />
You have an underlying love for all living things, and it's easy for you to accept someone into your heart.</p>
<p>At work, you do best in an unconventional position. You express yourself well and can work with almost anyone.<br />
You would make a good veterinarian, pediatrician, or composer.</p>
<p>How you see yourself: Sympathetic, kind, and communicative</p>
<p>When other people don't get you, they see you as: Incompetent, insecure, and overly sensitive</font></td>
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<div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourpersonalitytypequiz/">What's Your Personality Type?</a></div>
<p>seems pretty close to me (maybe?)</p>
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		<title>Posting on my Blog should finally work</title>
		<link>http://chris.merrillblogs.com/2007/08/04/posting-on-my-blog-should-finally-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since i am a nerd (aka Geek Dad) I pretty much insist on using wordpress for this blog. It allows me a great amount of flexibiltiy.
 Example: click on this picture:  I think that is pretty cool...
 Well as a result of this overall nurdery, wordpress makes me approve every single comment. So people have posted things and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since i am a nerd (aka <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/">Geek Dad</a>) I pretty much insist on using wordpress for this blog. It allows me a great amount of flexibiltiy.</p>
<p> Example: click on this picture: <a rel="lightbox" href="/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/img0671.jpg"><img src='/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/img0671-150x150.jpg' title='img0671.jpg' alt='img0671.jpg' /></a> I think that is pretty cool...</p>
<p> Well as a result of this overall nurdery, wordpress makes me approve every single comment. So people have posted things and do not immediately see them. This is fixed now.</p>
<p> Don't believe me? <a href="http://www.plunker.com/blog/2007/08/04/posting-on-my-blog-should-finally-work/#respond">comment on this post</a>. I think it does something pretty cool.</p>
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		<title>Embed MP3 Files Into Your Website</title>
		<link>http://chris.merrillblogs.com/2007/08/03/embed-mp3-files-into-your-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife asked me to help her setup music for her blog. I looked at a lot of things. I ended up using this modified version of the odeo flash player.
It is simple to use.

Here is the code:


 
Its my kind of code. Simple and to the point.
source: googlesystem.blogspot.com 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My wife asked me to help her setup music for <a href="http://chrisandmelisa.blogspot.com">her blog</a>. I looked at a lot of things. I ended up using this modified version of the odeo flash player.</p>
<p>It is simple to use.</p>
<p><span id="more-9"></span><br />
Here is the code:</p>
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<embed src= "http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf"
quality="high" width="300" height="52"
allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&#038;external_url=[MP3 file address]"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed></code></pre>
<p>Its my kind of code. Simple and to the point.</p>
<p>source: <a href="http://www.plunker.com/blog/wp-admin/googlesystem.blogspot.com" target="_blank">googlesystem.blogspot.com </a></p>
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		<title>TOP 30 Wordpress Plugins in Blogosphere</title>
		<link>http://chris.merrillblogs.com/2007/08/01/top-30-wordpress-plugins-in-blogosphere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I am trying to setup Wordpress, I stumbled up on this post. It looks pretty useful.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I am trying to setup Wordpress, I stumbled up on <a href="http://www.staska.net/2007/03/27/top-30-wordpress-plugins-in-blogosphere/" target="_blank">this post</a>. It looks pretty useful.</p>
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