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	<title>Ben Dechrau</title>
	<link>http://ben.dechrau.com</link>
	<description>Programmer, Property Tycoon, Media Mogul</description>
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		<title>Coffee Tasting Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We tasted some coffees at work today. Here are the results&#8230;
The Coffees

Five Senses &#8211; Earth (Blend)
There are no subtleties in this cup – earthy, forest-floor like
flavours, lots of body, low acidity and a lingering after-taste make this
one a versatile coffee that can be enjoyed either as espresso or through
milk.
Five Senses &#8211; Harmony (Blend)
Harmonising squeaky green [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2010/04/20/coffee-tasting-results</link>
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		<title>How do you relate to your twitter followers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sent out a status update this morning. It read, simply &#8220;I think I just quit smoking&#8230;&#8221; Within minutes, @StopSmoking_Now retweeted my message. I don&#8217;t have a problem with that. However, within 3 hours, @QuitSmokingZone followed me and I&#8217;m unsure how to react.
You see, my twitter feed is public, so it&#8217;s not like following me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2010/03/16/how-do-you-relate-to-your-twitter-followers</link>
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		<title>VPSLand Staff: illiterate, incompetent or just don&#8217;t care?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a customer of VPSLand&#8217;s for some years in one form or another. A friend recommended them when the Melbourne PHP Users Group was looking for a new server, he&#8217;d been with them for a while. I decided to get one for MooBox too.
Time passed, servers churned, and for the most I was happy. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2009/10/28/vpsland-staff-illiterate-incompetent-or-just-dont-care</link>
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		<title>Senator Stephen Fielding Seeing Spots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family First Senator Stephen Fielding has just returned from a study tour in America and is now undecided about the effect of carbon emissions on global warming.
While the solar flares debate, which Senator Fielding has recently cottoned on to, has been around for many years, no evidence exists to link them to the current warming, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2009/06/10/senator-stephen-fielding-seeing-spots</link>
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		<title>Australian Bushfires &#8211; Housing the Homeless</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working with my co-workers Jon (@jpoh), Gil (@gilfer), Dimitry, Becky, Danielle and Andrew on a very exciting project for the past two days, and the first iteration has just been released!
Like so many people around the world, we have been touched by the devastating effects of the 2009 bushfires that have swept through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2009/02/11/australian-bushfires-housing-the-homeless</link>
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		<title>StixCampNewstead &#8211; the next BarCampMelbourne &#8211; seeking sponsors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I promised to write some more on StixCamp this morning. StixCampNewstead will be the first StixCamp ever. It will be held in the sticks and they will be Victorian sticks!
So what is this StixCamp I speak of? The first ever BarCamp in Australia was BarCampMelbourne 2007, and it was held at Lake Eppalock. Given [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2009/01/27/stixcampnewstead-the-next-barcampmelbourne-seeking-sponsors</link>
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		<title>3 months of news; has microblogging killed the blog?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just realised I haven&#8217;t written anything here for almost 3 months, and yet I don&#8217;t feel I&#8217;ve been out of touch or not been updating &#8220;followers&#8221; with my activities and news. The number of phone calls and emails I&#8217;ve made hasn&#8217;t increased dramatically, so what&#8217;s happened?
Could it be that more frequent microblogs on Identica [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2009/01/27/3-months-of-news-has-microblogging-killed-the-blog</link>
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		<title>Dear Temptee: Beware of Microsoft&#8217;s BizSpark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is devilry afoot in the Redmond offices. That tautology became stronger on the 5th of November with this press release:
SAN FRANCISCO, November 5
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Microsoft BizSpark, a global program designed to help accelerate the success of entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. BizSpark provides startups and entrepreneurs with fast and easy access to current [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/11/07/dear-temptee-beware-of-microsofts-bizspark</link>
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		<title>Making comments more accessible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was just going through a list of sites that link here and stumbled back upon Russ Weakley&#8217;s Anatomy of a comment. Having wanted to try and tick all his boxes for a while, I think I&#8217;ve managed to make my comments section a little more accessible.
Russ identifies these attributes of a comment:


Author name &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/10/17/making-comments-more-accessible</link>
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		<title>Mothers will do anything to help their kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This email came to the Melbourne PHP Users Group today:
Hello Ben
I am trying to urgently locate someone who could assist my son with a web programming Uni assignment, which needs to be finished by Friday. The person would be well remunerated.
I look forward to your reply.
Annette
To which I responded:
Hi Annette,
As a former University tutor, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/10/15/mothers-will-do-anything-to-help-their-kids</link>
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