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	<title>Sam Howat - The Official, Personal Website. &#187; Personal, Opinion</title>
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	<description>Hi, I am Sam Howat. I design websites and smart, useable web applications for everyday people. Welcome to my personal website.</description>
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		<title>Stop Letting M. Night Shyamalan Make Movies!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Hollywood, you've got to smarten up. Stop letting M. Night Shyamalan make movies. He's not a bad director, but he has a habit of taking a perfectly good story and then completely making a train wreck out of it.]]></description>
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		<title>26 Years In Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I feel that if everyone in the world watched this, and took it to heart, we&#8217;d live in a better world. Thanks to all those that have contributed to my life and made the experience an enjoyable one.]]></description>
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		<title>Help Me Accessorize My Face</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 22:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm looking to pickup a pair of new glasses and I decided I wanted to get your input as to which pair I should pick.]]></description>
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		<title>BP Oil Spill Disaster in Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a great idea for helping Tony Hayward provide 'scope' to his point that the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico isn't really that big of a deal. It involves a hammer, and some fingers... let's read on. ]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, I&#8217;m Sorry America, It&#8217;s Complicated</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/oh-im-sorry-america-its-complicated/</link>
		<comments>http://samhowat.com/oh-im-sorry-america-its-complicated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America is dealing with a lot of important decisions right now. If we had a national Facebook page, it's relationship status would be set to 'It's Complicated'. Few people have a clear grasp of any issue and our focus on hyperbole instead of fact and reason.]]></description>
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		<title>FYI</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading up to January, I was extremely active on Facebook, Twitter and this website. However, since my first week at Avelient, we've been absolutely swamped with new opportunities and I went into heads-down mode to power through. Here's a brief overview of what you have, or haven't missed.]]></description>
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		<title>Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It comes down to establishing priorities, overcoming fear, and then being strong enough to move in the right direction.]]></description>
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		<title>Five Habits of Moderately Effective People</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let's be honest. We're not all capable of attaining the skills and discipline of the GTD, business mavericks of our day: Tim Ferriss, Guy Kawasaki, etc. Even the title of this post is a play on the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, in recognition of the fact that not everyone is an overachiever. Consider this the advice for average people.]]></description>
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		<title>Constructing a better New Year&#8217;s Resolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people dread the new year's resolution. To be exact, they dread the inevitable failure of those goals. Over the years, I've learned some great tricks for keeping my resolutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/merry-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my friends! I&#8217;ve made some amazing connections both online and offline, and I&#8217;ve come to appreciate each and every person, and the friendships that have grown because of them. I have so much to be thankful for and I take nothing for granted, even the hard times. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Christmas List</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/my-christmas-list-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 25 years I&#8217;m actually putting together a Christmas list. It&#8217;s mainly for family and friends, so that I&#8217;ll stop buying things I like and ruining their gifts &#8212; Sorry Elya! In creating this list, I am making a promise not to buy anything on this list before Christmas. You drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Tweetfollower.com Spam!</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/help-solve-the-tweetfollowing-spam-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been getting spammed by Twitter users and bots from the tweetfollowing.com API script and it’s getting downright annoying. I figured I’d put this out to the Twitter world and see if I can get some help.]]></description>
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		<title>New Features &#8211; Bookmarks / Twitter</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/new-features-bookmarks-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ften there are resources / links that I want to share out, but I'd also like the chance for readers to comment on that link, instead of just jumping to it. @ArtArmstrong helped me implement some easy wordpress modifications to create my new bookmark feature.]]></description>
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		<title>Oak Harbor Food Drive &#8211; 9/12/09</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/oak-harbor-food-driv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live on Whidbey Island, the Interfaith Coalition of Whidbey Island is holding their annual Feed the Need food drive for the Whidbey Island Food Bank, please stop in on Saturday the 12th and bring donations of food or money]]></description>
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		<title>Growth</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/growth/</link>
		<comments>http://samhowat.com/growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, &#8216;Grow, grow.&#8217;&#8221; —The Talmud I draw inspiration for design from things I see, smell, taste, feel and hear. It&#8217;s a natural tendancy that I&#8217;ve had for years and my driving force behind what I do. I caugh the above prosa on Rainn Wilson&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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