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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:20:31 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>A. Stark Place</title><link>http://www.astarkplace.com/blog/</link><description>Personal Weblog of Andrew Stark</description><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Glad to be Indoors</title><dc:creator>Andrew Stark</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:30:37 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.astarkplace.com/blog/2007/12/19/glad-to-be-indoors.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">82029:822083:1439271</guid><description><![CDATA[<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://www.astarkplace.com/storage/-%20%20%20_C199358%201.jpg" alt="-%20%20%20_C199358%201.jpg" /></span></p><p align="left" style="text-align: left;">Ice on my office window.&nbsp;</p>
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.astarkplace.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-1439271.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>How Accessible is Your Blog?</title><dc:creator>Andrew Stark</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:50:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.astarkplace.com/blog/2007/11/7/how-accessible-is-your-blog.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">82029:822083:1357311</guid><description><![CDATA[<p align="left" style="text-align: left;">Oh no! I&#8217;m not reaching the elementary school audience. I have to stop using words like &#8220;elementary.&#8221;<br /></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx"><img src="http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/readinglevel/img/junior_high.jpg" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></p>
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.astarkplace.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-1357311.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Adobe CS2: The Joy of Student Discounts</title><category>Miscellaneous</category><dc:creator>Andrew Stark</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.astarkplace.com/blog/2007/3/20/adobe-cs2-the-joy-of-student-discounts.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">82029:822083:970234</guid><description><![CDATA[<p align="justify" style="text-align: justify;">Meet my new toy that I purchased for a song (in comparison to retail price, anyway). Now I just need to learn how to use it. </p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://www.astarkplace.com/storage/CCF20032007_00000.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1174427516284" alt="CCF20032007_00000.jpg" /></span></p><p>Should be easy enough, right? <br /></p>
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