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		<title>What to Consider When Building a Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 05:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It often happens that a client comes in looking for a redesign, and they don&#8217;t really know why they want it. One of the reasons is that it looks old and, that&#8217;s decent enough motivation. But, it can&#8217;t be the only thing driving the decision. It quite regularly is though. With new sites, there&#8217;s often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 17:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to putting more than a lame two lines on this blog&#8217;s About Me page, so if you&#8217;re curious about who writing you&#8217;re reading, go and have a look.]]></description>
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		<title>Chastised By A Three Year Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 11:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I was wrestling around with my son and he suddenly stops playing to say something to me&#8230; something totally out of the blue. He had, I guess, decided that I&#8217;m a little too liberal with my use of profanity around the house and started with, &#8220;Baba, don&#8217;t say bad words anymore.&#8221; He then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ha, Ha, Ha&#8230; Paris Hilton Is Going To Jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 13:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sorry for posting gossip-rag-fodder here, but Paris Hilton bothers me. She&#8217;s been busted for violating her probation for a drink-driving conviction and is meant to start serving her time on June 05. Read the rest at the BBC website, but before you go, let me quote this little fun fact. Despite prosecutors saying the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Service Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 12:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been driving around Karachi&#8217;s Clifton or DHA Phase 5 today, you will have noticed that McDonald&#8217;s has done a pretty good job hanging their banners on every pole they could reach. Now, you and I know that their drive through service is available 24 hours a day. That&#8217;s good news for people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Ragu The Same As A Template?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 16:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m fortunate to have a full-time cook at home. He&#8217;s great and can prepare a meal with the best of them. He can cook more than just Pakistani food too &#8212; Chinese, Sri Lankan, Continental, etc., so we&#8217;re really happy that he chose to work with us. My only real gripe with him is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Ass Is Too Small</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was flipping through a local magazine this morning called, Mr., and came across this unattributed photograph. It carried the headline, &#8220;How To Know That Your Ass Is Too Small,&#8221; and I thought it was hilarious! Technorati Tags: flying, donkey, cart, heavy, karachi, pakistan]]></description>
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		<title>Really Interesting Posts I&#8217;ve Read</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m becoming more and more addicted to blog-reading. It&#8217;s a great way for me to deal with the lack of adult human contact that I&#8217;m faced with, now that I&#8217;m freelancing full time again. Here are some of the posts I&#8217;ve read of late that I feel would interesting/beneficial reading for a lot of people: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staff Morale at D-Mart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a checkout clerk at D-Mart (a chain of large-size supermarkets in Karachi) this afternoon and I asked him why there&#8217;s never anyone manning their big and blocked off cigarette counter. He answered with a really dejected look on his face, Why even have such a big supermarket when you&#8217;re not going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone Diggs Me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahsan R. Shami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, A post I wrote about Joost got Dugg by someone! It got lost in the all the day&#8217;s Diggs at their site, but at least I know that someone actually reads what I write. Woohoo. Technorati Tags: digg, dugg, joost,]]></description>
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