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		<title>Blizzard backs down on real names, now what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this past week, WoW players threw a fit when Blizzard announced that upon release of Starcraft II they would be forcing players to use their real names in the online forums. This news came on the heels of some really innovative things Blizzard has been doing with Battle.net. Similar to Steam&#8217;s model but just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You buy your glasses at the eye doctor? That&#8217;s so 1999.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 04:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I make a lot of posts about finding deals online. What can I say? I&#8217;m a bargain girl. But lately, the subject of glasses has come up a lot. The necessary evil. Glasses are one of those things you have to have in order to see but they cost a lot. Most people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gettin&#8217; down on the FarmVille</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love FarmVille. The first step is admitting it.
If you don&#8217;t know, FarmVille is an application game by Zynga on Facebook. The goal of the game is to manage a virtual farm by planting crops and orchards, raising animals and harvesting/collecting the fruits of your labors. As you play, you gain both gold and experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As #HAPPO as a job seeker</title>
		<link>http://amberhanneken.com/?p=349</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing I love more than social networking being used for a greater good. In these hard economics times we need to stick together and help each other. Thus was born helpaprproout.com. Help a PR Pro Out Day, or #HAPPO on Twitter, is a day for job seekers and employers in the PR field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lockerz: I just don&#8217;t get it</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last post, I talked about sites I believe are legitimate ways of earning money or prizes online. Now I’m going to talk about a site I am completely unsure of. I make no promises to anyone that joins Lockerz. 
The premise of Lockerz is that you join their site and earn &#8220;ptz&#8221; by answering a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winning online &#8230; this is not a scam &#8230; I think.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people who know me know I love legit ways of winning things and making money on the Internet — the trouble is finding the legitimate sites. For the most part, you can&#8217;t go wrong on sweepstakes and contests sponsored by corporations. For instance, I won the Razer Carcharias headset from Mountain Dew when they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>99 DARPA balloons for the Internet&#8217;s birthday</title>
		<link>http://amberhanneken.com/?p=331</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know DARPA is still around? You know, those guys that basically invented the Internet (hint: not Al Gore). I always assumed it was sort of absorbed by other government agencies/bureaucracies but apparently they are alive and kicking. Sadly, their Web site is a little boring and unimpressive, but that&#8217;s beside the point.
I only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fanny faux pas</title>
		<link>http://amberhanneken.com/?p=325</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You think you get a lot of spam e-mails? Try being an editor for a newspaper.
The amount of spam I receive is astounding, and most of it is written like a press release trying to entice me into thinking their product is awesome enough to let the entire population of Hugo, Okla. know about through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Update</title>
		<link>http://amberhanneken.com/?p=307</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is going to be a bit of a life update since I have neglected my blog for so long, but do not stress for it will also directly relate to the Internet.
I haven&#8217;t updated my blog since April because May became quite hectic for me.
I graduated.

My family came to visit.

And I got a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with Java: Unicorn power!</title>
		<link>http://amberhanneken.com/?p=297</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something amazing, even magical, happened to ESPN.com — unicorns. It seems that the code has been purged now from the site, but when you entered the infamous Konami cheat code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter) on any ESPN.com page a plethora of sparkly unicorns and rainbows would appear.
Don&#8217;t&#8217; believe [...]]]></description>
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