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	<title>my name is bala</title>
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	<description>daniel bala peterson ...what had happened was...</description>
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		<title>AfroApparel.com is coming&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot tell you how excited I was when I received the final revisions for the AfroApparel icon! I promise I will post more about this soon, in the meantime, hang tight! Follow progress on AfroApparel.com]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/afroapparel-com-is-coming/</link>
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		<title>what i believe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, lets make it clear, this is what I believe &#8211; what being a Christian means to me. I believe there was a man named Jesus, his mother was Mary, and he said he was God. He also said that he made all that we know and see. Based on history, study, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-i-believe/</link>
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		<title>when we build</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video rocked my world, and reminded me why I build [applications]. Please take the time to watch. Wilson Miner &#8211; When We Build from Build on Vimeo. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/when-we-build/</link>
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		<title>we will rock you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;nuff said!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/we-will-rock-you/</link>
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		<title>gotta respect that&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I asked for permission to use someone else&#8217;s image, and they said no&#8230; I learned 2 things: 1.) It felt good to ask, although I was disappointed by the answer. If I had _wrongfully_ used their work (even for no personal gain), and they had stumbled upon it somehow, it would have caused some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/gotta-respect-that/</link>
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		<title>10,000-Hour Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was having a debate with some friends about how &#8220;becoming an expert at something requires focus and single-mindedness on the subject matter&#8220;. My position in the debate was that I want my sons (now 1 and 2.5 in age) to be &#8220;supremely excellent&#8221; at something (music, sports, academics&#8230; whatever). I drew some contention when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/10000-hour-rule/</link>
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		<title>about me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[when I began working at CIM, my manager asked us to read and take the Strengths Finder book and subsequent evaluation. That was a year ago, and I recently just stumbled on my results, and all I could say is &#8220;hmmm&#8230;&#8221; When I took this evaluation, I answered the questions in the mindset of &#8220;NOT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/about-me/</link>
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		<title>oh why won&#8217;t you update?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[*this is a technical post, so you might not care. After many many many moons of frustration, I&#8217;ve been FINALLY able to get my Adobe AIR 2.5 application to trigger installed clients, causing them to auto update. I am writing this post, so that it is crawled by web bots, and hopefully it helps someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/oh-why-wont-you-update/</link>
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		<title>what happened to the plan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Beginning was The Plan
And then came The Assumptions]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-happened-to-the-plan/</link>
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		<title>A visual representation for Easter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite authors Donald Miller posted this video, and I thought it was a really profound &#8211; I love watching the photoshop artwork process. It is titled a Portrait of Christ. A Portrait of Christ from Jeremy Cowart on Vimeo. Happy Easter everyone! Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/a-visual-representation-for-easter/</link>
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		<title>speak with authority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is not enough these days to question authority, you gotta speak with it too!&#8221; &#8211; Taylor Mali at TaylorMali.com Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/speak-with-authority/</link>
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		<title>closed mouth&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in a scary place professionally&#8230; I am starting to get this unshakeable sense of discontentment. There was a huge re-org at work, and new processes and people that didn&#8217;t &#8220;seem&#8221; to be working, a new manager that I&#8217;m reporting to, crappy weather which was making my commute sucky&#8230; all around jaded! But then [at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/closed-mouth/</link>
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		<title>BLOGGEREVOLUTION!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week at bu.edu, we discussed online marketing and the effects/benefits of blogs. I was appalled by the the number of people who had some sort of apprehension to blogging. For an online class, the response, to the topic of using blogs as a marketing tool, was very very backwards and old school &#8211; there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/bloggerevolution/</link>
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		<title>what is the deal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is up with MadMonkey? A lot of people have been asking what the deal is with MadMonkeyInc.com (MDMNKY). Often I have to ask myself what the deal is as well. With the New Year, reflection is important, and I&#8217;ve pondered awhile on MDMNKY, and this is what I&#8217;ve got. SO it began as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-is-the-deal/</link>
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		<title>award winning?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am one of those guys who is into Facebook. I also like to &#8220;share&#8221; a lot. My wife thinks I am a &#8220;Like&#8221; addict, she thinks I need Facebook help&#8230; yeah, it&#8217;s that serious! I am that dude that always wants to be liked &#8211; it is a fundamental personality flaw. I have borderline [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/award-winning/</link>
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		<title>adobe air: detect mounted storage volume</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m building an adobe air app using html/javascript&#8230; this is what it does: 1. reads a config file 2. gets a lists of filenames to search for (some of the names have a wildcard) from the config 3. searches all mounted (usb) drives for the file names specified in the config 4. if it matches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/adobe-air-detect-mounted-storage-volume/</link>
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		<title>Protected: the next big thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/the-next-big-thing/</link>
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		<title>what really matters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife safely delivered our second son on July 21st. We named him Boaz Oluwamitobi Peterson. We will be calling him Tobi. So now we have Tolu and Tobi. I am really really happy, and I&#8217;ve been bombarded with so many other emotions like fear and anxiety and joy etc&#8230; My biggest prayer is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-really-matters/</link>
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		<title>IamRhym.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my senior year at Kutztown University I met a Math Professor from the country of Mali. He had REALLY dark skin, and I thought to myself, &#8220;hah, i&#8217;m not the darkest guy at kutztown university!&#8221;. He had grey hair &#8211; the type that is common among older african men &#8211; the kind that looks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/iamrhym-com/</link>
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		<title>it&#8217;s alive&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[after much hard work, we have a clear vision of where we want to take mad monkey. check out the website: http://madmonkeyinc.com. PLEASE send your feedback, it is sooo vital.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/its-alive/</link>
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		<title>fight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So i am madly in love with my wife, she is awesome. We work on our marriage daily, and often, when we have a chance, we will go to a marriage seminar or workshop. For us, there is a deliberate effort. What I dislike about these seminars, is that the man is usually always the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/fight/</link>
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		<title>cimply amazing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[sorry for the &#8220;long time no blog&#8221; &#8230;life has been hectic since we last spoke. I got an offer to join comcast interactive media (cim), it is truly an exhilarating experience! this is CIM videos speak better: this greets me every morning:]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/cimple/</link>
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		<title>lesson learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...another semester at Boston University is about to come to an end, ]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/lesson-learned/</link>
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		<title>i love me some pomodoro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to share things that I find valuable and helpful, and The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo absolutely falls into this category.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/i-love-me-some-pomodoro/</link>
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		<title>i keep six honest serving men</title>
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		<link>http://dbala.com/i-keep-six-honest-serving-men/</link>
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		<title>famous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mom: looook Bala you are famous&#8230;. me: hahahahahaha&#8230;. that&#8217;s right!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/famous/</link>
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		<title>mondo mondo mondo&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I received my business cards, just in time for my trip to India... I love the texture, the look, the attitude... totally wicked!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/mondo-mondo-mondo/</link>
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		<title>lipstick on a pig</title>
		<description><![CDATA[go bold or go home]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/lipstick-on-a-pig/</link>
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		<title>God loves Haiti.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[you see clips of what Pat Robertson said about Haiti all over the internet I totally appreciate Donald Miller&#8217;s response on his blog, at the end he notes that: * I understand that many of you will want to comment on the theological truths you’ve found that support Robertson’s comments, and also on the good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/god-loves-haiti/</link>
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		<title>finding my place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They say that the best solutions fill a void or meet a need. Read this and then come back: ARE WEB AGENCIES DESIGN-HEAVY? From my experience, I think web agencies are design heavy and they should be &#8211; because sexy aesthetics sell. I&#8217;ve visited several &#8220;studios&#8221; and web design environments, and they are all pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/finding-my-place/</link>
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		<title>appengine and python&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I once read that &#8220;&#8230;simplicity is king&#8221; . This cannot be more true when applied to programming. There are a LOT of different categories of programming languages out there and I find myself attracted to programming languages that offer a higher level of abstraction. Not because I am lazy, but because it is simpler to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/appengine-and-python/</link>
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		<title>it&#8217;s all about relation-slips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/its-all-about-relation-slips/</link>
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		<title>crouching tiger&#8230; hidden danger!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who wants to be perceived as sophisticated tries to play Golf. You&#8217;ve heard the tales of business deals being worked out over a &#8220;round of golf&#8221;, or an epiphany that is encountered while in the midst of a pristine and well crafted golf course. Culturally, -most- Nigerians do not levitate towards golf, probably because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/crouching-tiger-hidden-danger/</link>
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		<title>8 questions and a why</title>
		<description><![CDATA[seth godin got me thinking...]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/8-questions-and-a-why/</link>
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		<title>Corinthians Style Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I&#8217;m just another decorator. If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals, and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/corinthians-style-christmas/</link>
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		<title>so happy it hurts&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah... so I was burnt out!!! That is the truth. I can finally admit it to myself.

this is how I got to "burnt out."]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/so-happy-it-hurts/</link>
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		<title>teddy&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[sheep in wolves clothing&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/teddy/</link>
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		<title>gorilla robot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this would be me&#8230; illustrated]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/gorilla-robot/</link>
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		<title>pink robot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mad monkey consists of obi, gbenro and i&#8230; how about robots as our avatars? hmmm&#8230; this is obi]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/pink-robot/</link>
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		<title>astroNOT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[why do you piss your opportunities away? you have all the tools you need to suceed&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/astronot/</link>
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		<title>starbot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a place holder&#8230; I will write a story, I just need to gather my thoughts]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/starbot/</link>
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		<title>horses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America has the bald eagle, Nigeria has the horses&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/horses/</link>
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		<title>so it begins&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our manifesto (inspired by:  http://b.lesseverything.com/) I&#8217;m the co-founder of an unknown software company. I don&#8217;t have aspirations of being some widely known madman genius that develops massively popular products. I don&#8217;t dream of Ferrari, jets and hookers. I want to know my users, I want them to know me and feel like they can email [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/so-it-begins/</link>
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		<title>fela</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the father of Afrobeat music&#8230; i need a story, I will write one, this is just a placeholder to get me thinking]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/fela/</link>
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		<title>pay me&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I could fill you in, but i won&#8217;t&#8230; this shirt will not be printed &#8211; it&#8217;s not something we would wear to church &#8211; knowwhaimsayin!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/pay-me/</link>
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		<title>too many cooks&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[spoil the broth&#8230; need i say more?]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/too-many-cooks/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to dbala. This is my first post on this new wordpress system. I used to blog here: http://danielbalapeterson.blogspot.com/ but I will move forward on here.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/hello-world/</link>
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