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		<title>I&#8217;m Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey look, I&#8217;m still alive! Whodathunkit after so few updates over such a long time span. Sure looks bad compared to the times I was able to get in 3-4 posts a week, huh&#8230; Basically I&#8217;ve been really busy. Obviously. I&#8217;ve had all kinds of things going on, such as work, studying for and taking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Hey look, I&#8217;m still alive! Whodathunkit after so few updates over such a long time span. Sure looks bad compared to the times I was able to get in 3-4 posts a week, huh&#8230;</p>
<p>Basically I&#8217;ve been really busy. Obviously. I&#8217;ve had all kinds of things going on, such as work, <a href="http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/06/03/uber-buzzy/" target="_blank">studying for and taking the GMAT</a>, <a href="http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/05/27/nba/" target="_blank">applying for UNLV&#8217;s business school</a>&#8230; I&#8217;ve also taken on a smaller side project with my friend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/andrew.morrow" target="_blank">Andrew</a>, getting some of my creative PHP juices going to make a little extra cash on the side. More money is always nice.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also had a lot of extracurricular activity going on lately. I&#8217;ve had knee appointments, dentist appointments&#8230; Lunches with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/juliatucker" target="_blank">Julia</a> (who finally joined <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JuliaaTucker" target="_blank">Twitter</a>). Indeedy.</p>
<p>Really, I&#8217;ve got something interesting to post about today. The other day a good buddy of mine told me that <a href="http://www.earth2laura.com/" target="_blank">Laura</a> looks really hot now. Well, she does. She always has been hot to me. But he was mostly referencing her weight loss, which now stands somewhere over 20. I think closer to 25 pounds, but I&#8217;m not really sure.</p>
<p>This got me to thinking about how awful men have it when their ladies start losing weight&#8230; And before I proceed yes, I know I&#8217;m leaving out anything besides heterosexual relationships, but it&#8217;s just easier to talk about it this way and it&#8217;s a classic example. But yes, men really have it awful.</p>
<p>What the hell is a man to say when his woman is losing weight? It&#8217;s a catch-22. There isn&#8217;t anything you can say that will be 100% solid.</p>
<p><strong>You&#8217;re hotter than before</strong>. The response to this is &#8220;What, was I not hot enough before? Was I not good enough for you?&#8221; Whoops.</p>
<p><strong>You look just as great as before.</strong> The response: &#8220;None of this weight loss has made any effect? I&#8217;m still dumpy?!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You&#8217;ve always been hot to me.</strong> The response&#8230; Well, I can&#8217;t think of a specific response to this, but it could be perceived that you never tell the truth about your spouse&#8217;s attraction level. But I think this is the best response out of the three.</p>
<p>So basically, all I&#8217;ve been saying to Laura this whole time is yes, she&#8217;s hot. Her weight loss does look good but it&#8217;s for her, not me. I&#8217;ve always been happy with her however she wants to be and am not dissatisfied. Now if I could just figure out what the hell to say&#8230;</p>
<p>Oh, on a side note. <strong>My</strong> weight loss hit a big plateau at about the 190-192 range for over a month, but I believe I&#8217;ve finally broken through that barrier because I&#8217;ve finally ducked under 190. Hopefully I&#8217;ll be posting about my next milestone, 185, here very soon.</p>
<p>I do plan on posting about a variety of subjects soon, so here&#8217;s a list that will hopefully keep me on track:</p>
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<li>San Francisco</li>
<li>Chase Auto Finance issues</li>
<li>MIT Sloan??</li>
<li>Perceptions of programming</li>
<li>Deconstructing arguments &amp; conversation</li>
<li>Computer building</li>
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		<title>Uber-Buzzy</title>
		<link>http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/06/03/uber-buzzy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I know I said that I&#8217;d be posting more now that we&#8217;ve gotten back from San Francisco, but unfortunately I&#8217;ve been really damn busy. With work being more of a mental drain and studying for the GMAT after I get home, I haven&#8217;t had much time to hop on here and update you all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>So I know <a href="http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/05/27/nba/" target="_blank">I said that I&#8217;d be posting mor</a>e now that we&#8217;ve gotten back from San Francisco, but unfortunately I&#8217;ve been really damn busy. With work being more of a mental drain and studying for the GMAT after I get home, I haven&#8217;t had much time to hop on here and update you all on life.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll try to soon, I promise! I&#8217;m also hoping to tell you about my new awesome powerline adapters I installed at home. <img src='http://www.darqbyte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Back!</title>
		<link>http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/05/27/back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 19:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So yeah, it&#8217;s been awhile since my last post. Increased workload at work and our vacation to San Francisco last week have dented my posting ability. Been busy, but I&#8217;ll have some posts for you soon. I already have three subjects to tackle when I get the chance to, so don&#8217;t fret! I haven&#8217;t left [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>So yeah, it&#8217;s been awhile since my last post. Increased workload at work and our vacation to San Francisco last week have dented my posting ability. Been busy, but I&#8217;ll have some posts for you soon. I already have three subjects to tackle when I get the chance to, so don&#8217;t fret! I haven&#8217;t left you!</p>
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		<title>MobileByte</title>
		<link>http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/04/21/mobilebyte/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.darqbyte.com/?p=382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much to my chagrin, my blog has never really looked correct on my iPhone. Most websites that don&#8217;t have a mobile version never really do look correct on mobile devices, so&#8230; Really though, I&#8217;ve never considered mobile versions for the websites I work on and run. Until smartphones took off, the consideration was never really [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Much to my chagrin, my blog has never really looked correct on my iPhone. Most websites that don&#8217;t have a mobile version never really do look correct on mobile devices, so&#8230;</p>
<p>Really though, I&#8217;ve never considered mobile versions for the websites I work on and run. Until smartphones took off, the consideration was never really there for me&#8230; Well, they&#8217;ve taken off.</p>
<p>Thus, my quest to make my blog look correct on at least the iPhone has been completed. I&#8217;ve installed a nice new plugin to my blog that&#8217;ll make it look slick on the iPhone, and supposedly it&#8217;ll look correct on other mobile devices as well.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve taken a test drive of the plugin and success. It looks good. I suggest for you to go take a look in your iPhone as well.</p>
<p>Oh, and let&#8217;s not forget an update on my <a href="http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/04/17/ow-my-liver/" target="_blank">busted </a><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><a href="http://www.darqbyte.com/2009/04/17/ow-my-liver/" target="_blank">liver</a></span>, err knee. It&#8217;s been slowly getting better. I&#8217;ve got more range and motion today than any time since the injury, and I&#8217;m actually a bit more confident that there&#8217;s no permanent damage, or damage that will eventually need to be surgically repaired. I have an Indoor Soccer game this Thursday, so we&#8217;ll see how it feels during that game, afterwards, and that night as well. I think it&#8217;ll be alright, though.</p>
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