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	<description>Life and times of a PHP Developer in Raleigh, NC</description>
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		<title>You Gotta Try Out TriOut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months, you've probably heard of location-based check-in apps like foursquare, Yelp, Google Latitude, etc.  The gist is that they let you "check in" to places that you go with your mobile phone, sharing that info with your friends and the Internet.  It's a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/03/02/you-gotta-try-out-triout/</link>
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		<title>Raleigh Restaurant Challenge 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my goals for the year was to get out and about in Raleigh a little more.  One of the best ways to do this is to eat at new restaurants, so I went looking for the top restaurants in Raleigh.  OpenTable.com puts together a great list, so here are the "Best Overall" restaurants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/02/16/raleigh-restaurant-challenge-2010/</link>
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		<title>Goal Update for January 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted a lot of my goals, both personal and professional, at the beginning of the year.  To keep myself honest, I figured I would post an update for what I have been able to accomplish so far.

iPhone Developer Contract for NC State is SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED!
After countless hours by a myriad of people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/02/09/goal-update-for-january-2010/</link>
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		<title>COMPLETE &#8211; Krispy Kreme Challenge 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is 7:40AM.
It is 31 degrees.
Ever so lightly, snow begins falling from the sky.
And here I am, with some of my best friends, getting ready to experience one of the most awesome traditions at NC State.  The Krispy Kreme Challenge.
Going in, I knew I could handle the running.  The course was about 4.6 miles in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/02/07/complete-krispy-kreme-challenge-2010/</link>
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		<title>Open Source in Higher Ed &#8211; Give a Penny, Take a Penny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love open source software.  The sharing, the collaboration, the community around it.  For those that know me, you know that is right down my alley.  Working in higher education at NC State, there are many services that I know would not be possible without our access to open source software.  Our campus homepage uses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/02/01/open-source-in-higher-ed-give-a-penny-take-a-penny/</link>
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		<title>Bobcats game on NASCAR night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, Erin and I went to see the Charlotte Bobcats take on the Orlando Magic.  This was the first time that I had been to an NBA game since I saw the Charlotte Hornets in their first year at the Charlotte Coliseum.  Erin's friend Ashley had gotten us tickets on NASCAR night, and they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/01/30/bobcats-game-on-nascar-night/</link>
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		<title>Krispy Kreme Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I may have done something stupid.  I signed up to run in the 2010 Krispy Kreme Challenge.  For all those that are not part of the NC State family or don't have a clue what it is, lemme lay it down for you.  Run 2 miles, eat a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts, run 2 miles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/01/16/krispy-kreme-challenge/</link>
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		<title>NC State Goal for 2010:  Inventory the (NC State) Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 brought a great deal of organization to the web development and design community at NC State.  I played a large part in that by organizing the community, finding us an online home, and getting people excited about what we could do as a community.
The idea of inventorying NC State's web presence came from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/01/14/nc-state-goal-2010-inventory-the-nc-state-web/</link>
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		<title>Strategies for upgrading webapps?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling all software developers!  Garrison and I need some help...
Here is the scenario.  We have to maintain a bunch of production web applications, most of which use Zend Framework.  When we have created a new version of the application, we need to deploy it to production in as simple of a way as possible.  We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/01/13/strategies-for-upgrading-webapps/</link>
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		<title>Speaking at TEK·X</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had announced this on my twitter feed, but I thought it warranted a blog post of it's own.  I have been asked to speak at TEK·X, an awesome conference for PHP professionals.  My talk, "Lean Mean PHP Machine" was accepted!  Flippin sweet!  Here is the description of my talk:
Implementing software development “best practices” can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasonawesome.com/2010/01/13/speaking-at-tek%c2%b7x/</link>
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