<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Thoughts on Life @ derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com</title><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/</link><description>(Thoughts on Life) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:20:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Thoughts on Life @ derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/portlet/163/featured-blog-graphic-145.gif</url><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Ask Sam</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/ask_sam.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/ask_sam.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ask%5Fsam</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Editor-in-Chief for the .NET Developer's Journal, I get a lot of press solicitations.  Most of them are not relevant to the .NET platform.  Some of the ones that aren't relevant are still interesting, though.  Up until now, I haven't done anyth]]></description></item><item><title>Schadenfreude and My MP3 Player</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/schadenfreude_and_my_stolen_mp3_player.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/schadenfreude_and_my_stolen_mp3_player.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=schadenfreude%5Fand%5Fmy%5Fstolen%5Fmp3%5Fplayer</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I left my MP3 player unattended for a few minutes on the treadmill at my local healthclub.  When I returned, it had been stolen.I just got the following email from the MP3 player's manufacturer and, frankly, I laughed so hard]]></description></item><item><title>Too old for horror movies?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/too_old_for_horror_movies.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/too_old_for_horror_movies.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=too%5Fold%5Ffor%5Fhorror%5Fmovies</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, before I forget to mention it anywhere else, my wife and I actually got up and left about an hour into &quot;House of Wax&quot; last Friday.  This is the second horror movie in a row (&quot;Texas Chainsaw Massacre&quot; remake being the first) t]]></description></item><item><title>Derek Jailed for Morels</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/derek_jailed_for_morels.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/derek_jailed_for_morels.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=derek%5Fjailed%5Ffor%5Fmorels</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...well, not quite, but almost.So, apparently, I have been unwittingly engaged in illegal activity for the past several years.  I am an enthusiast for morel mushrooms.  I live in the middle of the biggest forests in Northern Illinois.  Little did]]></description></item></channel></rss>