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		<title>Back on the Map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello world! It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted here. From the looks of the last date, it&#8217;s been about half a year. I&#8217;m in the process of finding some time to do more writing and posting along with podcast updating. So, what&#8217;s been up with me? I&#8217;ve got a secret project that I want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2010/07/15/back-on-the-map/</link>
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		<title>Where have I Been?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just noticed that I haven&#8217;t posted an update to this site since August of last year! I thought it would be time to post another update and let you know what special projects that I have been working on. In the last five months, I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of work around the web, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2010/01/22/where-have-i-been/</link>
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		<title>NC Seventeen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ryan and I just finished making this year&#8217;s promotional video for Nature&#8217;s Call. Check out our handiwork below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyBjxKgHHlE]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/08/18/nc-seventeen/</link>
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		<title>Devotion to the Saints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I have really found useful is a program called Romcal. It is a website that has the liturgical calendar that you can download to your computer, which includes all of the memorials and feast days of the church year. It&#8217;s pretty neat to have the ability to look at your calendar and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/08/08/devotion-to-the-saints/</link>
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		<title>Internet on the Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Usually I don&#8217;t get into speculating about what Apple might be adding to its latest products or hardware, but there has been a feature that I&#8217;ve been thinking would be a great addition. I tend to work from a number of locations and, most of the time, there is wireless available at all the locations. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/08/05/internet-on-the-road/</link>
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		<title>Being a Valued Customer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, I went out to check the mail and was greeted by some junk mail from AT&#38;T. Usually, I just take junk mail and enjoy some high-tech stress relief. However, for some reason, I actually looked at who the letter was addressed to: Valued Customer. This got me thinking about junk mail and marketing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/07/31/being-a-valued-customer/</link>
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		<title>Facebook and Messaging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about Facebook and its messaging features. In talking with a lot of people, they are all really surprised how the site has such lackluster features in their messaging application. I would also like to add my own voice to that mix. It seems that the messaging feature on Facebook really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/07/30/facebook-and-messaging/</link>
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		<title>Facebook Fasting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a meditation that I will be giving on our next show of In Between Sundays. It started as a blog post but it ended up sounding great for a broadcast: Recently, I wrote a few blog posts about my intention to limit my exposure to social media. I wondered, out loud and on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/06/04/facebook-fasting/</link>
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		<title>Digital Detox Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m continuing my series of posts on what I&#8217;m now finding out is called the &#8220;Digital Detox,&#8221; which is being put together by Adbusters. They even have a page up for Digital Detox Week, which happens next week. They are urging people to turn off their electronic devices and engage the physical world. This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/04/18/digital-detox-week/</link>
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		<title>The Facebook Diet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I put up a post about trimming my Facebook friends to 100 people. What I thought would cause a bit of a stir didn&#8217;t, which gives me some food for thought. How many would seriously notice if I did unlist them as a friend? The whole thing with Facebook is that it&#8217;s gotten too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/04/16/the-facebook-diet/</link>
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		<title>Automation and Social Networks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about this topic for a few days, letting it rattle around in my brain. I&#8217;ve been thinking about whether it&#8217;s possible to make personal connections on social networks that go beyond the surface wall posts like, &#8220;Hey, how are you.&#8221; or the wall posts about some inside joke that was mentioned the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/04/15/automation-and-social-networks/</link>
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		<title>Vexilla Regis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hymn in the video, Vexilla Regis, was composed for a procession of a relic of the true cross as it as brought to the monastery of Saint-Croix in Poitiers. It is a gregorian chant that can be used on Good Friday when processing the blessed sacrament from the altar of repose into the church [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/04/10/vexilla-regis/</link>
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		<title>Little Red Riding Hood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was alerted to this video today by Jeff Geerling, who runs the LOLSaints website. The video below is a visual re-interpretation of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. It&#8217;s a bit geeky, of course, but that&#8217;s why I like it. What I&#8217;m interested in is how the visuals were produced. They are high-quality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/04/02/little-red-riding-hood/</link>
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		<title>Fun for April Fool&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this video on the Curt Jester&#8217;s website. It&#8217;s a recording of the show &#8220;What&#8217;s my line?&#8221; when Bishop Fulton Sheen appeared on the program. Archbishop Fulton Sheen had one of the most popular shows on television in its early days, teaching the Catholic faith and getting enormous ratings. He truly was a pioneer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/04/01/fun-for-april-fools-day/</link>
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		<title>Christopher West on Katy Perry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just saw this on Christopher West&#8217;s Facebook fan page. He posted a video a few months ago about some of the music that Katy Perry has been singing and took a look at how we react to it as a culture and as Christians. It&#8217;s a very interesting video, especially the last minute, where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/31/christopher-west-on-katy-perry/</link>
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		<title>The Stoplights in your Town</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a certain person who is infamous in our house. He happens to be the city traffic engineer where we live. There&#8217;s a good reason for this: the stoplights around my house are extremely inefficient. It&#8217;s not very often that you are able to go more than two intersections before you are stopped at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/30/the-stoplights-in-your-town/</link>
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		<title>Our Digital World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was checking out some sites this evening when I came across the Youtube video below. It&#8217;s a video about all the technological advances that are happening in our world and then poses the question &#8220;What does it all mean?&#8221; For me, it all means that we can take a step back and rejoice that, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/29/our-digital-world/</link>
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		<title>Dennis Moore and FOCA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I wrote to my representatives in Washington, D.C. to oppose the Freedom of Choice Act, a bill that, while not introduced yet, has some serious ramifications behind it. In response to my letter, I received the form letter, listed below, from Dennis Moore, my house representative. What is interesting about the letter is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/26/dennis-moore-and-foca/</link>
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		<title>Dodgeball at Nativity 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nativity&#8217;s youth group is hosting a dodgeball night this Friday, March 27. They will be playing against St. Michael the Archangel&#8217;s youth group. As part of preparing for the event, Brian and I sat down and did some editing of a promo video that will show to the kids that evening. The video is designed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/24/dodgeball-at-nativity-2009/</link>
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		<title>The Scary Things in Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been impressed with the Indexed blog. Probably because I&#8217;m a math guy and I like fun charts. Today, as a quick lunch break item, I decided to try my hand at putting one together, so here&#8217;s my thought of the day.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/23/the-scary-things-in-life/</link>
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		<title>Holy Medical Facts, Batman!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just saw this news article, courtesy of the Curt Jester. Apparently, former President Bill Clinton doesn&#8217;t know the difference between an unfertilized egg and a human embryo. Here&#8217;s the final quote in the video below: I think these committees need to make it clear that they are not going to fool with any embryos where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/11/holy-medical-facts-batman/</link>
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		<title>New Podcast: Name Needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patrick and I have been brainstorming some new ideas for a podcast aimed at young adults. Our idea is to create a show that will help foster community to those who are in a post-college world, but are looking for friends. I remember when I first left college. It was tough. I had been really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/09/new-podcast-name-needed/</link>
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		<title>Developing Idea: Virtual Rosary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a week and a half ago, I met with the guys at MyCatholicVoice. We&#8217;re putting together some really cool stuff for NCYC 2009. I&#8217;m pretty excited to help out since this engages both my social media ideas, but it also lets me do some cool computer stuff and lets me dream big. (Honestly, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/02/developing-idea-virtual-rosary/</link>
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		<title>Setting a Lenten Schedule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was helping out at a local youth group last night and was listening to my friend Brian talk about his experiences on a 30-day silent retreat. It was a fascinating talk and it got me thinking again about our own Lenten observations. It seems to me that all too often, we start lent with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/03/02/setting-a-lenten-schedule/</link>
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		<title>Siftables at TED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just watched this video at the TED website. It&#8217;s a talk by David Merrill, a grad student at MIT, who is designing a new interface, called siftables. It&#8217;s much easier to say play the video than it is to explain it. Take a look below!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/02/28/siftables-at-ted/</link>
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		<title>Lent Keeps us Sane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a friend remarked to me, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how I&#8217;d stay sane without Lent each year.&#8221; We were talking about the busyness of life in general and how often we just rush all over the place. Lent offers us such a wonderful time to sit back, relax and take a good look at ourselves. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/02/27/lent-keeps-us-sane/</link>
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		<title>Credit Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just found this on the Good Experience blog. It&#8217;s a very well-done video about the credit crisis. I like the video both for its informational aspect but also for the really dynamic way in which the story is told. It&#8217;s not just slides and words. In fact, there are very few words on the screen. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/02/20/credit-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Faith-based videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on the hunt for some cool faith-based videos. Think you have one that&#8217;s interesting to watch? Let me know by clicking here and filling out the form or commenting below.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/02/19/faith-based-videos/</link>
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		<title>12 Year Old Defense of Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just saw this video today. In Toronto, Lia, a 12 year old girl gave a speech challenging the ideas of abortion. The speech was initially put together for a competition, but she was told that, due to the &#8220;controversial&#8221; nature of her material, she would be disqualified. Despite that, her speech was so good, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/02/17/12-year-old-defence-of-life/</link>
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		<title>Ready for the Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m definitely ready for the weekend. It&#8217;s been a good week, I&#8217;ve gotten a lot of things done, but I think it&#8217;s finally time to relax. I&#8217;m thinking about going to a movie, does anyone have some suggestions as to what I should see?]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/02/06/ready-for-the-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Digital TV Transition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget that the digital transition will be happening soon. This clip below still cracks me up!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/01/26/digital-tv-transition/</link>
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		<title>Look Around You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this post on the Wired blog recently. Apparently, there is a new show that is debuting tomorrow on Cartoon Network called &#8220;Look Around You.&#8221; The show is designed to poke fun at all the instructional videos from the 70s and 80s that were shown in schools. Below, you&#8217;ll find an excerpt of one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/01/17/look-around-you/</link>
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		<title>Life Goals et al.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Goodness, it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve updated! There have definitely been a lot of things that have happened over the past month and a half, most of them good. I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of learning and a lot of praying. I&#8217;m looking forward to this weekend so that I can take some time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2009/01/15/life-goals-et-al/</link>
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		<title>Volition the movie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new short film out called Volition. It&#8217;s an amazing movie about choices. If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, click here to view it for free online. I&#8217;m really impressed with the quality of the film and the way it was cut together. Here&#8217;s the synopsis: The act of making a choice. Sometimes the choice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/11/26/volition-the-movie/</link>
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		<title>Driving the Car</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I wish I could drive my car like this, especially around the roundabouts that are close by the school.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/11/20/driving-the-car/</link>
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		<title>Mandles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[H/t to my brother, Brian, for passing on this YouTube video. I think I&#8217;ll be investing in a pigskin and a sweaty locker room mandle for the big game come February.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/11/17/mandles/</link>
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		<title>#3 Pencil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got this from a friend. I thought it was too good to pass up.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/11/03/3-pencil/</link>
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		<title>Europeans and Italians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this flash animation this morning and thought it was too funny to not pass on to you. Enjoy! Europeans and Italians]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/28/europeans-and-italians/</link>
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		<title>Ice Ice Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the day, people used to rap in sweatshirts and tuxedos. Sometimes, I get nostalgic and wonder what happened to the good ol&#8217; days. (Actually, I&#8217;m completely surprised I still know the words to this video. It came out when I was in eighth grade and I spent way too much time memorizing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/25/ice-ice-baby/</link>
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		<title>A Video for Dads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good friend of mine came over tonight and had me watch this video. It&#8217;s definitely a reminder to me that even though I&#8217;m not a dad (yet, deo volente!), we are still witnesses in our own right, be it youth ministry, education or whatever job you currently have. You&#8217;re being watched by someone—you have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/21/a-video-for-dads/</link>
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		<title>Another Week and Back to Normal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time to begin another week. I think we&#8217;re finally going to be getting back to normal, which I&#8217;m excited for. Last week was Homecoming, which was a fun time. I chaperoned the dance at the high school which means that for most of the time, I was out on the dance floor having fun. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/19/another-week-and-back-to-normal/</link>
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		<title>Technology in Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I missed a great speaker yesterday. Our Archdiocese put together a teacher formation day and the keynote speaker talked a great deal about technology in the use of education. One thing that he referenced was a particular YouTube video about how technology should be used in education. I happen to be really blessed with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/14/technology-in-education/</link>
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		<title>Blue Man Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I introduced one of my good friends to the Blue Man Group tonight. I&#8217;m a huge fan and think that anyone who gets a chance to see them in concert should definitely take advantage of it and buy a ticket. Not familiar with the Blue Man Group? See the video below from a performance they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/11/blue-man-group/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Sick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days, I have been to two doctors who have both put me on a considerable amount of drugs. Apparently, I managed to get asthmatic bronchitis and I can tell you that it&#8217;s not fun to have. I&#8217;m glad for a four-day weekend so that I can rest and hoepfully be feling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/11/im-sick/</link>
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		<title>Of Stocks and Crashes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just saw this great video about the current financial crisis. It&#8217;s one of those videos that manages to be both very funny and also very true—something that is hard to pull off. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/10/04/of-stocks-and-crashes/</link>
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		<title>Jesus is My Friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone subjected me to this so I&#8217;m passing the same thing on to you.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/09/27/jesus-is-my-friend/</link>
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		<title>Brylcreem Ad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just saw this on the net. The filmmakers had to shoot the entire commercial in one take because of the complexity.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/09/02/brylcreem-ad/</link>
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		<title>New Site Getting Ready</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like we&#8217;re getting close to getting our new site up and running at work. I was able to get our new server login tonight and migrate our testing server to our actual server. Hopefully, we will be rolling out the new website pretty soon. When it&#8217;s up and ready, I&#8217;ll put the link up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/08/07/new-site-getting-ready/</link>
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		<title>Cape Hatteras Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I typically post some sort of photo gallery here about my vacation trip and the things that I did on it. However, I now have a subscription to Animoto, a site that I use fairly often. So, without further ado, here is the video slideshow of our vacation to Cape Hatteras. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/31/cape-hatteras-photos/</link>
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		<title>Nature&#8217;s Call Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, Ryan, Brian, Greg and Julie decided to wait until I left town until they filmed this year&#8217;s nature&#8217;s call videos. In fact, I even did my doggie face (which looked much like the picture) and they still didn&#8217;t let me in the club. Oh well, I guess I&#8217;ll be content that their sonic rip-off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/28/natures-call-videos/</link>
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		<title>At the Ocean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of our week of visiting the beach. We took Kayla out into the ocean but she had to go home a little early because it was a particularly windy day and the sand was causing problems for everyone. The beach house that we are staying in is pretty neat. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/27/at-the-ocean/</link>
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		<title>Elizabethan Gardens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to our GPS, we are 1,087 miles from home. As our first stop on the vacation tour today we stopped at the Elizabethan Gardens, a place my mother was very interested in seeing. As part of the gardens, they have a beautiful gazebo that overlooks the local harbor. While we were there, a pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/25/elizabethan-gardens/</link>
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		<title>Coding myself crazy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I get finished with a roughly 14 hour day of working, about 12 of those hours being on the new St. James website and when I log in to my own WordPress blog, I am alerted that there is an update to version 2.6! Will it ever end? I hope so. Of course, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/15/coding-myself-crazy/</link>
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		<title>Twittering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have decided to start using Twitter and as a result, have put a small area on my blog where you can see the last five twitter updates that I have posted. It took a little while to get everything formatted properly. Apparently, the theme that I chose to use didn&#8217;t take into account what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/12/twittering/</link>
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		<title>Joomla! Goodness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been spending my past two weeks putting together a new website for work. We decided to use Joomla! as our CMS and I have been learning a lot about how the site is put together and doing a lot of patching and coding in both CSS and PHP. It&#8217;s been fun to get back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/10/joomla-goodness/</link>
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		<title>The Flea by John Donne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my addition to John Donne&#8217;s poem, &#8220;The Flea&#8221;: And whilst this flea may have suckled we; where one flea be, three more be hence. Thus be I a counterdemonstrator— I will callest me an exterminator. MARK but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me is ; It suck&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/06/the-flea-by-john-donne/</link>
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		<title>Happy Fourth of July!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone have a happy Fourth!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july/</link>
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		<title>Atlanta Slide Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had some time this morning to upload my photos from Atlanta to my favorite movie making site, Animoto. If you haven&#8217;t ever used the service, I recommend that you check it out. You&#8217;ll be quite surprised. You can see my slide show below. (Hey, that rhymes!)]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/27/atlanta-slide-show/</link>
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		<title>Seriously. Is this really needed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder where you would store your shotgun so that it&#8217;s within easy reach, especially when you&#8217;re sleeping? I didn&#8217;t, but apparently some people did. This just begs the question as to whether this is really a needed item.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/26/seriously-is-this-really-needed/</link>
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		<title>Around Atlanta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently blogging from the Marriott at the Atlanta airport where Steve, Patrick and I have just gotten back from this year&#8217;s Atlanta Eucharistic Congress. It was a great day with a number of really cool speakers, among them were Steve Ray and Matthew Kelly. In addition to the conference, we are attending the Catholic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/21/around-atlanta/</link>
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		<title>Time for bed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m up late again tonight playing around with what I hope will be the new website for the high school. I&#8217;ve got a lot of work ahead of me there to come up with a new layout and port over a lot of the functionality. I am redoing the whole site in Joomla! and tonight&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/19/time-for-bed/</link>
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		<title>Data Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an interesting thing happen to me today&#8230; Well, actually, it&#8217;s not that interesting to me since it seems to happen quite often at school. What happened? Someone came in with a hard drive that crashed. True to form, there were no backups that were made and the hard drive contained three years&#8217; worth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/14/data-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Song stuck in your head?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Then you should at least listen to the song the whole way or do some mathematics. All this according to Wired magazine. Get some more information here.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/13/song-stuck-in-your-head/</link>
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		<title>AP Stylebook Bias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently acquired a copy of the 2007 AP Stylebook. Because I enjoy reading through such obscure things as this, I started perusing some of the entries. I was shocked to find the following entry for &#8220;abortion&#8221;: abortion Use anti-abortion instead of pro-life and abortion rights instead of pro-abortion or pro-choice. Avoid abortionist, which connotes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/13/ap-stylebook/</link>
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		<title>Beatboxing and cooking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video combines beatboxing and cooking into one very helpful movie. Enjoy, and I hope your recipie came out as well as this guy&#8217;s:]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/10/beatboxing-and-cooking/</link>
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		<title>Happy Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had some good storms in the middle of the country today. I went out to grab some lunch at noon and in the few minutes that I was outside, I got pretty wet. On top of that, we have had some serious straight-line winds, always a fun thing to have when you are driving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/06/02/happy-monday/</link>
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		<title>New Layout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s quite late and I&#8217;m ready to go to bed. I spent this evening hunting down a good layout for my site as well as customizing some of the colors in it. I am deeply thankful for Adobe Kuler, which helped me to find some nice colors that I could use as accents. It&#8217;s pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/05/28/new-layout/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m baaack!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back out in the world! As you can see, the site is up and running. I&#8217;m working on upgrading all the old data and stuff, so bear with me as I rebuild the site.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2008/05/26/im-baaack/</link>
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		<title>Patrick&#8217;s CD is Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right. Interested in checking out his music? You can find it here: Patrick Padley. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/07/20/patricks-online/</link>
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		<title>Rome Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got most of my photos sorted and uploaded. You can find a large number of them at the link below. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/06/12/rome-photos/</link>
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		<title>Seeing the Pope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is how close I was to the Pope during the Wednesday audience. Our trip to Rome was amazing, and once I get a chance to sort through the 600 or so pictures that I took, I&#8217;ll post a link to the photo album. For now, it&#8217;s back to work before I leave on Thursday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/06/11/seeing-the-pope/</link>
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		<title>Update From Rome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the scoop. It was fun to go to Medjugorje but don&#8217;t the same group lead you around anywhere else. The tour in Medjugorje was great, Rome, however, left something to be desired &#8211; and that&#8217;s saying something.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/06/09/update/</link>
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		<title>Starbucks and the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading through some websites tonight and came upon the following video. I think it&#8217;s an interesting commentary about the world and is actually very telling. Take a look and let me know what you think:]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/05/26/starbucks-world/</link>
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		<title>Nature&#8217;s Call Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, a few of us got together tonight and after about 15 mintues of brainstorming and shooting some random footage, we came up with the following video to advertise this year&#8217;s Nature&#8217;s Call. Enjoy.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/05/24/natures-video/</link>
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		<title>Another Site Upgrade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it looks like I had a successful upgrade to the latest version of WordPress. I even was able to update the plugins to their latest versions and things seem to be working properly. Let me know if you find anything that idn&#8217;t working.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/05/17/another-upgrade/</link>
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		<title>Crimes of Planned Parenthood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I think a lot of people don&#8217;t necessarily realize is how much Planned Parenthood does not care for women who are pregnant. Case in point: read this article carefully. It&#8217;s unfortunate that the journalism student mentioned here is being sued by the organization. What&#8217;s more unfortunate is that this is a huge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/05/17/crimes-planned-parenthood/</link>
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		<title>Archbishop Burke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We need more people like Archbishop Burke in this world. Not sure what I&#8217;m talking about, check out what&#8217;s happening here. This is definitely a story that inspires me to be more active in the world and to not just make my faith something that only happens on Sunday.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/05/04/archbishop-burke/</link>
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		<title>Abbey Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted two weeks ago that I was working on a new video and I have finished it! This video is about the Benedictine community that I have been visiting for quite a while. If you are interested, you can check out the video at this link. Let me know what you think.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/05/01/abbey-video/</link>
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		<title>New Video Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, I am spending some time up at Benedictine Abbey and will be filming my experience the whole weekend. My goal is to assemble a small video to document the life of a monk for those people in my youth group who aren&#8217;t familiar with monasticism. In addition, I&#8217;m hoping to give it to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/04/18/new-video-soon/</link>
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		<title>60 &#8211; The Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this on a friend&#8217;s website. Conan O&#8217;Brien decided to do a parody of the show 24, calling it 60. The catch &#8211; each epsiode is only one second long. One night, he decided to air 10 episodes back to back. Because I&#8217;m such a 24 addict, I thought this was totally hilarious.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/04/11/60-the-show/</link>
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		<title>Tiger Woods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We played a round of Tiger Woods tonight on the Wii and I lost pretty miserably. I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s my golf swing or the fact that I couldn&#8217;t figure out how to swing properly. Needless to say, everyone thought it was pretty funny. Tomorrow, I have to head back to work after taking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/04/10/tiger-woods/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holy Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; Holy Week! This is definitely my favorite time of year, because Lent is coming to a close, Easter is around the corner and Summer is almost here. Wait, scratch that last part. It&#8217;s currently 32 degrees outside! What is mother nature thinking? It&#8217;s supposed to be warm and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/04/06/happy-holy-week/</link>
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		<title>Weird Dreams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Megan posts some of her dreams online. I figured I&#8217;d follow her lead, because my dream last night were just way crazy. In fact, they were pretty realistic. Last night, I dreamed that I was driving home from my job and was really hungry because I had just finished serving for the Knights of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/03/23/weird-dreams/</link>
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		<title>Happy Weekend!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My palm pilot came back in the mail today, which I didn&#8217;t expect. I hope it doesn&#8217;t break again. I&#8217;ve got a few precautions in place to make sure that it doesn&#8217;t happen again. Right now, I&#8217;m in my office waiting for a meeting to start. A whole bunch of youth ministers around work are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/03/15/happy-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Broken Palm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, once again, I have managed to crash my iQue. Here&#8217;s to hoping that it&#8217;s still under warranty. It seems like I go through one of these garmin units about every six months. I wonder if any other palm users out there have similar trouble. This crash is worse than I thought, though. Somehow, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/03/11/broken-palm/</link>
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		<title>International Friendship Song</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s yet another piece of memoriabilia from my childhood. Ya das ist ein Schnitzelbank! Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/03/09/international-friendship/</link>
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		<title>The ultimate mashup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in college, when we would all be sitting around, we would take popular music that we sang at mass and other places and try and re-make them into rock hits and other things. I&#8217;m not sure why we found it so funny, but we sure did a lot of ruminating on it. I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/23/ultimate-mashup/</link>
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		<title>A disturbing bit of news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you didn&#8217;t see this, check out this article. It appears that Planned Parenthood has signed up a new program where you can get a cell phone plan through an independent reseller of cell phone coverage. The problem with it is that 10% of your bill goes directly to support Planned Parenthood and abortions! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/22/disturbing-news/</link>
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		<title>Ouch!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is my Lent starting off with so much pain? In the past few days I have hurt myself on a go-kart, cut myself, hit my head and almost had my finger chopped off when closing up a ping pong table. Do you ever have those weeks where you just seem to be a total [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/21/ouch/</link>
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		<title>New Technology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this on Jimmy Akin&#8217;s blog. I think it is one of the funniest YouTube videos I&#8217;ve seen in quite a while. Update: Found a new version and updated my page with it.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/20/new-technology/</link>
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		<title>Time Wasting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a game to waste some time on a Sunday? Check out this game. You click the squares to get rid of them. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/18/time-wasting/</link>
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		<title>Do what tastes right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been wanting to post on this for a while. Take a moment and think about the current advertising slogans for fast food restaurants. Here are three that come to mind: Wendy&#8217;s &#8211; &#8220;Do what tastes right.&#8221; Burger King &#8211; &#8220;Have it your way.&#8221; McDonald&#8217;s &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m lovin&#8217; it.&#8221; To me, these slogans reflect our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/13/tastes-right/</link>
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		<title>Marriage Prep?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this article from the New York Times today online. It details out 15 questions that couples had wished they talked about before getting married. It&#8217;s my understanding that many, if not all of the questions are addressed through the Church&#8217;s marriage preparation program. I just wish that people would take advantage of that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/13/marriage-prep/</link>
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		<title>Busy weekend!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I must have put about 300 miles on my car this weekend! On Friday, I spent much of my time running errands in the neighboring state where I live. It wasn&#8217;t too far of a drive, I just had a lot of places to go. The day hit a high for me when I was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/12/busy-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Another Marquette Alum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found out today that Joseph McCarthy, that&#8217;s right, the Joseph McCarthy is a Marquette alum. I&#8217;m not sure that I&#8217;m too proud of that. Don&#8217;t believe me, check it out on this page.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/08/another-marquette/</link>
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		<title>The new face of the Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a nice little bit of video to get you thinking.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/08/the-new-face-the-web/</link>
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		<title>Windows Vista</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, here&#8217;s a video on every step that you need to install Windows Vista! Good luck.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/06/windows-vista/</link>
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		<title>Sleep&#8230; sweet sleep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday has to have been one of the busiest days in quite a long time. I got up at 4am, partially because I couldn&#8217;t sleep, and partially because I had a lot to do before driving into work at 7am. So, I was busy working from 4am until around 7pm yesterday. Yes, I know that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/05/sleep-sweet-sleep/</link>
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		<title>Rockwell Whatzit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right. Just take the retro-incambulator and switch it on to prevent side frumbling.]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/03/rockwell-whatzit/</link>
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		<title>How far would you go&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[to get your lunch? Today, I was visiting the neighborhood Chipotle in order to get my monthly fix. While I was waiting in line, I noticed a family eating there, with their kids enjoying some chicken nuggets. I quickly checked the signs in the store, and couldn&#8217;t find any mention of those golden brown and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nickpadley.com/2007/02/03/would-go/</link>
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