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		<title>Thanks For Conserving Water, Here&#8217;s The Bill!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many regions across the US, the Charlotte area has been experiencing a drought. The city and surrounding counties imposed mandatory water restrictions including no watering of lawns, no car washing and no fountains or pools. Residents were also encouraged to take shorter showers and run less loads in the dishwasher and washing machine. Residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Respect: The Honker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I awoke early to an annoying noise. It wasn&#8217;t my incessant buzzing alarm &#8211; I still had 20 minutes to sleep. This was a car horn. I ignored it, but it happened again and again and again, for 10 minutes damn minutes! Finally, I got up to see what the hell was going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Nerd: PS3 vs. 360 vs. Wii</title>
		<link>http://www.albertbanks.com/non-nerd-ps3-vs-360-vs-wii</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew, I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re actually reading this&#8230; I know if I saw another one of these I was going to scream. So, I decided to break it down for everyone who is not a big nerd. &#160; PS3 360 Wii Color black white white Weight your dad can carry your mom can carry your little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yawn&#8230; It Must Be Summer Sports</title>
		<link>http://www.albertbanks.com/yawn-it-must-be-summer-sports</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the dreaded sports void known as Summer! It&#8217;s the time of year that no real sports are in season. Don&#8217;t try to convince me baseball is worth watching. There is no basketball or football. Hell, I&#8217;d watch Hockey at this point, but no dice. At least we had the World Cup for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duke Basketball Network</title>
		<link>http://www.albertbanks.com/duke-basketball-network-dbn</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duke Blue Devils]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NCAA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I turn on DBN tonight, I see the familiar sight of Duke basketball. Tonight they are taking on Georgia Tech, a middle of the ACC dweler. Probably not a great game, but it is the Duke Basketball Network. Oh, you haven&#8217;t heard of DBN? Maybe your cable provider doesn&#8217;t have it. You should call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is My ISP COX Blocking?</title>
		<link>http://www.albertbanks.com/why-are-they-cox-blocking</link>
		<comments>http://www.albertbanks.com/why-are-they-cox-blocking#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, some background&#8230; My company and many of our clients host websites with a company called Mediatemple (MT) in Los Angeles. My ISP is Cox Communications. Tuesday Night: Bad things started happening. I coudn&#8217;t connect to our company mail server. I couldn&#8217;t load our company website. So, I tried to login the admin side of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Click How I Wanna Click!</title>
		<link>http://www.albertbanks.com/i-click-how-i-wanna-click</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhhhh! As someone who spends a majority of his day in front of a computer and a ton of time online, I have grown very familiar with the web and it&#8217;s problems. A lot of issues stem from Microsoft (particularly IE), but that is an topic for another time. My current frustration is universal. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unwritten Rules of the Road</title>
		<link>http://www.albertbanks.com/unwritten-rules-of-the-road</link>
		<comments>http://www.albertbanks.com/unwritten-rules-of-the-road#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I forgive you tiny compact car. I forgive you stupid truck. I forgive you gynormous regional transit bus. I forgive you for not knowing the &#8220;Unwritten Rules of the Road.&#8221; Until today! Because today we are all going to learn about one of these rules. These rules you won&#8217;t find in any traffic manual. You [...]]]></description>
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