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	<description>Notes on web development (and a few other topics)</description>
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		<title>Exclusively vs. only</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I'm going to teach you something about sales," the salesman at my high-school job told me. I listened because his numbers were usually the highest each week; he clearly knew what he was doing. His good advice may have been about how to sell better, but it was really about language. The difference between the words "only" and "exclusively" is slim in meaning, but great in connotation.
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		<title>Continuous vs. Continual</title>
		<link>http://scottbush.net/language/continuous-vs-continual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 17:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things happen. That's easy, everyone knows that. But many people get a little mixed up about how things happen. For example, does a thing happen continuously or continually? This post takes a look at the subtle difference between the two.]]></description>
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		<title>From the department of the redundancy department: repetitious phrases to stop using</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Have you ceased and desisted your assault and battery? Notify your kith and kin of your various different options." Did your skin crawl at reading those two sentences because of the four obvious redundant phrases? If not, it should have! I've gathered a number of repetitious phrases that all of us should avoid using in our speech and writing.]]></description>
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		<title>Reading too much into webserver file names</title>
		<link>http://scottbush.net/language/reading-too-much-into-webserver-file-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Dev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IIS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my observation: On Apache/Linux-based web servers, the file within each directory that is looked for is called index.html. On the IIS/Windows platform, the file is called default.html. Index. Default. Each carries a certain connotation... does that connotation imply anything about the platform on which these files exist? Or am I just reading far too much into something completely innocuous?]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding the lexicon: automagically and ginormous</title>
		<link>http://scottbush.net/language/expanding-the-lexicon-automagically-and-ginormous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[automagically]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ginormous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neologisms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's time to accept two new members into the family of words in the English language: "automagically" and "ginormous." Even if you don't like them or use them yourself, there seems to be plenty of evidence that these neologisms have become mainstream.]]></description>
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		<title>Web talk: then vs. now</title>
		<link>http://scottbush.net/language/web-talk-then-vs-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Dev]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The language of the web, like the web itself, is constantly changing. I'm not talking about HTML5, PHP, or other development languages; I mean how we as a culture actually refer to using the web. Since its "birth" there's been a noticeable shift in how people speak and write about the internet. It's an interesting study and while I don't claim to know all about it, I have collected some examples.]]></description>
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		<title>Discreet vs. discrete</title>
		<link>http://scottbush.net/language/discreet-vs-discrete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods wishes his adultery had been kept more discrete. Or is it discreet? He's probably too busy apologizing to care about the difference between these particularly tricky homophones, but the rest of us should care. Learn which spelling goes with which meaning, and a couple mnemonics to keep them straight.]]></description>
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		<title>Apostrophes have no place in plural acronyms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apostrophes, for being such tiny little punctuation marks, sure can cause some big problems. Mastering their proper use with plural and possessive nouns can be tricky for some, but one use shouldn't be confusing: apostrophes have no place in plural acronyms like "FAQs" or numeric constructions like "the 1980s."]]></description>
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		<title>Utilize vs. use</title>
		<link>http://scottbush.net/language/utilize-vs-use/</link>
		<comments>http://scottbush.net/language/utilize-vs-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[utilize]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Language is a beautiful and varied concept, with room enough for all manner of style, voice, and of course, word choice. As one who often edits the writing of others (or wishes he&#8217;d had the opportunity to do so), I&#8217;ve encountered some word choices that seem to persist despite simpler, more direct options. One of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurt Cobain novel offers an intricate, genre-bending story</title>
		<link>http://scottbush.net/language/kurt-cobain-novel-offers-insight-and-a-complex-story/</link>
		<comments>http://scottbush.net/language/kurt-cobain-novel-offers-insight-and-a-complex-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago, a friend asked if I'd read and edit his brother's manuscript. I was honored sure glad I did, because Darin Rice's "The Redemption of Kurt Cobain" is one story that should see the light of day (and not just due to its excellent first-round editing). So what's the story about? Uh... that's a little tricky. The plot weaves strands of politics, philosophy, sustainability, parenting, a bit of humor, and of course rock and roll into a surprisingly readable fabric. It's not easy to find a single label for this work, other than simply "good."]]></description>
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