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      <title><![CDATA[My journey to becoming a YouTuber - I didn't expect it to be so fun!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/my-journey-to-becoming-a-youtuber</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This week I published my first proper YouTube video. It’s not perfect – in fact, it’s a bit crap – but I loved making it. The project itself was a smart home hack to track traffic outside my house using Frigate, Node-RED, InfluxDB and Grafana, but the real surprise was how much fun I had with the whole video-making process. Editing was messy, my Mac fought me every step of the way, and yet I walked away buzzing. I think I might actually be a YouTuber now.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bad Vibes - Why 'vibe coding' is dangerous in the wrong hands - With great power... etc...]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/bad-vibes-why-vibe-coding-is-dangerous-in-the-wrong-hands</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I built a game prototype in Godot by letting AI write all the code. It felt fast and magical, but the result was bloated, fragile, and impossible to learn from. Vibe coding looks like progress in the moment but if you don't already know how to write the code, it’s a dangerous trap.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Star Fall - I'm totally building a computer game! - Achievement Unlocked!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/star-fall-i-m-totally-building-a-computer-game</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:56:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I’ve wanted to make a game since I was a kid copying code out of a VIC-20 book — and now, decades later, I finally am. I’ve got no idea what I’m doing, I’m vibe-coding the whole thing, and somehow it’s both chaos and magic.

I'm having SO much fun!]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to build the greatest development team you’ve ever been on]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/build-the-greatest-development-team-ever</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There are few things more motivating than genuinely loving the team you work with. If you don’t enjoy your colleagues, you’ll burn out faster, be less productive, and find much less satisfaction in your work. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s how to help build the greatest dev team you’ve ever been on.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Use planfiles to assist your AI with your work - Or: Mastering the art of prompting for code: part 2]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/use-planfiles-to-assist-your-ai-with-your-work</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/use-planfiles-to-assist-your-ai-with-your-work</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever had your AI pair-programmer produce code that looks nothing like what you had in mind, then you may be skipping a step with the AI that - before the AI revolution - you did all the time without realising it.

Planning!]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[On solid ground - why I am returning to permanent work]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/on-solid-ground-why-i-am-returning-to-permanent-work</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:54:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[After 12 years of contracting, I’ve decided it’s time to go permanent. This isn’t about the state of the market or personal burnout;  it’s that my career has changed. I’ve gone from hands-on delivery to shaping systems, mentoring teams, and driving long-term strategy. That kind of work needs continuity, and contracting just doesn’t make as much sense for it anymore.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The death of artisan code - Not with a bang... with a whimper.]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-death-of-artisan-code</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 11:11:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There was a time when writing beautiful code was the goal, where naming was poetry and indentation was sacred. But let’s be honest: it wasn’t about performance or outcomes. It was about making life easier for (and impressing) other developers. That era is fading fast, replaced by a world where results matter more than elegance and code isn’t written for humans anymore.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Introducing Strip AI - De-AI-ify your text]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/introducing-strip-ai</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 15:57:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever copied something out of ChatGPT and pasted it into LinkedIn, Notion, or your CMS, I make a quick little tool to help you out.]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Performing for Bots: LinkedIn in the Dead Internet Era - The irony of this post is not lost on me]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/performing-for-bots-linkedin-in-the-dead-internet-era</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 19:57:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You’re told to post daily, engage constantly, and craft a personal brand to stand out on LinkedIn. But between spam bots, content farming, and the creeping suspicion that half your audience isn’t even human, the whole thing starts to feel hollow.

Welcome to the absurd reality of job hunting on LinkedIn in 2025.]]></description>
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      <category>Meandering Insanity</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is it time for the coderpocalypse? - Spoiler: No - but the times, they are a changin']]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/is-it-time-for-the-coderpocalypse</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We're on the brink of a major shift. For decades, the stereotype of the ideal developer has been the same: someone who lives, breathes, and dreams in code. They memorise algorithms, wrestle endlessly with syntax, and churn through lines faster than anyone else in the room. And for a long time, that's been enough.

But those days are ending.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The problem with modern development recruitment]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-problem-with-modern-development-recruitment</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Development recruitment is broken and not suitable for the current era. It focuses on the ability to regurgitate memorised facts under pressure and does not focus on things that actually matter. Here's how to do it better.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Krell Tool Paradox - Or how an AI hallucination can sometimes be really interesting!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-krell-tool-paradox</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I asked ChatGPT to tell me about "The Krell Tool Paradox" and how it affected ADHD. The answer was really well thought out and offered some real insight into how much ADHD people can struggle with the tools we use to help us.

The only problem is, I completely made it up!]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mastering the art of prompting for code - "Prompt engineer" is a real job after all, who knew?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/mastering-the-art-of-prompting-for-code</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you've ever found yourself frustrated with the output of AI-assisted IDEs like Cursor or Windsurf, then I might have some bad news for you.

Are you sitting down? Because you're probably not gonna like this:

It's kinda your own fault.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The great abstraction, subtraction - Devs are going nowhere, but what about our tools?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-great-abstraction-subtraction</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-great-abstraction-subtraction</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As abstractions become less necessary, we might be heading toward a future where writing code by hand is the exception, not the norm.

When that happens, what happens to the tooling we all love so much?]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[I'm back baby! - It's been a while!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/i-m-back-baby</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's been a while - sorry, had a lot on - but I'm back with a funky new style, a much better software platform and - hopefully - a bit more content than I used to write!]]></description>
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      <category>Meta</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Agentic coding is the future. It’s time to embrace it. - A brave new world or the beginning of the end for developers?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/agentic-coding-is-the-future-just-accept-it</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The rise of LLMs, particularly agent-based (agentic) IDE's like Cursor and Windsurf has changed the face of coding forever and it's not going anywhere, so you may as well get on board.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[This article displeased me - So I had it 'taken care of']]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/this-article-displeased-me</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some articles just don't survive a migration, it's sad but it's true, the important thing is that we don't mourn it's passing, we celebrate it's life.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2021 Goals - How did I do?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2021-goals-how-did-i-do</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2021-goals-how-did-i-do</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[My hopes for 2021 were as about as grim as I predicted and once again I did not quite manage to achieve my goals.]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2021 Goals]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2021-goals</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[2020 was not a year of succeeding in my goals. I don't share a lot of peoples high hopes for 2021, so these goals will be 'pandemic appropriate']]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2020 Goals: How did I do]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2020-goals-how-did-i-do</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Wow. 2020 was one hell of a year, right?!]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2020 Goals]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's not just a new year, it's a new decade, welcome to the roaring 20's! Let's set some goals, shall we?]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2019 Goals: How did I do?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2019-goals-how-did-i-do</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2019-goals-how-did-i-do</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Look at me! I'm doing my how did I do post already and it's only the 2nd of January! That must mean that 2020 is the year I finally start acting like a grown-up, right?]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2018 Goals: How did I do?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2018-goals-how-did-i-do</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2018-goals-how-did-i-do</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I swear I remember to do this article later every year.]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2019 Goals]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2019-goals</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Every year, I like to set myself a public list of goals that I then do my best to acheive. Some years it works, some years it doesn't, most years I manage to make this list before nearly a quarter of it is already in the past, this was not one of those years.

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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[What should we expect from the next gen of VR?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/what-should-we-expect-from-the-next-gen-of-vr</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Vive Pro is out and the Pimax is on the horizon, whilst it's too early to tell what the Pimax will be like, the reviews are in on the Vive Pro and they all seem to be "Meh, it's a nice little bump but hardly gen 2". 

So... What DOES Gen 2 look like?]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Five things that the future may hold for VR]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/five-things-that-the-future-may-hold-for-vr</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[With Ready Player One out in cinemas and a few new headsets on the horizon, Virtual Reality is in the news again. I've been a fan of VR since the original Developer Kit of the Oculus Rift (known as the DK1) went on Kickstarter, I remember when I first received the DK1 and tried it out in 2013, my world was changed forever.]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Where would I be without the internet?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/where-would-i-be-without-the-internet</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What if the internet never existed? Where would you be? WHO would you be? Here is an alternate history of my life if the internet had never existed.]]></description>
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      <category>Meandering Insanity</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2017 Goals: How did I do?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2017-goals-how-did-i-do</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2017-goals-how-did-i-do</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I had a lot of goals last year, how many did I acheive?]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2018 Goals]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2018-goals</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2018-goals</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This year has a hard act to follow, in 2017 I smashed all but one of my goals and they were not small goals (Get married, Save 15k, Buy a house, publish a book).

I still have goals left to achieve though so let's get them down!]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top 5 tips for a new dev just starting out]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/top-5-tips-for-a-new-dev-just-starting-out</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/top-5-tips-for-a-new-dev-just-starting-out</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are new to the dev industry, it can be daunting. I’ve been doing this for 19 years, so here are my top 5 tips.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[100 Healthy Days]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/100-healthy-days</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/100-healthy-days</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I’ve been doing super-well on achieving my 2017 goals so far this year and this is motivating me to achieve as many of them as possible. Goal 1 of my 2017 goals is the same as goal 1 of every other year since I started this in 2012: Get to a healthy weight.]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let's Kill Capitalism!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/let-s-kill-capitalism</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/let-s-kill-capitalism</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This year is proving to be a great year for achieving my goals. Not only did I get married (goal 4) but I've now just published my book (Goal 5)!]]></description>
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      <category>Scribblings</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Holy crap!, I got married!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/holy-crap-i-m-married</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/holy-crap-i-m-married</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In my last post, I mentioned that one of my year goals was to marry my wonderful girlfriend. I also said that it wasn't going to happen this year as we had neither the time nor the money to have a wedding.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2017 Goals]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2017-goals</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2017-goals</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Each year, once the dust of the last year has settled. I like to set myself some goals, sometimes I even remember to put them down in a post such as this one. Whilst these goals may not be that interesting to other people, I find that committing them in this way makes me more accountable and makes me more likely to work towards achieving my goals.]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[So, you want to be a web contractor? (Part 2) - Essential purchases]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-web-contractor-part-2</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-web-contractor-part-2</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I posted an article about how to get started as a contractor in the web industry. It proved to be a popular article so I thought that instead of it being a short two-parter, I’d turn it into a series. So here is part 2!]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[So you want to be a web contractor? - Part 1: Tips for getting started]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-web-contractor-part-1</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-web-contractor-part-1</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are thinking of making the leap from permanent to self-employed, then here is part one of my guide to becoming a contractor in the web industry, this guide will not just tell you how get started, but how to flourish.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The problem with front-end development recruitment]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-problem-with-front-end-development-recruitment</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-problem-with-front-end-development-recruitment</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I’ve been building websites for a very long time. When I first started back in the mid-late 90’s there wasn’t much of a distinction between front-end developers and back-end developers, we all had to know everything, you couldn’t specialise as there wasn’t really much of a need for that. “Build me a website” was about as much spec as you could expect.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[How I learned to stop worrying and love task runners]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-task-runners</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-task-runners</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A year ago I wrote an article on how I didn't see the point in tools like Gulp and Grunt. One year later and I have to admit, the old me was an idiot.]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Internet is changing the face of politics]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/how-the-internet-is-changing-the-face-of-politics</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/how-the-internet-is-changing-the-face-of-politics</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2015 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Today is the day. Today the people of the United Kingdom can vote to change the future of the country for the better (hopefully) but unlike elections of the past, the outcome of this one is being considered too close to call. We have the Internet to thank for that.]]></description>
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      <category>Meandering Insanity</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rapid HTML creation with Emmet and Sublime text]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/emmet-and-sublime-text</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/emmet-and-sublime-text</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[During the life of a developer, the tools of the job will change many times over. This is especially true of the text editor; which is often like a comfortable home for the seasoned developer. Some prefer pure text editors, some prefer an IDE, some (like myself) prefer a more hybrid approach, a text editor that is highly extensible and will provide most of the benefits of an IDE without the overhead. For me, Sublime Text 3 is the editor of choice, a decision which was confirmed when I discovered Zen coding.]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Using graveyard files for better code management]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/using-graveyard-files-for-better-code-management</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/using-graveyard-files-for-better-code-management</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Front end developers make a lot of changes during builds, especially once the codebase starts to get integrated with backend code. Rather than delete or comment out old code, why not put it in a graveyard file?]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Head in the cloud - A - totally justified - rant about technology]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/head-in-the-cloud</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/head-in-the-cloud</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Now, this is the story, all about how my data got flipped, turned upside down so I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, I’ll tell you why I moved my storage into the air.]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Using a taskrunner]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/using-a-taskrunner</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/using-a-taskrunner</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A few years ago, shortly after moving from Windows to Mac (no regrets!) I discovered an amazing app called CodeKit. This wonderful app runs tasks which are things we UI developers have to do on a regular basis.]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2015 - Time to fight the flab and get healthy.]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2015-time-to-fight-the-flab-and-get-healthy</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2015-time-to-fight-the-flab-and-get-healthy</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This time last year, I had just moved to Portsmouth from Leeds. I didn’t know this at the time but 2014 was about to be one of the worst years of my life for health.]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[London, Baby!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/london-baby</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/london-baby</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm officially a Londoner!]]></description>
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      <category>Meandering Insanity</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why content is king]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/why-content-is-king</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/why-content-is-king</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you have spent any amount of time in the media industry, you’ve undoubtedly heard the term coined by Bill Gates back in 1996 “Content is King”]]></description>
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      <category>Technically Minded</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Farewell to my best friend]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/farewell-to-my-best-friend</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/farewell-to-my-best-friend</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2014 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Anyone who says a dog is a man’s best friend never met Puddles. She was the most unique cat I've ever had the pleasure to know. Sadly last night she finally succumbed to her heart condition and had to be put to sleep. I miss her terribly and nobody will ever replace her. Let me tell you a bit about her.]]></description>
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      <category>Meandering Insanity</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The times, they are a-changin.]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-times-they-are-a-changin</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-times-they-are-a-changin</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[At the very beginning of last year, several amazing things happened to me, none of which I could ever have anticipated]]></description>
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      <category>Meandering Insanity</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Becoming a contactor]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/becoming-a-contactor</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/becoming-a-contactor</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Becoming a contractor can be a daunting experience for anyone, I am currently going through the early stages of it so I am going to document my successes and failures here in the hope that I can help other people take the plunge and guide them on their own journey to freedom.]]></description>
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      <category>Digital Industry</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012 Goals: How did I do?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2012-goals-how-did-i-do</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2012-goals-how-did-i-do</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Last year I set myself a few life goals and whilst I didn't do too badly, I did not do anywhere near as well as I wanted to.

So how did I do at last years goals? Here is a run-down:]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[I moustache you a question]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/i-moustache-you-a-question</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/i-moustache-you-a-question</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[For the third year running, I am going to take part in Movember, the international charity which encourages men all over the world to grow hideous facial hair in return for sponsorship money.]]></description>
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      <category>Meandering Insanity</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Textagotchi - We have a screenshot!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/textagotchi-we-have-a-screenshot</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/textagotchi-we-have-a-screenshot</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Here is the first peek of our Textagotchi webapp! Let us know what you think!]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leedshack part 2 - 18 hours in!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/leedshack-18-hours-in</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/leedshack-18-hours-in</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We've now been hacking for almost 18 hours straight. It's fair to say that I am utterly knackered, we've made some amazing progress though, after a fairly shaky start (More on that later).]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Introducing textagotchi!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/introducing-textagotchi</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/introducing-textagotchi</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Our Leedshack project is well under way, we now have a logo, a facebook page and a twitter account! We're still not giving too much away though, maybe you can guess what we are doing?]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leedshack begins!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/leedshack-begins</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/leedshack-begins</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This weekend I have decided (against my better judgement) to not sleep for 18 hours and instead to attend Dom Hodgeson's (@thehodge) excellent #Leedshack event.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Harry's Song and the power of free]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/harry-s-song-and-the-power-of-free</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/harry-s-song-and-the-power-of-free</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Several months ago I wrote a short story called ‘Harry’s Song’, it will go down in history in my writing ‘career’ as the first story I ever actually completed. Once I finished editing it I sent it out to a few of my friends to gauge their reactions, which were very positive indeed!]]></description>
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      <category>Scribblings</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[A beginners guide to depression]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-depression</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-depression</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It has been said by many that depression is the black death of the 21st century, In 2001 I was diagnosed with clinical depression. Here is how I learned to cope with it.]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[AFTER THE VOID]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/after-the-void</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/after-the-void</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Here is a little snippet for a short story I am writing, as always, your feedback is appreciated :) :]]></description>
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      <category>Scribblings</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ten Tips for throwing a great party]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/ten-tips-for-throwing-a-great-party</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/ten-tips-for-throwing-a-great-party</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm not generally one to blow my own trumpet but it has been said that I throw excellent parties, after a few years of doing this I started to get asked for advice on how to help people throw their own parties. As I have no desire to become a party planner, I have put together this handy guide containing all of my top tips.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Leeds Writers Group]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I've started a writing group!]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cover Design for Emily Bell]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I've come up with cover art for my book!]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mist]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A spooky short story!]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[It's a dogs life]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A short story about a dog having fun.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012 Goals - Progress so far - I can't believe it's already February!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2012-goals-progress-so-far-feb</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I've not exactly made leaps and bounds with my 2012 goals but I have made some progress and they are coming along nicely. Here is what I have done so far]]></description>
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      <category>Mind, Body and Soul</category>
      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012: Not the end, the beginning!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/2012-not-the-end-the-beginning</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There are a lot of posts on the Internet at the moment about the Mayan prophecies and all that rubbish, I have no doubt that life will go on after 2012 and I want it to be better than it currently is.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Creative writing course]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/creative-writing-course</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Last year I attended the first part of a three part (hopefully), creative writing course. Part one proved itself to be invaluable as it gave me the push I needed to start writing my first novel as well as affording me the opportunity to meet some great people. I've just gone back for part 2!]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to get started in blogging]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/how-to-get-started-in-blogging</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is part one of a three part tutorial on how to start writing a blog, this part will cover learning to 'get over' any issues which may be standing in your way, part two covers the technical approach to blogging (i.e. Which tools you should use, how to submit a site to Google etc...) and part 3 will offer some general tips that I've discovered on my travels.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[What type of Twitter user are you?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/what-type-of-twitter-user-are-you</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Twitter has risen quite quickly over past few the years into something of a social phenomenon. Its attraction is mysterious to some and obvious to others, however we all have our own ideas on what Twitter is useful for.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Rise and Fall (and rise again?) of Classic 2D Adventure Games.]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-again-of-classic-2d-adventure-games</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-again-of-classic-2d-adventure-games</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[About 12 years ago, computer gaming discovered 3D graphics, and whilst in principle this is a great advancement, it rang the death knell for the golden age of Role Playing Video Games. Classic titles such as Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer and Discworld were no more. We aim to start a campaign to bring them back.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Android Apps for UK Users]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/top-10-android-apps-for-uk-users</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I have recently replaced my old iPhone 3G with a shiny new Motorola Milestone. One of the first things I have realised upon using this phone is that there is not a great deal of focus on it from the UK community. I’ll start with the best 10 apps I’ve discovered so far which are available in our country.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Fully Automated Media Centre (Windows Only)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/the-fully-automated-media-centre-windows-only</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how to use EventGhost to begin to automate your PC. Now we are going to take things a step forward and use EventGhost alongside a few other free programs to set up an amazing and fully automated Home Theatre PC.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[EventGhost Automation - The little automation program which can change your life]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/eventghost-the-little-automation-program-which-can-change-your-life</link>
      <guid>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/eventghost-the-little-automation-program-which-can-change-your-life</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Every now and again when scouring the internet for new and interesting information I find a tip or program (usually via the excellent lifehacker.com website) which changes the way I live. EventGhost is such a program.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rip your movies with ease using DVDFab (Windows)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/rip-your-movies-with-ease-using-dvdfab-windows</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I often hear praise for software applications such as HandBrake and DVDShrink, but after using them myself in the past I found myself wanting a simpler solution. I didn’t really see why in this day-and-age ripping a movie to your hard drive should take more than a few clicks. Then I found DVDFab...]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why a quality website is more important than you realise]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[For many clients the true value of their website is not realised, often it is just thought of something you should have without any real thought as to why. This article attempts to explain the reasons a website is important and why you should aim to create a fantastic website instead of merely an acceptable one.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[It is 2010, why can you still not use a computer?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.foxleigh.me/blog/it-is-2010-why-can-you-still-not-use-a-computer</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It is time to face facts - its 2010; computers have been around for over forty years and have been ubiquitous for at least five. We ask "in 2010, is there any excuse for not being computer literate?”.]]></description>
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      <author>Alexander Foxleigh</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taming the Wild, Wild Web]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On the sixth of August 1991 one man changed the world. His name was Tim Berners-Lee and all he did was plug a cord into the back of his computer. This man is the inventor of the World Wide Web and is the reason you almost certainly have the internet in your home.]]></description>
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