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		<title>Viva La Revolution &#8211; No, Really</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/05/16/viva-la-revolution-no-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21c Homestead]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new normal So &#8220;it has begun&#8221; as the saying goes. Right now, I am living on the north shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada. There are four of us living in a wonderfully large house, and all of us in one fashion or another want to do something with the next ten years of our lives. I run a reasonably successful telecom business, and I am an internationally published author. I am working as part of an RPG game development &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/05/16/viva-la-revolution-no-really/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Review &#8211; High School Musical &#8220;Rocking The Ages&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/04/21/review-high-school-musical-rocking-the-ages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rocking The Ages&#8221; is an adaptation of the Broadway play &#8220;Rock of Ages&#8221;, brought into the realm of High School musical. Produced by the Montreal English School Board&#8217;s Macdonald High School, it was a remarkably well delivered show which ran from the 18th to the 20th of April, 2013. It&#8217;s a delightful and slightly risque return to an era of music that was a herald of a world in the geopolitical closure of one era and the step forward into &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/04/21/review-high-school-musical-rocking-the-ages/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Consulting Blues &#8211; The Expensive Customer</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/04/13/consulting-blues-the-expensive-customer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I put a bid forward on a &#8220;Request For Quotation&#8221; (RFQ) as part of my telecom consulting job.  Unfortunately, the potential customer&#8217;s RFQ was essentially &#8220;go watch this YouTube video, and build something like that.  It should be easy, so I only want to pay $200&#8243;. The video was essentially someone talking about a proof-of-concept project they had done.  None of the back-end infrastructure was discussed; it was apparently Asterisk based, and used a database of some kind to &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/04/13/consulting-blues-the-expensive-customer/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Hacks:  Asterisk account codes, Ruby programming, and the Freshbooks API</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/01/23/quick-hacks-asterisk-account-codes-ruby-programming-and-the-freshbooks-api/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I put together a quick hack last night that will help with managing truant accounts on JKL5&#8242;s &#8220;Cloudphones&#8221; SMB VoIP PBX. Ostensibly, it&#8217;s a pre-paid service for small to medium businesses, as well as a couple of residential customers. However, we have a couple of problem accounts that require checking on the accounts payable report followed by a few nagging emails to get to pay their bills at the 45 day mark. In each trunk and phone configuration, I have the customer&#8217;s &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2013/01/23/quick-hacks-asterisk-account-codes-ruby-programming-and-the-freshbooks-api/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>On Just Being Amazon</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/12/30/on-just-being-amazon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;At least it&#8217;s a good reason and not just Amazon being Amazon.&#8221; &#8211; Seen on Twitter I saw that come across my Twitter feed this morning, and it gave me pause. Mostly because I wasn&#8217;t sure what it meant. I know that Amazon is reknowned within Internet pop-culture for being both secretive and autocratic in it&#8217;s operations. They Just Do Stuff, often in a fashion that seems counter-intuitive to both common sense and &#8220;popular opinion&#8221;. I know that Amazon&#8217;s owner, Jeff &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/12/30/on-just-being-amazon/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Crew?</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/12/07/are-you-crew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, look at that! It&#8217;s the first Friday in December! That means I have a contest to announce! Are you a fan of The Sauder Diaries? Do you think that you&#8217;d fit right in with Hans, Annika, Arrietta and the rest of the scoundrels of the Bloody Rose? Are you pretty damn sure you wouldn&#8217;t be owing anyone 10% of your pay shares? Here&#8217;s your chance! Send me an email to &#8220;michel@michelrvaillancourt.com&#8221;, with the subject of &#8220;I&#8217;m Crew!&#8221;. In your &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/12/07/are-you-crew/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Ten Line Review</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/12/03/the-ten-line-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the issues that folks seem to have with writing a review is a feeling that they&#8217;re not qualified to do so, or don&#8217;t know how. On the first point, if you read and you know what you like, then you&#8217;re qualified. You have an opinion, and as I discussed in &#8220;Your friend left you a note&#8220;, your opinion helps everyone. On the second point, let me take a few minutes to explain how to write a &#8220;ten line &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/12/03/the-ten-line-review/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>More Technology of &#8220;The Sauder Diaries&#8221; &#8211; A Steampunk Dragon; What&#8217;s Not To Like?</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/30/more-technology-of-the-sauder-diaries-a-steampunk-dragon-whats-not-to-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction This is the third part of a three-part set answering this Question From the Audience. So, without further ado, allow me to continue on discussing the various technologies that Hans encounters and uses, and evaluate “The Reasonable Plausibility Level” (RPL) of each. Science and Technology of “The Sauder Diaries – By Any Other Name” The &#8220;Dragon&#8221; One of the most memorable scenes in &#8220;The Sauder Diaries &#8211; By Any Other Name&#8221; is the dragon attack in the chapter titled &#8220;A Quiet Little Town&#8221;: &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/30/more-technology-of-the-sauder-diaries-a-steampunk-dragon-whats-not-to-like/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Goodreads Book Giveaway &#8211; &#8220;A Bloodier Rose&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/26/goodreads-book-giveaway-a-bloodier-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to announce that there are two signed copies of &#8220;The Sauder Diaries &#8211; A Bloodier Rose&#8221; up for grabs on Goodreads. The contest closes December 15th, which means that the winners should have the books in their hands in time for their Christmas reading. Swing over to Goodreads to enter! Goodreads Book Giveaway A Bloodier Rose by Michel R. Vaillancourt Giveaway ends December 15, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Tour &#8211; Alison DeLuca&#8217;s &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Kitchen&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/21/blog-tour-alison-delucas-devils-kitchen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review of &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Kitchen&#8221; If you&#8217;re looking for sweetness and light in your reading, then don&#8217;t look for it in Alison DeLuca&#8217;s &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Kitchen&#8221;. This is what happens when Wells, Dickens and Faust have an agreement about what a Victorian dystopia should look like. I&#8217;ll stop here and tell you that, as with any proper Steampunk-esque adventure, the Good Guys do eventually win and the heroes of the story are the Good Guys. But what makes &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Kitchen&#8221; worth reading &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/21/blog-tour-alison-delucas-devils-kitchen/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Author Interview &#8211; Alison DeLuca of the &#8220;Crown Phoenix&#8221; Series</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/21/author-interview-alison-deluca-of-the-crown-phoenix-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MRV: Hi, Alison! Thanks for taking a few minutes to talk with me and the readers at Split Horizons. ADL: Thanks so much for hosting me, Michel! It’s a beautiful site. &#160; MRV: I don’t usually do author interviews, but I understand you’ve hit a special milestone. You’ve got your third book in your &#8220;Crown Phoenix&#8221; series out. Can you tell us how that feels to you? ADL: Fantastic – unbelievable! And, it also makes me want to work harder. I’m close to the &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/21/author-interview-alison-deluca-of-the-crown-phoenix-series/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Your friend left you a note</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/15/your-friend-left-you-a-note/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So imagine you&#8217;re at your favorite indie bookstore (&#8230; you have a favorite indie bookstore, right?) and you pick up a spiffy new release that has good artwork, a compelling blurb and a quick glance inside says the writing by the author seems solid. Might be worth picking up, do you think? What if you found a note taped to the front cover from your &#8220;Best Friend Forever&#8221; (BFF) that said &#8220;OMG, read this over the w/e &#38; it RAWKED&#8230; the &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/15/your-friend-left-you-a-note/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>From WriMo to WriMo</title>
		<link>http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/01/from-wrimo-to-wrimo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelV69</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a bit of tumultuous trip, the second book in my &#8220;Sauder Diaries&#8221; series, titled &#8220;A Bloodier Rose&#8221; is now available via both Amazon.com and Smashwords.com. In addition, the Print On Demand (POD) service CreateSpace.com has the trade-paperback edition ready to get you your print copy within two weeks of order; either directly to your door, or via your favorite indie bookstore. It&#8217;s been a bit of a slog, and I&#8217;m happy this one has been put out the door. For &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://michelrvaillancourt.com/2012/11/01/from-wrimo-to-wrimo/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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