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	<title>Blog and Web Design Portfolio of Adrian Pelletier</title>
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		<title>Create a Realistic Hover Effect With jQuery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For one of the projects I&#8217;m currently working on with Rareview, we wanted to add a rising hover effect to a set of icon links. Using jQuery&#8217;s animate effect, I experimented with icons that have reflections and others with shadows. Here is a demo with two examples:

The HTML and CSS are both straightforward and have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2009/05/31/create-a-realistic-hover-effect-with-jquery-ui/</link>
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		<title>4 Months Self-employed: 10 Lessons Learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The transition from working for an employer to being self-employed does not happen over night. I took the leap at the start of 2009 and the experience has been both amazing and enlightening. Over the last four months, I&#8217;ve worked on some incredible projects with very talented people and learned a lot of lessons along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2009/04/21/4-months-self-employed-10-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<title>Rareview Raises the Bar</title>
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Today, Rareview launched the latest version of their website, boasting their signature style and impressive Flash and Javascript enhancements. The work section, in particular, was creatively organized and includes notes for certain work screenshots. The blog was also updated and I lent a hand in creating the new WordPress theme.
Check out the new Rareview site [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2009/03/23/rareview-raises-the-bar/</link>
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		<title>Creating Passive Income on the Side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most independent contractors will agree that the ebb and flow of work can often book months at a time as well as create dry spells with no projects at all. I&#8217;ve been fortunate in being flat out since beginning to work for myself in 2009 but that hasn&#8217;t stopped me from preparing for possible downtime. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2009/03/08/creating-passive-income-on-the-side/</link>
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		<title>Pirates and GoDaddy: Equally Disappointing</title>
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Shifting Creations is no stranger to being ripped; the design has been stolen several times over the last four years. Surprisingly, the number one way I usually find out one of my sites has been copied is because the designers neglect to remove my contact details from either the contact form or the vcard. Note [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2009/03/05/pirates-and-godaddy-equally-disappointing/</link>
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		<title>How I Chose to Say Farewell to IE6</title>
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The web community has been abuzz lately with talk about dropping support for IE6 and rightfully so! I couldn&#8217;t agree more for most sites, though I&#8217;m sure there will be the occasional client who either requests IE6 to be included in testing or it turns out their audience actually does use IE6 according to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2009/02/16/how-i-chose-to-say-farewell-to-ie6/</link>
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		<title>New Year, New Job, New Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The start of 2009 has already brought many changes. For starters, I am no longer full-time with Hatchling Studios and now work independently through Build Interactive (website still in progress). Working for myself has been a long time dream of mine and I&#8217;m ecstatic with how well the transition has been so far. While the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2009/02/15/new-year-new-job-new-site/</link>
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		<title>CSS Type Set Featured on Smashing Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cool!
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		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2008/12/11/css-type-set-featured-on-smashing-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Best Seat in the House</title>
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With the topic of bean bags highlighting a number of my daily feeds, I sent the fine folks at Sumo a friendly e-mail with my curiosities. Wouldn&#8217;t you know, shortly after, a charcoal green Omni showed up at work. Being the guy who always receives too many packages at the office, it was comical to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2008/10/14/best-seat-in-the-house/</link>
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		<title>(mt) Redesigns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nicely Done. I wonder if updates to the Account Center will be next.
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		<link>http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2008/10/13/mt-redesigns/</link>
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