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		<title>Avoid the Subscription Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The beginning of a new year is always a good time to think about ways to save some money on your annual subscriptions for a lot of software packages, primarily security and financial software. A few examples:
Security Software:
This is software for internet security, firewalls, anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. Most of these packages, whether integrated suites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2010/01/avoid-the-subscription-blues/</link>
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		<title>Nix the extended warranty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Friday is nearly upon us, and one question that will be asked between 50 million and 100 million times this weekend it &#8220;do you want the service plan?&#8221;
Financial people all over the place recommend that you don&#8217;t get them, but supposed there is another option to &#8220;just say no&#8221;.
Say instead &#8220;Hmmm&#8230; how much is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2009/11/nix-the-extended-warranty/</link>
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		<title>Updated Tools of the Trade Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reinforcing that we don&#8217;t want to design websites, we want to implement websites to support our content distribution strategies with minimal configuration, customization, and deployment timelines. Aside from some specialty applications like event calendars, FAQs and photo galleries, we&#8217;re building around a few basic engines. The engine choices for a particular site are driven by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2009/09/updated-tools-of-the-trade-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Updated Tools of the Trade Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve implemented a substantial number of changes over the past several months, the major drivers for this have been some vast improvements in the tools we use. Here is a brief rundown, with more details coming over the next several posts. Our primary function is the creation, publication and syndication of content, not designing websites. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2009/06/updated-tools-part-one/</link>
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		<title>Ok &#8211; so I&#8217;m way behind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! It&#8217;s hard to believe that it&#8217;s been months since the last post here. Spread too thin, perhaps?  It&#8217;s certainly been an interesting summer. Playing a show in Cincinnati for a Vietnam Vets reunion.  A side trip to Chicago, arriving just as the blues festival was winding down, unfortunately. Playing several club dates, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2007/08/ok-so-im-way-behind/</link>
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		<title>Another new look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re constantly tweaking and improving (we hope) our on-line presence.  We&#8217;ve just expanded the screen real-estate througout ChaliceMedia.com.  We&#8217;re trying to take advantage of common monitor sizes, without making the world miserable for the 800 x 600 people still out there.  The new fluid designs seem to work moderately well.  
Another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2007/05/another-new-look/</link>
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		<title>Scary Project Underway!!!!!  Presidential Candidate for 2008!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, this is it&#8230; it&#8217;s pretty scary and it might just fall into the crapper, but here goes&#8230;
Em Gideon, from the Solace Creek Stories, is running for President in 2008! In a brand new project started on April 27, we&#8217;re running a fictional campaign for the Presidency. The kicker comes&#8230; anybody into performance art? Well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2007/04/scary-project-underway-presidential-candidate-for-2008/</link>
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		<title>New Coppermine Gallery added to SolaceCreek.net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our continuing expansion of the SolaceCreek.net site network, which supports the development and marketing of the  Solace Creek Stories, we&#8217;ve added a new Coppermine media gallery to the site.

This gallery will contain photographs, artwork, audio and other media.  The visitor will also have an opportunity to see &#8220;snapshots&#8221; of works in progress&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2007/04/new-coppermine-gallery-added-to-solacecreeknet/</link>
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		<title>Hadda Freakin&#8217; Happen Sometime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So there&#8217;s this guy&#8230; decides he needs a website for his business.  Goes to a webgeek and gets a bid for a bazillion dollars.  They cut a deal, half-a-bazillion down and the other half on delivery.  Three months later, the webgeek delivers the first couple of prototypes.  The customer frowns.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2007/03/hadda-freakin-happen-sometime/</link>
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		<title>One More New Brand! &#8211; Sailor the Dog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sailor the yellow Lab has become so popular we&#8217;re giving him his own website.  Stories, Pictures, Publications and SWAG all dedicated to our favorite hound!

We&#8217;re just getting started, but there&#8217;s still plenty to see at www.sailorthedog.com
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		<link>http://chalicemedia.com/blog/2007/03/one-more-new-brand-sailor-the-dog/</link>
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