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		<title>MODx: TinyMCE relative URL hack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MODx version: Revolution 2.0.0-beta-5 rev6224
TinyMCE: 3.2.7.0
There is a current bug that I have seen a lot of activity about in the forums regarding TinyMCE and relative paths, specifically when inserting images. Essentially, even though the path inside the image selector in TinyMCE says &#8220;/assets/images/xyz.jpg&#8221;, it changes it to &#8220;../../assets/images/xyz.jpg&#8221; upon inserting.
While this isn&#8217;t a very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2010/01/25/modx-tinymce-relative-url-hack/</link>
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		<title>DMNews &#8230; word of the day is &#8220;unsubscribe&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am pretty sure this qualifies as irony &#8230; a direct marketing publication that doesn&#8217;t allow you to unsubscribe?

Scroll to bottom &#8230;

Click unsubscribe link &#8230;

Fail. The next day:


I am not sure if this is a problem on DM&#8217;s side or their email provider, but come on!
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		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/11/18/dmnews-word-of-the-day-is-unsubscribe/</link>
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		<title>List of Google Wave Gadgets, Bots, Extensions, Games and more &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robots
(To use robots, add them as a contact, then add the robot-contact to a wave)
Chatbots

Eliza – ogenex@appspot.com – An implementation of the Eliza chatbot borrowed from the NLTK.
Elize – elizarobot@appspot.com – Is one of the first robots that was created by non Googler and is very useful if you are feeling alone in your Google [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/10/12/list-of-google-wave-gadgets-bots-extensions-games-and-more/</link>
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		<title>Chicago woman sued by Horizon Group Management for $50k over Tweet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Came across an interesting story this morning in the blogosphere &#8211; &#8220;Will one Chicago woman&#8217;s Tweet cost her $50,000?&#8220;. Here is a quick recap if you don&#8217;t want to read the whole article ..

Today, Horizon Group Management filed a lawsuit against her, alleging that her statement damaged the company&#8217;s business reputation.
Pretty interesting stuff, for one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/07/29/chicago-woman-sued-by-horizon-group-management-for-50k-over-tweet/</link>
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		<title>Chicago Summer Festival Master List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it &#8211; the summer is why we live in Chicago and brave the hellish winter time and time again. And, nothing says summer like the onslaught of festivals around the city! To help aide your planning, here is a master list and downloadable PDF of all festivities. Thanks to my lovely friend Dana [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/06/16/chicago-summer-festival-master-list/</link>
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		<title>Anberlin Hits #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to send a huge congratulations to Christian McAlhaney and the rest of the boys from the greatest-band-in-the-land, Anberlin. Their hit single &#8220;Feel Good Drag&#8221; has officially claimed the #1 spot on Alertnative Radio Chart and Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks!!!!!!!! They beat out bands like U2, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Green Day and Pearl [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/04/24/anberlin-hits-number-1/</link>
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		<title>Imerman Angels: The epitome of inspiration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night at TheChiGuide.com launch party, I had the pleasure of meeting Jonny Imerman from Imerman Angels. His story is one of the most true form of courage and strength that I can imagine: Diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 26 &#8230; now, seven years later, runs an organization that pairs one cancer fighter with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/03/27/imerman-angels-the-epitome-of-inspiration/</link>
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		<title>YouTube: The Internet Vigilante&#8217;s Secret Weapon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YouTube is great. It has a multitude of fantastic uses. It can draw hundreds of thousands of new fans for musicians. It can make you famous &#8211; or infamous. It make you laugh. A lot.  YouTube stands tall while so many others have fallen.I have recently realized another unique, and unexpected, role that YouTube [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/02/23/youtube-the-internet-vigilantes-secret-weapon/</link>
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		<title>Hey marketers &#8230; the term of the day is &#8220;Actionable Data&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a great dinner last week with Sachin Agarwal, CEO of dawdle.com. I was helping Sachin brainstorm new ideas for improving the e-commerce aspects of his site. While a lot of ideas were exchanged, there was a consistent theme of the conversation: Actionable Data. 
What is Actionable Data you may ask? (Actually, I bet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/02/09/hey-marketers-the-term-of-the-day-is-actionable-data/</link>
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		<title>Magento &#8230; how I love/hate thee &#8230;</title>
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Oh, Magento &#8230;
For those of you that are still living in the Stone Age (or those of you who don&#8217;t spend their free time researching open-source e-commerce platforms), Magento is a groundbreaking piece of software that basically splits the gap between the dated, functionality-deprived open-source platforms and the big, sexy (read: expensive) enterprise systems. Magento [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnroa.net/2009/01/28/magento-how-i-lovehate-thee/</link>
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