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		<title>American Censorship Day November 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Censorship Day November 16 &#8211; Join the fight to stop SOPA. Today, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same. &#8230; <a href="http://dropdeaddick.com/2011/american-censorship-day-november-16-join-the-fight-to-stop-sopa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://americancensorship.org/">American Censorship Day November 16 &#8211; Join the fight to stop SOPA</a>.<br />
Today, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system.<br />
This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same.<br />
Join all of us to stop this bill.</p>
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		<title>Kayako API: How to Post a Ticket</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 03:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A basic PHP example of how to post a new ticket via the Kayako v4 Rest API &#60;?php &#160; $apiUrl = &#34;https://support.domain.com/api/index.php?e=/Tickets/Ticket&#34;; $apiKey = &#34;78db96b0-1t7c-aea4-bd51-7xf39d50cdd6&#34;; $salt = mt_rand&#40;&#41;; $secretKey = &#34;ZjBiZS0N2MtMzM3MTkyNTkxMjdiZWZkMGIjE3YmJiMGUtNmY0MC0yNWU0LWY5x6DktN1NzE0LWMxMGYyZDIzOThmYjY5YT7m&#34;; $signature = base64_encode&#40;hash_hmac&#40;'sha256',$salt,$secretKey,true&#41;&#41;; &#160; $subject = &#34;Test Ticket&#34;; $fullname &#8230; <a href="http://dropdeaddick.com/2011/kayako-api-how-to-post-a-ticket/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A basic PHP example of how to post a new ticket via the <a href="http://wiki.kayako.com/display/DEV/REST+API">Kayako v4 Rest API</a> </p>
<p><code>
<pre><span style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;?php</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000;">$apiUrl</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;https://support.domain.com/api/index.php?e=/Tickets/Ticket&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$apiKey</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;78db96b0-1t7c-aea4-bd51-7xf39d50cdd6&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$salt</span> = <span style="color: #0000FF;">mt_rand</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$secretKey</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;ZjBiZS0N2MtMzM3MTkyNTkxMjdiZWZkMGIjE3YmJiMGUtNmY0MC0yNW</br>U0LWY5x6DktN1NzE0LWMxMGYyZDIzOThmYjY5YT7m&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$signature</span> = <span style="color: #0000FF;">base64_encode</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">hash_hmac</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">'sha256'</span>,<span style="color: #000;">$salt</span>,<span style="color: #000;">$secretKey</span>,<span style="color: #006600;">true</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000;">$subject</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;Test Ticket&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$fullname</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;DropDeadDick&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$email</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;test@domain.com&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$contents</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;Test test test test&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$departmentid</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$ticketstatusid</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$ticketpriorityid</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$tickettypeid</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span>;
<span style="color: #000;">$staffid</span> = <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000;">$post_data</span> = <span style="color: #0000FF;">array</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">'subject'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$subject</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'fullname'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$fullname</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'email'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$email</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'contents'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$contents</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'departmentid'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$departmentid</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'ticketstatusid'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$ticketstatusid</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'ticketpriorityid'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$ticketpriorityid</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'tickettypeid'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$tickettypeid</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'staffid'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$staffid</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'apikey'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$apiKey</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'salt'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$salt</span>,
 <span style="color: #cc0000;">'signature'</span> =<span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">$signature</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000;">$post_data</span> = <span style="color: #0000FF;">http_build_query</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$post_data</span>, <span style="color: #cc0000;">''</span>, <span style="color: #cc0000;">'&amp;'</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000;">$curl</span> = <span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_init</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$apiUrl</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span>, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, <span style="color: #006600;">false</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span>, CURLOPT_POST, <span style="color: #006600;">true</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span>, CURLOPT_URL, <span style="color: #000;">$apiUrl</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span>, CURLOPT_HEADER, <span style="color: #006600;">false</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span>, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, <span style="color: #006600;">true</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span>, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, <span style="color: #000;">$post_data</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000;">$response</span> = <span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_exec</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">curl_close</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$curl</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000;">$xml</span> = <span style="color: #0000FF;">simplexml_load_string</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$response</span>, <span style="color: #cc0000;">'SimpleXMLElement'</span>, LIBXML_NOCDATA<span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">echo</span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;&lt;pre&gt;&quot;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">print_r</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">$xml</span>, <span style="color: #006600;">true</span><span style="color: #000099;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">&quot;&lt;/pre&gt;&quot;</span>;
 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">?&gt;</span></pre>
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		<title>WordPress for Android</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>You  can scan the code below to download WordPress for Android.</p>
<p><img style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;" alt="wordpress_qrcode" src="http://dropdeaddick.com/wp-content/uploads/wpid-wordpress_qrcode.png" /></p>
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		<title>Snowing in Houston</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s snowing here in Houston today! We don&#8217;t see snow that often here and it sure doesn&#8217;t compare to the snow when I am up in Michigan. However it is a welcome change and distraction from the normal Texas weather. &#8230; <a href="http://dropdeaddick.com/2009/snowing-in-houston/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s snowing here in Houston today! We don&#8217;t see snow that often here and it sure doesn&#8217;t compare to the snow when I am up in Michigan. However it is a welcome change and distraction from the normal Texas weather. It is expected to continue though the rest of the day and we may actually see more than 2 inches. I don&#8217;t mind at all, just gives me a reason to kick the dodge into 4 wheel drive. </p>
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		<title>Bookworm Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seemed to have a new found addiction to Bookworm. This is not a new game to me but I recently installed in on my notebook and can&#8217;t seem to stop playing it. To make matters worse, Sharlet of SharletsWorld.com &#8230; <a href="http://dropdeaddick.com/2009/bookworm-addiction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I seemed to have a new found addiction to Bookworm. This is not a new game to me but I recently installed in on my notebook and can&#8217;t seem to stop playing it. </p>
<p>To make matters worse, Sharlet of SharletsWorld.com has been taunting me about my scores. I think I have her beat with my new score(3,452,580), but I really don&#8217;t see this ending well for me. </p>
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		<title>Edible Arrangement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an edible arrangement today from a friend for helping with her web design class. I have seen these before but never tried them nor received one until now. I enjoy fresh fruit but don&#8217;t eat it as often &#8230; <a href="http://dropdeaddick.com/2009/edible-arrangement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received an edible arrangement today from a friend for helping with her web design class. I have seen these before but never tried them nor received one until now.  I enjoy fresh fruit but don&#8217;t eat it as often as I should, so this was a welcome treat.</p>
<p>Thanks Cathy!</p>
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		<title>My New &#8220;Desk&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My job requires a lot of hours at the keyboard, so I decide to swap my desk for something a bit more comfortable. After a little searching I opted for a recliner and a LCD stand. To round out the &#8230; <a href="http://dropdeaddick.com/2009/my-new-desk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My job requires a lot of hours at the keyboard, so I decide to swap my desk for something a bit more comfortable. After a little searching I opted for a recliner and a LCD stand. </p>
<p>To round out the setup, I tossed in a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, and a nice lap board. My only complaints so far are that the stand is held in place by the weight of the recliner and I hate the keyboard.  However, I have yet to knock it over and have pre ordered the new Logitech K340 compact keyboard. </p>
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		<title>Why Not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t maintained a site in a while so I figured why not see how much of my life I can waste tweaking this damn thing. I have no idea what I will put up here but I can promise &#8230; <a href="http://dropdeaddick.com/2006/whynot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t maintained a site in a while so I figured why not see how much of my life I can waste tweaking this damn thing. I have no idea what I will put up here but I can promise you it&#8217;s not going to be entertaining. So move on my friend or you will lose precious minutes of your life that you will never get back.</p>
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