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<title>Sphinn / Purposeinc / What's New</title>
<link>http://sphinn.com</link>
<description>Sphinn</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:26:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Charity Poker Tournament tonight at Venetian to raise dough for X-treme Couture Foundation!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/84896</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/84896</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:26:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/84896</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Purpose Inc SEO Poker tournament just got approved as a charity event.We will raise money for Randy Couture's charity that buys artificial running legs for American GI's who have lost their legs and does other great stuff to help them.A few spots just opened up after sell out last night.Everyone is welcome to come and hang out tonight at 9:00.Free drinks while you are playing, so don't get knocked out!A bar you have to pay for available for all hangers on, and those who got knocked out.We have some killer models to wear sponsors t-shirts.Just love you guys! Thanks for the best Pubcon ever!<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You - Gourmet Burgers - FightClub - a Fancy Bar - and Kate :)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/84063</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/84063</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:06:25 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/84063</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hey fellow Pubconers, My buddy Kate, who is an actress and model will be joining the Purpose Inc gang on Tuesday for the FightClub at the Couture gym, Gourmet Burgers at BLT at the Mirage, and drinks at the Wynn!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2008 SEO Poker Tournament T-Shirts - Help Me choose color and design!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/81923</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/81923</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:26:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/81923</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hi!The SEO poker tournament at Pubcon is happening in two weeks!Can you give me 2 minutes, fire over to my blog, look at the colors, click on the link and take a 15 second survey.I want to create the shirts so everybody loves them.And yes, there will be women's sizes!Love you guys!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Digg tool allows users to see whoa4s digging them and whoa4s not]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/80474</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/80474</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:24:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/80474</guid>
<description><![CDATA[New tool I came across lets you see who is digging your submissions and who is not. It uses the Digg API and allows power users (and those who want to be) to quickly analyze their friends list to find out where to put their time and energy. Sweet programming behind this!<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Comment on the Current Financial situation  :]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/77156</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/77156</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:07:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/77156</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stop worrying about the financial markets, get to work, make something of value, make lots of money, and take personal responsibility for the world financial market.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shoes Sphinn was desphunn, now Sphinn it back!  :]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70960</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70960</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:38:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70960</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shoemoney sphunn a page on his blog about the ThinkTank.It went hot perhaps faster than any other post ever has.Then later on, without a published reason why, was taken down.Was this Shoe bashing? of a brilliant piece of marketing?Or was this just crappy spam that should have been desphunn except that the sheep don't know what's good for them, and need a moderator to help them?Who is right, the sphinn mob, us? or a single (or couple) of moderators?Please let the comments flow below.By the way, Danny encouraged this discussion to help clarify the rules. So discuss away!!<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5X Heavyweight Champion Says Vegas - You Hit the Road!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46420</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46420</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:50:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46420</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shoemoney and dk off to Vegas to meet 5X Mixed Martial Arts Champion Randy Couture this weekend.Story about how SEO and SEM can take you to some very unique places indeed.Discussion of Randy Couture's charity 5K that Shoemoney is sponsoring, and hints about the Purposeinc SEO Poker Tournament.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Wordpress Blog Got Hacked Right Next To Matt Mullenweg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39440</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39440</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:11:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39440</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While Sitting at the Elite Retreat, soon after Matt Mullenweg left, I noticed my blog was hacked. Update to your WordPress!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elite Retreat 2008 - Day 1]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39129</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39129</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:10:56 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39129</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Excellent Review of the Elite Retreat including the good food, and good friends!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dim Summary]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39031</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39031</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:40:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39031</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Liu, Matt Mullenweg, Neil Patel, me and a cast of thousands, (or at least a dozen) eating Dim Sum in San Francisco the day after the Elite Retreat.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elite Retreat Mini Report Friday Night]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38897</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38897</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:09:36 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38897</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First Report from the Elite Retreat.It was all that was promised and off the hook!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elite Retreat End of Day 1 and Open Source Dim Sum Baby!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38698</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38698</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:00:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38698</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are in the bay area, come join us for Dim Sum on Saturday in China Town.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 Macbook AIRS and 30 4GB Ipod nanos]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34591</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34591</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:24:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34591</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shoemoney ended up with 3 extra Macbook Airs and 30 IPod Nanos that are engraved with Elite Retreat 2008.He is looking for ideas of what to do with them.Some funny comments.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Blogs You Can Read on Your Phone]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33898</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33898</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:04:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33898</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A list of SEO related blogs you can read on your phone.Get your blog added to the list by commenting.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Charity Proceeds from Poker Tournament - I dare you to look at this and not smile.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31545</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31545</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:05:32 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31545</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The results of part of the charity poker tournament proceeds.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Road Runner Hijacks Google and other Mispelled URLs]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30780</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30780</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:13:30 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30780</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Road Runner now Hijacks your browser if you enter a misspelling of Google.com or any other URL, and serves up Yahoo adds instead.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guide to Link Cloaking, Masking, and Url Redirection]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28096</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28096</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:14:01 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28096</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shoemoney guides one through an excellent look at a great example of cloaking and how it is used for an affiliate page.Looking at this I got an excellent first hand look at how it works.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Writing a Press Release - 72 Hours and Shoemoney says GO!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27320</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27320</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:02:07 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27320</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was asked to write a Press Release for Shoemoney with only 72 hours notice.I had never done it before.This is the story along with the step by step of how to get it done.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This Years SEO, Social, SEM, Ecommerce, Domain, Cons, Camps, Conferences, Retreats]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26632</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26632</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:26:07 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26632</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Listing of this years Events big and small.Designed for each of us to have a place to announce and update the newest conferences and events that we have discovered.Absolutely not impartial in any way. :)<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pizza & Salad Gets Local Company Top Ranking In Google]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26288</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26288</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:21:44 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26288</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Don't understand the importance of local search? This should be a classic illustration. Seize control of your local listing, make some simple SEO 1.0 style meta data change and bam -- top of Google. And all it cost this company was a trade in pizza and salad.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grandson of a Meat Cutter]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25664</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25664</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:55:45 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25664</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A little personal interest story on a nice guy who is an SEO.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shoe Money's Elite Retreat 2008 April 3-4 in San Francisco]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24033</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24033</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:20:27 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24033</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Official announcement of this years Elite Retreat in San Fran.The headliners include;Aaron WallAndy LiuNeil Pateland Brian Clark.It will be on April 3rd and 4th at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taylor Pratt - SEO Poker - Hands Shaking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23879</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23879</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:16:16 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23879</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Taylor Pratts story of how he went to the final table at the SEO Poker Tournament with enough chips to fill part of one hand!<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dan Perrya4s story of how he won against Shoemoney at the Poker Tournament]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22447</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22447</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:02:41 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22447</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dan Perry's blow by blow account of how he won the Purposeinc SEO Poker Tournament against 90 other competitors and went head to head at the end against Shoemoney and won!<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dan Perry Poker Champ,  Google Fridge giver-a-wayer, and Just a Good Guy.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22326</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22326</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:49:36 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22326</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shoemoney talks about what a good guy Dan Perry is, and announces Dan's Google Fridge give away.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Million Dollar Wiki A Good Investment?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19444</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19444</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:27:39 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19444</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Discussion of Million Dollar Wiki page and how Shoe made his money back within a short time of signing up and creating a page about ring tones.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pubcon Party - Werewolf Search Spam Photos and Story]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18513</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18513</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:56:20 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18513</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here is my sorta complete Pubcon Werewolf Search Spam posting. It has almost a 100 photos, including the master of Search Spam himself Matt Cutts claiming that he is not a black hat..priceless.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Name the SEO Contest  : CHECK BACK EVERY FEW DAYS FOR NEW PHOTOS]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17968</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17968</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:39:19 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17968</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Name three of the SEO's (or other Internet folks) before someone else names those three, and you can win a free t-shirt. These things will be collectors items in our world for sure.I have about 400 photos from the first Purposeinc SEO Poker Tournament. I will be trying to post a photo of each of the players, and making a page about them.I will be adding a few more photos every few days.dk<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A few more seo poker pictures, and talk some smack and win a t-shirt]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17834</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17834</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:52:28 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17834</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some more Purposeinc Pubcon SEO poker tournament photos.Also info on how you can talk some smack about the players and win a t-shirt (that you still have to pay for postage and handling :)<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[One Hell Of a Picture]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17788</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17788</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:38:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17788</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Group photo from Purposeinc SEO Poker Tournament at the Venetian.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dan Perry - Jeremy Shoemaker - Showdown! Pubcon Poker]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17686</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17686</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:56:48 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17686</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Late night written details of the Poker Tournament at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Winners listed.Sleep well to all who were there!Written at 3:58 am from the Wynn hotel restaurant.dk<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Werewolf confirms Matt Cutts is Black Hat!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17472</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17472</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:51:54 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17472</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I don't know if I can describe it any more than the title :)<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bad News SEO Poker Tournament Sold Out  -but....-   Good News More Seats Released Today]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16750</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16750</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:27:33 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16750</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Purposeinc SEO Poker Tournament sold out today. I was able to release some more seats.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[T Shirt Rough Drafts  for the Pubcon SEO Poker Contest]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16232</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16232</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:55:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16232</guid>
<description><![CDATA[These are the rough drafts of the T-shirts.I just sent this to the T-shirt printer. Let's hope they are done in time, but no promises yet!dk<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Purposeinc PubCon Poker Tournament Graphics]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16041</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16041</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:46:48 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16041</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have gotten quite a few requests for graphics for the poker tournament. I have posted these up so anyone can post them on their site. I have a creative commons license that basically says, you can copy them and put them on your site, just don't modify them.Thanks!dk<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Poker Tournament at the Venitian Hotel during Pubcon 2007]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15021</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15021</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:32:19 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15021</guid>
<description><![CDATA[During Pubcon there will be a Charity Poker Tournament at the Venetian Hotel for Pubcon Attendees. It is being put on by (me) Purposeinc, a.k.a. Dr. David Klein.I make $0 off of this.It will be on Thursday December 6th at 8:00 P.M.It should be a blast! There are a limited number of seats and all are invited.The charities include medical and school facilities in the Sudan, an impoverished Indian School, a prisoner rehabilitation group, burned San Diego firefighters, and the wife of a deceased San Diego firefighter.It is especially for those who are not well connected to have a place where they can make friends and have fun!<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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