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		<title>NEW BLOG!</title>
		<link>http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/new-blog-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new blog is over at Modest Innovation. Visit it, bookmark it, share it with your friends.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>My new blog is over at <em><a title="Modest Innovation Blog" href="http://modestinnovation.com/blog">Modest Innovation</a></em>.</strong></p>
<p>Visit it, bookmark it, share it with your friends.</p>
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		<title>UPDATE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just Me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRT Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Style & Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been shocking lately at the regularity of my blog posts. For that I apologise. Anyway, let&#8217;s crack on with this. What&#8217;s new? Not much. I&#8217;m still a Creative Tech at RAPP and I still do stuff for the sake &#8230; <a href="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been shocking lately at the regularity of my blog posts. For that I apologise. Anyway, let&#8217;s crack on with this.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s new? Not much. I&#8217;m still a Creative Tech at RAPP and I still do stuff for the sake of doing stuff&#8230; which leads me to my next point, <a title="Style &amp; Creativity" href="http://styleandcreativity.com" target="_blank">Style &amp; Creativity</a>.<span id="more-1974"></span></p>
<p>It came down quicker than it went up. I initially took it down the wrong route, like leading a horse to gasoline. It was supposed to be community driven and content rich, and I had a few great people helping me out and getting involved in the website, but I personally didn&#8217;t have a great deal of time to develop it, take care of it and populate it with great content.</p>
<p>So what now?</p>
<p>The previous WordPress driven website with a Premium Theme that I bought for about $13 has all been deleted and I&#8217;ve gone back to basics with HTML and CSS. A site built from nothing but an idea and <a title="Text Wrangler" href="http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/" target="_blank">Text Wrangler</a>, (I recommend it, it&#8217;s a phenomenal tool) to write the code in.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a lot more simple with one proposition: <em>To talk to interesting people, and film it. </em>These could be talks, stories, shared ideas&#8230; anything that leads to a spark of inspiration.</p>
<p>The idea is to produce original content, relevant to stylish and creative industries. So I figured, it doesn&#8217;t depend on me constantly searching online for good content, when Im literally making it myself. And because of the nature of the website, only one or two updates a month are needed, as long as the content is fulfilling.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re still reading, here&#8217;s a <strong><a title="http://styleandcreativity.com/single-video.html" href="http://styleandcreativity.com" target="_blank">link</a></strong> (which you can also click by finding the asterisk at the bottom of the S&amp;C website) to view the website in it&#8217;s beta phase. As I develop the site locally on my laptop and whenever I have the functionality of certain pages working how I want them to, I&#8217;ll upload &#8216;em.</p>
<p>As for people, if you have any suggestions for people to talk to, let me know.</p>
<p>And lastly, I&#8217;m putting together a new CV. Not because I&#8217;m looking for a new job, but because I&#8217;ve had a kick-ass idea. Hopefully it&#8217;ll be the longest CV ever &#8211; more on that at a later date though when I get my ass in gear and actually do it.</p>
<p>Busy busy busy.</p>
<p>Also, I have an article published on the GRT Awards website, <a title="It's not about the advertising, it's about being interesting" href="http://www.grtawards.org.uk/inspire/its-not-just-about-the-advertising-its-about-being-interesting/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Rugrats Minimalist Wallpapers</title>
		<link>http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/rugrats-minimalist-wallpapers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scrapbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Characters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rugrats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching The Rugrats on Netflix in bed, as you do. Suddenly, I was overcome with fascination by Chucky&#8217;s t-shirt. It must have been a high dose of nostalgia copulating with the geek neurons in my brain, but I &#8230; <a href="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/rugrats-minimalist-wallpapers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>I was watching The Rugrats on Netflix in bed, as you do. Suddenly, I was overcome with fascination by Chucky&#8217;s t-shirt.</p>
<p>It must have been a high dose of nostalgia copulating with the geek neurons in my brain, but I just kept thinking that I really want that as the background for my computer.</p>
<p>I made it, and as I was, my mind started to drift into thinking how cool the full set of characters would be as minimalist wallpapers.</p>
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		<title>Spotty Winged Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doodles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spotty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wings]]></category>

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		<title>Facebook Timeline</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuddly toys after dark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just updated my Facebook timeline to something a little better &#8211; it&#8217;s only temporary though as I want one with a better, brighter photo, but the camera concept will still be the same, just put together better. Here&#8217;s the original &#8230; <a href="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/facebook-timeline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Just updated my Facebook timeline to something a little better &#8211; it&#8217;s only temporary though as I want one with a better, brighter photo, but the camera concept will still be the same, just put together better.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the original &#8216;Scamp&#8217; &#8211; if you can call it that.<br />
<br /><a href="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120118-181306.jpg"><img src="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120118-181306.jpg" alt="20120118-181306.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" /></a></p>
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		<title>A Niece and a Nephew at Christmas</title>
		<link>http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/a-niece-and-a-nephew-at-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[50mm f/1.8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Niece and a Nephew at Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
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		<title>Hover fly in the newspaper.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just Me]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sent a photo I took into the local paper a few months ago, and the other day I get a call telling me I&#8217;m going to be published. Sweet.]]></description>
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<p>I sent a photo I took into the local paper a few months ago, and the other day I get a call telling me I&#8217;m going to be published. Sweet.</p>
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		<title>Another cute toy turned evil&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally got around to taking another photo for an image-set I&#8217;m putting together, Cuddly Toys After Dark. This time it features a Polar Bear puppet that I&#8217;ve had for years. I&#8217;m now on the lookout for new bedrooms, &#8230; <a href="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/another-cute-toy-turned-evil/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcusmichaels/6555039493/in/photostream/lightbox/" target="_blank"><img class="size-large wp-image-1934 aligncenter" title="Cuddly Toys After Dark: Bear" src="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bear-622x414.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="412" /></a><br />
I have finally got around to taking another photo for an image-set I&#8217;m putting together, <a title="Cuddly Toys After Dark" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcusmichaels/sets/72157628526964771/show/" target="_blank">Cuddly Toys After Dark</a>. This time it features a Polar Bear puppet that I&#8217;ve had for years.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m now on the lookout for new bedrooms, new people and new cuddly toys to add to this, quite frankly, disturbing set so if you&#8217;re interested in having your photograph taking in your bedroom with your favourite cuddly toy &#8211; let me know.</p>
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		<title>A Niece and a Nephew II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another video I made of my niece and nephew. I&#8217;m starting to accidentally document the growth of them, but hey, when they&#8217;re older they are going to love this stuff!]]></description>
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<p>This is another video I made of my niece and nephew. I&#8217;m starting to accidentally document the growth of them, but hey, when they&#8217;re older they are going to love this stuff!</p>
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		<title>Style &amp; Creativity</title>
		<link>http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/style-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just Me]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finalé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Website]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Cheese Grater]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I did a soft launch of this site last month and it&#8217;s had quite a good response. Style &#038; Creativity is the new website to spawn from what was The Cheese Grater. After a server-side hacking, The Cheese Grater was &#8230; <a href="http://marcusmichaels.co.uk/blog/style-creativity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did a soft launch of this site last month and it&#8217;s had quite a good response. Style &#038; Creativity is the new website to spawn from what was The Cheese Grater. After a server-side hacking, The Cheese Grater was compromised and I decided to leave it deceased as the numbers were falling on it and I just didn&#8217;t have enough time to maintain it anymore after I started my new job.</p>
<p>Nevertheless &#8211; Style &#038; Creativity is a new project focused more on&#8230; yup, Style and Creativity. It&#8217;s got a wider contributor base than my old site, as it was only me. But after reaching out to contributors through Twitter and such like, it&#8217;s seeing a new level of community driven content that just wasn&#8217;t the case with The Cheese Grater no matter how hard I tried to push it. People just didn&#8217;t &#8216;get&#8217; the old site.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s still early days (I haven&#8217;t even settled on a logo for it yet), but you can visit and register to it over on <a href="http://styleandcreativity.com" target="_blank">http://styleandcreativity.com</a></p>
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