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		<title>And then there&#8217;s coffee</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2012/03/and-then-theres-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Patina Vaz Dias posted a picture of one of those mock vintage advertising signs on her Facebook page: “Drink Coffee — Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy.” I was sipping my own early morning coffee when &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2012/03/and-then-theres-coffee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grave Spotting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure that most of us have spent time looking at monuments in a graveyard or church at one time or another. On holidays or at a funeral, reading the inscriptions on headstones, we may secretly (when at a funeral) &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2012/02/grave-spotting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Odyssey</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/12/christmas-odyssey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time last year, our part of Europe was in the icy grip of winter, and many Irish living abroad were struggling to make it home in time for Christmas. Ironically, I found myself “at home” in Holland for my &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/12/christmas-odyssey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pinpointing Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/11/pinpointing-ireland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my clients asked me to put together a location map for a chain of hardware stores in county Tipperary, to appear on a new website. I was given a bunch of business cards with the relevant contact details. &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/11/pinpointing-ireland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pax Vobiscum</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/10/pax-vobiscum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I belong to a declining group of people who attend mass on Sundays. That may be a bit strange considering I’m a Dutch protestant, the son of a vicar &#8211; and one would expect to find me in the pews &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/10/pax-vobiscum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>640k Should Be Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/09/640k-should-be-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Designers are scum.” My coworkers can confirm that I sometimes come out with sweeping statements like this one, usually when I&#8217;ve been emailed yet another yousendit link to a 250MB PDF with designs for a few web pages. If the &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/09/640k-should-be-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Push and Pull</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/09/push-and-pull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when I first read about the terms push and pull technology in relation to internet stuff. Pull technology is when you go to visit a web page, so you initiate the communication, pulling the information down from wherever &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/09/push-and-pull/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Is Where The Home Is &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/heart-is-where-the-home-is-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/heart-is-where-the-home-is-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I moved to Dublin in 1986, I had managed to quickly arrange a place to stay with the help of Lorraine, the receptionist with my new employer Irish International. I was soon to become the nightmare of my friends’ &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/heart-is-where-the-home-is-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Is Where The Home Is &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/heart-is-where-the-home-is-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/heart-is-where-the-home-is-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve lived in quite a few different places over the years. This post deals with my various addresses in Holland. Dutch Reformed Rectory, Oldeboorn In 1960s Holland, home births were the most common way for the country’s citizens to arrive &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/heart-is-where-the-home-is-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Waar komt die naam vandaan?</title>
		<link>http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/waar-komt-die-naam-vandaan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pier@visualid.com</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pierkuipers.com/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is also available in English De meeste mensen die ik voor het eerst ontmoet spreken mijn naam verkeerd uit, en ik ben er zo langzamerhand aan gewend om Pierce, Piet of Pierre genoemd te worden. Nu geef ik &#8230; <a href="http://www.pierkuipers.com/2011/08/waar-komt-die-naam-vandaan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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