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	<title>David Parkinson - Internet Entrepreneur - My Journey</title>
	
	<link>http://daparky.com</link>
	<description>Internet Entrepreneur on his journey to success and wealth online</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lack of posting due to having no monitor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, my car went a couple of weeks ago and now my monitor! At the weekend my monitor decided not to turn on&#8230; at all. I havent got a spare monitor so i couldn&#8217;t use the PC at all. Luckily, my friend Carey had a spare one and i&#8217;m going to buy it off him [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, <a href="http://daparky.com/the-cost-of-running-a-saxo-vtr/"  target="_blank">my car went</a> a couple of weeks ago and now my monitor! At the weekend my monitor decided not to turn on&#8230; at all. I havent got a spare monitor so i couldn&#8217;t use the PC at all. Luckily, my friend <a href="http://www.careybaird.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.careybaird.com/');" target="_blank">Carey </a>had a spare one and i&#8217;m going to buy it off him because i think the monitor is excellent. It&#8217;s a 19&#8243; Samsung LCD supporting a resolution of 1280&#215;1024. The monitor i had was a dell 15&#8243; and only supported 1024&#215;768 so this is a good upgrade as i have a lot more room on my desktop.</p>
<p>In the next few months i&#8217;m going to be looking into getting a whole new machine, possibly high end gaming mammoth as the one i have is kinda getting slow and can&#8217;t run the latest games. I do have a Playstation 3 for my gaming needs, i got FIFA 09 today and it&#8217;s a kickass game.</p>
<p>I just prefer playing first person shooters on the PC using the mous/keyboard combination. For any other games such as sports and adventure i&#8217;d just get for the PS3 as it&#8217;s easier to control etc.</p>
<p>I get my car back tomorrow and i dont dare wait to pay the bill.</p>
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		<title>The cost of running a Saxo VTR</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[saxo vtr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I own a Saxo VTR and to be honest i&#8217;ve probably exceeded the vehicles value over and over again doing repairs to it. I mentioned a while ago that i might need a new car but i didn&#8217;t bother then. I thought the time was now but i just don&#8217;t have the time to look [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I own a Saxo VTR and to be honest i&#8217;ve probably exceeded the vehicles value over and over again doing repairs to it. I mentioned a while ago that i <a href="http://daparky.com/i-might-need-a-new-car-any-time-soon/"  target="_blank">might need a new car</a> but i didn&#8217;t bother then. I thought the time was now but i just don&#8217;t have the time to look for a new car yet.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>My Car</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="lightbox" href="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/1.jpg" ><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-304" title="Saxo VTR" src="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/1-426x320.jpg" alt="My Saxo VTR" width="426" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>Anyway, my Saxo is back in the garage with something wrong with the rear axle. I was coming home from work one day and i heard this scrubbing sound coming from the rear wheels. Got home and i inspected the wheels at the back and found out they were bent inwards scrubbing against the inner arch.</p>
<p>The cost? £370 for a new axle and thats without fitting! Along with this i&#8217;m getting new rear brake disc&#8217;s and pads so what will the bill be? I&#8217;d say in excess of £500. I&#8217;m going to use this excuse to drive this car a little longer and then i think i will get rid and get that Fiesta ST i&#8217;ve been looking for.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t that long ago when the head gasket went and that cost around £300 to get sorted. Before that the front brakes needed renewing. I guess it&#8217;s that time when everything fails on your car.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m setting myself a promise now, if anything else goes wrong i&#8217;m going to get a new car. End of.</p>
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		<title>No goals set for October 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you know i&#8217;ve been away on holiday to Greece so i&#8217;ve decided not to set any goals for this month for the simple reason that i&#8217;d be cheating myself if i set them now.
I&#8217;m just about recovered from jet lag and back in full motion.
I bet your wondering what i&#8217;ve been doing with my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you know i&#8217;ve been away on holiday to Greece so i&#8217;ve decided not to set any goals for this month for the simple reason that i&#8217;d be cheating myself if i set them now.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just about recovered from jet lag and back in full motion.</p>
<p>I bet your wondering what i&#8217;ve been doing with my life recently. In my spare time i try to see my girl friend as much as i can as well as friends. She starts college next week so that will free up some time and plan to use that time to develop this blog a little as it&#8217;s been a bit inactive for the past few months, very sorry that.</p>
<p>In a month or two i plan to be more active and possibly write up some good articles that will hopefully drive some traffic here. No idea what i&#8217;ll be posting but stay tuned!</p>
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		<title>Back from Zante!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[zante]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! I&#8217;m now back from Tsilivi, Zante. I actually got back yesterday but was way to tired to make a post and i still am tired. I won&#8217;t be doing much over the weekend at all apart from sleeping and possibly try out the new Fifa 09 demo that was released a few days [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey everyone! I&#8217;m now back from <a href="http://daparky.com/going-to-zante-on-thursday/"  target="_blank">Tsilivi, Zante</a>. I actually got back yesterday but was way to tired to make a post and i still am tired. I won&#8217;t be doing much over the weekend at all apart from sleeping and possibly try out the new Fifa 09 demo that was released a few days ago.</p>
<p>Did i have a good time in Zante? Yes! I loved it. I would definitely go back again without a shadow of a doubt.</p>
<p>I will maybe post some pictures and what not in a few days i just need to get my bearings back to normal.</p>
<p>Sleep for me!</p>
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		<title>Going to Zante on Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daparky.com/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve kept this one quite. A few months ago i booked a holiday for myself and my girlfriend to go to Zante in Greece. We are going with another couple who are close friends of ours.

I&#8217;ve been to plenty of places in Greece before but never been to Zante so it&#8217;s my first time there. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve kept this one quite. A few months ago i booked a holiday for myself and my girlfriend to go to Zante in Greece. We are going with another couple who are close friends of ours.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="lightbox" href="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/zante.jpg" ><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-300" title="zante" src="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/zante-426x320.jpg" alt="" width="426" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been to plenty of places in Greece before but never been to Zante so it&#8217;s my first time there. Best of all though is that it&#8217;s my girlfriends first time abroad so it will be something special for her. She has never been on a plane or anything like that, she is really excited just as much as i am.</p>
<p>So, i go on the 4th and come back on the 12th so this blog will be inactive for just over a week. I will get plenty of pictures to share with you and let you know how the holiday was.</p>
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		<title>Skiddaw on bank holiday Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[skiddaw]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week i mentioned that myself and my girlfriend are going away on Bank Holiday Monday to the Lakes to attempt to climb up the fourth biggest mountain in the United Kingdom.
We made it to the Lakes and got to the start of the mountain, the weather was&#8230; OK&#8217;ish at the start but when we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week i mentioned that myself and my girlfriend are going away on Bank Holiday Monday to the Lakes to attempt to climb up the fourth biggest mountain in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>We made it to the Lakes and got to the start of the mountain, the weather was&#8230; OK&#8217;ish at the start but when we started going up we realised it was a very bad idea to do this. The weather turned on us and started pouring down with rain, we couldn&#8217;t see any view at all. It was like we was in one big cloud - we probably was in a cloud.</p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t take any pictures because my digital camera isn&#8217;t waterproof and didn&#8217;t want to risk breaking it. I&#8217;d say we got about 3/4 of the way up until people were coming down saying not to go up, it&#8217;s too dangerous. We ignored the first people that said this and carried on going up. Another couple was on their way down and warned us that is was probably 80mph wind at the top and the rain was not coming down but going horizontal.</p>
<p>At that point we started to make our way and went home. It was a good experience, it got very windy when we were high up. I made good use of waterproof clothing <img src='http://daparky.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Anyway, other than that i&#8217;ve not been up to much apart from working and enjoying myself.</p>
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		<title>Finished clearing up those loose ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has finally updated my Google Webmaster Tools account and i&#8217;ve ironed out all the problems that it was reporting.
Hopefully this may improove rankings in the Google search engines as its recommended by Google to keep an eye on your Google Webmaster account.
If your not signed up to Google Webmaster Tools, i highly recommend signing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google has finally updated my Google <a href="http://daparky.com/clearing-up-some-loose-ends/"  target="_self">Webmaster Tools account</a> and i&#8217;ve ironed out all the problems that it was reporting.</p>
<p>Hopefully this may improove rankings in the Google search engines as its recommended by Google to keep an eye on your Google Webmaster account.</p>
<p>If your not signed up to <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/');" target="_blank">Google Webmaster Tools</a>, i highly recommend signing up, you could be surpised at what you find. You can also set a sitemap in their which is also good for seach engines.</p>
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		<title>Going to the Lake District this bank Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another bank holiday weekend here in the UK and on bank holiday Monday me and my lovely girl friend are going to go to the Lake District - famous for lakes and mountains.

It wasn&#8217;t that long ago when we stayed in a nice hotel in the middle of nowhere, that was a nice time. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s another bank holiday weekend here in the UK and on bank holiday Monday me and my lovely girl friend are going to go to the Lake District - famous for lakes and mountains.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="lightbox" href="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/skiddaw-from-binsey.jpg" ><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-296" title="skiddaw-from-binsey" src="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/skiddaw-from-binsey-500x290.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="290" /></a></p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t that long ago when <a href="http://daparky.com/me-and-my-girlfriend-having-a-few-nights-away/"  target="_self">we stayed in a nice hotel</a> in the middle of nowhere, that was a nice time. On Monday we are going to attempt to climb Skiddaw, the fourth highest mountain in England.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think i&#8217;ve ever climbed anything has high as that so its a new record for myself. I will post some pictures on the blog so stay tuned!</p>
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		<title>Using Twitter on Talk Playstation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to try and use Twitter for Talk Playstation. I bet your wondering what is Twitter? Well, Twitter is&#8230;
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
It&#8217;s a micro-blogging service that allows you to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve decided to try and use <a href="http://twitter.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://twitter.com/');" target="_blank">Twitter</a> for Talk Playstation. I bet your wondering what is Twitter? Well, Twitter is&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s a micro-blogging service that allows you to send and read other users updates, they are text based posts of up to 140 characters.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a great way to communicate with your friends if your on the move.</p>
<p>So what i&#8217;ve done is signed <a href="http://twitter.com/talkplaystation" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://twitter.com/talkplaystation');" target="_blank">Talk Playstation up to Twitter</a> and everytime a post is made on the blog it will automatically post it to Twitter. Twitter is also good at being viewed on a mobile phone so i&#8217;ve used it for that purpose too.</p>
<p>If your not following Talk Playstation on Twitter, get following them!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve personally tried Twitter but it is kinda time consuming and have no real use for it.</p>
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		<title>Clearing up some loose ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Parkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google webmaster tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of days i&#8217;ve been clearing up some loose ends in Google Webmaster Tools. I logged into my Google account the other night only to find a horde of errors that could potentially effect the rankings of this blog.
This is what it looked like:

As you can see there are quite a lot [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past couple of days i&#8217;ve been clearing up some loose ends in Google Webmaster Tools. I logged into my Google account the other night only to find a horde of errors that could potentially effect the rankings of this blog.</p>
<p>This is what it looked like:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="lightbox" href="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/webmaster-tools.jpg" ><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-293" title="webmaster-tools" src="http://daparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/webmaster-tools-500x232.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="232" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">As you can see there are quite a lot of errors to take care of. I&#8217;ve taken care of them all and i&#8217;m just waiting for Google to crawl my site again and i&#8217;ll take a look at it again when it has.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I think its important to keep an eye in Google Webmaster Tools because it lets you know if there are any conflicting errors with your site and if you iron out all the errors, chances are you could rank a lot higher than you do now.</p>
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