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		<title>It&#8217;s probably about time I told you this, but I&#8217;m employed, and not as an OT.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there. It’s been a while. I’ve been keeping something from you all. I have a job! A permanent job, no less. I didn’t want to say anything until I’d passed the one month trial that they asked me to do, as they were taking a very big risk hiring me. I passed, if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve made my first Scratch project &#8211; the Fox and Rabbits game!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have trouble playing this because you&#8217;re using Chrome (which doesn&#8217;t support Java 7), go over to the website to play it. You can find my game here. It&#8217;s very simple, but everyone has to start somewhere. I started out wanting to make an animation that simulated the equilibrium of ecosystem populations with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Creative Learning, and the imagination spiral.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another course I&#8217;m currently taking part in is MIT Media Lab&#8216;s Learning Creative Learning. What&#8217;s unique about it is that it is not being taught through an established platform like Coursera or EdX; instead, the power of Google is being used: Youtube for videos, Google+ for sharing and discussion, Google Drive for documents, etc. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first foray into a real programming language: Javascript.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in September, I decided to learn HTML and CSS through Codecademy. I created a project to apply this learning. The result was my profile website, DanielleWerner.com. (While it is up there for the world to see, it&#8217;s not finished, and I have plans for it yet.) But then Codecademy wanted me to mix JavaScript [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do movies imprint the right ideas on children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flan and I recently watched a TED talk that actually made us think a lot more than we thought from the title. The talk was by Colin Stokes and titled &#8216;How Movies Teach Manhood&#8217;. Colin mentions the Bechdel Test, a tool that rates movies on the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first publication.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=873</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I had a short piece of writing published for the first time. It is relatively public in that people I don&#8217;t know and didn&#8217;t go to school/university/work with will read it, but unfortunately, you can&#8217;t find it online. But if you&#8217;re a member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists and have received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could I have a future in Human Computer Interaction?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking back over my experience studying occupational therapy, I&#8217;m coming to accept that I am not going to be a standard practicing OT. What I found most interesting were things like assistive technology and educational technology, and I had two placements that encouraged these interests. I also really enjoyed learning and developing new skills in the academic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My most popular posts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reviewing my site stats, here are the most common posts people come to see: My occupational therapy model diagrams of CMOP and MOHO My post on types of clinical reasoning How I used iPads for handwriting practice with children I hope this little summary helps!]]></description>
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		<title>#MOOCMOOC: an online course on online courses.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online course will be running for one week only starting today through the Canvas Network, another free online course provider. Here&#8217;s the fun bit, though. It&#8217;s a course on courses, or rather, an MOOC on MOOCs. If you&#8217;re wondering what an MOOC is, it stands for Massive Open Online Course. The aim of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My single resolution for 2013.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, hello! The internet was set up in the new place today, so we&#8217;re once again connected. Of course, I might as well be trying to use my phone&#8217;s data connection half the time, as Flan is hogging the connection. As we can also testify to, the world did not end in 2012, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How&#8217;s everyone doing today, on this merriest of eves? I&#8217;m writing this in my new (rented) house and hoping it gets posted, as I&#8217;m trying to access the internet via my phone&#8217;s limited data connection. (Note to Vodafone: improve your coverage of Oxford and Kidlington!) My tenancy started on Thursday (20th), and the weekend was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today, I am glad I have my family.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to say, first of all, that I am distraught about what has happened in Newtown, Connecticut today. I was on the verge of tears for over an hour, watching the BBC live broadcast, and the tears finally broke when Obama mentioned the families that won&#8217;t be able to hug their children tonight. I know this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The December plan.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished off the blog post for November in private posts, as there are naturally things that I want to reflect on but don&#8217;t want anyone with an internet connection to read. A few will be in my professional portfolio regarding experiences at work. Work is&#8230; Well, it&#8217;s coming up to Christmas, so you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal therapy for the petless.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love animals. Until I moved to Japan at age 14, I had pets – multiple pets – at any given time. As a toddler, my family had two cats and two dogs. In China, we had a fluctuating population of fish, two dogs, a rescued cat, several hamsters (never more than two at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two of my favourite things &#8211; Ellen and knitting.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry about how quiet I&#8217;m being. I am actually still doing my NaBloPoMo daily post, but I&#8217;ve been posting a few privately, as the past couple days have been quite tough. So, to make up for the silence, here&#8217;s a video of Amanda Seyfried on The Ellen Show, in which she talks about her constant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s reality was better than its expectation.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What I planned to do today (my &#8216;Saturday&#8217;, since I work Saturdays and every other Sunday): Finish Oedipus Rex Watch a few mythology lecture videos (Coursera) Watch a few evolution and genetics lecture videos (again, Coursera) Do some knitting What I ended up doing: Talking for two and a half hours with my dad on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sending and receiving letters and cards are such happy experiences. Why don’t we do it more?</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=769</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love getting post, and I haven’t spoken to one person who hasn’t said the same thing. I’m no talking about the kind of post Virgin Media sends you, telling you you’re some VIP and are entitled to a premium phone contract simply because you have an internet broadband contract with them. No, I’m talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fMRI used to communicate with man in presumed vegetative state.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=766</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News &#8211; Vegetative patient Scott Routley says &#8216;I&#8217;m not in pain&#8217;. Ladies and gentlemen, this is fascinating. And tonight, it will be on Panorama here in the UK. fMRI has been used to further investigate just how &#8216;vegetative&#8217; patients are. One man who was presumed unaware and unresponsive for twelve years has communicated with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for an application result for the perfect job is the worst feeling ever.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=752</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit, I’m getting antsy about hearing back about the paediatric post I applied for at the beginning of the month. Another OT suggested I phone them, but I’m not sure if that’s appropriate. I might reconsider if I haven’t heard by Friday. I’ll want to know how I can improve my application [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The current state-of-the-art bionic legs.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=753</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amputee scales 103 floors with mind-controlled &#8216;bionic leg&#8217; &#8211; CNN.com. I know this article is a week old, but it was only shared with me tonight. Flan found it, and it immediately sparked a debate as to the future of bionics, such as whether humans would be willing to sacrifice a limb purposely to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Describing a hat to a sight-impaired man.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=746</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I unintentionally made a man very happy for a minute this evening when I described a hat. I said, &#8220;It looks like what a three-year-old sounds like playing piano.&#8221; He laughed and pointed out that he had a sight impairment, and my description was so perfect for him that he could imagine the hat clearly. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An OT meme (because I&#8217;m short on ideas and energy today).</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=742</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am committed to publishing a post every day this month, but I just couldn&#8217;t come up with a good topic today. So, as a break from my chatter for everyone involved, here&#8217;s a meme related to yesterday&#8217;s post and my happiness at finding open access articles. And on a lighter, happier note, a bonus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I love the Journal of Pediatrics.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=738</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading journal articles can be a long and laborious process sometimes. You get some that are a few pages long, but then you sometimes need to make your way through tens of pages. Yes, you could find and read just the abstracts, but The Journal of Pediatrics has done some of that for you. In each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knitting teaches me to try, try again.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=735</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So often in life, we try something, fail and feel like, well, failures. I, growing up, tried a number of things and gave up when it just didn’t work. Or I may not given up, but I&#8217;d feel miserable or lose confidence in myself. Strangely, with knitting, I don’t get this feeling. To be fair, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My obligatory US elections post. Americans, please vote!</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=733</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I only really started paying attention to the US elections four years ago. For a start, I was 17 then, and do you honestly expect a 13-year-old to care that much? And then there’s the fact that I’m not American, and I have never lived in the States. I remember the students (some of whom were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I think touchscreen interfaces could be improved.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=730</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article by Alex Williams was posted yesterday on TechCrunch about different expert perspectives on the future of interfaces. Now, I wish I’d read this earlier today so I could do it justice, but I need to squeeze in my NaBloPoMo blog post for today, so this will have to do. It’s a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative writing&#8230; How do people do it?</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=727</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the problem. I&#8217;m trying to write a novel for NaNoWriMo. I&#8217;ve got an idea. I&#8217;ve got my major characters. I&#8217;ve got the beginning and the general direction I want the story to take. What I don&#8217;t have is everything else. The actual, word for word, content of the story. The details and the dialogue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I may talk funny, but I&#8217;m getting the message across, am I not?</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=710</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt like sharing one of my pet peeves, as it may help people stop and think about the way they treat people who are different. I&#8217;m not from the UK. And no, I&#8217;m not American. I don&#8217;t like how some people from either country assume that if I&#8217;m not from their country, I must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The knitting workshop at Restore, and a spontaneous reflection on groups.</title>
		<link>http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=715</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, I spent the afternoon knitting in Restore, the charity organisation supporting people with mental health issues. It was a lot of fun, though it didn’t exactly go as planned. The three of us who agreed to run the workshop were expecting to actually teach people how to knit. I took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November, this is going to be intense.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munchkn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pushing myself this month. I&#8217;m attempting NaNoWriMo, DigiWriMo and NaBloPoMo. That&#8217;s National Novel Writing Month, Digital Writing Month and National Blog Posting Month. (Although, I don&#8217;t know if the &#8216;National&#8217;s apply, given that these are coordinated in the States, and I&#8217;m not there.) For NaNoWriMo, I need to write 50,000 words in novel form. [...]]]></description>
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