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		<title>&#8216;Deranged&#8217; Principle Photography Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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Today marks day 1 of principle photography for my new film Deranged. This is a feature length film, (with a 70-90 minute running time,) that I am producing in one semester. Deranged is a psychological thriller that is staged around a murder on a university campus. We follow two main characters. The first main character, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Apple iPad: Completing The Digital Lifestyle, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I began a blog to try to work out our transition, as a society, to a unified and complete digital lifestyle. Read part 1 here.

The Apple iPad
In our efforts to complete the digital lifestyle, we also need to look at where, and in what situations we consume media. This is perhaps the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cover it up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of a sorta desparate need for a case for my new Nook eBook reader, I decided to make my own case. The only place to get a nook case now is bn.com but I need something for my flight back to Nebraska, to keep it safe and clean. My brother, mother, and I went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hands-on Review of B&amp;N Nook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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It seems like these days, every new gadget that surfaces the world of tech, is instantly compared to products like the iPhone. It seems the iPhone has revolutionized the world of tech even more than we have realized. And it is all because it was able to offer three very distinct, unique, and perfectly implemented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Deranged&#8217; Test Scene &#8211; &#8216;The Stakeout&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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Here is a test scene from my upcoming feature-length film Deranged. I basically did this so I had something to turn in for my class this semester. It also allowed me a great opportunity to see how my material worked on film. As well as giving the actors an opportunity to practice, and get a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest on a Podcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to announce that last Sunday I was privelaged enough to be a guest on a podcast, for my first time. It was the podcast for the webcomic community known as Rampage Network, which I am a member of. It was an honor to be on the show representing my webcomic Spaghetti Strap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Halls of Chaos&#8217; Online Premiere</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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Here is my first student short film entitled Halls of Chaos. It stars pretty much all of my friends, Jonathan Neve, Asher Connelly, Ashlynn Elizabeth Neve, and Micah Connelly. I liked the results so much, that I am now writing a much longer film for my next project. It will be using two of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Completing the Digital Lifestyle (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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It might have taken the technology a few years to become popular, let alone noticed, but it is no doubt that one of this holiday season’s hottest gift to give or receive is the eBook reader. Whether you’ve sided with Amazon, Sony, Barnes &#038; Noble, or none of the above, you’ve got to admit that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nudity in Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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As storytellers, we choose to write the stories we write. Specifically for fiction writers, they are often topics that intrigue us, and that we want to know more about. I am fascinated with the future, and any series of events that might unfold there. It intrigues me to discover what sorts of things the future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APE Aftermath</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sswestern.com/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am currently sitting in a coffee shop in Omaha, NE. I&#8217;m sitting here, watching the rain outside, unable to believe that my first &#8220;real&#8221; experience exhibiting at a convention is over. Last Friday October I flew out to my parents house in San Jose, meeting up with Joenis and his girlfriend Ana, who arrived [...]]]></description>
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