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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Damn, i love people dedicated to random shit, that's awesome! I would love to hear about Azul though...<br>-Taylor]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 4:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[It looks like Boracay in the Philippines to me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zacsfirepan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 7:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ahh Burlington. If any of you ever have the means to get there, do so. Its lovely. I'm sure I've been within 5 miles of that very place. I bought a car there once.<br><br>That said, you'd think a techie would love to live in Seattle, but goddamn do I miss the east.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Warburton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 6:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[2270 8th Sideroad Burlington Ontario Canada]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hobnob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 3:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[thats a well written article. well done guy , that was a great read. you dont expect a well written article on a page like this , but that was a well written aticle, unlike this comment . ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sinjinn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 6:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[I live in Burlington. The public transit sucks. Nice trees.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Gadoury]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 6:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[So, where can I download the winter background?  It'd be nice to have a seasonal background of the same place...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bonusfive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 7:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[@bonusfive<br><br>If you RTFA there's a link to the original shooter's website which includes other photos.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HungD]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 7:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[well its NOT]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 8:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Very well done Murph.  Highly unlike the usual array of tripe I find on these pages.<br><br>****]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mobi Fin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 8:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Care to see the google earth satellite image of this place?<br><br><a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=1317&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=43.428992,-79.925258&z=18" rel="nofollow">http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=1317&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=43.428992,-79.925258&z=18</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[o0adam0o]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 8:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[this was a sweet post...!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 9:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nice post.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 9:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cool story. Ive always wondered about the origins of the default xp wallpaper, I think its called Bliss.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Billiam25]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 9:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bliss. Some say it's from somewhere in Napa, but hey, it's from a Swiss trip that Bill made in the ninetees, in the flatter part of Switzerland.. It seems some PR guy or gal at MS believed it wouldn't be good publicity to confirm that it wasn't in the US... All about the 'Bliss' place is here:<br><a href="http://www.zzz.ch/photos/landscapes/switzerland/joux/colline_des_taupes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zzz.ch/photos/landscapes/switzerland/joux/colline_des_taupes/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[z]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 7:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[What a stupid waste of time.  I wish I could get paid that much to write pointless articles like this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Heminger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 10:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[This was a cool article.  I would like to have 4 images of the area, 1 of each season.  That would make a cool wallpaper!  That would be cool if someone put a camera there that took 1 picture every day so the background was whatever the season/weather was.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 10:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jason: instead you get paid nothing to write stupid comments like that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimlewis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 11:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[It does look like boracay to me but can't be sure <a href="http://flickr.com/search/?q=boracay&s=int" rel="nofollow">http://flickr.com/search/?q=boracay&s=int</a><br><br>Around the west side of the island maybe]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[assent99446]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 11:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bliss was shot somewhere in eastern Washington. I believe near Dayton. I've driven through the area hundreds of times and during the right time of year it's exactly like the picture except it goes on for miles. It would be hard to tell the exact spot where the picture was shot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 12:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[What the hell are all these Boracay comparisons? Boracay is an island with white sand beaches, so it definitely is not Boracay.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[airpolgas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 1:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[If anyone finds or knows where Azul is, I'm there dude!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[UpIrons]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 2:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Where does Microsoft get the images for the default wallpapers?<br><br><a href="http://images.google.com" rel="nofollow">http://images.google.com</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BAMF]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 2:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Since I now have a 16:10 monitor I don't use them.<br><br>I now use pics mostly from <a href="http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/" rel="nofollow">http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/</a> for my wallpaper and slideshow screensaver.<br><br>I also use pictures I take with my 6mp DSLR.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 3:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[I remember coming across this one day on the internet.<br><br>this one is the original xp background bliss, its in switzerland<br><br><a href="http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9841/collinexpil5.gif" rel="nofollow">http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9841/collinexpil5.gif</a><br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ferny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 10:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Besides being "one Vanity Fair writer," Nick Tosches is also a rather influential (if not major) writer, known for his fiction and his writings on Rock and Roll.  His first book was a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, and his novels, like "Cut Numbers" and "In the Hand of Dante" have been interesting literary endeavors, if nothing else.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[willentrekin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 11:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[As the photographer who took the Autumn photo (used in Windows XP) I'm surprised that this has become such a big deal.<br><br>Two newspapers have also run articles about it, and a TV station (Global in Ontario) ran a story about it as well.<br><br><a href="http://www.thestar.com:80/article/184493" rel="nofollow">http://www.thestar.com:80/article/184493</a><br><br><a href="http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/pdfs/20070223/A2.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/pdfs/20070223/A2.pdf</a><br><br>In any event, I have had my "15 minutes of fame" and it was fun.<br><br>Peter Burian<br>www.peterkburian.com<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Burian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 24th 2007 9:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Has anyone studied the clouds in xp wallpaper Azul.The creator obviously has a sense of humour and artistic talent with photoshop or similar. WHAT CAN YOU SEE?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2007 8:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/the-quest-for-autumn-windows-xps-elusive-backdrop/</guid><description><![CDATA[I too am looking for the location of where Azul.jpg was taken. Just want to go there and lie on that sand island for the day in this hectic fast paced world we live in and forget about everything around.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[3G6L8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 2nd 2007 6:22AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
