private List<Blog> GetTechnoratiPosts(string technoratiAPI, string technoratiTerm)
    {
        int limit = 20;
        int excerptsize = 200;

        string url = string.Format("http://api.technorati.com/tag?key={0}&tag={1}&limit={2}excerptsize={3}", technoratiAPI, technoratiTerm, limit, excerptsize);
        List<Blog> taggedPosts = new List<Blog>();
        Dictionary<string, Weblog> webLogs = new Dictionary<string, Weblog>();

        try
        {
            XmlDocument xmlResultsSet = new XmlDocument();
            xmlResultsSet.Load(new XmlTextReader(url));
            XmlNodeList xmlResponse = xmlResultsSet.SelectNodes("/tapi/document/item");

            foreach (XmlNode post in xmlResponse)
            {
                try
                {
                    Blog blog = new Blog();
                    Weblog webLog = null;
                    blog.Title = post["title"].InnerText;
                    blog.Description = post["excerpt"].InnerText;
                    blog.Created = Convert.ToDateTime(post["created"].InnerText);
                    blog.Url = post["permalink"].InnerText;

                    if (!webLogs.ContainsKey(post["weblog"]["url"].InnerText))
                    {
                        webLog = new Weblog();
                        webLog.Name = post["weblog"]["name"].InnerText;
                        webLog.Url = post["weblog"]["url"].InnerText;
                        webLog.Rss = post["weblog"]["rssurl"].InnerText;
                        webLog.LastUpdated = Convert.ToDateTime(post["weblog"]["lastupdate"].InnerText);
                        webLogs.Add(webLog.Url, webLog);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        webLog = webLogs[post["weblog"]["url"].InnerText];
                    }

                    blog.Weblog = webLog;
                    taggedPosts.Add(blog);
                }
                catch { } //eat, only one failed to process...
            }
        }
        catch
        {
            DisplayError("Could not connect to Technorati");
        }

        return taggedPosts;
    }