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	<description>Thoughts on web development, social media, the internet, and computers in general.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New PC - 2/3 purchased!</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/07/16/new-pc-23-purchased/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[components]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fedora]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[OpenSuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PC]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned before, my elderly computer is on the way out.
Although making the switch to Ubuntu certainly extended the lifespan of my home PC (I would probably have chucked it out of the nearest window otherwise), I&#8217;ve been gradually picking up components for the last few months now, ready to build myself a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Jquery and CSS menu</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/07/13/simple-jquery-and-css-menu/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/07/13/simple-jquery-and-css-menu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[AJAX]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HTML]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jquery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Menu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had some fun this weekend tinkering with Jquery. It&#8217;s taken me a long time to get round to playing with this library, having thrown my eggs in the Prototype / Scriptaculous basket, but after some experimentation, I wish I&#8217;d done it sooner!
I have to admit; the syntax is nicer, much simpler (no more $$(&#8217;selector&#8217;)) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Joomla! banner component</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/07/09/new-joomla-banner-component/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/07/09/new-joomla-banner-component/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Joomla]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[content management systems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[banners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently working on a Joomla! site which required a fairly unusual banner management system. The spec was that the user would be able to enter a list of banners, links, start dates and expiry dates, and that these banners would be displayed in a random order in the main content area. The component [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stumbleupon, Youtube, Firefox and link prefetching</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/07/07/stumbleupon-youtube-firefox-and-link-prefetching/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/07/07/stumbleupon-youtube-firefox-and-link-prefetching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stumbleupon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Youtube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While it will take a long time for the full implications of the Viacom vs. Youtube battle to be known, one thing has already become clear - user privacy is an extremely low priority.
The great fear, of course, is that users are held responsible for having viewed copyrighted content, wittingly or unwittingly.
Yes, I said unwittingly!
You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stumbleupon - turn off sneaky bookmarking</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/06/26/stumbleupon-turn-off-sneaky-bookmarking/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/06/26/stumbleupon-turn-off-sneaky-bookmarking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social bookmarking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stumbleupon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Along with roughly 7,999,999 others, I eagerly downloaded Firefox 3 on release day. Not long after, my stumbleupon toolbar was upgraded to 3.23. Let&#8217;s have a look at the changelog:

Adds tag search via the Firefox 3 url bar.
Adds bookmark integration in Firefox 3.
Delivers Send-to pages more swiftly.
Notifies of waiting sent pages via a more easily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you develop on a minority OS?</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/06/24/how-do-you-develop-on-a-minority-os/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/06/24/how-do-you-develop-on-a-minority-os/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Internet Explorer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned before, I made the switch to GNU/Linux at home some time ago. I talked about the benefits it brought me in terms of PC performance and productivity.
But at work, I&#8217;m still firmly rooted in the Windows camp. Why? Primarily because my job involves developing web sites and apps.
Tracking browser usage is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the five page static website dead?</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/04/13/is-the-five-page-static-website-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/04/13/is-the-five-page-static-website-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business of web design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[content management systems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In days gone by, the five-pager was the mainstay of the web design business - Home, About us, Services, Testimonials, and Contact us. Like an online brochure, it provided small businesses with an online presence, and it provided their customers with the bare minimum of interaction.
At work, we recently took the decision that we weren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu - stripping me of writing material!</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/03/21/ubuntu-stripping-me-of-writing-material/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/03/21/ubuntu-stripping-me-of-writing-material/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was half expecting this post to detail the difficulties I was experiencing getting my printer and tablet to work in Ubuntu, having heard that the process could be troublesome. My experience turned out to be much better!
In fact, to my surprise, the whole set up experience was much easier than in Windows. The phrase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further Digg advert woes</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/03/12/further-digg-advert-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/03/12/further-digg-advert-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Digg&#8217;s users have been complaining for months about the horrendous adverts plaguing the site. Most notably the type of advert that shakes, flashes, and tries to convince you that &#8220;YOU ARE VISITOR NUMBER 1,000,000!!&#8221;.
This type of stuff doesn&#8217;t tend to bother me so much - I can install adblocker or just plain ignore them.
What does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leap of faith</title>
		<link>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/03/12/leap-of-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/03/12/leap-of-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnmccollum.co.uk/2008/03/12/leap-of-faith/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There aren&#8217;t many areas in life where I can compete with the likes of Jeff Atwood.  His blog isn&#8217;t just essential reading due to his technical insight; it is extremely accessible - if you ever thought usability was a dry subject, I urge you to head over there and take in a few posts.
In [...]]]></description>
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