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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/02/04/music/album-review-delphic-acolyte/ http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/02/04/music/album-review-delphic-acolyte/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:45:44 +0000 Brian M McGarvie http://www.mcgarvie.net/?p=209 http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/02/04/music/album-review-delphic-acolyte/feed/ 0 http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/23/software/internet/browsers/making-your-website-work-with-internet-explorer-8-ie8/ http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/23/software/internet/browsers/making-your-website-work-with-internet-explorer-8-ie8/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:01:12 +0000 Brian M McGarvie http://www.mcgarvie.net/?p=204 http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/23/software/internet/browsers/making-your-website-work-with-internet-explorer-8-ie8/feed/ 0 http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/22/events-reviews/review-michael-mcintyre-on-his-2009-tour-nottinghams-trent-fm-arena-on-the-26092009/ 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Here are a few functions I’ve used and refined over the years, 2 types, for password/random string generation and UUID generation. Generating random strings is pretty simple as it’ll be a password. 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