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	<title>Brian M McGarvie</title>
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	<description>Brian M McGarvie talks about … life and experiences in IT … and personal adventures and experiences and other odd things!</description>
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		<title>Rocking in Hyde Park with Jon Bon Jovi at Hard Rock Calling &#8211; 25th June 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/06/28/all-the-rest/rocking-in-hyde-park-with-jon-bon-jovi-at-hard-rock-calling-25th-june-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Rest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having booked tickets a lifetime ago (or felt like it), the day finally came. We were in the queue around 10/10:30PM and so we were about the first people in&#8230; so picnic rug in hand set up fort middle center &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/06/28/all-the-rest/rocking-in-hyde-park-with-jon-bon-jovi-at-hard-rock-calling-25th-june-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hints to help optimise the performance of a PHP website (LAMP)</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/06/15/programming/best-practices-to-optimise-the-performance-of-a-php-website-lamp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over time, the websites I have been involved in have became more and more complex (and indeed carry more and more traffic). And so the ever increasing need to optimise and increase the performance of your website (or web-application) becomes &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/06/15/programming/best-practices-to-optimise-the-performance-of-a-php-website-lamp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Working with Dates &amp; Timestamps in PHP</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/programming/working-with-dates-timestamps-in-php/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/programming/working-with-dates-timestamps-in-php/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 16:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timestamps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Working with Dates and Timestamps is always trying, but using UNIX timestamps can save you a lot of time and hassle! Because they can be converted to simple numbers and then you can just worry about the number. You add/subtract &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/programming/working-with-dates-timestamps-in-php/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calibrate HTC Desire battery &#8211; help improve your battery life!</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/htc-desire/calibrate-htc-desire-battery-help-improve-your-battery-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/htc-desire/calibrate-htc-desire-battery-help-improve-your-battery-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 16:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HTC Desire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips & Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battery Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Need to stabalise the battery life on your HTC Desire? This will help a little&#8230; Read on&#8230; I forget where I found this now, but this sequence of events helped me at least. Power on your Desire then connect to &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/htc-desire/calibrate-htc-desire-battery-help-improve-your-battery-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>jQuery – How to get element with CSS class name or id</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/programming/jquery-%e2%80%93-how-to-get-element-with-css-class-name-or-id/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 16:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JavaScript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jQuery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[jQuery is extremley powerful and a time (and even life) saver, using jQuery, you can get elements with CSS class name and id easily without too much blood and tears! For example, ID: #idA $(‘#idA’) – would select all elements &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/25/programming/jquery-%e2%80%93-how-to-get-element-with-css-class-name-or-id/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why does php not show errors? &#8211; How to display PHP errors when display_errors is disabled</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/24/programming/why-does-php-not-show-errors-how-to-display-php-errors-when-display_errors-is-disabled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/24/programming/why-does-php-not-show-errors-how-to-display-php-errors-when-display_errors-is-disabled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 11:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debugging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Approach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, a simple thing I know. But one that always occurs. When using shared hosting (or even your own dedicated servers), those managing those servers do their utmost to make them secure. Among many things this usually includes turning off &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/05/24/programming/why-does-php-not-show-errors-how-to-display-php-errors-when-display_errors-is-disabled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Watch your battery!</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/03/08/htc-desire/watch-your-battery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/03/08/htc-desire/watch-your-battery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HTC Desire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips & Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having had the HTC for over a week now, I am beginning to get to grips with how to get he most out of it&#8230; especially when it comes to battery life. DO NOT let it run too dry! Seems &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2011/03/08/htc-desire/watch-your-battery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning your journey in Object-Oriented Programming using PHP</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/12/05/programming/beginning-your-journey-in-object-oriented-programming-using-php/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/12/05/programming/beginning-your-journey-in-object-oriented-programming-using-php/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Object Oriented PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OOP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Object-Orientated programming is not a new idea! It’s been around and available for a long time in many languages. With each new version of PHP, new features appear, while existing features are improved. PHP’s object support has been hugley improved &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/12/05/programming/beginning-your-journey-in-object-oriented-programming-using-php/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tools &amp; Tips&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/08/12/programming/tools-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO & SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m going to try to divulge more of my development experiance to others. Starting with some &#8216;Tools &#38; Tips&#8216;. Let me know if there are any topics/questions from all forms of development PHP, Java, .NET .. and management (people &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/08/12/programming/tools-tips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review: Delphic &#8211; Acolyte</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/02/04/music/album-review-delphic-acolyte/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/02/04/music/album-review-delphic-acolyte/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delphic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On first listen to &#8220;Acolyte&#8221; it was an amazing journey of indie and dance. A dense but sharply-focussed amalgamation of sparkling synths, dance-friendly rhythms and intelligently constructed vocal melodies and harmonies. Before I dive in and look at the tracks &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2010/02/04/music/album-review-delphic-acolyte/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making your website work with Internet Explorer 8 (IE8)</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/23/software/internet/browsers/making-your-website-work-with-internet-explorer-8-ie8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/23/software/internet/browsers/making-your-website-work-with-internet-explorer-8-ie8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IE 8]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK probly well known by now. But if you&#8217;re site is &#8216;broken&#8217; in IE8, you could try the following which tells IE8 to work liek IE7. &#60;meta http-equiv=&#8221;X-UA-Compatible&#8221; content=&#8221;IE=7&#8243; /&#62; It belongs in the document&#8217;s HEAD. More importantly it needs &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/23/software/internet/browsers/making-your-website-work-with-internet-explorer-8-ie8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Michael McIntyre on his 2009 Tour @ Nottingham&#8217;s Trent FM Arena on the 26/09/2009.</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/22/events-reviews/review-michael-mcintyre-on-his-2009-tour-nottinghams-trent-fm-arena-on-the-26092009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events (Concerts, Theatre etc)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McIntyre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we went and seen Michael McIntyre on his 2009 Tour @ Nottingham&#8217;s Trent FM Arena on the 26/09/2009. It was part of my wifes birthday present as she has always quite liked him I thought it would be a &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/22/events-reviews/review-michael-mcintyre-on-his-2009-tour-nottinghams-trent-fm-arena-on-the-26092009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Tom Jones at the LG Arena, Birmingham</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/22/events-reviews/review-tom-jones-at-the-lg-arena-birmingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events (Concerts, Theatre etc)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Jones&#8230; not my usual taste, but thought it would be a good night so booked tickets to see him on 18/10/2009. I also learnt that it was the &#8216;opening&#8217; gig of the new LG Arena. Saying he&#8217;s not my &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/22/events-reviews/review-tom-jones-at-the-lg-arena-birmingham/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba! – 27th August 2009 to 11th September 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/16/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/cuba-%e2%80%93-27th-august-2009-to-11th-september-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travell & (mis)Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carribean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cayo Coco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When: 27th Aug 2009 to 11th Sept 2009 Where: Cuba Resort: Cayo Coco &#38; Havana Hotel: NH Krystal Laguna &#38; NH Parque Central Where We Went&#8230; This was our second visit to Cuba; we previously had a holiday here at &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/16/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/cuba-%e2%80%93-27th-august-2009-to-11th-september-2009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Vasectomy</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/16/general/humour/jokes/irish-vasectomy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/16/general/humour/jokes/irish-vasectomy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After having their 11th child, an Irish couple decided that enough was enough, as they couldn&#8217;t afford a larger house. So the husband went to his doctor and told him that he and his wife didn&#8217;t want to have any &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/16/general/humour/jokes/irish-vasectomy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Need help with scrabble/anagrams?</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/15/games/need-help-with-scrabbleanagrams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/15/games/need-help-with-scrabbleanagrams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun & Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anagrams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scrabble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I regularly play Scrabble like many thousands (millions) of people do&#8230; And if like me you hate getting beat all the time&#8230; I have recently created a simple tool that will take your letters and suggest words &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/15/games/need-help-with-scrabbleanagrams/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Session Handling in PHP</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/13/programming/php/session-handling-in-php/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/13/programming/php/session-handling-in-php/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Session Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sessions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally HTTP is a stateless protocol. That is it is made up of requests and responses and there is no notion of a &#8216;persistent connection&#8217;. This means that there is no way to have consistency or personalisation on the web &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/10/13/programming/php/session-handling-in-php/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Need to make PHP &#8216;stop&#8217;&#8230; PHP wait timer</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/05/programming/php/need-to-make-php-stop-php-wait-timer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/05/programming/php/need-to-make-php-stop-php-wait-timer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wait]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AJAX is great&#8230; but sometimes it&#8217;s too quick if you&#8217;re updating&#8230; So&#8230; How can I make the page wait for a few seconds, then proceed? Well there are 2 functions PHP has to pause execution. They are: sleep(NUMBER_OF_SECONDS); and: usleep(NUMBER_OF_MS); &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/05/programming/php/need-to-make-php-stop-php-wait-timer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Old Golfer</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/04/general/humour/jokes/the-old-golfer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/04/general/humour/jokes/the-old-golfer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golfer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A circus owner runs an ad for a lion tamer and two people show up. One is a good looking, older retired golfer in his late sixties and the other is a gorgeous blond in her mid-twenties. The circus owner &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/04/general/humour/jokes/the-old-golfer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Panda in bar&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/04/general/humour/jokes/panda-in-bar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/04/general/humour/jokes/panda-in-bar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A panda walks into a bar and orders some food, after he&#8217;s done eating he shoots the bartender and starts leaving. &#8220;Hey, you can&#8217;t do that!&#8221; said someone else in the bar &#8220;Yes I can, I&#8217;m a panda bear it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/04/general/humour/jokes/panda-in-bar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Ranking via Title Tags</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/seo-sem/search-engine-ranking-via-title-tags/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/seo-sem/search-engine-ranking-via-title-tags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO & SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ranking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Title Tags]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8221;How do I get my website page to rank well in search engines for a certain search term?&#8221;. While there are many techniques and tactics that can contribute to how your website ranks, one of the most fundamental is through &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/seo-sem/search-engine-ranking-via-title-tags/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading and parsing text files with PHP</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/all-the-rest/reading-and-parsing-text-files-with-php/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/all-the-rest/reading-and-parsing-text-files-with-php/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSV File]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File Parsing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Text File]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quite often, the need pops up to read text files, typically these are plain text or CSV (exports from Excel, MS Access or some other source). This guide will show you the pest practice for doing so. Plain text files &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/all-the-rest/reading-and-parsing-text-files-with-php/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forum is here&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/all-the-rest/forum-is-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/all-the-rest/forum-is-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently added a forum to my site. If you have any specific requests for some development (PHP,.NET &#8230; anything), project management, search engine optimisation&#8230; or just want to talk about something random. I am active on experts-exchange.com and &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/08/03/all-the-rest/forum-is-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PHP &#8211; Generate/Create strong passwords, uuid, random string</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/07/17/programming/php/php-generatecreate-strong-passwords-uuid-random-string/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/07/17/programming/php/php-generatecreate-strong-passwords-uuid-random-string/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Very often the need to create passwords or some other &#8216;unique&#8217; string be it a captcha or for use as unique identifier (UUID). Here are a few functions I&#8217;ve used and refined over the years, 2 types, for password/random string &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/07/17/programming/php/php-generatecreate-strong-passwords-uuid-random-string/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of poor PHP &#8216;products&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/07/02/programming/php/signs-of-poor-php-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/07/02/programming/php/signs-of-poor-php-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Approach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a professional developer (or aspiring) you will inevitably get asked to customise or even better &#8220;extend&#8221; existing wares. If it&#8217;s a product you are familiar with great! If not I heartilly reccomend spending a little time investigating &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/07/02/programming/php/signs-of-poor-php-products/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PHP Form Action Self submit</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/06/19/programming/php-form-action-self-submit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/06/19/programming/php-form-action-self-submit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Form Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Form Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Submit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A question I am always asked is about &#8216;self-submitting&#8217; forms. I&#8217;ll start off with the code! myform.php &#60;form action=&#34;&#38;lt;?php echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']; ?&#38;gt;&#34; method=&#34;post&#34;&#62; &#160; I want to : &#60;select name=&#34;selector&#34;&#62; &#60;option value=&#34;null&#34;&#62;&#60;/option&#62; &#60;option value=&#34;read&#34;&#62;read a book&#60;/option&#62; &#60;option value=&#34;movies&#34;&#62;watch a movie&#60;/option&#62; &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/06/19/programming/php-form-action-self-submit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox horizontal jump between pages!</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/06/02/software/internet/firefox-horizontal-jump-between-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/06/02/software/internet/firefox-horizontal-jump-between-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For a very long time I have always been annoyed by Firefox&#8230; Have you ever witnessed the &#8216;horizontal jump&#8217; cause by your content being taller then the browser size? And the effect is when you go between pages that are &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2009/06/02/software/internet/firefox-horizontal-jump-between-pages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner in Rick Stein&#8217;s &#8211; The Seafood Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/05/22/getting-wet/dinner-in-rick-steins-the-seafood-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/05/22/getting-wet/dinner-in-rick-steins-the-seafood-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travell & (mis)Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Stein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Seafood Restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Laura and I recently had a weekend break in Cornwall, and since we were there we decided to visit Rick Stein&#8217;s The Seafood Restaurant. It had recently undergone a refurbishment &#8211; in fact this was it&#8217;s second weekend open &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/05/22/getting-wet/dinner-in-rick-steins-the-seafood-restaurant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Capitalization for us Mc&#8217;s and Mac&#8217;s!</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/12/programming/capitalization-for-us-mcs-and-macs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/12/programming/capitalization-for-us-mcs-and-macs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ColdFusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mc's and Mac's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Needed to capltalize Mc&#8217;s and Mac&#8217;s? Here&#8217;s a quick function for it&#8230; /** * Proper capitalization for us Mc's and Mac's! */ function celticMcCaps(lastName) { var capLastName = lCase(lastName); if (left(lastName,2) eq "Mc") { capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) &#38; lCase(mid(lastName,2,1)) &#38; &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/12/programming/capitalization-for-us-mcs-and-macs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Principles of Web Design</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/10/seo-sem/principles-of-web-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/10/seo-sem/principles-of-web-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO & SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Approach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I undertake developing a website I always try to keep 3 key principles in mind; 1. Simplicity 2. Modularity 3. Balance Follow my basic guide and you&#8217;ll become a better developer/designer&#8230; 1. Simplicity Your web sites should be designed &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/10/seo-sem/principles-of-web-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ColdFusion &#8211; replace nl to br</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/10/all-the-rest/coldfusion-replace-nl-to-br/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/10/all-the-rest/coldfusion-replace-nl-to-br/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ColdFusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newline to break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nl to br]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quickie if you need to replace NL (New Line or Carriage Return) in CFMX; &#60;cfset text = replace(text,'#Chr(10)##Chr(13)#','&#60;br&#62;',"All")&#62; You could also wrap it up in a CFC or a function if it&#8217;s going to be widely used.]]></description>
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		<title>SEO/SEM and the quality of your web traffic&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/05/seo-sem/seosem-and-the-quality-of-your-web-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/05/seo-sem/seosem-and-the-quality-of-your-web-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO & SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The people we (web designers/developers) create work for are always really interested in web traffic &#8211; LOTS of web traffic. But there is one thing that many web designers/developers and even our clients don’t consider, is the quality of traffic. &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/03/05/seo-sem/seosem-and-the-quality-of-your-web-traffic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing a SEO/SEM friendly domain name&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/28/seo-sem/choosing-a-seosem-friendly-domain-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/28/seo-sem/choosing-a-seosem-friendly-domain-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO & SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domain Name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: SEO is the acronym for: ’search engine optimisation. Which is the process of making your web pages more search engine ‘friendly’ by optimising the code and content. Choosing the correct domain name for your site generally has a big &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/28/seo-sem/choosing-a-seosem-friendly-domain-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Creating good passwords&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/26/programming/general-programming/creating-good-passwords/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/26/programming/general-programming/creating-good-passwords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Password]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was reviewing the security practices for my users&#8230; I like to get them to change their windows login regularly as it&#8217;s used via LDAP etc etc in some cases for loggin into web applications&#8230; Anyway&#8230; all the passwords &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/26/programming/general-programming/creating-good-passwords/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Music from your iPod&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/26/technology/ipod/music-from-your-ipod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/26/technology/ipod/music-from-your-ipod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPod]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If like me you manually add to your iPod, then it can be a real pain when iTunes decides it doesn&#8217;t want to recognise your iPod anymore, or you decide to get a new one or just want to get &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2008/02/26/technology/ipod/music-from-your-ipod/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dynamically sorting by a column in a Stored Procedure (SQL Server)</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/09/10/programming/dynamically-sorting-by-a-column-in-a-stored-procedure-sql-server/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/09/10/programming/dynamically-sorting-by-a-column-in-a-stored-procedure-sql-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sorting by Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stored Procedure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever needed to build a stored procedure that would take the name of a column as a parameter, and return the results ordered by that column? So have I, so after researching it for a couple of days, &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/09/10/programming/dynamically-sorting-by-a-column-in-a-stored-procedure-sql-server/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>iMovie &#8217;08 and iDVD&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/09/10/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/imovie-08-and-idvd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/09/10/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/imovie-08-and-idvd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travell & (mis)Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Production]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I&#8217;ve been using my Mac for a while now&#8230; and I must admit it has grown on me hugely over the time I have used it &#8211; I was sceptical about using a Mac, but I do slightly &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/09/10/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/imovie-08-and-idvd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner at Gordon Ramsay at Claridges Hotel, London (Review)</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/31/food-drink/dinner-in-gordon-ramseys-at-claridges-hotel-lomdon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/31/food-drink/dinner-in-gordon-ramseys-at-claridges-hotel-lomdon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Ramsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently we have had the pleasure of dinning at Gordon Ramsay at Claridges Hotel in London. There were 4 of us dining, Laura, my parents and I. We started the evening in Claridges off with a cocktail or 2 in &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/31/food-drink/dinner-in-gordon-ramseys-at-claridges-hotel-lomdon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ColdFusion Caching Explained</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/30/programming/coldfusion-caching-explained/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/30/programming/coldfusion-caching-explained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ColdFusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Configured in the ColdFusion administrator under the &#8220;Caching&#8221; section, server caching controls how much and when data is stored in memory. An effective server caching strategy can relieve stress on resources such as databases, CPUs, and file systems while dramatically &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/30/programming/coldfusion-caching-explained/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SQL &#8211; Select using current day&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/23/programming/sql-select-using-current-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/23/programming/sql-select-using-current-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had this problem a few times, and many people always ask me it&#8230; so here it is immortalised. If you require to select all records added to your table for the current day use the following where clause &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/23/programming/sql-select-using-current-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pad Thai</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/22/food-drink/pad-thai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/22/food-drink/pad-thai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pad Thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recipe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been experimenting for a while now making Pad Thai, from jars to trying to analyse the take-away carton from my excellent local Thai resteraunt. Sadly i have not yet been able to visit Thai land, but parts of &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/08/22/food-drink/pad-thai/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How much do you surf?</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/26/software/internet/browsers/how-much-do-you-surf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/26/software/internet/browsers/how-much-do-you-surf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firefox Plugins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do you mean?&#8230; How should I know? Recently, I found a plugin for Firefox called Time Tracker. It&#8217;s a small timer in the bottom of Firefox, that will keep track of your &#8216;surfing time&#8217;, since you installed timertracker or &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/26/software/internet/browsers/how-much-do-you-surf/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carribean Cruise (2004)</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/carribean-cruise-2004/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/carribean-cruise-2004/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travell & (mis)Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carribean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Princess Cruises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sun Princess]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I went on our first Carribean cruise in December 2004. We sailed with Princess and the ship we were on was the Sun Princess. The ship itself was very well maintained, and in good condition. I&#8217;d hate &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/carribean-cruise-2004/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Email &#8211; Multipart Email with HTML/Plaintext</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/programming/email-multipart-email-with-htmlplaintext/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/programming/email-multipart-email-with-htmlplaintext/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ColdFusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ColdFusuion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multipart Email]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is often quite usefull to be able to send an email with HTML for those that can support it, and Plaintext, for those who do not. There is how you can send a &#8216;multipart&#8217; email with ColdFusion. &#60;cfmail from=&#8221;" &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/programming/email-multipart-email-with-htmlplaintext/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>History of the McGarvie Name</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/genealogy/history-of-the-mcgarvie-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/genealogy/history-of-the-mcgarvie-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The McGarvie Name]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently intested in trying to build a family tree&#8230; to see how far back I can get the name to go&#8230; so if anyone wants to share findings contact me using the link on the left! Origin: Irish &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/genealogy/history-of-the-mcgarvie-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tunisia &#8211; 27th August 2006 to 3rd September 2006</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/tunisia-27th-august-2006-to-3rd-september-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/tunisia-27th-august-2006-to-3rd-september-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travell & (mis)Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When: 27th Aug 2006 to 3rd Sept 2006 Where: Tunisia Resort: Skanes (Monastir) Hotel: Thalassa Village Hotel Where We Went… We recently visited Tunisia and stayed at the Thalassa Village Hotel, Skanes. Getting There… Despite the heightened security at Birmingham, &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/tunisia-27th-august-2006-to-3rd-september-2006/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Robbie Williams @ Milton Keynes &#8211; 19th September 2006</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/events-reviews/robbie-williams-milton-keynes-19th-september-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/events-reviews/robbie-williams-milton-keynes-19th-september-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events (Concerts, Theatre etc)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robbie Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travell & (mis)Adventures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Note; I may get the other half to expand on this article!!!) Date: 18th Sept 2006&#8230; My Wife and I are both getting prepared to go and see Robbie Williams tomorrow evening in Milton Keynes&#8230; We&#8217;re both really looking forward &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/events-reviews/robbie-williams-milton-keynes-19th-september-2006/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UAE Dubai/Abu Dhabi visit&#8230; 20/09/06 to 24/09/06</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/uae-dubaiabu-dhabi-visit-200906-to-240906/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/uae-dubaiabu-dhabi-visit-200906-to-240906/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travell & (mis)Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UAE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are compiling our tales of our recent visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and our stay in Abu Dhabi &#38; Dubai!Please check back in a day or 2!&#8230; Please feel free to submit any questions about UAE/Dubai/Abu Dhabi &#8230; <a href="http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/25/our-travels-and-adventures-around-the-world/uae-dubaiabu-dhabi-visit-200906-to-240906/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/18/general/welcome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgarvie.net/2007/07/18/general/welcome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian M McGarvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK trying out some new stuff I&#8217;ve been working on&#8230;So here is the obligatory &#8216;welcome!&#8217; message  ]]></description>
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