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		<title>Sorting out MySQL on Arch Linux</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2011/11/05/sorting-out-mysql-on-arch-linux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing Arch Linux running so solidly in a VirtualBox virtual box has me contemplating whether I should have it installed on a real PC. Saying that, recent announcements regarding the implementation of GNOME 3 in Linux Mint have caught my interest even if the idea of using a rolling distribution as my main home operating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Change?</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2011/09/19/all-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could 2011 be remembered as the year when the desktop computing interface got a major overhaul? One part of this, Windows 8, won&#8217;t be with us until next year but there has been enough happening so far this year that has resulted in a lot of comment. With many if not all of the changes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bigger screen?</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2010/02/23/a-bigger-screen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent bit of thinking has caused me to cast my mind back over all the screens that have sat in front of me while working with computers over the years. Well, things have come a long way from the spare television that I used with a Commodore 64 that I occasionally got to exploring the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best left until later in the year?</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2010/01/26/best-left-until-later-in-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of last year, my home computing experience was one of feeling displaced. A combination of a stupid accident and a power outage had rendered my main PC unusable. What followed was an enforced upgrade that use combination that was familiar to me: Gigabyte motherboard, AMD CPU and Crucial memory. However, assembling that lot and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consolidation</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/11/19/consolidation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=1180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a while, the Windows computing side of my life has been spread across far too many versions of the pervasive operating systems with the list including 2000 (desktop and server), XP, 2003 Server, Vista and 7; 9x hasn&#8217;t been part of my life for what feels like an age. At home, XP has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still able to build PC systems</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/10/25/still-able-to-build-pc-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend has been something of a success for me on the PC hardware front. Earlier this year, a series of mishaps rendering my former main home PC unusable; it was a power failure that finished it off for good. My remedy was a rebuild using my then usual recipe of a Gigabyte motherboard, AMD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A case of the reverse Midas touch?</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/05/18/a-case-of-the-reverse-midas-touch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 11:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a power cut put my main home PC of of action. It may have been recoverable if that silly accident of a few weeks back hadn&#8217;t happened but a rebuild is progress. That hasn&#8217;t been going so well but I somehow am managing to remain hopeful that an avenue of exploration will yield [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some things that I&#8217;d miss on moving from Linux to Windows</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/01/17/some-things-that-id-miss-on-moving-from-linux-to-windows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest buzz surrounding Windows 7 has caused one observer to suggest that it&#8217;s about to blast Linux from the desktop. My experiences might be positive but there are still things that I like about Linux that make me reluctant to consider switching back. Here are a few in no particular order: Virtual Desktops (or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;ll be keeping Windows close to hand for a while to come</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2007/12/02/why-ill-be-keeping-windows-close-to-hand-for-a-while-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2007/12/02/why-ill-be-keeping-windows-close-to-hand-for-a-while-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though I have moved to Linux and it has been fulfilling nearly all of my home computing needs, I do and plan to continue to retain access to Windows courtesy of virtualisation technology. Keeping current with the world of the ever pervasive Windows is one motivation but there are others. In fact, now that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I still need serial numbers?</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2007/11/19/do-i-still-need-serial-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2007/11/19/do-i-still-need-serial-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My spot of bad luck with Windows in August highlighted the importance of hanging on to serial numbers for software that I had purchased over the internet and downloaded. I could at the ones that I needed but they were retained in a motley mix of text files and emails; one even was rediscovered by [...]]]></description>
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