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		<title>Win 7 Impressions, Day 3</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/10/24/win-7-impressions-day-3/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/10/24/win-7-impressions-day-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of course I&#8217;ve been using Windows 7 for longer than three days, but this is the third day having it on my old Dell XPS M1210. I just noticed recently that the poor laptop is coming up on its 3-year anniversary. It had a 3-year warranty with accidental damage coverage. The only stupid thing I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win 7</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/10/23/win-7/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/10/23/win-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The big question I had was whether or not entering a retail code into the RTM code would work. It did not work for me. Now that I&#8217;m running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional on my Dell XPS M1210, I thought I&#8217;d go through a little of the process so far. First of all, I used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 iexplore.exe</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/08/21/windows-7-iexplore-exe/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/08/21/windows-7-iexplore-exe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a RTM build of Windows 7 on my work desktop. I brought up task manager after leaving the system on for about a week and found the following: Now I am trying to use the machine just like I would use Vista or XP except that I, until this point, hadn&#8217;t yet loaded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CentOS</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/07/30/centos/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2009/07/30/centos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A co-worker of mine recently asked why we use commercial Linux rather than free counterpart software. This is a great reason: http://www.centos.org/ In a nutshell it seems as if the lead developer for CentOS, which is a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone, has disappeared. Now, before I begin, I&#8217;d like to point out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Wordpres 2.7</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/12/11/welcome-wordpres-27/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/12/11/welcome-wordpres-27/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It took me less than 5 minutes to upgrade 4 blogs that I&#8217;m responsible for on the technical end. If you are a WordPress user who has shell access to your server and you aren&#8217;t using subversion to update, then you are just wasting your time. I have been looking forward to this release for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vista cuts down on help desk calls</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/11/18/vista-cuts-down-on-help-desk-calls/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/11/18/vista-cuts-down-on-help-desk-calls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Vista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows XP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That is what I heard from a Microsoft trainer recently. Does anyone have any direct knowledge of whether this is true or not? The problem with any metric like this is that there are so many more variables than just Windows Vista and Windows XP. For example, take a 3-year old Windows XP machine and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DirecTV2PC Beta</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/11/13/directv2pc-beta/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/11/13/directv2pc-beta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital video recorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DirecTV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is some good stuff. I downloaded the DirecTV2PC beta recently and have been using it to watch recorded shows in other rooms of the house. Read on for a full review with screen shots. DirecTV2PC Requirements There is a requirement wizard that will test your PC to see if you meet the minimum requirements. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you patch?</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/28/did-you-patch/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/28/did-you-patch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WSUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You heard about it here and elsewhere, plus Microsoft should have been popping up in your system tray asking you to update. Did you do it? If not, now is the time to get on it. Some exploit code has been published, so this typically means that it will not be much longer before people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Changes to WordPress</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/22/upcoming-changes-to-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/22/upcoming-changes-to-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WordPress is close to releasing version 2.7, and there is never a better time to jump on the WordPress bandwagon. Some of the best new features are threaded comments, inline editing, comments API, dashboard comment replies, keyboard shortcuts, sticky posts, Automattic plugin install. I noticed that the dashboard is drag and drop customisable and much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patching</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/19/patching/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/19/patching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patch Tuesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patches]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We just had patch Tuesday last week, so typically today would be the day when all the Windows servers are patched and rebooted. Due to a visit by a dignitary early next week a decision was made by people outside of IT to postpone patching until the following weekend. Is this a legitimate reason to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debian Lenny Delayed and a Brief Review of My Linux Experiences</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/13/debian-lenny-delayed-and-a-brief-review-of-my-linux-experiences/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/13/debian-lenny-delayed-and-a-brief-review-of-my-linux-experiences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operating system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Hat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUSE Linux distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SuSE Linux Enterprise Server]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was getting excited about the imminent release of Debian Lenny, but it has been delayed again. There are some 200 outstanding release critical bugs left to squash before it can be released. I appreciate the thoroughness put into Debian releases, which is why I use it myself. Some flavors I&#8217;ve used are as follows: [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>To err is human..</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/05/to-err-is-human/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/10/05/to-err-is-human/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backup]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To backup Divine! Good thing I back up my sites every night. Yesterday with one fell swoop I wiped out every one of my MySQL databases, and had to restore from last night&#8217;s backup. Fortunately this happened early in the morning and there was little lost. My wife lost some comments and I lost some [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oooh, I want to create a new OS too!</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/29/oooh-i-want-to-create-a-new-os-too/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/29/oooh-i-want-to-create-a-new-os-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soapbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saw this article over on Engadget where HP thinks that changing the interface on Linux is equivalent to writing an OS. Original article with more details is at Businesweek. Just want to clarify something here. RedHat is not an operating system. SuSE is not an operating system. Linux is an operating system. BSD is an [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arrr! Pirates</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/29/arrr-pirates/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/29/arrr-pirates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soapbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the other day was talk like a pirate day, I thought I would write about a different kind of pirate &#8211; one that uses and trades unlicensed software. When I was in college I always vowed that I would pay for the software that I used once I had a job and the means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talk Like A Pirate</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/19/talk-like-a-pirate/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/19/talk-like-a-pirate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avast me hearties]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget that today, September 19, is Talk Like a Pirate Day. For those of you on WordPress you can shock your visitors by installing the Text Filter Suite. It&#8217;s great fun &#8211; it will make your entire blog talk like a pirate for the day. No, I won&#8217;t be running it here, but enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;One Project&#8221; coming along</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/17/one-project-coming-along/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/17/one-project-coming-along/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SGI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My project is actually resurrecting an old SGI Fuel system whose motherboard and hard drive simultaneously died. There were no backups of the system, and it is a testament to the SGI hardware that this system lasted 6 years with 24/7 operation. This system is critical to production as it programs multi-million dollar machines. There [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Google EULA on Chrome</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/14/google-eula-on-chrome/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/14/google-eula-on-chrome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[browsers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this a few places, but a good writeup about it on Veritablelife blog. I wrote a previous post about the things I liked and disliked about the browser, and this has to top the list of dislikes. I think that the EULA is completely unenforceable, however I am not a lawyer and I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Second Ad</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/12/microsofts-second-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/12/microsofts-second-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is Microsoft&#8217;s second ad. At 4 and a half minutes it runs a little long. Again it leaves me scratching my head and saying why. There was a brief reference to Bill Gates &#8220;connecting&#8221; a billion people, but otherwise it was just about connecting to normal people. This may be my last entry on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>CIA Triad</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/12/cia-triad/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/12/cia-triad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[availability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confidentiality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integrity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw a very strange article today where someone tried to argue that SaaS (Software as a Service) changes the CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) paradigm (Triad). I was confused and read on only to find that there was no argument within the text to back up that statement. In fact, Availability was used as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noscript &#8211; Essential browser tools</title>
		<link>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/11/noscript-essential-browser-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://techbypc.com/blog/2008/09/11/noscript-essential-browser-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techbypc.com/blog/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Noscript is one of my essential browser tools. What it does is intercept java, flash, and other script including executable content on a Firefox browser and keeps it from executing until the user specifically whitelists the site. It can be an inconvenience to someone who doesn&#8217;t understand the dangers that exist on the Internet, however [...]]]></description>
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