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		<title>Breden&#8217;s BASIC: The Source Code</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2009/07/01/bredens-basic-the-source-code/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2009/07/01/bredens-basic-the-source-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After getting a decent version control system setup on this ZFS NAS (git, Subversion or something else ???), I will be feeding the source code of Breden&#8217;s BASIC into it.
Then after re-familiarising myself with the code, I plan to make the 6502 assembly language source code available online for 6502 enthusiasts, or anyone else curious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Fileserver: ZFS hardware</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-zfs-hardware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fileserver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[correct]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[file server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filesystem]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incremental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mirror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opensolaris]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RAID]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After deciding that I would use Sun Solaris and its ZFS file system as the foundation for a home fileserver, the next part was to select compatible hardware, as Solaris has fairly limited driver support for hardware.

After hunting around on the internet and the Sun Solaris Hardware Compatibility List, I decided on some hardware to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spam Poetry</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/01/spam-poetry/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/01/spam-poetry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vogon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/29/spam-poetry/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t be the only one who has a free email account, and from time to time checks the &#8217;spam&#8217; folder before deleting it all, just in case some genuine person has sent an email that has triggered the spam filter somehow. The filth and annoying crap you find in there is just incredible. Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The brands are listening to the bloggers</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[142.166.3.122]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitoring]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After scanning my web server&#8217;s logs I found some unusual activity and decided to investigate further. I discovered that it seems that brands pay some internet companies to scan blog sites to see what things people are saying about them and their products.

I decided to take a look to see what kind of traffic I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to enable your DVD player to play DivX format video from DVD+R discs</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/02/how-to-enable-your-dvd-player-to-play-divx-format-video-from-dvdr-discs/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/02/how-to-enable-your-dvd-player-to-play-divx-format-video-from-dvdr-discs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[divx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dvd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[format]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[superdrive]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/02/how-to-enable-your-dvd-player-to-play-divx-format-video-from-dvdr-discs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After my Panasonic DMR-EH57 HDD/DVD video recorder refused to play DivX format video from DVD+R discs recorded on my Mac Pro&#8217;s &#8216;SuperDrive&#8217;, I looked for a solution and found one, which I will now describe.

This is for Mac users, but the principle remains the same for users of other operating systems: you just have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leopard: first impressions</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2007/11/04/leopard-first-impressions/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2007/11/04/leopard-first-impressions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After using Leopard for a week or so, here are my first impressions but, overall, it seems like quite an improvement over the last version of Mac OS X, which was already pretty good.

Disclaimer: the notes below are made after only a short time using the new OS, so bear that in mind whilst reading.
Highlights
Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life on a hard drive</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/28/life-on-a-hard-drive/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/28/life-on-a-hard-drive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the ubiquity of digital cameras and camcorders, it is becoming ever easier to record and organise your family memories and, ironically, the safety of these recorded memories is becoming ever more jeopardised due to the flawed nature of recording media such as CD ROMs, DVDs and hard drives.

There are the two extremes and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard drives du jour</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/26/hard-drives-du-jour/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/26/hard-drives-du-jour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=84</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that some hard drives are more equal than others.

Over the years I&#8217;ve owned around 15 or so hard drives.
I dabbled with a few SCSI drives but these were noisy, ran hot and were too expensive. I don&#8217;t use SCSI drives any longer as the performance of SATA drives has become superb and they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple RAM prices</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/26/apple-ram-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/26/apple-ram-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prices]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have an Apple Mac and have been thinking of upgrading the memory in it, it pays to shop around, as there is a huge difference in prices to be found.

When I bought my Mac Pro I wanted to stick 4GB of memory in it, but due to the machine requiring a specific new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complex nature</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/07/complex-nature/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2007/10/07/complex-nature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[D200]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=81</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a digital photo today made me think a little about nature and complexity.

The photo was taken in RAW mode on my Nikon D200 camera which resulted in a 15MB file being created by the camera. When I was back at the ranch, after importing the image, and seeing the size of this image, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows, Linux and Mac OS X shootout</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/12/windows-linux-and-mac-os-x-shootout/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/12/windows-linux-and-mac-os-x-shootout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been a Windows, Linux and Mac OS X user, amongst others, I prefer Mac OS X. Let&#8217;s take a brief look at what each OS offers you.

Windows
If I cast my mind back to the days when I ran Microsoft Windows out of choice then, well, you know the &#8220;joys&#8221; of Windows already, but, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breden&#8217;s BASIC</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/12/bredens-basic/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/12/bredens-basic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[64]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BASIC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Breden&#8217;s BASIC is a piece of software I started writing for the Commodore 64 in September 1983 and finished in March 1984 (software + 160 page user guide). The software is written entirely in 6502 assembly language, and extends the existing built-in BASIC interpreter and adds 135+ extra commands related to graphics, sound, programming enhancements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the winner is&#8230; MindManager X5 Pro</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2005/08/28/and-the-winner-is/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2005/08/28/and-the-winner-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mapping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/2005/08/28/and-the-winner-is/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I tried a number of different pieces of software to create mind maps with, and most of them were quite disappointing. However, one of them stood out from the rest &#8212; it is called MindManager X5 Pro. It can be found here: MindManager X5 Pro. After using it for a while it became apparent that [...]]]></description>
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