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	<title>Simon Holywell</title>
	<link>http://www.simonholywell.com</link>
	<description>I am a web developer and biker living and working in England.</description>
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		<title>Switched to WordPress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have now moved my website over to WordPress; it is more widely supported than TextPattern and it has a regular release schedule.

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		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/site-updates/switched-to-wordpress.html</link>
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		<title>Windows Cron Jobs using Scheduled Tasks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then you end up having to develop on a Windows box.  Here are some handy hints for getting your cron jobs up and running.
The user interface for the Scheduled Tasks in Windows can be found at Start &#62; Programs &#62; Accessories &#62; System Tools &#62; Scheduled Tasks.
For performing cron jobs on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/windows-cron-jobs-using-schtasks-or-at.html</link>
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		<title>XAMPP VirtualHosts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some hints for those of you that use a XAMPP install for testing your developments on your local machine.
I am using a Windows machine running XP Pro and this is how I setup my VirtualHosts.  The conf file you need to amend is located at c:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf  Open it up in your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/xampp-virtualhosts.html</link>
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		<title>Installing Agavi on XAMPP Windows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having recently heard of the Agavi project from a web framework showdown at a PHP conference in the UK I have decided to trial it.  My setup is a WinXP computer with a default install of the latest XAMPP which has thrown up some issues with installing and building Agavi.  Please see my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/installing-agavi-on-xampp-windows.html</link>
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		<title>Common PHP Mistakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few common PHP mistakes:

Using require_once when a simple require would achieve the same result. Using require uses less system resources and therefore executes more quickly. You should engineer your code so you don&#8217;t need to use require_once. The same of course applies to include statements.
Failing to declare variables before attempting to use them.
Don&#8217;t use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/php-common-mistakes.html</link>
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		<title>Suzuki Bandit Carburettor Clean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I went away on holiday the other year I left my Bandit standing for about 3 weeks and it must of had a bad batch of fuel in the tank.  The bad fuel turned into jelly in the carburettors and of course the bike started running like a dog.  In the back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/suzuki-bandit-carburettor-clean.html</link>
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		<title>Vauxhall Astra Front Brakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those you who possess an Astra from 1990-1998 the following hints might prove useful.  I bought a set of two vented rotors and four brake pads for about £40 on ebay so they are reasonably cheap.
Removing the calliper from the calliper carrier requires a 7mm allen key and to remove the calliper carrier [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/vauxhall-astra-front-brakes.html</link>
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		<title>Mobile Browsing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have recently been using the web from my mobile quite a bit. My email is hosted by Google for my domain name so I use their freely available mobile java app (with the blue icon) to view my mail. The best web browser on the mobile is of course Opera Mini. I make no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/mobile-browsing.html</link>
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		<title>SQL Server 2005 Dump to SQL statements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Say you have a development environment setup using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and your customer has a SQL Server 2000 database accessible only via ODBC and you can only run a DB import via a script.  How would you do it?  Easy you might think just run msdbdump.exe on the command line, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/sql-server-2005-dump-to-sql-statements.html</link>
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		<title>Getting Back on the Bike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t been riding through winter like me then take care getting back out there and wear good gear.  Check all the essentials:

Oil
Water (if applicable)
Tyre pressures and wear
Chain tension and wear
Check all electrics (kill switch and all lights being the main ones)
Also have a glance at your sprockets

If the bike has been sitting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simonholywell.com/article/getting-back-on-the-bike.html</link>
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