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		<title>Getting things done - with words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miles Dennis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a whole host of thoughts and processes on what you need to do to get things done. Indeed there is a great book called Getting Things Done, by David Allen. If you aren’t too busy getting things done, perhaps you may have time to read it. Along there same lines is the brilliant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Source Control - use it please!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miles Dennis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Source control, revision control, version control, call it what you will, but at least use it! For those of you who don’t know what it is, it is roughly a process in software development whereby changes to source code, documents, applications etc. are tracked over time, in such a way that it is possible to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setup of a Linux Web Server in 128Mb of Memory</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/company/setup-of-a-linux-web-server-in-128mb-of-memory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm McIlhagga</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[server]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Centos 5 as a LAMP Server in a Low Memory Situation
The results
Lets get right to the point! I&#8217;ve setup a working VPS Centos 5 LAMP server in 128MB of memory and it hasn&#8217;t gone into swap yet. It typically runs in just over 100Mb of memory and performs really well. So I thought I&#8217;d share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporates Shun Open Source Desktop Apps</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/corporates-shun-open-source-desktop-apps/</link>
		<comments>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/corporates-shun-open-source-desktop-apps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 09:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miles Dennis</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[choice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this article I talking about a number of large companies (often not technology based) that shun the use of open source desktop applications, and possibly some other back-office applications like databases. In my experience it is either standard policy not to use them at all, or hypocritically, not allow their use on the desktops, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software Development Project Risks - The Human Side</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/software-development-project-risks/</link>
		<comments>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/software-development-project-risks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm McIlhagga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very short post about software development that I hope will be useful to anyone that finds it. I wanted to put on our blog a five key checkpoints that help identify risks in a software development project, based on the more human aspects. Some of these items seem obvious, other less so. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the most cost effective way to process card payments online?</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/credit-card-processing1/</link>
		<comments>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/credit-card-processing1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm McIlhagga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About six week or so ago I posted this question on the Linkedin Website:

I&#8217;m looking into setting up an online shop and although I&#8217;m well versed in the technologies etc. I&#8217;ve less experience (and not for some time) of the banking and payment service providers. Does one still need a payment service provider and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Software Test</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/great-software-test/</link>
		<comments>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/great-software-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miles Dennis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[11 out of 12 is just tolerable
I was surprised to be reminded that it was around 8 years ago that I first came across The Joel Test, and am still shocked by the number of teams involved in the production of software  that would not come close to getting any where near 12 out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ID for record in SQL Server</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/new-id-for-record-in-sql-server/</link>
		<comments>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/new-id-for-record-in-sql-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miles Dennis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent technical mentoring session that we hosted, a question came up that crops up regularly, so I thought I&#8217;d post a quick summary here.
The question is &#8220;How do I retrieve the id of a newly created record in a SQL Server table from my application?&#8221;
For this example, we&#8217;ll assume that the table in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tugs not tankers</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/tugs-not-tankers/</link>
		<comments>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/tugs-not-tankers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miles Dennis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was watching some tug boats help manoeuvre a large tanker in to port. Despite the huge size of the tanker, the small tugs made swift work of such a difficult task. This got me thinking again about one of my pet subjects, which is why large companies all too often insist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Action in IT</title>
		<link>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/green-cbit1/</link>
		<comments>http://colrosa.co.uk/blog/green-cbit1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm McIlhagga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We have always taken the Green side of life very seriously. At first glance one might not think that there is a great deal that can be achieved by an IT Consultancy such as ours to help the environment; or at least to reduce the impact of our actions on the environment. But, as time [...]]]></description>
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