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   <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:15 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Is Everything on Facebook Public?</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Web/Social Networking/Everything-on-Facebook-is-Public</guid>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;
  Facebook has been home to no shortage of awkward or destructive moments for some users
  with
  &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/6027302/Woman-sacked-after-abusing-boss-on-Facebook.html"&gt;one woman getting fired for speaking ill of her boss,&lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/19/quebec-facebook-sick-leave-benefits.html"&gt;another woman losing insurance benefits after the company dug up photos of her on holiday&lt;/a&gt;
  and
  &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7703129.stm"&gt;thirteen employees of Virgin Atlantic being sacked for comments made on the website.&lt;/a&gt; It is clear that many users willingly put up private
  information without due consideration of the consequences of certain eyes viewing it.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
  Did these users bring it on themselves? Is Facebook responsible for its handling
  of privacy in these cases and similar ones? Facebook has certainly been under attack
  a lot for "privacy concerns", so what can be done about it if these attacks
  are justified?
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Web/Social Networking/Everything-on-Facebook-is-Public.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Web/Social Networking</category>
   <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
   <title>Trust vs. Identity</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Web/Security/Trust-vs-Identity</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/-F2JEkrTl0Y/Trust-vs-Identity.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
  As stated in the
  &lt;a href="/Web/Security/Authorisation-vs-Authentication.html"&gt;previous article about the difference between authentication and authorisation&lt;/a&gt;,
  it is important
  to understand the different aspects of security in order
  to control access to resources in as secure
  and as user-friendly
  a way as possible. However, the step of authentication
  itself &amp;mdash; the act of ascertaining who a person is
  &amp;mdash; comprises the two components of &lt;emph&gt;identity&lt;/emph&gt; and
  &lt;emph&gt;trust&lt;/emph&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Web/Security/Trust-vs-Identity.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Web/Security</category>
   <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
   <title>2010 Hebridean Adventure Part 1: Heading West</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Adventures/Trips/2010 Hebridean Adventure/Heading West</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/7wZyiiJcpjY/Heading West.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
I awoke from a short, but much needed snooze
on the train to find us far removed from
Glasgow city centre geopraphically and
aesthetically. Sporadic raindrops spotted
the windows as we moved out of a small
raincloud back into the embrace of the sunshine.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Trips/2010 Hebridean Adventure/Heading West.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Adventures/Trips/2010 Hebridean Adventure</category>
   <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
   <title>Authorisation vs. Authentication and why we should care</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Web/Security/Authorisation-vs-Authentication</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/5irPC7Ux5UU/Authorisation-vs-Authentication.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
  At some point whilst interacting with many websites or web-based
  applications and services, users are asked to state and prove who
  they are. Whether this is to make sure only that user edits their
  own profile or it is for secure financial transactions, identity,
  trust and authorisation underpin almost any secure communication.
  Here, I will break down the basic, distinct components of
  user identification and show why the distinction between them
  is important for designing or even using a secure system.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Web/Security/Authorisation-vs-Authentication.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Web/Security</category>
   <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
   <title>12 Week Challenge: Week 4</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-4</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/V0_U7k3q_30/Week-4.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
  I'm running behind by about four days in my
  attempt to catch up with the &lt;a href="/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Intro.html"&gt;12 Week Challenge&lt;/a&gt;
  partially because this is a step that can be very time consuming:
  deciding on branding. The brand that I am building up
  will require a name, associated colours, relevant imagery (or a logo)
  and some words to describe the message or "story" the brand is telling.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-4.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge</category>
   <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:38 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>The 12 Week Challenge: Week 3</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-3</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/fiRvMO73GFY/Week-3.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
  The third installment of my speedy efforts to catch
  up with the
  &lt;a href="/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Intro.html"&gt;12 Week Challenge&lt;/a&gt;
  includes building on the
  &lt;a href="/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-2.html"&gt;OGSM from last time&lt;/a&gt;
  by making overall decisions about structure and how
  the business will be marketed.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-3.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge</category>
   <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
   <title>The 12 Week Challenge: Week 2</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-2</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/EUyvu8sObYY/Week-2.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
  My efforts to catch up with the
  &lt;a href="/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Intro.html"&gt;12 Week Challenge&lt;/a&gt;
  continue. I have spent the past few days working on the the task for
  &lt;a href="http://locationindependent.com/2010/04/12-week-challenge-week-2-create-your-game-plan/"&gt;Week 2&lt;/a&gt;.
  The focus of week 2 is to develop
  &lt;a href="/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-1.html"&gt;my idea from week 1&lt;/a&gt;
  into a single page plan with a few more details.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-2.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge</category>
   <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>The 12 Week Challenge: Week 1</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-1</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/3rU05WUyP4o/Week-1.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
In my attempt to catch up with the
&lt;a href="/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Intro.html"&gt;12 week challenge&lt;/a&gt;,
I have spent the last couple of days looking over the details of
&lt;a href="http://locationindependent.com/2010/04/12-week-challenge-week-1-what-do-you-want-to-do-how-will-you-do-it/"&gt;Week 1&lt;/a&gt; and I believe I can say I have now completed that stage.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Week-1.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:19 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Approval Voting and the UK General Election</title>
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   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/asj5cVcGd4g/Approval-Voting.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
A whole weekend has passed since the election
and the British public still await conclusive
decisions on the nature of the cabinet that will
be formed. I note at this point that the
discussions in the press imply that we're
pending a decision on who will "run the country"
which is simply not the case. With 649 out of
650 seats decided, I would say we already have
a pretty good idea of who will be debating and
voting on legislation.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Politics/Approval-Voting.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Location Independence and the 12 Week Challenge</title>
   <guid isPermaLink="false">Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Intro</guid>
   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/Qojh_Gw7ajI/Intro.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
You can't &lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Life/2010.html"&gt;awesomise&lt;/a&gt; your life without
making some changes. However, as I previously highlighted, procrastination
is soon to be banished to the discarded Amazon packaging of time and
changes from this moment onwards will be hard and fast.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Location-Independence/12-Week-Challenge/Intro.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:03 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>What are the worst character traits people can have?</title>
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   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/YUq_QHcwZNA/Worst-Character-Traits.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
I was recently &lt;a href="/formspring.html"&gt;asked on Formspring&lt;/a&gt; the following question:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
What are the worst character traits people can have?
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
In order both to answer the question tersely and to give my full justification
for my choices, I have written this post to which I shall link in my short answer.
Herein I shall endeavour to go into
full detail why I singled out these particular character traits as the worst.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Comment/Worst-Character-Traits.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 12:07 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>2010: The Year of Awesome</title>
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   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/THb_B6vnOYA/2010.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
It is often highlighted that given any proverb,
one can find another that supposedly contradicts it.
&lt;emph&gt;"Many hands make light work"&lt;/emph&gt; preaches the value of
sharing a work load over many people whilst &lt;emph&gt;"too many cooks
spoil the broth"&lt;/emph&gt; warns us of the perils of and the
complications from having too many people on a project.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Life/2010.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:36 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Starting out with Pyblosxom</title>
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   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/niP7d1Y4dCI/Starting-out-with-Pyblosxom.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
In my previous &lt;a href="/webdev/rossfenning.html"&gt;post about building RossFenning.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;, I only covered the basic templating system which is suitable for applying a common theme to several pages. However, this still requires making a file for each page on the site. Clearly, this is not how blogs with potentially thousands of entries are done sensibly on the web.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Web/Development/Starting-out-with-Pyblosxom.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Web/Development</category>
   <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Building RossFenning.co.uk</title>
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   <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avengerpenguin/~3/UfNC6sgRicg/Building-RossFenning.co.uk.html</link>
   <description>&lt;p&gt;
One of the primary purposes of this blog will be to describe different projects as I am working on them and my experience with software tools old and new. My personal approach tends to be one of minimalism and flexibility; I rarely buy into large products or applications when a smaller one will do. It could be argued to be an extension of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy"&gt;Unix philosophy&lt;/a&gt; of "do one thing and do it well". My personal feeling tends to be that one application that does many things won't do any of them nearly as well as individual, lightweight tools combined together. Generally tools built with this philosophy in mind will work better together.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Web/Development/Building-RossFenning.co.uk.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Debut Performance at Cambridge Folk Festival</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;
It was the Summer of 2004 when I first attended the
&lt;a href="http://www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk/"&gt;Cambridge Folk Festival&lt;/a&gt;.
The
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FAfro-Celt-Sound-System%2FB000APYNLW%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dntt%255Fart%255Fdp%255Fpel%255F1&amp;amp;tag=rossfenning-21&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1634&amp;amp;creative=19450"&gt;Afro Celt Soundsystem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=rossfenning-21&amp;amp;l=ur2&amp;amp;o=2" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /&gt;
had played the previous year
and I regretted missing that (which was in fact the same
reason I first attended the
&lt;a href="http://www.hebceltfest.com/"&gt;Hebridean Celtic Festival&lt;/a&gt; in 2008;
the Afro Celts had played in 2006). I wouldn't have predicted
myself on one of the stages even in a minor capacity half a
decade later.
&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Adventures/Festivals/Music</category>
   <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:06 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Why do I need a web service?</title>
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Web/Web Services</category>
   <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Monopoly Pub Crawl 2008</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;
On the morning of Saturday the 19th of January 2008 CE, six brave men gathered
at a special location for a special mission. This location was a pub near Old
Kent Road and the mission was to visit every other location on the monopoly
board for London.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Coincidentally, each of the locations picked to visit in each area were pubs.
This is their story.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Crawls/Monopoly-Pub-Crawl-2008.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Adventures/Crawls</category>
   <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:34 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Latitude Festival</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;
  I spent the weekend just past boiling in a tent and getting bitten by
  insects while enjoying the &lt;a href="http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk"&gt;Latitude Festival&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;
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   <category domain="http://avengerpenguin.com">/Adventures/Festivals/Music</category>
   <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:34 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Wychwood Festival 2007</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;
The festival is over and I'm back into the swing of things at work. The festival
itself was pretty good; it was a chilled atmosphere and certainly nowhere near
as busy as &lt;a href="http://www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk/"&gt;Cambridge&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://avengerpenguin.com/Adventures/Festivals/Music/Wychwood-2007.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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   <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:34 GMT</pubDate>
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