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<title>Flickr-PHP API v1.0 released!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I have rewritten a wrapper for part of the flickr API in PHP. The starting point was Satellite v1.5 and the obvious change was to get rid of the included XML parser (!!). ]]></description>
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<title>Info on new server</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Have a look at my new Dual Opteron ]]></description>
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<title>linux on an HP-Compaq nc6400 laptop</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:15:58 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ One more laptop for my section of "linux on laptops" ]]></description>
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<title>Server upgraded! This one is about 10x faster</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:15:53 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ At last I got things together. My Chenbro SR107 case has been shipped from Portugal, I got a dual Opteron motherboard with 8GB of RAM and additional storage. (details to come soon) ]]></description>
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<title>Browser compatibility page reviewed</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:15:48 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ This section was getting very outdated, so I have changed it and added some new information and screenshots ]]></description>
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<title>Lots of little changes underneath</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:15:43 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Lots of backend changes happened on this update. Most of it was about automating stuff thatn can and should be automated. Nothing notable on the outside (your side) but it sure helps me! ]]></description>
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<title>supporting websites: my online presence</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:51:02 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Have a look at my stuff on other places of the web:<ul><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjvenda/">Photography database</a>: Be sure to check my collections and sets</li><li><a href="http://pjvenda.blogspot.com">Weblog</a></li></ul> ]]></description>
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<title>hardware info section expanded</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:51:01 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>photography section remodelled</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ See my photo log and my updated kit. ]]></description>
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<title>after 17 months, an update</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:50:59 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Last update was made sometime in May 2007. That is about 17 months ago. It's only my fault and I've even blogged about it (<a href="http://pjvenda.blogspot.com/2008/03/sustainable-web-development.html">Sustainable web development</a>). No matter who's to blame. Here is an update! ]]></description>
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<title>my panoramas are now online</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 21:20:10 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I have attempted to create some panoramas by automatically stitching split photos and my best results are now online. Enjoy! ]]></description>
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<title>some photo albums published</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Qdig:enhanced 04</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I've written a small patchset for <a href="http://qdig.sourceforge.net">Qdig</a>. The result is called Qdig:enhanced. Take a look. ]]></description>
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<title>new linux hacks</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Wacom Graphire 4 tablet pen installation<br />Linux Kernel's Frequency scaling<br />Encrypted swap ]]></description>
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<title>new ruby script: gps coordinate transformation</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>new ruby scripts/classes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>new photography section</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I've created a new section dedicated to photography. For now it just contains my gear, but more will be up soon. ]]></description>
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<title>My brand new weblog</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:50:13 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Well, since this website is being updated less than once per month, I decided to open up a personal blog to compensate those big gaps. ]]></description>
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<title>rectoc 1.4 released</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:03:53 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After more than a year without updates, I've released rectoc 1.4. newdb 1.0 will follow soon. These projects are important functional parts of this website. ]]></description>
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<title>Photo albums posted</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:13:43 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Up until now, I haven't posted any photos, due to several different reasons. Today, I'm posting the first of my public photo albums in <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pjvenda">picasaweb.google.com/pjvenda</a> ]]></description>
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<title>New Python scripts</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:55:24 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Today I've opened a new section for python scripts and released two of them: <tt>meminfo.py</tt> and <tt>sectotime.py</tt>. ]]></description>
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<title>Two more useful hacks for Linux on laptops</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:16:06 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Added one more cool hack for laptops and another with a broader use.<ul><li>Associate static names to network interfaces [<tt>nameif</tt> or <tt>udev</tt>]</li><li>Detect ethernet cable state and set interface up/down automatically [<tt>ifplugd</tt> or <tt>netplug</tt>]</li></ul> ]]></description>
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<title>Aviation section released</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:03:18 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I've finally found the time to write something about the models I fly virtually. In time I'll add more stuff in this section. ]]></description>
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<title>New scripts added: image convertions</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:03:17 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Two more scripts are available. After I decided to transform most of the website images' format to .jpg, I wrote these three small scripts which names are self-explanatory: <tt>convert-png-to-jpg.sh</tt>, <tt>clear-converted-png.sh</tt> and <tt>clear-converted-jpg.sh</tt>. ]]></description>
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<title>Website image set reworked</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:03:16 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After a suggestion from a good friend, I did some tests to roughly measure .png versus .jpg compression values and decided to convert most of the images. Total space saved: roughly 60%.<br /><br />Load times should generally improve and so should my bandwidth usage. ]]></description>
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<title>Pre-release of a new section with a virtual flight</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 02:23:31 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ This is the pre-release of a new section for my website. It's an aviation section that will deal mostly with flight simulation. ]]></description>
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<title>new and updated shell scripts</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 22:03:48 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ New shell script: <tt>retrieve.sh</tt><br />Updated shell scripts: <tt>fetch-data.sh</tt> and <tt>propagate.sh</tt> ]]></description>
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<title>Updated browser compatibility sheet</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:16:21 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The recent release of IE 7 beta 2 shows a pleasant surprise. See the "Brower compatibility and rendering quality" section for a quick review. ]]></description>
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<title>New RSS 2.0 Feed and grsec-vs kernel patchset</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:49:13 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Big website update. Some under-the-hood changes, a new RSS 2.0 Feed, a new Linux Kernel grsecurity-vserver patchset and some new shell scripts. ]]></description>
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<title>new laptop and more hacks for laptops</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ New guide about using Linux on my new laptop: ASUS M6800VA and small hack to have font hinting and anti-aliasing on <tt>X.org</tt>. ]]></description>
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