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	<title>Building The Net &#187; Desktop</title>
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		<title>Exploit Against Adobe Flash, Acrobat and Adobe Reader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exploit Against Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. I thought I got this posted the beginning of the week, but I guess it slipped through the cracks&#8230; June 4, 2010, Adobe confirmed that a zero day exploit exists in it&#8217;s Flash Player,  Acrobat and Adobe Reader software. This bug effects all of it&#8217;s supported platforms, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu 10.04 &#8211; A Quick Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ubuntu 10.04 &#8211; A quick review. The latest Ubuntu release has brought both praise and controversy to the boards and email lists. The debate regarding some of the visual changes, as well as the new services tied to Canonical, has caused a minor tremor through the open source community. But even with all the controversy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Microsoft Free Workplace in Six Months. Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2010/03/a-microsoft-free-workplace-in-six-months-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Microsoft Free Workplace in Six Months. Part 3 Well, I&#8217;ve been putting off updates on this for a few months, hoping that this project would begin moving forward again. It hasn&#8217;t, and for the life of me, I can not figure out why. The client has postponed the project due to a sudden surge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in IPv6</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adventures in IPv6&#8230; Or how I spent my Xmas Vacation! Whether you are a network administrator, an end user, or someone that falls in between, you are going to be hearing a lot about IPv6 in the coming years. If you&#8217;re in the business of delivering network services, then you need to get up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Microsoft Free Workplace in Six Months. Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/12/a-microsoft-free-workplace-in-six-months-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change is hard. After a few unexpected road blocks, we are moving forward. The client has been working with the Ubuntu install we provided, and has come back to us with a list of questions. How do I print to PDF? I need to use MSN Instant Messaging, how do I do that? I need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Microsoft Free Workplace in Six Months. Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/11/a-microsoft-free-workplace-in-six-months-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/11/a-microsoft-free-workplace-in-six-months-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turning a small business into a Windows Free environment. With many of our customers looking at yet another Microsoft upgrade, and all the costs associated with it, we are encouraging our customers to evaluate &#8220;other&#8221; solutions. In the current economic downturn, it is no surprise that we are seeing positive responses to this idea. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu Releases 9.10 &#8211; Karmic Koala. An Initial Review.</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/10/ubuntu-releases-9-10-karmic-koala-an-initial-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/10/ubuntu-releases-9-10-karmic-koala-an-initial-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ubuntu 9.10. A first look&#8230; Officially released on the 29th, Karmic Koala is burning up Internet bandwidth, as every Linux user rushes to download the new OS. I&#8217;ve only had a few hours to play with it, but all and all I like what I see. The developers have really put a lot into meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting over&#8230; Windows 7 or Linux.</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/10/starting-over-windows-7-or-linux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/10/starting-over-windows-7-or-linux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upgrading to Windows 7 Windows 7 is out! And as usual, Microsoft is pushing the idea that: &#8220;Windows 7 is the greatest operating system ever created&#8221;. Well, I would argue that point, but if you are a hardcore windows user, you most likely will be drinking from the Microsoft Cool-Aid fountain, and will purchase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from my GNUPG talk</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/10/notes-from-my-gnupg-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is GNUPG? GNUPG is the open source alternative to PGP. It allows you to sign and / or encrypt digital information that you are sending to others. They then can verify / decrypt the data. It uses the asymmetric cryptography model for signing data and can use both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography for data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Users Are Circling Their Wagons Against Windows 7</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/09/open-source-users-are-circling-their-wagons-against-windows-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/09/open-source-users-are-circling-their-wagons-against-windows-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Source Good, Microsoft Bad&#8230; This seems to be the cry of the hard core Linux and open source community in regards to the next release of Windows. Currently, most of the Linux camps are gearing up for all out war. Being a Linux and Open Source geek, I understand why we all seem to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over One Thousand Dollars For Software Per Computer?</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/over-one-thousand-dollars-for-software-per-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/over-one-thousand-dollars-for-software-per-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This can&#8217;t be right. It&#8217;s going to cost $1000.00 just for software? I must admit, this is quite a surprise, even for me. While pricing a PC for a client, I was shocked when I calculated the total cost of the software that they are required to use for their business. The cost of software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Rsync and Hard Linked Files to Store Backup Snapshots.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s really behind the idea. First off, let me be clear that this was not my idea. I was told about this whole concept by Mike Rubel @ Cal Tech. He&#8217;s the rocket scientist behind this whole idea. Now that we have our &#8220;Credit Where Credit is Due&#8221; portion out of the way, let&#8217;s get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Local User Group Is Your Friend.</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/your-local-user-group-is-your-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate tech support&#8230; I have to admit, I&#8217;m a bit jaded regarding software and computer support. It drives me crazy when the person I&#8217;m dealing with is reading from a script. This is one of the reasons I rarely call or contact support when I have a problem. The web usually does a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Pay To License Software.</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/why-you-should-pay-to-license-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why it&#8217;s important to pay for every copy of software you use. Recently, I was chatting with some &#8216;Non Geek&#8217; friends about the software they run on their home PCs. I was not surprised to hear that most of them ran a Microsoft OS and almost all Microsoft software. What was a surprise, was how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fight To Convert New Users To Open Source.</title>
		<link>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/the-fight-to-convert-new-users-to-open-sourc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/the-fight-to-convert-new-users-to-open-sourc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Sheldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do I even try&#8230; As my dad used to say, &#8220;Sometimes, the Dragon, he wins&#8230;&#8221;. For quite a while now, I have been on a mission to try to move my wife over to Open Office. She is a devoted Microsoft user, and runs the only jointly owned PC that has Windows as it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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