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	<title>Passionately Opinionated</title>
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	<description>a blog by Ben Fallaize</description>
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		<title>Learning a new language?  Learn the basics of the one you know first&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been developing in PHP now for 6-7 years. On the latest website I&#8217;ve been building are a few little ajax widgets for the shopping cart and such. To accomplish this, I was including a PHP file, the the ajax script was targeting a second script which includes my functions file, then includes the original &#8230; <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/learning-a-new-language-learn-the-basics-of-the-one-you-know-first/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/learning-a-new-language-learn-the-basics-of-the-one-you-know-first/</link>
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		<title>jQuery, my new favourite toy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently introduced to jQuery by a colleague.  5 or 6 years ago, I wouldn&#8217;t have dreamed of using javascript to such an extent, but I&#8217;m really starting to get into it.  Being able to produce even simple effects with only a few lines of code, that work in all browsers is quite a &#8230; <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/jquery-my-new-favourite-toy/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/jquery-my-new-favourite-toy/</link>
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		<title>Underwater Photography Colour Correction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In December 2009, We took a trip to Sharm el Sheikh. We borrowed a fairly cheap Fuji underwater camera from my parents, and proceeded to snap away at the main reason anyone goes to Sharm.  We were fairly pleased with the results when we got back home, but today I found a colour correction tutorial &#8230; <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/underwater-photography-colour-correction/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/underwater-photography-colour-correction/</link>
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		<title>Windows XP, your days are (finally) limited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using Windows 7 on my, er, iMac for nearly a year now.  I started off with 64bit 7 Professional, but have recently swapped to 32bit Ultimate.  I never got any benefits of 64bit. Drivers for the iMac weren&#8217;t up to scratch, and my older versions of Photoshop and Dreamweaver didn&#8217;t support it. Since &#8230; <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/windows-xp-your-days-are-finally-limited/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2011/03/windows-xp-your-days-are-finally-limited/</link>
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		<title>Steve Jobs, marketing genius, or complete and utter b******?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was with great excitement that me and a colleague watched Steve Jobs&#8217; iPhone 4 key-note speech. Multi-tasking in particular is a feature that adds a great deal of extra functionality to the phone.  The key-note was fantastic, and 45 minutes in, we were left chuffed to bits that we&#8217;d bought the right phone, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2010/05/steve-jobs-marketing-genius-or-complete-and-utter-b/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2010/05/steve-jobs-marketing-genius-or-complete-and-utter-b/</link>
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		<title>Linux user = Hacker?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this while waiting for my Playstation 3 to perform an update.  For those of you that don&#8217;t own a PS3, it offers a feature called &#8220;install other OS&#8221;.  This has long been used for Linux by users who either wanted to use the PS3&#8242;s vast power as a nice PC, or people who &#8230; <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2010/04/linux-user-hacker/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2010/04/linux-user-hacker/</link>
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		<title>What do you do when all 4 wheels fall off the wagon at once?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last 2 weeks have been a nightmare. To run a successful e-commerce website, you need a good domain name, a well built site, an easy to use payment system, and an efficient pick and pack system.  Having finished 2 websites 2 weeks ago we were ready for launch.  Cue website 1.  Time to change &#8230; <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2010/03/nightmareweek/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2010/03/nightmareweek/</link>
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		<title>The HP virus strikes again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn't help feel guilty the other day.  A colleague casually mentioned to me that he had a HP laptop.  Straight away, I asked him how old it was.  "12 months" was the reply.  I jokingly told him that he had 2 months left on it before it committed firey suicide... <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2009/12/the-hp-virus-strikes-again/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2009/12/the-hp-virus-strikes-again/</link>
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		<title>Tablesheets &#8211; A unique coding style, or an abomination?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back when I first started hand coding websites, it was all about tables.  Designs were cut up into squares and laid out in rows and columns.  This was ten years ago, oh how I miss those days... <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2009/11/tablesheets-a-unique-coding-style-or-an-abomination/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2009/11/tablesheets-a-unique-coding-style-or-an-abomination/</link>
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		<title>Why mess with convention?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A rant of a different kind tonight...

Did you know, the first computer mouse was invented in 1964?  Sure, it wasn't anything like what we use today, but the basic concept was there.  For some time now, mice have had 1 or 2 buttons.  Later on came the scroll wheel.  Now, with optical technology, wireless, and the addition of a few more buttons, the mouse is a technical marvel compared to the old ball mice of the 90's. <a href="http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2009/11/why-mess-with-convention/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benfallaize.co.uk/2009/11/why-mess-with-convention/</link>
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