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		<title>The State of Web Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this article from NetTuts+ about the Tools of the Trade: Web Development Frameworks that the Pros use. A fairly exhaustive list! I&#8217;m starting to see why a lot of people are just overwhelmed with getting into web development; what do you learn first? There&#8217;s so much stuff out there. Add the list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/the-state-of-web-development/</link>
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		<title>Testing websites with Internet Explorer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Testing web sites with different versions of Internet Explorer has always been a  bit painful. Sure you can use different machines, or virtual machines, but that all takes time. However, there&#8217;s a tool to take care of testing IE versions 5.5,6,7 and 8: IETester. Its free for private/commercial use, however for commercial use you should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/testing-websites-with-internet-explorer/</link>
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		<title>Solve the problem at hand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I&#8217;ve had a bit of a paradigm shift in the way I think about software development. Essentially, that shift is to only focus on solving the problem at hand and not to write additional code just in case it might be needed. Credit for this comes from the excellent RailsTips article, Just in Time, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/solve-the-problem-at-hand/</link>
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		<title>Copying very large files across a LAN network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I needed to copy a very large file (~25GB), a virtual machine disk across a network (LAN). Standard Windows copy isn&#8217;t great for this, and it kept on getting stuck. I also tried using the copy/xcopy commands but they weren&#8217;t much help. The problem was a matter of feedback and recovery. That is, having the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/copying-very-large-files-across-a-lan-networ/</link>
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		<title>Local Web Development Servers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of great web development servers available that you can install on your PC to get straight into web development or trying out various web applications without the hassle of installing and configuring your own server.
These include:

XAMPP &#8211; Apache-MySQL-PHP and Perl server (its portable too)
WAMP Server -  Apache-MySQL-PHP for Windows
InstantRails &#8211; An [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/local-development-servers/</link>
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		<title>Web Development Screencasts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like learning web development skills by watching screencasts. They allow you ton see what&#8217;s being changed as its happening and you can pause and rewind as much as you need to.
Here&#8217;s a list of some really good screencasts sites and some specific screencasts that may be of interest:
Sites

CSS-Tricks
Lost in the Woods
NetTuts+
Railscasts
Teach Me To Code

ASP.net

ASP.NET [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/web-development-screencasts/</link>
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		<title>Shut down Button on Login Screen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To enable the shut down button on the login screen in Windows Server (classic login), use these steps:

Run Group Policy editor &#8211; Start &#62; Run &#62; gpedit.msc
Navigate to Computer Configuration &#62; Windows Settings &#62; Security Settings &#62; Local Policies &#62; Security Options
Find the entry Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/shutdown-button-on-login-screen/</link>
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		<title>Firefox Keyword Bookmarks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you like having a number of bookmarks available to you, then how about using keyword bookmarks in Firefox?
Here&#8217;s how it looks:

With the use of favicons, its enough in most cases just to use just one letter, e.g. w for wikipedia. This gives you heaps more real estate to fit in your favourite bookmarks. Of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/firefox-keyword-bookmarks/</link>
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		<title>Deleting Stubborn &#8220;Stuff&#8221; in Microsoft Word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Love it or hate, if you work with computers you generally need to use Microsoft Word. One common problem is that it can be very hard to delete &#8220;stubborn&#8221; stuff from Microsoft Word, for example a table. If you can&#8217;t manage to delete something using the traditional way through menus, try highlighting the offending object [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/deleting-stubborn-stuff-in-microsoft-word/</link>
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		<title>VMware shared folders can access mapped drives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turns out that VMware shared folders in VMware workstation can access network shares (e.g. UNC paths) and network drives mapped on your host (main) computer. This can be really handy if you want to access a network share but can&#8217;t work out/be bothered setting it up in the VM (e.g for installing software). Simply add [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.praj.com.au/posts/vmware-shared-folders-can-access-mapped-drives/</link>
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