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		<title>I&#8217;m leaving WordPress.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 02:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 6 weeks I&#8217;ve been here, it&#8217;s became more evident that WordPress.com is not right for me. It&#8217;s also became clear that I&#8217;ve shoved too many subjects into the same blog, and am losing focus and readers with it. It&#8217;s time I split my single blog into several, so each can stay focussed. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=84&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 18:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I noticed a couple of incoming links to a blog I&#8217;d written in my stats. Being new to blogging, I clicked on them to see what the context was, and found mixed results. The first had both a &#8220;read more&#8221; and &#8220;digg this&#8221; links to my site&#8230;..which I accepted as fine. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=83&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The winner is &#8211; The Rejected Ballot Paper Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 03:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the build up the mood balance seemed to be shifting to the SNP (Scottish National Party). Labour have held a stranglehold in Scotland since the early 60&#8242;s and while the SNP have gradually built support, it tends to fall back at the election. Over the last few days Labour started to pull back some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=82&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going native</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 20:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been used to the Windows way of PC life for too long. This means that I&#8217;m used to the brand and program names I use for each service. I don&#8217;t want to use WINE with Windows ports unless I have to, which means I&#8217;m looking to go native in Linux&#8230;&#8230;this means relearning program names. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=81&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Never a better time to switch to Linux</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Microsoft having launched their new Vista operating system on an unwilling public, there&#8217;s never been a better time to abandon Microsoft to their fate and switch to either Linux or an Apple Mac. Not only has Vista been a more effective Linux advert than anything Microsoft have done previously, it coincides with the rise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=80&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going commando on the internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular belief; Microsoft is NOT a PC, nor is a PC Microsoft. For most of us have learned what we know from friends, family and acquaintances&#8230;&#8230;all of whom have asked the same question which is based on an assumption. “What version of Windows are you using?” Given the dominance of Microsoft in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=79&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The participation ratio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Dell asked their customers if they&#8217;d like to be given the option of Linux instead of Windows as the pre-installed operating system on their new PC and were overwhelmed by the numbers who said &#8220;yes&#8220;. Some on that feedback forum complained that the ratio wasn&#8217;t accurate because the “Linux geeks brought all their friends [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=78&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why won&#8217;t they believe us?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I just sit back and laugh, imagining the frustration of the PR department at the core of the New Labour spin machine. I can picture every one of them shouting the same phrase at the TV&#8230;&#8230;”why won&#8217;t they believe us?” Next week the people of Scotland and Wales elect a government, the people of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=77&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the mainframe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PC has evolved from being standalone machines which don&#8217;t talk to each other, through dumb terminals which get their resources and documents from a central mainframe, to a combination of both as we have now. Our PCs are now more connected on OUR terms than ever before&#8230;although this may be another phase, if we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=76&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been planning to switch over from Windows XP Pro to Linux for a long time now, I&#8217;ve seen a better world, but my software requirements and PC hardware has held me back&#8230;&#8230;now the last of the technical objections has been swept away. Over the next week or so I&#8217;ll be sorting out my back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirkgently.wordpress.com&amp;blog=923679&amp;post=75&amp;subd=dirkgently&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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