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		<title>To Kickstart or not to Kickstart?</title>
		<link>http://masticate.com/2012/05/08/to-kickstart-or-not-to-kickstart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<title>Coding Coolness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<title>Just checkin&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<title>Low tech revolution in cyberspace?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are living in exciting times. Have we reached a point where enterprise – and from this I mean everyone from the one-man-band to the fricking spaceship – can suddenly start to do what all the real IT experts* have &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/04/20/low-tech-revolution-in-cyberspace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&#038;blog=9518464&#038;post=275&#038;subd=thebasilisk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m scratching my head over trees again. Rendering trees. It&#8217;s really the fun bit when you&#8217;re thinking hardest about a problem and really chiselling the code to get the essence of what you&#8217;re trying to do expressed on the page. &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/04/13/hard-problems/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&#038;blog=9518464&#038;post=274&#038;subd=thebasilisk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IPL5 &#8211; if you thought cricket was boring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian Premier League is a professional cricket tournament that takes place in India over two months (usually April and May). It pays big money for the cricketing world’s superstars to form franchise teams for this period. The franchises are &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/04/12/ipl5-if-you-thought-cricket-was-boring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&#038;blog=9518464&#038;post=272&#038;subd=thebasilisk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodness Knows</title>
		<link>http://masticate.com/2012/04/05/goodness-knows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is so much to read: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Harvard_Classics_(Bookshelf) I should really get started. Filed under: Life<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&#038;blog=9518464&#038;post=271&#038;subd=thebasilisk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things I always forget in Application Express (Apex) from Oracle v4.0.X</title>
		<link>http://masticate.com/2012/03/26/things-i-always-forget-in-application-express-apex-from-oracle-v4-0-x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<title>Unit Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I’ve been finding out about this automated unit testing/JUnit thing that people do. Does it actually improve quality? Testing as a concept (to me, working in the industry) just seems like this sickness that is crept in for writing &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/03/21/unit-test/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&#038;blog=9518464&#038;post=269&#038;subd=thebasilisk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gardeners</title>
		<link>http://masticate.com/2012/02/20/gardeners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been joining in with the seasonal Dutch tradition of pollarding. Trees form an important part of Dutch landscape seeing as there are few hills and boggy soil interspersed with water &#8211; tall trees with healthy root systems are a &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/02/20/gardeners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&#038;blog=9518464&#038;post=268&#038;subd=thebasilisk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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