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	<description>Yet another random blog</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A cautious welcome to UK Govt&#8217;s alcohol policy changes</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/11/10/a-cautious-welcome-to-uk-govts-alcohol-policy-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/11/10/a-cautious-welcome-to-uk-govts-alcohol-policy-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, is absolutely right when he says:
The main responsibility in my view rests with the supermarkets

Indeed it does Keith!
It&#8217;s about time that the Government has a sensible approach to alcohol use in the UK, rather than just imposing punitive taxes which drive drinking away from public houses. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How not to get bored while installing an operating system</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-get-bored-while-installing-an-operating-system/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-get-bored-while-installing-an-operating-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[installation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insignificant.org/?p=60</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally, installing (or re-installing) an operating system was a dull job. You&#8217;d feed your machine with floppy disks (or a single floppy and a single CD if you were lucky) and wait for ages while an hourglass twizzled around. And the screen would be full of platitudes, in a retro-VGA-style, about how much better your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proud to be &#8220;a danger to the public&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/10/21/proud-to-be-a-danger-to-the-public/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/10/21/proud-to-be-a-danger-to-the-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insignificant.org/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bendy-buses, like atheism, are a danger to the public at large
So says Stephen Green of pressure group Christian Voice on the BBC News Website. The man obviously has a queer sense of humour, because on his own website he also says:
People don&#8217;t like being preached at.
Indeed we don&#8217;t!
In fact, Stephen Green has caused me such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bye-bye Smile</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/10/21/bye-bye-smile/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/10/21/bye-bye-smile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[smile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vbv]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insignificant.org/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After some protracted discussions with the folks at smile.co.uk, we seem to have hit stalemate. So I&#8217;m going elsewhere.
For anyone else who&#8217;s being cornered by Smile, do note that they will allow customers to opt-out of the scheme. But, for me, that&#8217;s not the point.
I&#8217;m minded to think that VBV, while far from perfect, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping with OpenStreetMap</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/10/08/mapping-with-openstreetmap/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/10/08/mapping-with-openstreetmap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[openstreetmap]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mapping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[osm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insignificant.org/?p=57</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OpenStreetMap is the kind of map that I like, being both free to use and freely editable.
I&#8217;ve been mapping Aslockton and Whatton over the past few weeks, and the results aren&#8217;t at all bad.
So if you need a map - especially if you need to re-print it, or do something else that Google or Ordnance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the collapse of Lehmans</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/09/15/on-the-collapse-of-lehmans/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/09/15/on-the-collapse-of-lehmans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lehman brothers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Few folk on the eastern side of the pond will have heard of Lehman Brothers, but for me the news of its collapse is a shocker. Henry Paulson talks about &#8220;soundness and resilience of our financial system&#8221;, but it&#8217;s clear to anyone with half-a-brain that times really are hard - this is certainly not &#8220;business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audio support in J2ME and J2SE</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/09/14/audio-support-in-j2me-and-j2se/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/09/14/audio-support-in-j2me-and-j2se/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[amr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[audio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[j2me]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[java]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jmf]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mmapi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insignificant.org/?p=55</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;d like to capture some audio using a Java program, and play it back using a different Java program. I don&#8217;t care what encoding I use. Easy, right?
No, unfortunately not. Because the recording is to be done using J2ME (and JSR-135) on a mobile phone&#8230; but played back with a J2SE application on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Smile-ing about Verified By Visa</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/09/09/not-smile-ing-about-verified-by-visa/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/09/09/not-smile-ing-about-verified-by-visa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[smile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vbv]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insignificant.org/?p=54</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Verified By Visa&#8220;. Internet shopping saviour, or a dangerous tool which lulls users into a false sense of security?
On the face of it, VbV looks like a great idea. Before completing an online order, you need to enter a security phrase which only you and your bank know - so you can be sure that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17:50 train out of Nottingham - saved!</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/08/21/1750-train-out-of-nottingham-saved/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/08/21/1750-train-out-of-nottingham-saved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[east midlands trains]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insignificant.org/?p=52</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ooh, lovely. We&#8217;ve received word that East Midlands Trains have decided to retain the 17:50 train out of Nottingham. This is a significant win in the campaign!
There is no word about other services in the timetable, nor about stations other than Aslockton, so I can only assume that those cuts are still planned.
But it good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public meeting about train cuts</title>
		<link>http://insignificant.org/2008/08/21/public-meeting-about-train-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://insignificant.org/2008/08/21/public-meeting-about-train-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[east midlands trains]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parish council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A public meeting was held last night, hosted jointly by Aslockton and Whatton Parish Councils, and I&#8217;m pleased to report that attendance was higher than I expected. Thanks to both Councils for arranging the meeting.
Two guests appeared: one was a Community Rail Bod (who, we assumed, would be on-side) and the other was a chap [...]]]></description>
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