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	<description>Contemplations on software development and human factors, by Andrew Freemantle</description>
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		<title>Securing ASP.Net Web Services with Forms Authentication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first article for Dot Net Slackers on Securing ASP.Net Web Services with Forms Authentication is up!
Have a read and let me know what you think &#8211; any feedback about the content, the writing style, the amount of code, or anything else (!) is greatly appreciated   
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		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2010/04/securing-asp-net-web-services-with-forms-authentication/</link>
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		<title>SSD, Visual Studio and improving developer productivity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After reading lots of reviews, articles and watching a few youtube videos comparing Solid State Drives to Hard Disk Drives, I was unsure that&#8217;d see a beneficial improvement in my day-to-day developer tools of Visual Studio, such as building and spinning up desktop and web applications. 
I was unsure because there is a consensus of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2010/02/ssd-visual-studio-and-improving-developer-productivity/</link>
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		<title>Increasing Processes, Sessions and Transactions in Oracle XE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: following my technical advice has been known to scratch cars, void lottery tickets and confuse guide dogs &#8211; proceed at your own risk..

Out of the box, Oracle Datatbase 10g Express Edition RDBMS is fast and powerful. The stated limitations of 2GB of maximum RAM usage and 2GB of total datafile management are plentiful for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2009/06/increasing-processes-sessions-and-transactions-in-oracle-xe/</link>
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		<title>On StackOverflow.com.. the founders dilemma</title>
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StackOverflow.com is a the programming Question and Answer resource.
It combines elements of a forum where anyone can ask a Question or Answer one, elements of Digg and Reddit where anyone can vote on anything (thereby creating credibility), elements of a blog where anything can be commented on, and elements of a wiki because the Questions, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2009/05/on-stackoverflow-com-the-founders-dilemma/</link>
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		<title>My favourite gadget of 2008 &#8211; the Synology DS107</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep, I know it&#8217;s March already     but back in December I picked up one of these because I was after some Network Attached Storage, and it has impressed me ever since.  This isn&#8217;t a review as such, more a highlight of my favourite features and possibly some tips and tricks I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2009/03/my-favourite-gadget-of-2008-the-synology-ds107/</link>
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		<title>Why are software developers so bad at estimating time?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to answer this question, we need to understand the term &#8220;flow&#8221;. From Peopleware:
During single-minded work time, people are ideally in a state that psychologists call flow. Flow is a condition of deep, nearly meditative involvement. In this state, there is a gentle sense of euphoria, and one is largely unaware of the passage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2009/01/why-are-software-developers-so-bad-at-estimating-time/</link>
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		<title>Automatic SVN Revision Numbering in ASP.Net MVC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While working on an internal ASP.Net MVC project at work, I wondered if it was possible to get the SubVersion (SVN) repository number to be automatically updated on the webpages I was creating every time I did a build or check-in.
The footer at the bottom of the StackOverflow.com site is what we&#8217;re trying to do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2008/12/automatic-svn-revision-numbering-in-aspnet-mvc/</link>
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		<title>Andrew&#8217;s Toblerone Cheesecake</title>
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I don&#8217;t have a sweet tooth as such, but I have discovered a talent for making desserts &#8211; that or my friends are very complimentary  ;o)
I think I&#8217;d heard of The Cheesecake Factory before my first trip to the States, so when our hotel taxi took us past the one on Camelback Road in Phoenix [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2008/10/andrews-toblerone-cheesecake/</link>
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		<title>Reply to Iain Arthurs &#8211; Software Development Course Content</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, our little software company was contacted by a local college, to provide feedback on the content of a couple of new software engineering and advanced programming courses they are looking to run.

I saw this is my first opportunity to offer my assistance to those asking how should we teach software engineering?
 Hi Iain, thank [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2008/07/reply-to-iain-arthurs-software-development-course-content/</link>
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		<title>Valuing criticism, encouragement and feedback</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Make a distinction between criticism, feedback, and encouragement, and ask for the one you really want.

Criticism is filled with judgements based on right and wrong, good and evil.
Encouragement is the intentional act of supporting someone in pursuing their objectives, regardless of how it&#8217;s going at the moment.
Feedback is open, honest communication about how we or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fatlemon.co.uk/2008/04/valuing-criticism-encouragement-and-feedback/</link>
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