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	<title>Greg's blog (software development and operating systems)</title>
	<link>http://www.serberus.net</link>
	<description>Care about your craft!</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 07:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Installing PEAR Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2009/05/16/installing-pear-spreadsheet_excel_writer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2009/05/16/installing-pear-spreadsheet_excel_writer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 07:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>PHP</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick post to consolidate information around the net. Installing this package is not as straight forward as most, as it&#8217;s in the beta channel.

Failed to download pear/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer within preferred
state "stable", latest release is version 0.9.1, stability "beta", use
"channel://pear.php.net/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.9.1" to install
Cannot initialize 'channel://pear.php.net/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer',
invalid or missing package file
Package "channel://pear.php.net/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer" is not valid
install failed

Behold:

pear config-set preferred_state beta
sudo pear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuning Eclipse IDE on Mac OS X</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2009/02/06/tuning-eclipse-ide-on-mac-os-x/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2009/02/06/tuning-eclipse-ide-on-mac-os-x/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>Apple</category>
	<category>OSX</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.serberus.net/2009/02/06/tuning-eclipse-ide-on-mac-os-x/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuning Eclipse is pretty straight forward, passing the commonly documented command line arguments when running Eclipse on Mac OS X is not. At least not as easy as it would be in Windows. Like Windows shortcuts we have OS X &#8216;aliases&#8217; but these do not allow us to specify additional arguments.
You can create a bash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scriptaculous opacity flicker</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2009/02/05/scriptaculous-opacity-flicker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2009/02/05/scriptaculous-opacity-flicker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>JavaScript</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.serberus.net/2009/02/05/scriptaculous-opacity-flicker/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: A better solution, which enables more than one effect to be used is Effect.Queues.
I recently used scriptaculous at work to provide some animation effects in a product. Specifically using Effect.Opacity(). However I ran into a problem in all browsers, on both Windows and Mac OS X, where the page element would flicker during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iWork &#8216;09 OS X Trojan Horse</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2009/01/23/iwork-09-os-x-trojan-horse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2009/01/23/iwork-09-os-x-trojan-horse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>Apple</category>
	<category>OSX</category>
	<category>iWork</category>
	<category>Virus</category>
	<category>Trojan</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those people who have been infected by the OSX.Trojan.iServices.A Trojan horse (shame on you!) here are some removal instructions (credit to Aaron):

Open Terminal:

$ sudo su [enter password]
$ rm -r /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices
$ rm /private/tmp/.iWorkServices
$ rm /usr/bin/iWorkServices
$ rm -r /Library/Receipts/iWorkServices.pkg
$ killall -9 iWorkServices


Apple offers a 30 day trial of iWork &#8216;09, it&#8217;s only £69 to purchase - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mounting shared folders in Mac OS X Leopard</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/12/mounting-shared-folders-in-mac-os-x-leopard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/12/mounting-shared-folders-in-mac-os-x-leopard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>Work</category>
	<category>Linux</category>
	<category>Apple</category>
	<category>Ubuntu</category>
	<category>OSX</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/12/mounting-shared-folders-in-mac-os-x-leopard/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having recently switched to Mac OS X, I stumbled upon issues when mounting shared folders on my Macbook Pro from our Linux development server. Previously, both Windows Vista and Ubuntu have had no trouble sharing a directory then mounting it from the dev server via smbfs. This enables me (and other developers) to edit files [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Removing the MobileMe icon from the menu bar in Leopard</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/12/removing-the-mobileme-icon-from-menu-bar-in-leopard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/12/removing-the-mobileme-icon-from-menu-bar-in-leopard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>Apple</category>
	<category>OSX</category>
	<category>Leopard</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/12/removing-the-mobileme-icon-from-menu-bar-in-leopard/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you choose not to sign up for MobileMe, there is no option in preferences to remove the sync icon (which you will never use) from the menu bar.

Fortunately, holding the Command (Apple) key and dragging the icon to the desktop should detach and remove it.

]]></description>
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		<title>My first &#038; last Macbook</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/10/my-first-last-macbook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2008/11/10/my-first-last-macbook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Life</category>
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>Linux</category>
	<category>Apple</category>
	<category>Windows Vista</category>
	<category>Ubuntu</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started writing this post some months ago back in September but never got around to finishing it. At first this post was going to be me singing my praises for Ubuntu and how well Ubuntu supports the Macbook Pro. Unfortunately in that time I&#8217;ve now moved to Mac OS X&#8230;
I ran Ubuntu on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Ubuntu Maximized Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2008/10/28/mozilla-firefox-and-thunderbird-ubuntu-maximized-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2008/10/28/mozilla-firefox-and-thunderbird-ubuntu-maximized-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>Linux</category>
	<category>Ubuntu</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.serberus.net/2008/10/28/mozilla-firefox-and-thunderbird-ubuntu-maximized-issue/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not long now until Ibex is released. However, I ran into this issue again this morning so I thought I&#8217;d document the solution for others.
Occasionally when starting Firefox or Thunderbird on Ubuntu (I&#8217;m running Hardy Heron 8.04), the window will lose all decoration. No title bar, no minimize, maximize or close buttons and will maximize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long time no blog</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2008/08/01/long-time-no-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2008/08/01/long-time-no-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Miscellaneous</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.serberus.net/2008/08/01/long-time-no-blog/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s almost been a year since I last posted something here. I&#8217;m not even sure this is a worthwhile post but it&#8217;s one of the few free evenings I&#8217;ve had in a long time. I finally have a bit of time to sit down and log into Google reader and check up on what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Vista UAC</title>
		<link>http://www.serberus.net/2007/08/19/windows-vista-uac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.serberus.net/2007/08/19/windows-vista-uac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Knapp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tech Talk</category>
	<category>Apple</category>
	<category>Windows Vista</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.serberus.net/2007/08/19/windows-vista-uac/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well so much for getting a Sony Viao. I bit the bullet and bought a new Santa Rosa 15&#8243; Macbook Pro in the end. After a patient 18 day wait between ordering and delivery it finally arrived last Friday.
As I&#8217;ve mentioned previously, I&#8217;m no fan of OSX so I also picked up a copy of [...]]]></description>
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