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	<title>Ben Dechrau &#187; Open Source</title>
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		<title>Dear Temptee: Beware of Microsoft&#8217;s BizSpark</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/11/07/dear-temptee-beware-of-microsofts-bizspark</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is devilry afoot in the Redmond offices. That tautology became stronger on the 5th of November with this press release:
SAN FRANCISCO, November 5
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Microsoft BizSpark, a global program designed to help accelerate the success of entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. BizSpark provides startups and entrepreneurs with fast and easy access to current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s new in PHP 5.3?</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/02/14/whats-new-in-php-53</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article on Installing PHP 5.3 in order to look at the newest features that have been back-ported from PHP 6. The result of this is my What&#8217;s new in PHP 5.3 article that was published by SitePoint yesterday.
I won&#8217;t go in to the nitty-gritty here, but suffice it to say the the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Installing PHP5.3</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/01/28/installing-php53</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently installed PHP 5.3 in order to play with some of the new features and thought I&#8217;d share the steps I took with you. While it&#8217;s based on a clean installation of Ubuntu 7.10 Server, you might find this useful on existing systems too.
As ever, this guide is for educational purposes only. I offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make someone feel good by blowing their trumpet</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/01/10/make-someone-feel-good-by-blowing-their-trumpet</link>
		<comments>http://ben.dechrau.com/2008/01/10/make-someone-feel-good-by-blowing-their-trumpet#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BarCamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extra Curricula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new year typically spawns lots of &#8220;Best of &#8230;&#8221; and &#8220;What happened in &#8230;&#8221; articles and blog posts. It&#8217;s a time of year to reflect on the past 12 months. It&#8217;s time to look at the highlights, sometimes the lowlights, and hopefully lock a few of those nuggets away for future use.
What I wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful Cross Site Scripting Scanning Tool</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/12/01/powerful-cross-site-scripting-scanning-tool</link>
		<comments>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/12/01/powerful-cross-site-scripting-scanning-tool#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web developers today are increasingly aware of the number of ways that attackers can abuse their site. Not only do we have to worry about someone stealing data directly through our site or from our database, cross site scripting (XSS) attacks provide a mechanism for someone to run arbitrary code on another web site.
During his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BarCamp Melbourne</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/08/24/barcamp-melbourne</link>
		<comments>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/08/24/barcamp-melbourne#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
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BarCamp Melbourne 2.0 planning is now well under way, and the event is slated to run on the 1st and 2nd of March 2008. The first BarCamp Melbourne had 10 participants, which isn&#8217;t bad considering the venue was over 2 hours from Melbourne! This time, we&#8217;re looking for a venue in, or very close to, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OpenMoko&#8217;s open source mobile phone an iPhone alternative?</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/07/09/openmokos-open-source-mobile-phone-an-iphone-alternative</link>
		<comments>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/07/09/openmokos-open-source-mobile-phone-an-iphone-alternative#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Announced in November 2006, the Neo 1973, named after the year in which Marty Cooper invented the mobile phone, was released to the public today.
Unlike other mobile phones on the market, OpenMoko actively encourage owners to hack away on the device, going so far as to provide an advanced kit for an extra US$150 including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSDC 2007 Call For Papers</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/05/14/osdc-2007-call-for-papers</link>
		<comments>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/05/14/osdc-2007-call-for-papers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The call for papers is now officially out for the Open Source Developers&#8217; Conference 2007. This year is the first non-Melbourne year, with the event being managed by a new organisational committee in Brisbane!
So add the 26th &#8211; 29th of November to your diaries, and get your papers submitted by the 30th of June, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment Profile WordPress Plugin</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/05/01/environment-profile-wordpress-plugin</link>
		<comments>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/05/01/environment-profile-wordpress-plugin#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 06:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m configuring WordPress to work with an external authentication system and need to automatically log in a user and create a new user in WordPress if none exists. The user&#8217;s details are available to WordPress in environment variables.
To do this, I&#8217;m using three plugins:

Angsumanâ€™s Authenticated WordPress Plugin, which forces users to the login page if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winning Against Linux The Smart Way</title>
		<link>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/03/20/winning-against-linux-the-smart-way</link>
		<comments>http://ben.dechrau.com/2007/03/20/winning-against-linux-the-smart-way#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dechrau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft have launched a web site that helps its partners identify Linux &#8220;Personas&#8221; (i.e. the types of people that use Linux). This list of five personas helps Microsoft partners identify and target these people with a view to forcing persuading them that Microsoft is better.
For example, a Linux Experimenter is defined as &#8220;largely a Microsoft [...]]]></description>
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