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	<description>a silicon jeremiad</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to move a Subversion repository from one server to another</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/tips/how-to-move-a-subversion-repository-from-one-server-to-another/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoinked from dotnot.org: all you need to do is dump the repository, like so:

svnadmin dump /path/to/repo > reponame.dump
tar zcf reponame.tgz reponame.dump

Copy it to the other server, in whatever way suits, eg:

scp reponame.tgz hostname:/path/to/new/repo

Then set up the new repo on the target server:

cd /path/to/new
svnadmin create reponame
tar zxf reponame.tgz
svnadmin load reponame < reponame.dump

That&#8217;s it! Piece of cake
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yoinked from <a href="http://dotnot.org">dotnot.org</a>: all you need to do is dump the repository, like so:<br />
<code><br />
svnadmin dump /path/to/repo > reponame.dump<br />
tar zcf reponame.tgz reponame.dump<br />
</code></p>
<p>Copy it to the other server, in whatever way suits, eg:<br />
<code><br />
scp reponame.tgz hostname:/path/to/new/repo<br />
</code></p>
<p>Then set up the new repo on the target server:<br />
<code><br />
cd /path/to/new<br />
svnadmin create reponame<br />
tar zxf reponame.tgz<br />
svnadmin load reponame < reponame.dump<br />
</code></p>
<p>That&#8217;s it! Piece of cake</p>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s advice on URL rewriting</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/cto/googles-advice-on-url-rewriting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andyskipper.com/cto/googles-advice-on-url-rewriting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[CTO]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[url rewriting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google on static vs dynamic URLs
Google have just posted to their Webmaster Central blog about the use of URL rewriting to convert dynamic URLs to static ones, incorporating querystring parameters what the user and browser see as a folder structure, eg domain.com/products/books/193872. They make some excellent points about the difficulty they face in knowing which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/09/dynamic-urls-vs-static-urls.html">Google on static vs dynamic URLs</a></p>
<p>Google have just posted to their Webmaster Central blog about the use of URL rewriting to convert dynamic URLs to static ones, incorporating querystring parameters what the user and browser see as a folder structure, eg domain.com/products/books/193872. They make some excellent points about the difficulty they face in knowing which part of such a URL is actually dynamic, and which isn&#8217;t - a very interesting read</p>
<p>For more info on URL design, these ALA articles are brilliant:<br />
<a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slashforward/">Slash Forward</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/succeed/">How to succeed with URLs</a></p>
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		<title>links for 2008-09-11</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/dlc/links-for-2008-09-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[DLC]]></category>

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Font Picker - finding the right font for the job
(tags: fonts design air)


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<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http://richardsprojects.co.uk/products/font-picker/\">Font Picker - finding the right font for the job</a></div>
<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http://delicious.com/andyskipper.com/fonts\">fonts</a> <a href=\"http://delicious.com/andyskipper.com/design\">design</a> <a href=\"http://delicious.com/andyskipper.com/air\">air</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2008-09-10</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/dlc/links-for-2008-09-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[DLC]]></category>

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5 Must See Videos for Startup Bloggers
(tags: blogging videos)


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<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/5-must-see-videos-for-startup-bloggers\">5 Must See Videos for Startup Bloggers</a></div>
<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http://delicious.com/andyskipper.com/blogging\">blogging</a> <a href=\"http://delicious.com/andyskipper.com/videos\">videos</a>)</div>
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		<title>Translate text in MSN Messenger</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/tips/translate-text-in-msn-messenger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andyskipper.com/tips/translate-text-in-msn-messenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
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Microsoft have just launched an MSN Messenger bot which allows you to translate text using their Live Translator directly from the Messenger window. All you need to do is add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contacts list, and say hi - it seems to work really well
Translation Bot
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<p>Microsoft have just launched an MSN Messenger bot which allows you to translate text using their <a href="http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/">Live Translator</a> directly from the Messenger window. All you need to do is add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contacts list, and say hi - it seems to work really well</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/translation/archive/2008/09/02/windows-live-messenger-translation-bot-now-available.aspx">Translation Bot</a></p>
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		<title>Lucy and Bart</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/pht/lucy-and-bart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andyskipper.com/pht/lucy-and-bart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[beautifully weird]]></category>

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LucyandBart is a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UQuwedqoh-g/SLJrv0_fZ2I/AAAAAAAAAMA/dMyHHEIq7ak/s400/Neandathol_BLEND_Magazine.jpg" title="Neanderthol by Lucy and Bart" class="alignnone" width="400" height="383" /></p>
<blockquote><p>LucyandBart is a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless way creating future human shapes, blindly discovering low – tech prosthetic ways for human enhancement.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.lucyandbart.blogspot.com/">Lucy and Bart</a></p>
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		<title>Comfort lust - can someone please buy me a Sumo Omni?</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/want/comfort-lust-can-someone-please-buy-me-a-sumo-omni/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andyskipper.com/want/comfort-lust-can-someone-please-buy-me-a-sumo-omni/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[WANT]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dConstruct08]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sumo omni]]></category>

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One of the rooms at dConstruct had a load of massive Sumo Omni bean bags/pillows, which were up for grabs at the end of the night, and which, of course, were snaffled by the people nearest the exits in the main auditorium. Gits. Never mind, not convinced I have the space for one right now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/242878288_fe81b85ac1.jpg?v=0" title="Sumo Omni bean bag" class="alignnone" width="500" height="479" /></p>
<p>One of the rooms at dConstruct had a load of massive Sumo Omni bean bags/pillows, which were up for grabs at the end of the night, and which, of course, were snaffled by the people nearest the exits in the main auditorium. Gits. Never mind, not convinced I have the space for one right now anyway. Still.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sumolounge-uk.com/omni.shtml">Sumo Omni</a></p>
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		<title>Camouflage Art</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/pht/camouflage-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andyskipper.com/pht/camouflage-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[PHT]]></category>

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Liu Bolin


Desiree Palmen

Emma Hack
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<p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/3738/camoflague-by-liu-bolin.html">Liu Bolin</a></p>
<p><span id="more-191"></span></p>
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/tools/WPro/images/08juneblogs04/pal6.jpg" title="Desiree Palmen" class="alignnone" width="450" height="642" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/3189/camouflage-art-by-desiree-palmen.html">Desiree Palmen</a></p>
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/tools/WPro/images/11t/eh2.jpg" title="Emma Hack" class="alignnone" width="550" height="345" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/3304/body-art-by-emma-hack.html">Emma Hack</a></p>
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		<title>New browser from Google coming very soon</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/brws/new-browser-from-google-coming-very-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andyskipper.com/brws/new-browser-from-google-coming-very-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BRWS]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Google have just released a comic explaining the rationale behind a brand new Webkit-based browser, named Chrome, which they&#8217;re just about to release. They&#8217;ve really kept this under their hats - I&#8217;m really looking forward to trying it!!
Google Chrome intro comic
Some official screenshots
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google have just released a comic explaining the rationale behind a brand new Webkit-based browser, named Chrome, which they&#8217;re just about to release. They&#8217;ve really kept this under their hats - I&#8217;m really looking forward to trying it!!</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007645.html"><img alt="Chrome screenshots" src="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/chrome_screen_01.png" title="Chrome screenshots" width="450" height="380" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Chrome screenshots</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/">Google Chrome intro comic</a><br />
<a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007645.html">Some official screenshots</a></p>
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		<title>Hanako - the oldest Koi Carp on record</title>
		<link>http://www.andyskipper.com/rnd/hanako-the-oldest-koi-carp-on-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andyskipper.com/rnd/hanako-the-oldest-koi-carp-on-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[RND]]></category>

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This is the story of the oldest recorded Koi Carp, Hanako, who lived to 226, her birth pre-dating the Declaration of Independence
There did not exist in this world any such country as the United States of America yet at the time when this carp was born. It was 25 years later that America made public [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Hanako" src="http://www.hennydonovanmotif.co.uk/images/koi-carp-stencil.jpg" title="Hanako" width="300" height="400" align="right" style="border: 5px solid white" /></p>
<p>This is the story of the oldest recorded Koi Carp, Hanako, who lived to 226, her birth pre-dating the Declaration of Independence</p>
<blockquote><p>There did not exist in this world any such country as the United States of America yet at the time when this carp was born. It was 25 years later that America made public the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It is very interesting to think that during the long years that this carp has continued to live, a country by the name of the United States of America came into existence and has built up her present culture of high standard. To speak in Japanese fashion, it was born in the 1st year of Horeki, that is, in the middle of the Tokugawa Era. Please consider how long her life is, surviving the shogunate and later the national advancement of Meiji and Taisho, and still continuing to live to this day of Showa.</p>
<p>This &#8220;Hanako&#8221; is still in perfect condition and swimming about majestically in a quiet ravine decending Mt. Ontake in a short distance. She weighs 7.5 kilograms and is 70 centimeters in length. She and I are dearest friends. When I call her saying &#8220;Hanako! Hanako!&#8221; from the brink of the pond, she unhesitatingly comes swimming to my feet. If I lightly pat her on the head, she looks quite delighted. Sometimes I go so far as to take her out of the water and embrace her. At one time a person watching asked me whether I was performing a trick with the carp. Although a fish, she seems to feel that she is dearly loved, and it appears that there is some communication of feeling between us. At present my greatest pleasure is to go to my native place two or three times a month and keep company with &#8220;Hanako&#8221;. </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.koiadventures.co.za/Home.aspx?Page=UsrGeneric.ascx&#038;Rec=270">Hanako&#8217;s story</a></p>
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