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		<title>Turning a Physical Machine into a Virtual Machine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning my work laptop died a horrible and painful death. Suffice it to say that burning smell was not the smell of bacon on the pan but rather my poor work laptop melting internally.
Luckily, I was able to pull out the hard drive and plug it in elsewhere to ensure that I hadn’t lost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/11/11/turning-a-physical-machine-into-a-virtual-machine/</link>
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		<title>Windows and Linux Seamlessly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Look ma, two OSes, one Desktop (and I ain’t talking Cygwin cheese either…):
 
Yes yes… I know you’re scared… let the VM frenzy begin!
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		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/09/30/windows-and-linux-seamlessly/</link>
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		<title>Video Game Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever been chez nous, you&#8217;ve probably noticed that I&#8217;m really into video game music. In particular, the OverClocked Remix project: a gathering of musicians worldwide dedicated to making video game remixes.
OC Remix isn&#8217;t new&#8211;the community has been releasing content for years now. Did I mention all of this is free? Check out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/09/22/video-game-music/</link>
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		<title>Cygwin SSH Server and Windows 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to install openssh server correctly for Windows 7, you will need to do the following:

Install Cygwin in the normal way. Make sure you’ve got openssh and cygrunsrv as selected packages to install. 
Right-click the Cygwin shell icon, and Run as administrator. 
Run ssh-host-config. Follow the prompts carefully: if needed, it will tell you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/09/02/cygwin-ssh-server-and-windows-7/</link>
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		<title>Outlook 2010 TP does not work with Mobile Device Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… apparently they didn’t think it was important for the Technical Preview to be able to sync things with mobile devices anymore… nice one.
I’m presented with this lovely pop-up:
 
Not very Enterprise-ready now, is it, guys?
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		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/07/18/outlook-2010-tp-does-not-work-with-mobile-device-center/</link>
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		<title>Popfly Shutting Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just received an e-mail from the (apparently) ex-folks at Microsoft Popfly:
I’m writing to thank you for registering and using Microsoft Popfly. I’ve been fortunate enough to see all the innovative mashups, Web pages, and games created by the Popfly community since we launched Popfly two years ago. It has truly been a pleasure to watch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/07/16/popfly-shutting-down/</link>
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		<title>Compiling, Using and Developing on Microsoft Singularity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ll be adding more to this post quasi-frequently.
This post is based on the Singularity RDK 2.0 images and source, which are available here: http://www.codeplex.com/singularity.
Singularity can be run fairly easily. You can also roll your own, and compile Singularity from source.
What you will need:

Singularity RDK 2.0 ISO image.
Singularity RDK 2.0 sources: if you wish to compile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/06/03/running-and-compiling-microsoft-singularity/</link>
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		<title>if (dd-wrt + xbox 360 == fail) then tomato;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Having had problems with my ISP’s modem/router/firewall/wireless device, I wanted to bridge to a separate device to handle the routing, firewall and wireless.
I have been using a Linksys WRT54G version 1 for this task. The firmware had to be flashed with DD-WRT, which is a pretty good firmware all in all, but seemed to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/04/21/if-dd-wrt-xbox-360-fail-then-tomato/</link>
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		<title>Chinese New Year celebrations in London 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They decided to change the format of the annual CNY celebrations this year, I think it turned out for the worse. Chinatown was literally blocked up with people, and old people were pushing us quite ferociously—it was quite a trauma, tbh.
The fireworks used to go off in Leicester Square every few hours, and the police [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/02/01/chinese-new-year-celebrations-in-london-2009/</link>
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		<title>Installing Debian 40r6 for Sparc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If your Sparc is not set to automatically boot from CDROM, you might find the following handy.
Requirements:

Sparc (tested on UltraSparc 10)
Debian image
ISO burning software
Monitor and keyboard for Sparc (alternatively, run from serial terminal—serial cable required for this).

Instructions:

Download the debian sparc netinst iso image.
Burn the image to CD.
Put the CD into your Sparc.
Power off the Sparc.
Plug [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/02/01/installing-debian-40r6-for-sparc/</link>
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		<title>The Genius</title>
		<description><![CDATA[





Poet, wrestler, manager, a true renaissance man in his bloom.
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		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/01/20/the-genius/</link>
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		<title>Back to basics&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welp, that was fun. I guess it’s time to use this thing again.
Now that WordPress has a decent CAPTCHA facility for comments, maybe I’ll stop getting blasted with Viagra ads by robots—we’ll see… it’s a new year, full of incredible possibilities…
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		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2009/01/14/back-to-basics/</link>
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		<title>Woe is me.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi guys, this site is not going to be updated anymore, for now. I have opted to use Windows Live Spaces instead. Why? To be honest, I don&#8217;t have time/any desire to maintain WordPress anymore. Lazy as fuck, I know, I know.
So long csoft blog, and thanks for all the phish(ing).
     [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/04/04/woe-is-me/</link>
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		<title>dadadodo for lulz and profit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I reckon my first attempt at dissociation wasn&#8217;t so great. Recently, I compiled all my IRC logs from 2004 to current, and ran it through for some better results (having pored through the other 99.9% utter mumbo-jumbo it generates).
Three hundred odd megabytes of IRC banter&#8230;
-rw-r&#8211;r&#8211; 1 art art 332202514 2008-02-20 23:50 irc.log.2004.2008
&#8230; which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/03/01/dadadodo-for-lulz-and-profit/</link>
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		<title>Some peace and quiet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s nice to get along with your neighbours. Yesterday I spent 2 hours listening to one of ours&#8211;again. He is a 3-time ex-convict, recovering crack addict, formerly homeless, used-to-be-gangsta, etc.. Ever met those types of people who just have to talk loudly, no matter what? How about those types that can&#8217;t stop spitting little bits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/02/26/some-peace-and-quiet/</link>
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		<title>Recursively cat&#8217;ing all files in a directory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[$ cat `find /directoryname -type f`
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		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/02/21/recursively-cating-all-files-in-a-directory/</link>
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		<title>Vista SP1 RTM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got my paws on the RTM of Vista SP1 yesterday night, and upgraded earlier today off a mostly-clean 6000 build, without a hitch. Apart from rebooting a handful of times and taking about 2 hours on a new notebook, I haven&#8217;t run across any problems yet.
SUA SP1 also works (and is more or less just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/02/17/vista-sp1-rtm/</link>
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		<title>Calibrating Finger Input</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Vista, if you have a capable screen, you can input not only with Wacom (&#8220;Penabled&#8221;) pens, but also with your finger. If you find that the calibration settings are completely off (which they seem to be by default), run in console as administrator:
tabcal novalidate
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		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/02/02/calibrating-finger-input/</link>
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		<title>boo network code: simple telnet/web server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shamelessly modified from the boo example sources, but it&#8217;s enough to get you started:
import System.IO
import System.Net
import System.Net.Sockets
server = Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp)
server.Bind(IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 8200))
server.Listen(1)
while true:
        socket = server.Accept()
        using stream=NetworkStream(socket, true):
                print(StreamReader(stream).ReadLine())
                writer=StreamWriter(stream)
                writer.WriteLine(&#8220;Ahoy, this server is running: ${shell(&#8216;booc&#8217;, &#8221;)}&#8221;)
                writer.WriteLine(&#8220;${shell(&#8216;cat&#8217;, &#8216;/proc/cpuinfo&#8217;)}&#8221;)
                writer.Flush()
MSDN&#8217;s System.Net Namespace docs might could also be of use. I&#8217;ve tested this on sparc [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/01/31/boo-network-code-simple-web-server/</link>
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		<title>boo versus ruby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a document I ran across today which details some of the specific differences in the two languages. Just one of the many glorious tidbits:
Boo uses CLR threads, which generally map one-to-one to kernel threads and therefore exploit multiple processors and are fully preemptive.
In contrast, Ruby uses lightweight threads &#8211; threads implemented within the interpreter. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/01/31/boo-versus-ruby/</link>
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		<title>Installing Linux on an UltraSparc 10 via serial console</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aye, the Ultra 10 (Model 440) finally came in yesterday.
Headless mode install definitely works&#8211;here&#8217;s how:

Get your Linux media burnt. Ensure your bootloader settings support serial console I/O (I tried using a nightly ubuntu-server/sparc .iso).
Get your serial console working with your Ultra 10. You will need a DB9 (com) port, which is commonly called ttyb. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/01/25/installing-linux-on-an-ultrasparc-10-via-serial-console/</link>
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		<title>some cut up theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some intriguing outputs from dadadodo and various online bits of text. Can you guess the source/theme for any of these output sets? Lulz.
Donate to boycott, of Yahoo, support the Us killing many Hamas attacks on his or libraries and various other things; or application the underlying message with A recording of a union of those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/01/19/some-cut-up-theory/</link>
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		<title>Keeping cool in 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahoy mateys. Apart from having a great start to this year with my external drive dying January 1st, one of my laptops has been overheating to a point where it&#8217;s unusable for any graphical or processor-intensive applications.
 My Antec Notebook Cooler arrived bright and early this morning. The unit comes with two modes, quiet and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2008/01/12/keeping-cool-in-2008/</link>
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		<title>Video &#8211; The Ultimate Predators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watched this (lengthy!) series of documentaries on predators last night. Pretty tasty indeed. Some of the documentary, the last episode in particular, talks about animal learning and the passing on of information&#8211;pretty arousing interesting, if you ask me.






Don&#8217;t miss the narrator&#8217;s play-by-play commentary either, pure welcome to the animal Olympics 2k8.
     [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2007/12/23/video-the-ultimate-predators/</link>
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		<title>Power Up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
&#8230; I&#8217;d best be saving this bad boy for emergencies. 
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		<link>http://art.csoft.net/2007/12/20/power-up/</link>
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