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		<title>A Small World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s simply amazing how small the internet makes this world. I’m in Poland for the next two weeks. To say the least I was not looking forward to this trip, but so far, all of my fears have gone unfounded and things have been going very smoothly.
Purdue was playing Notre Dame the day I arrived, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/2331</link>
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		<title>Google Docs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has an entire office suite online called Google Docs. You can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations completely within your web browser. I find this great for stuff that I need to have access to from many computers. All of the apps have nearly all of the features that you've come to expect from a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1976</link>
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		<title>TweetDeck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetDeck is a Twitter client that helps you keep track of everything on your timeline. It's core feature is a multi-column view that lets you group your tweets together however you'd like. You can add friends to groups, so their tweets will always show up in a particular column. A column can also be configured [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1974</link>
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		<title>Handbrake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Handbrake is a video transcoding application. Most people use it to shrink videos down to a size that their iPod/Phone can handle. For transcoding software, it's very easy to use, with presets for a lot of common formats and handheld devices. Select the file and what you're going to use it on and you're ready [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1971</link>
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		<title>Google Mobile Sync</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago Google rolled out Google Mobile Sync. This syncs your Google calendar and contacts to your mobile phone. On Windows Mobile, you don't even need any software for it. It runs right through the built in Active Sync interface in Windows. Syncing happens very quickly, and it is very smart about resolving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1968</link>
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		<title>The Dell Saga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As those of you who follow me on twitter know I have been very disappointed with Dell's handling of my new PC order, which ultimately ended up in me canceling the order. Below is my letter to the FTC explaining how I believe Dell is abusing the "Mail Order Rule." Feel free to use it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1503</link>
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		<title>Vista 64-Bit, The First 24 Hours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My new computer with Vista-64 arrived yesterday, and now that I've got the majority of my data copied over and programs installed, I'm compiling my thoughts on both Vista and the 64-bit environment.
The first thing that I noticed is that you need to be careful to look for the 64-bit downloads for the software that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1483</link>
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		<title>Syntax &#8211; Programming Series (3 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Syntax is structure of the programming language. It can be thought of as the verbs, nouns and parts of speech that make up English, or a foreign language. Syntax can typically fall under 3 different categories: High level, low level, and graphical.
High level is what is most common today. This includes languages such as C, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1403</link>
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		<title>Execution Style &#8211; Programming Series (2 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two basic ways that a program can be executed: continuously and event driven. The execution style is dictated by the programming language, and is almost always event driven.
In event driven code, nothing runs until there is a triggering event. This is often the user clicking a button, pressing a key, following a link [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1398</link>
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		<title>Algorithm &#8211; Programming Series (1 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After several years of programming in various languages for several different platforms there are several things I’ve come to realize about programming. I’ve broken it down into 3 separate topics, each with their own discussion. Each discussion will be added over the next few days.
The heart of any program is the algorithm that actually performs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1395</link>
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		<title>Vista 64</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just purchased a new computer from Dell with Vista 64-bit. I've heard that the transition to 64-bit is often a rough one, so I'll be keeping track of my progress here. To start, I visited the Windows Vista Compatability Center and checked that my major hardware will still work with the OS. This included [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1331</link>
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		<title>Download Youtube Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Downloading videos from Youtube is easier than ever. Simply change youtube.com in the title bar to pwnyoutube.com when you've viewing a video. It will bring you to a page with the option to download either the standard quality or the high quality video. Just click one of the links to start downloading.
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		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1156</link>
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		<title>SCalc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The calculator included with Windows Mobile is rather limited. If you need trig, scientific functions, constants, and more check out SCalc. It's a very simple command line-like interface, but also very powerful.
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		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1126</link>
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		<title>VLC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VideoLan Client (VLC) is a media player that works with many OS's. Unlike Windows Media Player, and many others, VLC has all of the codecs that you might need built in. So if you're having trouble playing a particular file, give it a try. Also, there are several advanced features of the software that allow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1124</link>
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		<title>Bonus Tip: KeePass Password Safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By putting the file KeePass generates inside a Jungle Disk, and then using Jungle Disk's USB drive version you'll be able to get to your passwords from anywhere. You can keep the KeePass software itself either on your USB drive, or on the Jungle Disk.
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		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1122</link>
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		<title>KeePass Password Safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KeePass Password Safe is a password management program. Passwords are stored encrypted in a file, and are listed in a simple spreadsheet style interface within the program. In addition to user names and passwords, you can store additional notes and information about the service that they're used for. It also has some nice features, such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1120</link>
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		<title>User Agent Switcher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Firefox plugin User Agent Switcher is a quick and dirty way to often get past login requirements on several news sites. By setting the plugin to report that you're the GoogleBot, you can often view content on sites that would otherwise require a login. This works because sites will allow Google to browse their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1116</link>
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		<title>Windows Mobile Mail Shortcuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mail application built into Windows Moblie includes several shortcuts to make managing email easier. To use them simply hold down the corresponding number for about 1 second.

0 - List Shortcuts
1 - Replay All
2 - Reply
3 - Mark Read/Unread
4 - Flag
5 - Move
6 - Forward
7 - Delete
8 - Download
9 - Send/Receive

You can also search the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/1114</link>
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		<title>Tetris for your phone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Instead of paying your wireless carrier way too much per month to play Tetris on your Windows Mobile, get the free Kevtris. Nothing unusual here, it has all the normal playing modes and an online high score list if you want to participate in that as well.
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		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/966</link>
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		<title>Search and replace across files</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I still do a lot of my coding by hand, so every now and then I need to do a global search and replace across several files. Notepad++ (see this post) has this feature built in. Simply open all the files needing the search and replace in Notepad++ (drag and drop works nicely for this) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.netbymatt.com/963</link>
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