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	<title>McFang - Exercising Futility &#187; Software</title>
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		<title>MKV videos slow as hell</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2010/09/24/mkv-videos-slow-as-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MKV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed that the initial opening of mkv files was becoming increasingly slow and that it appeared to depend on the number of mkv files in the same folder. The culprit? A setting in Haali Media Splitter. To prevent the scanning of other mkv files when playback begins use this setting in Haali: Options -&#62; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Registry permissions reset</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2010/04/04/windows-registry-permissions-reset/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2010/04/04/windows-registry-permissions-reset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Registry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WindowsXP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Registry permissions can be mangled by third party applications such as Anti-Virus or Firewall applications attempting to give you more &#8220;security&#8221;. The downside of this is it can cause havoc when you try to install other software or drivers. Thankfully it is easy, albeit time-consuming, to reset the registry permissions with just a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSH Proxy</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/11/30/ssh-proxy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/11/30/ssh-proxy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proxy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PuTTY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSH]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mcfang.com/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that OpenSSH includes function to act as a SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 host? (I didn&#8217;t) It is as simple as creating a &#8220;Dynamic forwarded port&#8221; in PuTTY or using the -D switch with the SSH client. Tunnelling just became a whole lot easier. References HOWTO: Secure Firefox and IM with PuTTY]]></description>
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		<title>Comparison of Twitter clients</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/11/04/comparison-of-twitter-clients/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/11/04/comparison-of-twitter-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comparison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echofon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peoplebrowsr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seesmic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tweetdeck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitterfox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mcfang.com/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Echofon (formally known as Twitterfox) Pros Cons Easy to favourite, reply, retweet Shortcut key for open and paste in current page&#8217;s url Automatically shrinks urls Uses browser&#8217;s dictionary Easy to open selected tweet&#8217;s owner&#8217;s page in browser Compact user interface Preview destination of short urls before clicking Only loads subset of recent tweets, not all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deleting in Gmail IMAP</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/27/deleting-in-gmail-imap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/27/deleting-in-gmail-imap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thunderbird]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/27/deleting-in-gmail-imap/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting &#8220;Delete&#8221; to work as expected in Gmail IMAP was surprisingly complicated. The default action when a client deletes a message is to archive it (ie: move it to &#8220;All Mail&#8221;). I didn&#8217;t like this because then if I accessed the account from POP the deleted mail would still be downloaded. Recommended IMAP settings tells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disable WordPress Autosave</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/20/disable-wordpress-autosave/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/20/disable-wordpress-autosave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annoyance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mcfang.com/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WordPress&#8217; Autosave feature was getting on my nerves. Often I make several revisions of a page before I save and WordPress was saving intermediate drafts that I didn&#8217;t want to keep. I was surprised to find that there is no option in WordPress core to disable Autosave. Thankfully though it is incredibly easy to disable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MultiMedia in Ubuntu</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/19/multimedia-in-ubuntu/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/19/multimedia-in-ubuntu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multimedia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Ubuntu here is a Comprehensive Multimedia &#38; Video Howto &#8211; everything from Flash to DVDs, albeit no hints on getting Blu-Rays to play yet.]]></description>
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		<title>OpenSSH escape characters</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/19/openssh-escape-characters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/10/19/openssh-escape-characters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lunux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSH]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mcfang.com/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SSH has tilde (~) as an escape character by default. Make sure that the last you typed in was nothing or a newline, then type one of the following sequences: ~. - terminate connection ~B - send a BREAK to the remote system ~C - open a command line ~R - Request rekey (SSH protocol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel multiple windows</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/08/24/excel-multiple-windows/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/08/24/excel-multiple-windows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Windows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mcfang.com/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A refreshing feature of Microsoft Word 2007 is the ability for each document to open in a separate application window. This allows viewing multiple documents on your screen(s) simultaneously for easy reference or edits. Unfortunately Microsoft Excel 2007 does not ship with this feature enabled, however here are two ways to make it work for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007 opening problem</title>
		<link>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/08/23/excel-2007-opening-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mcfang.com/2009/08/23/excel-2007-opening-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcfang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adobe Sucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troubleshooting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mcfang.com/?p=62</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Symptom: upon double clicking an Excel document to open, Excel starts but does not open the document immediately. If you minimize the window then it will re-appear and then open the document. Likely cause: bad addins, in my case it was PDFMaker.xla Delete the addin from the following locations: C:\Documents and Settings\USERID\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART C:\Program Files\Microsoft [...]]]></description>
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