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		<title>The New Toolbox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In days gone by, any computer guy worth his salt had a collection of boot floppies, 5.25&#8243; &#38; 3.5&#8243;, containing a mix of MS-DOS, DR-DOS, Toms Root Boot &#38; Norton tools.  These days passed and the next set of essentials was boot cd-r, containing BartPE, RIPLinux, Knoppix etc.  People quickly switched to carrying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-new-toolbox/</link>
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		<title>MySQL Replication slides from BarCamp Belfast 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[just incase anybody was interested, the slides from my BarCamp Belfast talk are here:

Google Docs
SlideShare (you can download the PPT from there as well)

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		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2010/06/09/mysql-replication-slides-from-barcamp-belfast-2010/</link>
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		<title>St Anne&#8217;s Cathedral</title>
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St Anne&#8217;s Cathedral

Originally uploaded by SimonMcC



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		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2010/05/26/st-annes-cathedral/</link>
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		<title>BarCampBelfast &#8211; planning</title>
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BarCampBelfast-planning

Originally uploaded by SimonMcC



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		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2010/05/26/barcampbelfast-planning/</link>
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		<title>DavyMac&#8217;s iPhone Photography talk at BarCamp Belfast 2010</title>
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DavyMac&#8217;s iPhone Photography talk at BarCamp Belfast 2010

Originally uploaded by SimonMcC



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		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2010/05/26/davymacs-iphone-photography-talk-at-barcamp-belfast-2010/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s changed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Johnston commented recently that the recent surge in activity in the community side of the local tech &#38; business scene could be &#8220;the &#8216;real&#8217; end of the &#8216;Troubles&#8217;?&#8221;.  It&#8217;s definitely a positive thing, I&#8217;m delighted the next generation of technologists in Northern Ireland has a growing &#38; diverse community around them.  Something that was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2010/02/22/whats-changed/</link>
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		<title>Union Hand-Roasted sumatra (dark insight)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brand: Union hand-roasted
Bean: sumatra, extra fancy
Region/Producer: Gayo Mountain Co-Operative, Aceh.
Roast:
Grind: Cafetière
Test brew: Espresso
Test Equipment: Kenwood Cremissimo
Full bodied, deep rich taste, minimal bitter aftertaste, but not overly sweet. Very impressed. 4/5
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		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2009/10/07/union-hand-roasted-sumatra-dark-insight/</link>
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		<title>Portadown &#8211; Open Source Hotspot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just back from the Open Source Solution Centre&#8217;s Information Evening at the Seagoe Hotel, Daniel Bled has obviously worked hard at sharing his passion for open source software, he and the rest of the team from Southern Regional College &#38; InvestNI put on an evening they should be proud of.  Daniel did a sterling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2009/03/30/portadown-open-source-hotspot/</link>
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		<title>Open Source Solution Centre, Portadown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Source Solution Centre are running an information evening at the Seagoe Hotel, Portadown on Monday 30th March 2009, there&#8217;s more info here and here.  I hope attend and help convey what open source can do for business users and what the tangible benefits and advantages are.  There is more information about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2009/03/30/open-source-solution-centre-portadown/</link>
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		<title>Things Obama &amp; I have in common</title>
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We both fluffed our vows, he fluffed his inauguration vow, I fluffed my wedding vow, only one is on the web for the world to see  
there is no 2.

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		<link>http://www.mccartney.ie/wordpress/2009/01/20/things-obama-i-have-in-common/</link>
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