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	<title>James Tombs</title>
	<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk</link>
	<description>Development blog from James Tombs about PHP, XHTML + CSS and Drupal</description>
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		<title>Creating a grid of images for an album in Drupal 6 with pagination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from the original tutorial on creating a grid of images for an album in Drupal 6, a few people asked how to add pagination on to this for large albums.
Unfortunately from what I can tell Drupal&#8217;s pagination function only works with SQL queries so we are unable to use the existing data available [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-03-10/creating-a-grid-of-images-for-an-album-in-drupal-6-with-pagination/1106</link>
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		<title>Bobby Kotick &#8211;  &#8220;I took a look at World of Warcraft and I thought, &#8216;Who would want to buy a subscription to that?&#8217;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is from Bobby Kotick speach as DICE this year (CEO of Activision Blizzard)
Kotick was also offered the chance to buy Blizzard in the 1990s for $7 million, and then in the early 2000s for $700 million.
[12:10] &#8220;I took a look at World of Warcraft and I thought, &#8216;Who would want to buy a subscription [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-02-19/bobby-kotick-i-took-a-look-at-world-of-warcraft-and-i-thought-who-would-want-to-buy-a-subscription-to-that/1105</link>
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		<title>[Review] Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Mouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just received my Microsoft Sidewinder X8 mouse as a replacement to my aging Logitech G7. Both mice are wireless gaming mice relying on batteries for power, but both go different ways to making sure you can always use your mouse.

The Logitech G7 went down the route of 2 seperate batteries that could only be used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-28/microsoft-sidewinder-x8-mouse/1101</link>
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		<title>Create a cartoon style cloud in Photoshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This tutorial will teach you how to make a basic cartoon cloud in Photoshop. The tutorial should be suitable for beginners.

The result

Tutorial
Step 1: Create new document
Open Photoshop and create a new document at whatever size you wish, I will be creating mine at 400&#215;240.
Step 2: Set the background colour
Set your foreground colour to #b7e0ff and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-27/create-a-cartoon-style-cloud-in-photoshop/1095</link>
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		<title>Create a basic layout using HTML &amp; CSS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from the Guide to classes and ids in HTML and CSS, we will create this basic 2 column layout.

Before we delve in to HTML and CSS, you need to understand the basic structure of the page to know how to write your HTML.  To do this, on paper or Photoshop draw out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-26/create-a-basic-layout-using-html-css/1086</link>
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		<title>Guide to classes and id&#8217;s in HTML &amp; CSS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Classes
A class can be applied to any HTML element to allow you to easily target it using CSS to add styling and change the way it is presented to the user.  In CSS classes are selected using a full stop followed by the name of the class.

HTML
&#60;div class=&#34;classname&#34;&#62;
  &#60;p&#62;This is some text in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-26/guide-to-classes-and-ids-in-html-css/1085</link>
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		<title>Open source intranet solution &#8211; Open Atrium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open Atrium is an open source intranet package that uses Drupal as it&#8217;s underlying framework.
As Open Atrium is a Drupal installation profile, it runs using PHP and MySQL, which means other than hardware cost it is free to get started and run. It features a few familar modules to any Drupal user such as Views [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-13/open-source-intranet-solution-open-atrium/1084</link>
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		<title>Create a Drupal 6 theme based on the Zen starter theme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Zen?
Taken from the Zen project page:
Zen is the ultimate starting theme for Drupal. If you are building your own standards-compliant theme, you will find it much easier to start with Zen than to start with Garland or Bluemarine. This theme has fantastic online documentation and tons of code comments for both the PHP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-11/create-a-drupal-6-theme-based-on-the-zen-starter-theme/1083</link>
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		<title>Convert BluRay or DVD to MKV (x264) using free open source applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We will be using 2 free open source applications.  The first application to rip the video files from the BluRay or DVD, for this we will use MakeMKV, this will take the main video from the BluRay or DVD and create an MKV using the video and audio straight from the disc.  With [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-08/convert-bluray-or-dvd-to-mkv-x264-using-free-open-source-applications/1072</link>
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		<title>Top HTML/CSS resources for beginners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A strong knowledge of HTML and CSS is pivotal for all other web design or development work. It provides you with knowledge of how to structure a web page and best practices to create a well supported website across all major browsers.

W3 Schools

Tizag

HTML Dog

SitePoint HTML/CSS Reference

  Amazon.co.uk Widgets
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		<link>http://jamestombs.co.uk/2010-01-07/top-htmlcss-resources-for-beginners/1066</link>
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